Impostors and imposture - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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Beware of the Pretender , or, a great hurricane at court. For they are all fallen out at last.
Date: 1712]
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A discovery of the three imposters, turd-sellers, slanderers, and piss-sellers. By Seign. Perin del Vago
Beverland, Adriaan, 1654?-1712.Date: 1705?]
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A serious representation to the people of Great-Britain concerning the Pretender. By E. D
E. D.Date: [1715]
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With the circumstances of each fraud, and the names of all the parties injured. The northern hero being a faithful narrative of the life, adventures, and deceptions, of James George Semple, commonly called Major Semple, alias Major Harrold, Major Maxwell, Major Grant, Major Cunningham, Major Winter, &c. &c. &c. With an Account of his Devices at Lord Salisbury's, Sir Thomas Dundass's, and Mr. Pitt's. Also the almost innumerable Inventions by which he obtained Goods of Tradesmen of every Profession, with the Particulars of each Transaction. The Whole supported by indisputable Authority, with the Names of the Persons who were the Objects of his Depredations, and the singular Manner of his Apprehension. Together with an account of his trial, Before Mr. Justice Gould and the Recorder, at th Old Bailey, on Saturday, September 2, for defrauding Mr. John Lycett, Coach-Maker, in Whitechapel, of a post-chaise, value Fifty Guineas, of which the Jury convicted him without going out of Court.
Date: [1786]
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A narrative of the seizure & confinement of Ann Brookhouse; who was assaulted in one of the streets of London, and carried off by two hired ruffians, May 7, 1798, and detained in close imprisonment, till August 25, following; as related by herself. Written by a friend
Brookhouse, AnnDate: [1798]