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A narrative of the lives of James Falconer, Peter Bruce, and James Dick, now under sentence of death in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, for breaking open and robbing the banking office of Dundee, on the night of the 17th February 1788. To which is added, a solemn attestation of their innocence, As Signed by themselves in the Presence of an Eminent and Reverend Divine of this City.
Date: [1788]- Books
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A narrative of the loss of His Majesty's ship the Proserpine, James Wallace, Esq. Captain. Compiled by John Wright, First Lieutenant.
Date: 1799- Books
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A narrative of the late dispute between the Rev. Dr. Hughes and Mr. Forster.
Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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A Narrative of the life and astonishing adventres of John Daniel, a smith at Royston in Hertfordshire, for a course of seventy years. Containing, the melancholy occasion of his travels. His shipwreck with one companion on a desolate island. Their way of life. His accidental discovery of a woman for his companion. Their peopling the island. Also a description of a most surprising engine, invented by his son Jacob, on which he flew to the moon, with some account of its inhabitants. His return, and accidental fall into the habitation of a sea-monster, with whom he lived two years. His further excursions in search of England. His residence in Lapland, and travels to Norway, from whence he arrived at Aldborough, and further transactions till his death, in 1711. Aged 97. Taken from his own mouth, by Mr. Ralph Morris.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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Narrative of the last moments of the Hon. F***. N***. A Convert from Christianity to Infidelity; Who died at Westminster, December the 8th, 1692. Abridged from the relation published by a personal witness of the facts.
Date: [1795]