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Plain truths; or, A collection Of Scarce and Valuable tracts. Containing, I. The several Declarations and Depositions, made in Council, on Monday the 22d of October 1688. concerning the Birth of the Prince of Wales. II. Seasonable queries, relating to the Birth and Birthright of a certain person. III. A Petition of Witnesses for Examination of a certain fact. IV. A Letter to a Friend, concerning the Imprisonment of the Seven Bishops, in the Reign of King James the Second. V. A Letter from a Nonjuring Clergyman, to a Clergyman of the Church of England. VI. Mr. Downs's Letter to Lord Scudamore, before his Entring into Parliament. To which is added, the form of the abjuration oath.
Date: 1716?]- Books
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The life of Jane de St. Remy de Valois, heretofore Countess de la Motte. containing a circumstantial and exact Detail of the many extraordinary Events which have attended this unfortunate Lady from her Birth, and contributed to raise her to the Dignity of Confidante and Favorite of the Queen of France; Some further particulars relative to the Mysterious Transaction of the diamond necklace; Her Trial, Condemnation, and Imprisonment in the Salpetriere; her almost miraculous Escape from thence: with many curious and interesting Particulars of her Journey through several Provinces of France, under different Disguises: Also, an address to the National Assembly, supplicating a new trial. Written by herself. In two volumes. ...
La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791.Date: 1792- Books
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Law quibbles: or, a treatise of the evasions, tricks, turns and quibbles, commonly used in the profession of the law, to the prejudice of clients, and others; Necessary to be perus'd by all Attorneys, and those who are or may be concern'd in Law-Suits, Trials, &c. to avoid the many Abuses, Delays, and Expences, introduc'd into Practice. With An essay on the amendment and reduction of the laws of England. The second edition, corrected and enlarg'd. To which is added, The manner of punishing bailiffs for taking unjust fees, making false Arrests, False Imprisonment, &c. And also, A new propos'd act of Parliament, for a thorough regulation of the practice of the law.
Date: 1726- Books
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The present state of the British army in Flanders; with an authentic account of their retreat from before Dunkirk. By a British officer in that army, who was living on the 24th of September.
British Officer.Date: [1793]- Books
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Full, true, and particular account of the conquest & partition of France, by the King of Prussia, Duke of Brunswick, Emperor of Germany, Prince of Orange, King of England, Elector of Hanover, and the Empress of Russia: as also, of their triumphal entry into the city of Paris; and their glorious overthrow of French anarchy, tyranny and oppression.
Date: [1792]- Books
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New, candid, and practical thoughts on the law of imprisonment for debt, with a view to the regulation of it; ... together with heads proposed for an act of Parliament ... By a country attorney.
Country Attorney.Date: 1788- Books
Psychological survival : the experience of long-term imprisonment / Stanley Cohen and Laurie Taylor.
Cohen, Stanley.Date: 1981- Books
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The colonial Bastille : a history of imprisonment in Vietnam, 1862-1940 / Peter Zinoman.
Zinoman, Peter, 1965-Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
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Sentenced to science : one black man's story of imprisonment in America / Allen M. Hornblum.
Hornblum, Allen M.Date: ©2007- Books
Psychiatric aspects of imprisonment / John Gunn [and others] ; with the assistance of Evelyn Maxwell.
Date: 1978- Books
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The crisis of imprisonment : protest, politics, and the making of the American penal state, 1776-1941 / Rebecca M. McLennan.
McLennan, Rebecca M., 1967-Date: 2008- Books
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Liberty invaded; or, The remarkable case of an English lady, presumptuously held in a slavish imprisonment, within these His Majesty's dominions, without crime against, or any demand upon her. Addressed to the Honourable House of Commons.
Baldwin, John, active 1748-1755.Date: 1750-1 [1751]- Books
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Thoughts on imprisonment for debt. Humbly addressed to His Majesty, by F. A. S. Murray, Esq.
Murray, F. A. S.Date: MDCCCLXXXVIII [1788]- Books
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A faithful narrative of the conversion and death of Count Struensee, late Prime Minister of Denmark; together with letters of his parents to him, and also a Letter of his own; wherein he relates how he came to alter his Sentiments of Religion. Published by D. Munter, An Eminent Divine, who was ordered by the King to prepare him for Death. To which is added, The history of Count Enevold Brandt, From the Time of his Imprisonment to his Death. Together with two Anonymous Letters, found in his Pocket-Book, wherein he was forewarned of what happened to him Four Months after; and likewise an exact Copy of his sentence. The whole translated from the original German. Embellished with the Heads and Coats of Arms of both the unhappy Counts.
Münter, Balthasar, 1735-1793.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The rise and practice of imprisonment in personal actions examined; and a mode a proceeding offered, reconciling the ancient and modern practice, in aid both of debtor and creditor. By a barrister at law.
Delamayne, Thomas, 1718-1773.Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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Observations on the law of arrest and imprisonment for debt: Together with a short sketch of a plan for an amendment of that law. By Richard Bevan, Esq; of the Middle Temple, barrister at law.
Bevan, Richard, active 1781.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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An Act for regulating the time of the imprisonment of debtors imprisoned by process from courts instituted for the recovery of small debts; for abolishing the claim of fees of gaolers, and others, in the cases of such imprisonment; and for ascertaining the qualifications of the commissioners.
Great Britain.Date: 1786- Books
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An inquiry into the practice of imprisonment for debt, and a refutation of Mr. James Stephen's doctrine. To which is added, a hint for relief of both creditor and debtor.
Date: M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]- Books
The imprisonment of mentally-ill patients in early nineteenth-century provincial France : legal proceedings / R.G. Hillman.
Hillman, R. G.Date: 1974- Books
Disability incarcerated : imprisonment and disability in the United States and Canada / edited by Liat Ben-Moshe, Chris Chapman and Allison C. Carey.
Date: 2014- Books
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De Laune's plea for the non-conformists: shewing the true state of their case, and how far the conformist's separation from the Church of Rome for their Popish Superstitions, &c. introduced into the Service of God, justifies the non-conformist's separation from them. In a Letter to Dr. Benjamin Calamy, on his Sermon, called, Scrupulous Conscience, inviting hereto. To which is added, A Parallel Scheme of the Pagan, Papal, and Christian Rites and Ceremonies. With a narrative of the sufferings underwent for Writing, Printing and Publishing hereof. By Thomas Delaune, who died in Newgate during his Imprisonment for this Book. Printed Twenty Years ago; But being seiz'd by the Messenger of the Press, was afterwards Burnt by the Hang-Man: And now Re-Printed from the Author's Original Copy. With a preface by the author of the Review.
De Laune, Thomas, -1685.Date: 1706- Books
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England's black tribunal: containing, I. The compleat tryal of King Charles the First, by the pretended High Court of Justice in Westminster-Hall, Begun Jan. 20, 1648. Together with His Majesty's Speech on the Scaffold, Erected at White-Hall-Gate, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1648. II. The loyal martyrology: Or, A perfect Relation of the Sufferings and Death of the Nobility, Gentry, and others, who were inhumanly Sacrific'd for their Loyalty to their Sovereigns King Charles I. and II. Together with their several Dying Speeches. III. An historical register of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, who were slain in defence of their King and country, during the Unnatural Rebellion, begun in 1641. IV. The loyal confessors: In a Brief Account of the most Eminent Sufferers, by Imprisonment, Banishment, or in Estate, for the Cause of His Sacred Majesty.
Date: MDCCXX. [1720]- Books
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England's black tribunal: containing, I. The complete tryal of King Charles the First, by the pretended High Court of Justice in Westminster-Hall, begun Jan. 20, 1648. Together with His Majesty's speech on the scaffold, erected at Whitehall Gate, on Tuesday Jan. 30, 1648. II. The loyal martyrology: Or, A perfect Relation of the Sufferings and Death of the Nobility, Gentry, and others, who were inhumanly sacrific'd for their Loyalty to their Sovereigns King Charles I. and II. Together with their several Dying Speeches. III. An historical register of the Lords, Knights, and gentlemen, who were slain in defence of their King and country, during the Unnatural Rebellion, begun in 1641. IV. The loyal confessors: In a brief Account of the most Eminent Sufferers, by Imprisonment, Bahishment, or in Estate, for the Cause of His Sacred Majesty.
Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]- Books
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De Laune's plea for the non-conformists: shewing the true state of their case, and how far the conformist's separation from the Church of Rome. for their Popish Superstitions, &c. introduced into the Service of God, justifies the non-conformist's separation from them. In a Letter to Dr. Benjamin Calamy, on his Sermon, called, Scrupulous Conscience, inviting hereto. To which is added, a Parallel Scheme of the Pagan, Papal, and Christian Rites and Ceremonies. With a narrative of the sufferings underwent for Writing, Printing and Publishing hereof. By Thomas Delaune, who died in Newgate during his Imprisonment for this Book. Printed Twenty Years ago; But being seiz'd by the Messenger of the Press, was afterwards Burnt by the Hang-Man: And now Re-Printed from the Author's Original Copy. With a preface by the author of the Review.
De Laune, Thomas, -1685.Date: 1706- Books
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The lamentation of Britannia for the two-and-twenty months imprisonment of John Wilkes, Esq. in the King's-Bench Prison.
Date: [1768]