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Biographical, literary, and political anecdotes, of several of the most eminent persons of the present age. Never before printed. With an appendix; Consisting of Original, Explanatory, and Scarce Papers. By the author of Anecdotes of the late Earl of Chatham. In three volumes. ..
John AlmonDate: 1797
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The life of that great statesman William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Secretary of State in the reign of King Edward the Sixth, and Lord High Treasurer of England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Publish'd from the original manuscript wrote soon after his Lordship's death; now in the Library of the right honorable Brownlow Earl of Exeter. To which is added, his character by the learned Camden, and an Extract of his last Will and Testament. With memoirs of the family of Cecil, faithfully collected from Records, Manuscripts, and other Authorities. By Arthur Collins, Esq
Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]
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An enquiry into the evidence of Archbishop Cranmer's recantation or reasons for a suspicion That the pretended Copy of it is not genuine. By William Whiston, M. A.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]
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The life of the late Right Honourable Robert Earl of Orford. Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Including a brief history of his whole family. By William Musgrave, Esq
Musgrave, William, Esq.Date: [1745]
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Memoirs of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke or, an impartial review of his private life, his public conduct, his speeches in Parliament, and the different productions of his pen, whether political or literary. Interspersed with A Variety of Curious Anecdotes, and Extracts from his Secret Correspondence with Some of the Most Distinguished Characters in Europe. By Charles Mccormick, LL.B.
M'Cormick, Charles, 1755?-1807.Date: 1797