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My life with Nye / Jennie Lee.
Lee, Jennie, 1904-Date: 1980- Books
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The works of the celebrated Trajano Boccalini; consisting of panegyricks, satyrs, & criticisms, in advertisements from Parnassus. Written originally in Italian: now made English, and adapted to these present times. Together with the author's Political touch-stone; and his Secretaria di Apollo, or Letters historical and political, directed to the most eminent princes, statesmen, and politicians in the world. With curious remarks on the classick authors, and other Greek and Latin historians. By J.G. In five volumes.
Boccalini, Traiano, 1556-1613.Date: 1714- 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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The beauties of biography, a selection of the lives of eminent men, carefully digested from correct and approved publications; Amongst which are the Lives of Peter Abelard, Joseph Addison, Alfred the Great, Aechylus, Mark Aikenside, Ali Bey, Dr. Amory, Br. Atterbury, Dr. Arbuthnot, Ashmole, Sir George Ascue, &c. And many more Eminent for their Abilities, as Statesmen, Warriors, Poets, Philosophers, &c. The whole forming a pleasing Assemblage of Entertainment and Instruction. Illustrated with several heads, Engraved by eminent Artists.
Date: 1792- Books
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The plotters; a satire. Occasion'd by the proceedings of the Earl of Or----y; the Lord B. of R. the Lord N. and G. and others. Containing a true description of all the statesmen belonging to the Chevalier's court: The Intrigues at Rome, after the Fall of South-Sea Stock: The Escape of John Sample: The Letters of Capt. Kelty: The Lady Sobiesky's Letter to the Lady Roshishr, with the Bologna Lap-Dog; with a particular Description of that Princess and her young Son.
Date: [1722]- Books
The winding stair : Francis Bacon, his rise and fall / by Daphne Du Maurier.
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.Date: 1976- Books
Wilhelm von Humboldt : a biography / by Paul R. Sweet.
Sweet, Paul R. (Paul Robinson), 1907-2003.Date: [1978-1980], ©1978-1980- Books
Benjamin Franklin : a biography / Ronald W. Clark.
Clark, Ronald (Ronald William), 1916-1987.Date: 1983- Books
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / edited with an introduction by Louis P. Masur.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Date: [1993], ©1993- Books
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An autobiography, or, The story of my experiments with truth / M.K. Gandhi.
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948Date: 1996- Books
Benjamin Franklin and his enemies / Robert Middlekauff.
Middlekauff, Robert.Date: [1996], ©1996- Books
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Sugawara no Michizane and the early Heian court / Robert Borgen.
Borgen, Robert, 1945-Date: 1986- Books
Franklin of Philadelphia / Esmond Wright.
Wright, Esmond.Date: 1986- Books
Autobiography and other writings / Benjamin Franklin ; edited and with an introduction by Kenneth Silverman.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Date: 1986- Books
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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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British biography; or, An accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons, in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff, who begun 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 can be collected from History, Family Memoirs, and Records,will be related; a Catalogue and Specimen of their Writings given, with occasional Remarks; and their Characters delineated with Freedom and Impartiality. ...
Date: MDCCLXVI-M,DCC,LXXII [1766-1772]- Books
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Catalogue of the interesting collection of autograph letters, of the late George Morgan Smith, esq., etc. etc. : in which will be found many rare and curious specimens of a highly interesting character, English and foreign sovereigns and nobles, statesmen, commanders, divines, lawyers, medical men, poets, artists, musicians, actors : a collection of rare play bills, etc. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Monday, July 9th, 1849, and following days, at one o'clock most punctually.
Puttick and Simpson.Date: 1849- Books
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A compleat history of the late war, or annual register of its rise, progress, and events, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And Exhibiting The State of the Belligerent Powers at the Commencement of the War; their Interests and Objects in its Continuance: Interspersed with The Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this or any other Nation.
Wright, J. (John), active 1761-1765.Date: M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]- Books
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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 and Specimen of their Writings given, with occasional Remarks; and their Characters delineated with Freedom and Impartiality. ...
Date: M,DCC,LXXVII-M,DCC,LXXX [1777-1780]- Books
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Memoirs of the twentieth century. Being original letters of state, under George the Sixth: relating to the most important events in Great-Britain and Europe, as to church and state, arts and sciences, trade, taxes, and treaties, peace, and war: and characters of the greatest persons of those times; from the middle of the eighteenth, to the end of the twentieth century, and the world. Received and revealed in the year 1728; and now published, for the instruction of all eminent statesmen, churchmen, patriots, politicians, projectors, papists, and protestants. In six volumes. Vol.I.
Madden, Samuel, 1686-1765.Date: 1733- Books
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Biographical, literary, and political anecdotes, of several of the most eminent persons of the present age. Never before printed. With an appendix; Consisting of Original, Explanatory, and Scarce Papers. By the author of Anecdotes of the late Earl of Chatham. In three volumes. ...
Almon, John, 1737-1805.Date: 1797- Books
Dr. med. Johannes Hegetschweiler, 1789-1839 : Opfer des "Züriputschs", Wissenschafter und Staatsmann zwischen alter und moderner Schweiz / von Christoph Mörgeli.
Mörgeli, Christoph.Date: 1986- Books
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The country parson's honest advice to that judicious lawyer, and worthy minister of state, my Lord Keeper.
Browne, Joseph, active 1700-1721.Date: 1706]- Books
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A compleat history of the late war; or annual register of it's rise, progress, and events in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And Exhibiting The State of the Belligerent Powers at the Commencement of the War; their Interests and Objects in its Continuance: interspersed with The Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct, we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this or any other Nation. Illustrated with a variety of heads, plans, maps, and charts.
Wright, J. (John), active 1761-1765.Date: M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]- Books
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Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin. Consisting of his life written by himself; together with essays humorous, moral, and literary, chiefly in the manner of The spectator. In two volumes. ...
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Date: 1799