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The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation, of Capt. John Quelch, And Others of his Company, &c. for sundry piracies, robberies, and murder, committed upon the Subjects of the King of Portugal, Her Majesty's Allie, on the coast of Brasil, &c. who Upon full Evidence, were found guilty, at the Court-House in Boston, on the thirteenth of June, 1704. By Virtue of a Commission, grounded upon the Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of King William, For the more effectual Suppression of Piracy. With the Arguments of the Queen's Council; and Council for the Prisoners upon the said Act. Perused By his Excellency Joseph Dudley, Esq; Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over Her Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, in America, &c. To which are also added, some papers that were produc'd at the tryal above said. With An Account of the Ages of the several Prisoners, and the Places where they were Born.
Quelch, John, approximately 1665-1704.Date: 1705 [1704]- Books
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A compleat history of the whole proceedings of the Parliament of Great Britain, against Dr. Henry Sacheverell: with his tryal before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanours; The Reasons of those Lords that enter'd their Protests; and the Speeches of several Lords before Judgment was given.
Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]- Ephemera
Adi 14 Luglio 1813 S.N. Corfu : convocatosi estraordinariamente il Colleggetto Sanitario sugl'inviti del Maggistrato alla Sanità per versare sui provedimenti, e le misure da addottarsi intorno al bastimento corsale nominato l'Isabella, e la sua preda condotta in questo porto li corrente ... / Stefano Cimegoto.
Date: 1813- Books
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A genuine history of that noted pyrate Tulagee Angria. With a curious narrative of the Siege and taking of the Town and Fortress of Geriah, and the Destruction of his whole Navel Force, by Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in a letter to a merchant in London, from a factor at Bombay, who was present in the Action.
Factor at BombayDate: [1757?]- Books
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The songs, duets, glees, chorusses, &c. in the new grand spectacle of music, dance, and action, called The Genoese pirate, or Black Beard: as performed (for the first time) at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden, on Monday, October 15, 1798. The overture and music, by Mr. Sanderson; the Scenery by Messrs. Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, Blackmore, &c.
Cross, J. C. (John Cartwright), -1809.Date: [1798]- Books
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A poetical, supplicating, modest, and affecting epistle to those literary colossuses, the reviewers, by Peter Pindar, Esq.
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.Date: [1787]- Books
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Agreeable intelligence. Printing office, New Bedford, Tuesday December 31st, 1793. Last evening the sloop Hazard, George Folger, Jun. master, arrived from New York.--He has favored us with a paper printed there, of the 21st inst. which contains the following interesting particulars ... relating to the Algerines ...
Date: 1793]- Books
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A full account of the proceedings in relation to Capt. Kidd. In two letters. Written by a person of quality to a kinsman of the Earl of Bellomont in Ireland.
Person of quality.Date: MDCCI. [1701]- Books
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Some thoughts on the present state of printing and bookselling. By John How.
How, John, active 1680-1709.Date: 1709- Books
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Tyranny of the Dutch against the English : wherein is exactly declared the (almost unvaluable) loss which the commonwealth of England hath sustained by their usurpation : and likewise the sufferings and losses of Abraham Woofe, then factor at Lantore, and others in the island of Banda / formerly collected in loose sheets by Mr. Woofe himself ; and now illustrated and extracted out of his papers by John Quarles.
Woofe, AbrahamDate: 1653- Books
A high wind in Jamaica / Richard Hughes.
Hughes, Richard, 1900-1976.Date: 1998- Books
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A genealogical history of the Royal families of England, from William the Conqueror to the present Royal grand children: Treating distinctly of their Marriages, Children, and Collateral Branches: and shewing Their Titles, Offices, Births, Deaths, and Places of Birth and Burial; with a View of their Lives. Together with The Descent of the several Foreign Princes now reigning, and of the several Noble and Eminent Families in England, that are sprung from the Blood Royal of this Kingdom, down to the Present Year. Collected from Mr. Rapin, and other authentic historians, Necessary to refer to In reading larger Histories of England, or other Kingdoms connected with Great Britain, many being remarkably deficient in Genealogy.
Date: 1753- Books
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Paradise promised, by a dying Saviour, to the penitent thief on the cross. A sermon delivered at Cambridge, on Thursday, the eighteenth of November, immediately preceding the execution of Alexander White, Richard Barrick, and John Sullivan: with an appendix, exhibiting som account of their conversation and behaviour in prison, &c. By Timothy Hilliard, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Cambridge.
Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790.Date: [1785]- Books
The voyages and adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp and others, in the South Sea; being a journal of the same. Also Capt. van Horn with his buccanieres surprizing of La Vera Cruz ... The true relation of Sir Henry Morgan, his expedition against the Spaniards in the West-Indies, and his taking Panama ... the President of Panama's account of the same expedition: translated out of Spanish ... Col. Beeston's adjustment of the peace between the Spaniards and English in the West Indies / Published by P.A.
Date: 1684- Books
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The case of Sir Alexander Rigby, and William Shepard, complainants, as to their particular damages by the Great Duke of Tuscany's proceedings, in the seizure of William Plowman, and of their effects.
Rigby, Alexander, Sir.Date: Printed in the year MDCCIV. [1704]- Books
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The Arabian pirate; or authentic history and fighting adventures of Tulagee Angria. With An Account of his Predecessors, the Angrias, who carried on their depredations in the East Indies for upwards of Forty Years. Also An Account of the Siege and taking of his Town and Fortress, and the destruction of his whole naval Force, by Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive.
Date: [1795?]- Books
Avuṭatacāpitā : mutaltara Intiyā vaittiyakaḷañciyam / Vi. Es. Rāmaṉ Vaittiyar āṉṭ Piratērs, Sorājya Pāṟmaci.
Sorājya Pārmaci (Āluvāyi)Date: 1935- Books
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The history of the reign of Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany; and of all the kingdoms and states in Europe, during his age. To which is prefixed, a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Confirmed by historical proofs and illustrations. In three volumes. By William Robertson, D.D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland. Author of the late elegant History of Scotland. ...
Robertson, William, 1721-1793.Date: M,DCC,LXX [i.e, 1770-1771]- Books
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An historical and geographical account of Algiers; comprehending a novel and interesting detail of events relative to the American captives. By James Wilson Stevens.
Stevens, James Wilson.Date: August, 1797- Books
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An historical and geographical account of Algiers; containing a circumstantial and interesting detail of events relative to the American captives, taken from their own testimony. By James Wilson Stephens, of Philadelphia.
Stevens, James Wilson.Date: 1800. (Copy right secured)- Books
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The lives of the most remarkable criminals, who have been condemn'd and executed; for murder, highway, house-breakers, Street-Robberies, Coining, or other Offences; from the year 1720, to the present time: Containing Particularly, The Lives of Mrs. Griffin, for the Murder of her Maid; Kennedy the Pirate, Molony and Carrick, Highwaymen; Brinsden, who Murder'd his Wife; Lovee, and the rest of his Gang, Street-Robbers; Captain Massey for Piracy; Roch, for Piracy and Murder; Captain Stanley, for the Murder of Mrs. Maycock; a full Account of the Waltham Blacks; the famous Jack Shephard; his Companion Blueskin; and Towers, who was hang'd for setting up the new Mint. Collected from original papers and authentick memoirs. ... . To which is Perfix'd A Preface, containing a General View of the Laws of England, with respect to Capital Offences.
Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]- Books
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The life and adventures of Capt. John Avery, the famous English pirate, (rais'd from a cabbin-boy, to a king) now in possession of Madagascar: Being a Succinct Account of his Birth, Parentage, Education, Misfortunes, and Successes, viz. His serving the Government on Board the Resolution and Nonsuch Men of War. The Reasons why he quitted that Service, for that of the Merchants. His putting to Sea in a Merchant Ship, where he drew in the Crew to turn Pirates with him. His sailing to Jamaica, where he dispos'd of the Ship's Cargo. His taking a large Ship, worth above a Million Sterling, belonging to the Great Mogal, with his Grand-Daughter on Board, (who was going to be Marry'd to the King of Persia) attended by a great Retinue of Ladies. His Marriage with the said Princess, and his Men with her Retinue. The Methods he took to establish himself. His Wealth, Strength, and Acquisitions by Sea and Land: His Character. The several Overtures he has made to return to his Obedience. A Description of the Country; with its Customs, Manners, &c. Written by a person who made his escape from thence, and faithfully extracted from his journal.
Broeck, Adrian van.Date: [1709]- Books
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An act before the first act of the tragedy of Elvira, by David Mallet.
Francklin, Richard, -1765.Date: [1763?]- Books
X-ray audio / ed. Stephen Coates ; [original photography by Paul Heartfield ; with contributions by Rudy Fuchs, Aleks Kolkowski, Maksim Kravchinsky, Artemyi Troitsky, Kolya Vasin].
Date: 2015- Pictures
The story of Peter Pan. Coloured magic lantern slides by W. Butcher & Sons.
Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]Reference: 754420iPart of: Primus junior lecturers' series