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Great Britain - Biography - Early works to 1800
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British biography; or, An accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons, in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff, who began the Reformation by his writings, to the present time: whether statesmen, patriots, generals, admirals, philosophers, poets, lawyers, or divines. In which the several incidents and remarkable actions of their lives, and the particularities of their deaths, that could be collected from history, family memoirs, and records, are related; a catalogue of their writings given, with occasional remarks; and their characters delineated with freedom and impartiality. Vol. I.
Date: MDCCLXXIII [1773]- Books
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Memorials and characters, together with the lives of divers eminent and worthy persons. Consisting chiefly of a great Variety of the most celebrated Examples of Piety and Virtue, among the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, From the Year One Thousand Six Hundred to the present Time. Collected and compiled from above one hundred and fifty different authors, several scarce Pieces and some Original Manuscripts, communicated to the Editor. To which is added, an appendix of monumental inscriptions, in Latin and English. Likewise chronological tables, and an index to the whole.
Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]- Books
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The jockey club; or a sketch of the manners of the age. Part the second.
Pigott, Charles, -1794.Date: 1792- Books
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Portraits, memoirs, and characters of remarkable persons, from the reign of Edward the Third, to the Revolution. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. By James Caulfield. ...
Caulfield, James, 1764-1826.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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Concise and impartial characters of two hundred of the British nobility, officers, civil, military and naval. With other eminent persons, in England and Scotland, from the revolution to this time. By John Macky, Esq; to which are prefixed, memoirs of the author's secret services, for near forty years, till he died in Holland 1726, where he was sent by Sir Robert Walpole, and by him most generously rewarded. Published from his original manuscripts, and attested by his son, Spring Macky, Esq;
Macky, John, -1726.Date: M.DCC.XLII. [1742]