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Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809

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  • Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / Written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater, and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. To which are added, one hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater; and memoirs of the life of the author, compiled principally from the life of Lavater, by G. Gessner.
  • Essays on physiognomy; for the promotion of the knowledge and the love of mankind / Written in the German language by J.C. Lavater. Abridged from Mr. Holcroft's translation.
  • Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / Written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater, and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. To which are added, one hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater; and memoirs of the life of the author, compiled principally from the life of Lavater, by G. Gessner.
  • Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / Written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater, and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. To which are added, one hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater; and memoirs of the life of the author, compiled principally from the life of Lavater, by G. Gessner.
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    The noble peasant, A compic opera, in three acts; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, in the Haymarket. By Thomas Holcroft.

    Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809. | Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
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    The german hotel; a comedy, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

    Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809. | Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]
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    Essays on physiognomy / translated from the german of John Caspar Lavater by Thomas Holcroft ; also one hundred physiognomical rules, taken from a posthumous work by J. C. Lavater ; and a memoir of the author ; illustrated with upwards of four hundred profiles.

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Date: [between 1878 and 1900?]
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    A narrative of facts, relating to a prosecution for high treason; including the address to the jury, which the court refused to hear: With Letters To The Attorney General, Lord Chief Justice Eyre, Mr. Serjeant Adair, the Honourable Thomas Erskine, and Vicary Gibbs, Esq. and the defence the author had prepared, if he had been brought to trial. By Thomas Holcroft.

    Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809. | Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]
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    The german hotel; a comedy, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

    Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809. | Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
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