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Impostors and imposture - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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A discovery of the three impostors, turd-sellers, slanderers, and piss-sellers. By Seign. Perin del Vago.
Beverland, Hadriaan, 1650-1716.Date: 1705?]- Books
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Beware of the Pretender, or, a great hurricane at court. For they are all fallen out at last.
Date: 1712]- Books
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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]- Books
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A serious representation to the people of Great-Britain concerning the Pretender. By E. D.
E. D.Date: [1715]