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Political correspondence; or, letters to a country gentleman, retired from Parliament: on the subject of some of the leading characters and events of the present day.
Date: [1793]- Books
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Real characters, and Genuine Anecdotes, Political, Polite, Gallant, Theatrical, Intriguing, Prudish, Coquettish, Whimsical, Amorous, Ridiculous, Literary, &c. &c. Interspersed with some Fugitive Miscellaneous Pieces of the Best Modern Authors and Poets.
Date: 1769- Books
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The genuine memoirs of Miss Faulkner; otherwise Mrs. D***l**n; or Countess of H*****x, in expectancy. Containing, the amours and intrigues of several persons of high distinction, and remarkable characters: with Some Curious Political Anecdotes, Never Before Published.
Faulkner, Miss (Mary Anne).Date: [1770]- Books
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A Political and satyrical history of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, and 1759. In a series of one hundred humourous and entertaining prints. Containing, all the most remarkable transactions, characters and caricaturas of those memorable years. To which is annexed, an explanatory account or key to every print, which renders the whole full and significant.
Date: [1760]- Books
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The Political monitor: exhibiting the present state of affairs in Ireland; With some genuine anecdotes, tending to shew the real characters of several statesmen, and other eminent personages. In a series of letters, first published in the freeman's journal, under the signature of Brutus; now republished, at the desire of several citizens of Dublin.
Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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The history of Robespierre, Political and Personal. Containing, his principles, actions, and designs, in the Jacobin Club, Commune of Paris, Constituent Assembly, and the Convention. The whole comprehends interesting particulars respecting His commencing Politician, establishing his Tyranny, and falling the Victim of National Vengeance. Interspersed with interesting traits and curious anecdotes of remarkable characters. To which is added, a brief sketch of his person, life and manners.
Date: 1794- Books
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A satirical review of the manifold falshoods and absurdities hitherto publish'd concerning the earthquake. To which is annext, an authentic account of the late catastrophe at Lisbon, And the Present State of that august Capital. The whole interspersed with reflections of Importance to the Moral and Political Interests of Great Britain: and a set of new characters drawn from the life. By a man of business.
Man of business.Date: 1756- Books
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Anecdotes of the late Charles Lee, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel of the Forty-Fourth Regiment, Colonel in the Portuguese service, Major-General, and Aid-Du-Camp to the King of Poland, and second in command in the service of The United States of America, during the Revolution. To which are added, his Political and Military Essays; Also, Letters to and from many distinguished characters in Europe and America. Second edition. With an appendix of additional papers and letters.
Lee, Charles, Major-General, U. S. Service.Date: 1792- Pictures
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A foppish fumigator holding a print of a birthing chair (?). Etching, 1772.
Date: Pubd. according to Act. 12 August 1772Reference: 10947iPart of: Macaronies, characters, caricatures- Books
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A political and satirical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of seventy-five humourous and entertaining prints. Containing all the most remarkable transactions, characters and caricaturas of those two memorable years. To which is annexed, an explanatory account or key to every Print, which renders the whole full and significant.
Date: [1758?]- Books
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The letters of Brutus. To certain celebrated political characters.
Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Books
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The letters of Brutus to certain celebrated political characters.
Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831.Date: 1791- Books
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The letters of Brutus to certain celebrated political characters.
Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831.Date: 1791- Books
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The Prompter: political and moral. In essays, characters, and anecdotes.
Date: 1795- Books
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England's remembrancer: or, a humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas: Containing, An Account of Men famous and infamous, Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and other creeping Things, Outs and Ins, real and would-be Statesmen; in short, of every thing that engaged the public attention during the memorable years 1756 and 1757. In seventy-four copper-plates. To which is prefixed, a key, explanatory of the Nature and Design of each. By the great masters themselves.
Date: [1759?]- Books
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Sketches of Irish political characters, of the present day, shewing the parts they respectively take on the question of the union, what places they hold, their characters as speakers, &c. &c.
MacDougall, Henry.Date: 1799- Pictures
A foppish obstetrician with forceps in his pocket. Etching, 1772.
Date: Publish'd according to Act. 14 November 1772Reference: 10946iPart of: Macaronies, characters, caricatures design'd by the greatest personages, artists- Books
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A free translation of the preface to Bellendenus; containing animated strictures on the great political characters of the present time.
Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The remonstrance: containing some account of the lives and characters of our present political writers. Submitted to the consideration of the people of Great Britain.
Date: [1735]- Books
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Amusing recreations; or a collection of charades and riddles on political characters, and various subjects. Dedicated to Lady Onslow. By Mrs. Pilkington.
Pilkington, Mrs. (Mary), 1766-1839.Date: 1798- Books
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Thalia to Eliza: a poetical epistle from the comic muse to the Countess of D----. In which various eminent dramatic and political characters are displayed.
Date: [1798]- Books
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The patriots: or, an evening prospect on the Atlantic. In which some noted political characters are delineated; with Strictures on those Ladies who have distinguished themselves in the Fashionable Modes of Gallantry.
Inglis, John, -1786?.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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The remonstrance: Containing some account of the Lives and Characters of our Present Political Writers. With reflections on the state of our domestick affairs, and on the present discontents. Written by a British merchant.
British Merchant.Date: [1734]- Books
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An impartial history of England, from the earliest authentic records, and most genuine historical evidences, to the middle of the year 1799; containing an Authentic, Candid, and circumstantial account, of every memorable transaction, and interesting event, recorded in the Annals of Great Britain, With an Account of its Origin, and progressive State; The many Revolutions it has undergone, its Discoveries, Conquests, Acquisitions, Battles, Sieges, Sea-Fights, and other memorable events. Also, A concise View of the Constitution and Political Establishments of Britain, its Laws, Institutions, Parliaments, Charters, Commerce, &c And an accurate and chronological Account of all the Sovereigns who have swayed the British Sceptre: with an impartial display of their characters. Including, An History of the American War and Revolution. To which is likewise added, histories of the present war, and the Revolutions in France and Holland; together with An Account of the late Rebellion in Ireland, And other important Affairs relating to that Kingdom. The whole interspersed With Remarks, Observations, and Reflections. Selected and compiled from Hume, Smollet, Goldsmith, Robertson, and other approved historians.
Date: 1799- Books
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The political beacon: or the life and character of Oliver Cromwell, impartially illustrated. Containing an historical account of his political transactions and connections, Which carried on, and at length effected the grand revolution. In a series of letters. Together with a parallel, in the manner of Plutarch, between the acting political characters of that time, and those of the last nine years.
Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]