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British politician and political theorist (1623-1683)
Also known as: Algernon Sydney, Hon. Algernon Sidney, Элджернон Сидни, ألغرنون سيدني, 알제넌 시드니, アルジャーノン・シドニー
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- Discourses concerning government (1698)
- The arraignment, tryal & condemnation of Algernon Sidney, Esq; for high-treason (1684)
- The very copy of a paper delivered to the sheriffs upon the scaffold on Tower-Hill on Friday, Decemb. 7, 1683
- The works of Algernon Sydney
- Sidney redivivus, or, The opinion of the late Honourable Collonel Sidney, as to civil government (1689)