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Paine, James

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  • [Leaflet advertising an appearance by James Paine, the Infant Hercules at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly with the British Tom Thumb, "the smallest man in the world"].
  • Everybody should go and see the beautiful child -- the giant boy, a second Daniel Lambert ... : James Paine, of London, aged 9 years, weighs the enormous weight of 19 stone and a half ...
  • [Leaflet advertising Captain Montgomery's Family "Just arrived in England" from St. John's, Newfoundland, whose 3 children were all born with"hands and feet in the shape or form of a crab." They were exhibited in the New Cut, Lambeth 10 November 1883, by manager, James Paine].

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    Plans, elevations and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses, and also of stabling, bridges, public and private, temples and other garden buildings; executed In The Counties Of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York. By James

    Paine, James | Date: [1767]
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    Plans, elevations, sections, and other ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the corporation of Doncaster. By James Paine

    Paine, James | Date: [1751]
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    The best way at last; or, a perswasive to peace. Humbly offered To the Consideration of the Inhabitants of Croydon, and Parts Adjacent. By James Paine, School-Master in Croydon, in Surrey

    Paine, James | Date: [1718]
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    Plans, elevations, and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses, and also of stabling, bridges, public and private, temples, and other garden buildings; executed in the counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York. By Jam

    Paine, James | Date: [1783]

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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

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