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Virtue in distress: or, heroism display'd. Containing a succinct and true relation of the politick methods taken by the court of France to save the Young Pretender from being made a sacrifice to the late peace . Also the Steps taken at the Congress at Aix la Chapelle, to frustrate any Resolutions that might be formed to the Prejudice of his Claims and Pretensions in E-d. With a just and particular Account of every Thing that happened before, at, and after his being arrested at Paris, to his Arrival at Avignon. To which is added, A short Narrative of the various Hardships and Accidents that befell him in Scotland, after the Battle of Culloden, till his Escape to France.
Date: [1749]- Books
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Young Juba: or, the history of the young Chevalier, from his birth, to his escape from Scotland, after the battle of Culloden. ... Translated from the original Italian, published at Rome by M. Michell, ... Adorned with the original copper plates.
Michell, M.Date: 1748- Books
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The history of the present rebellion in Scotland. From the departure of the Pretender's son from Rome, down to the present time. In which is a full account of the conduct of this young invader, from his first arrival in Scotland; with the several progresses he made there and likewise a very particular relation of the Battle of Preston, with an exact list of the slain, wounded, and prisoners, on both sides. Taken from the relation of Mr. James Macpherson, who was an eye-witness of the whole, and who took the first opportunity of leaving the rebels, into whose service he was forced, and in which he had a captain's commission. [Two lines in Latin from Ovid]
Date: 1746- Books
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The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed, a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton.
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed, a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton. ...
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]-71- Books
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The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed, a History of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton.
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773.Date: 1767-71- Books
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Ascanius: or, the Young Adventurer. A true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing, A particular Account of all that happened to a certain Person during his wandering in the North, from his first Arrival there, in August 1745, to his final Escape on September 19th in the following Year. The whole introduced with a more critical and candid History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the late Rebellion, than any yet published; and interspersed with Remarks on the Characters of the principal Persons who appeared in the Interest of Ascanius; particularly, the celebrated Miss Cameron, Miss Mac Donald, the Duke of Perth, the Earl of Kilmarnock, Messieurs Sherridan and Sullivan, &c. &c.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720-1803.Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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Ascanius: or the young adventurer; a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles: Containing A particular Account of all that happened to a certain Person during his Wanderings in the North, from his first Arrival there, in August 1745, to his final Escape September 19, in the following Year. The whole introduced with a more critical and candid History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the late Rebellion, than any yet published; and interspersed with Remarks on the Characters of the principal Persons who appear'd in the Interest of Ascanius; particularly the celebrated Miss Cameron, Miss Mac Donald, the Duke of Perth, the Earl of Kilmarnock, Messieurs Sherridan and Sullivan, &c. &c.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720-1803.Date: 1747- Books
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Ascanius: or, the young adventurer; a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing, A particular Account of all that happen'd to a certain Person during his Wanderings in the North, from his first Arrival there, in August 1745, to his final Escape September 19, in the following Year. The whole introduced with a more critical and candid History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the late Rebellion, than any yet publish'd; and interspersed with Remarks on the Characters of the principal Persons who appear'd in the Interest of Ascanius; particularly the celebrated Miss Cameron, Miss Mac Donald, the Duke of Perth, the Earl of Kilmarnock, Messieurs Sherridan and Sullivan, &c. &c.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720-1803.Date: 1746- Books
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A true and full account of the late bloody and desperate battle fought at Gladsmuir, betwixt the army under the command of His Royal Highness Charles Prince of Wales, &c. and that commanded by Lieutenant General Cope, on Saturday the 21st September, 1745. ...
Date: 1745]- Books
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Ascanius; or, the young adventurer, a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing A particular Account of all that happened to a certain Person during his Wanderings in the North, from his memorable Defeat in April 1746, to his final Escape, on the 19th of September in the same Year.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720-1803.Date: 1746]- Books
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The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed, a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton. The second edition. ...
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773.Date: 1772-73- Books
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The chevalier's hopes.
Skelton, Philip, 1707-1787.Date: M,DCC,XLV. [1745]- Pictures
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King Charles II landing in Dover in 1660. Engraving by W. Sharp after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Reference: 42658i- Books
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The Cries of royal blood, Being a history of the Kings and Queens of England, who were most barbarously murder'd by their own subjects, viz. John Edward II. Richard II. Henry VI. Edward V. Ann of Bologne, Cath. Howard. Charles I. The whole interspers'd with political remarks, and original letters (not inserted in any of our chronicles) which pass'd betwixt Oliver Cromwell, Hugh Peters, and Sergeant Bradshaw, whilst the Royal Martyr was a prisoner in Carisbrook Castle and St. James's Palace.
Date: 1722- Books
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Some account of the melancholy situation of the Young Pretender in Scotland, after his defeat near Inverness. Part of it written by Himself, (the Whole being a Translation from the French, of two Letters found near Arisaig, soon after his Departure from thence for France.) To the Letters is prefix'd, A Relation of the Discovery of the Originals, With the Names and Places of Abode of several Persons present in the House (wherein they were left) at the Time of finding them.
Douglass, Robert, active 18th century.Date: [1746]- Books
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Copy of a letter from a French lady at Paris. Giving a particular account of the manner in which Prince Edward was arrested.
French Lady at Paris.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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Copy of a letter from a French lady at Paris. Giving a particular account of the manner in which Prince Edward was arrested. Translated from the French.
French Lady at Paris.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Pictures
King Charles II landing in Dover in 1660. Coloured lithograph after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 3162073i- Ephemera
By the King and Queen, a proclamation : Whereas Their Majesties have received information, that the persons herein after particularly named have conspired together, and with divers other disaffected persons, to disturb and destroy their government ... / Marie R.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)Date: 1690- Books
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An impartial history of the rise, progress and extinction of the late rebellion in Britain, in the years 1745 and 1746. ... By D. Graham.
Graham, Dougal, 1724-1779.Date: 1787- Books
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Virtue in distress: Or, Heroism display'd containing a succinct and true relation of the politick methods taken by the Court of France to save the young pretender from being made a sacrifice to the late peace. Also the steps taken at the Congress at Aix la Chapelle, to frustrate any resolutions that might be formed to the prejudice of his claims and pretensions in E-d. With a just and particular account of every thing that happened before, at, and after his being arrested at Paris, to his arrival at Avignon. To which is added, A narrative of the various hardships and accidents that befell him in Scotland, after the Battle of Culloden, till his escape to France.
Date: 1749- Pictures
James II, Prince James, and Louis XIV compared to the Three Kings of an Epiphany play, outside the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris. Etching by R. de Hooghe and letterpress, 1689.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1689]Reference: 2136968i- Books
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A calm address to all parties in religion, whether Protestant or Catholick, on the score of the present rebellion: being a brief and dispassionate inquiry, whether the reign of the Pretender would be advantageous to the civil interest and commerce of Great Britain; supposing that He was to succeed in his present Attempts, and allowing that He afterwards would conduct Himself according to the Principles of Honour and Honesty. Proper to be consider'd by all Persons at this Juncture.
Date: M.DCC.XLV. [1745]- Books
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Great-Britains memorial against the Pretender and Popery.
Chandler, Samuel, 1693-1766.Date: [1745?]