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Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812

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  • A bishop ordains John Horne Tooke as a priest: the devil replaces the ordinand's virtues with vices. Engraving, 1771.
  • William Cobbett as a porcupine with a snake's tail with two taloned devils representing Sir Francis Burdett and John Horne Tooke. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808.
  • A rowdy dinner of British political radicals at John Horne Tooke's house in Wimbledon: Tooke and Burdett wear bonnets rouges. Coloured etching by Thomaso Scrutiny (Samuel De Wilde?), 1808.
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    History of the royal malady : with variety of entertaining anecdotes, to which are added strictures on the declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq. respecting "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales," commonly called Mrs. Fitzherbert. With interesting remarks on a Regency / By a page of the presence [i.e. Philip Withers].

    Withers, Philip, -1790. | Date: 1789
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    [John Horne Tooke correspondence].

    Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812 | Date: 2008-
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    Proceedings in an action for debt, between the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, plaintiff, and John Horne Tooke, Esq. defendant / published by the defendant.

    Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812. | Date: 1792
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    A letter to John Dunning, Esq. / by Mr. Horne.

    Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812. | Date: MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
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