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A collection of interesting biography . Containing, I. The life of S. Johnson, LL.D. - abridged, principally, from Boswell's celebrated memoirs of the Doctor: II. The life of Mr. Elwes, - (abridged) - by Captain Topham: III. The life of Captain Cook, - (abridged) - by Dr. Kippis. Th whole revised and abridged by Sir Andrew Anecdote.
Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]- E-books
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The British Nepos or mirror of youth: consisting of select lives of illustrious Britons, Who Have Distinguished Themselves by their Virtues, Talents, or Remarkable Advancement in Life, with Incidental Practical Reflections. Written Purposely for the Use of Schools, and Carefully Adapted to the Situations and Capacities of Youth, By William Mavor, LL.D. Vicar of Hurley, Berkshire, and Chaplain to the Earl of Dumfries.
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837.Date: 1800- E-books
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The female jockey club , or a sketch of the manners of the age. Amongst other highly distinguished Personages, Male and Female, celebrated in this Work, are the following: Their Most Sacred Majesties The R-y-l B-t-sh P-nc-Sses D-ch-ss of Y-k Her R-y-l H-n-ss P-nc-ss A-g-r-s F-d-ck, late Lady A-g-ta M-r-y D-ch-ss of D-v-ns-re Lady Elizabeth F-st-r Comte de Fersan Lady Cper Sir Charles W-tw-th, K. B. Lord H-rv-y Dutchess of R-tl-nd Dutchess of B-df-d Lady L-de Charles M-ns-n Lord Ch-lm-de-ly Miss G-nn-ng Lord P-Get Duchess of G-d-n Col. Sr. L-g-r Mr. P-tt Late King of Sweden Lady W-r-n Mr. D-d-ss Lady B-th Mr P-lt-n-y Mrs. R-b-s-n Late Lord Littleton Marchioness of S-l-sb-ry Col. T-lt-n P-ce of W-Les Mr. Hugo M-yn-l, Senior Lady A-ch-r M-gr-v-ne of A-p-ch C. of B-ck-h-ms-re, late Mrs. H-b-t Mr. Harry Er-Ngt-n Mr. J-Kyll Mrs. B-st-w Mrs. H-st-r L-Nch P-Zzi Countess of S-st-n Viscountess M-yn-d Quick the Actor Lady M-l-Neux Col. F-Tzp-t-ck Lady W-ll-ce Abbe St. Fare Marquis de la Fayette Mr. Wright the Sheriffs' Officer Lady L-c-n Mrs. C-Ghl-n Mrs. Siddons Mr. P-Wis Viscountess D-dl-y and W-rd Earl Sp-nc-r Late Col. Bosville Viscount D-dl-y and W-rd Viscountess H-Mpd-n Duke of M-tr-se Mr. Daniel H-Ses Miss W-st Miss Elizabeth J-Ffr-es Mr. Fox Earl F-Tzw-ll-m Lady Elizabeth L-Ttr-l Earl of C-rh-Mpt-n Dutchess of C-mb-l-nd Countess Tv-c-n-l General W-ts-n Col. C-Wtr-ne Ld D-l-v-l The Blue Stocking Society, &c. By the author of the former Jockey club.
Pigott, Charles, d. 1794.Date: 1794- E-books
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The female jockey club , or a sketch of the manners of the age. ... By the author of the former jockey club.
Pigott, Charles, d. 1794.Date: 1794- E-books
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England's black tribunal containing, I. The complete tryal of King Charles the first, by the pretended High Court of Justice in Westminster-Hall, begun Jan. 20, 1648. Together with His Majesty's Speech on the Scaffold, erected at Whitehall Gate, on Tuesday Jan. 30, 1648. II. The loyal martyrology: Or A perfect Relation of the Sufferings and Death of the Nobility, Gentry, and others, who were inhumanly sacrific'd for their Loyalty to their Sovereigns King Charles I. and II. Together with their several Dying Speeches. III. An historical register of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, who were slain in defence of their King and country, during the Unnatural Rebellion, begun in 1641. IV. The loyal confessors: In a brief Account of the most Eminent Sufferers, by Imprisonment, Banishment, or in Estate, for the Cause of His Sacred Majesty. To which is added, An Historical Preface, by a True Churchman.
Date: M,D,CC,XLVII [1747]