16 results filtered with: Biographical fiction - Early works to 1800
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The Life and transactions of Mrs Jane Shore, Concubine to King Edward VI [sic]. Containing an account of her parentage, wit and beauty, her marriage with Mr Shore, the king's visits to her. Her going to court, leaving her husband. Her great distress and misery after the king's death, &c.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The Life of Captain Cranstoun, it is a common saying, that we should say nothing but good of the dead. The meaning of which, i suppose, is, that how wicked ...
Date: 1753]- Books
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Injur'd innocence: or the lives and surprizing adventures of Amicorus and Amicana. A true and modern story wrote by a friend.
Friend.Date: 1740- Books
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The life of Capt. John Donnellan, late master of the ceremonies at the Pantheon, convicted of the murder of Sir Theod. Edwd. Alleslay Boughton, Bt. at the assizes held at Warwick, Friday the 30th of March, 1781: Including an account of Capt. Donnellan's transactions in the East-Indies. Completed from authentic papers.
Donellan, John, -1781.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The Life and actions of that [f]amous English pirate captain Avery [pu]blish'd for the satisfaction of the world to prevent the many falsities that he lies under. Written by his own hand[.]
Date: [1710?]- Books
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The Pleasing history of Prince Almanzor, and the beautiful shepherdess. Adorned with cuts.
Date: [1780?]- Books
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The life and transactions of Herod the great; Containing, his birth, and parantage: made King of Judea: rebuilds the temple of Jerusalem, and other great and publick buildings: his wars, cruelties, and murders; espeically, that of almost all the whole Jewish Sanhedrim, his own wife, children, and all her relations; and, the babes of Bethlehem, &c. &c. His grievous disease, last testament, death, and burial, &c. &c. By Mr R. Miller, late minister of Paisley.
Millar, Robert, 1672-1752.Date: M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The life and conversion of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince. Giving an account of the religion, customs, manners, &c. of the natives of Zaara, in Africa. As related by Himself.
Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw.Date: In the year M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The Life & transactions of Mrs. Jane Shore, Concubine to King Edward IV. Containing an account of her parentage, wit and beauty, her marriage with Mr Shore, the king, & visits to her; her going to court, leaving her husband; her great distress and misery after the king's death, &c.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The life of Mr. John Van, a clergyman's son, of Woody, in Hampshire. Being A Series of many extraordinary Events, and surprizing Vicissitudes: In which are shewn, among a great Number of singular and merry Occurrences, his Entrance into the Army as a Trooper; his Bravery against the Rebels; his Marriage with an Heiress of eight hundred Pounds a Year, at St. Ive's in Huntingdonshire; his Conduct in High Life; his Favours from Fortune, and Reduction to Poverty. Written by his Friend and Acquaintance, G. S. Green. In two volumes. ...
Green, George Smith, -1762.Date: [1757?]- Books
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The life of Caius Julius Cæsar: drawn from the most authentic sources of information.
Coote, Charles, 1761-1835.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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Genuine memoirs of Miss Harriet Melvin and Miss Leanora Stanway. In a series of letters. By a young lady of Glocester.
Young Lady of Glocester.Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]- Books
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The life of Dr. Burnet, late lord bishop of Sarum; With his character, and an account of his writings. By M. Le Clerc. Translated into English, from his last bibliotheque.
Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736.Date: 1715- Books
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The ring, a novel: In a Series of Letters. By a Young Lady. In Three Volumes. ...
Young Lady.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The life of Benjamin Franklin, LLD.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Date: [1800?]- Books
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The Pleasing history of Prince Almanzor, and the beautiful shepherdess: Shewing how the young Princess Louisa, daughter of the King of Castile, in Spain, was put into a little boat, and left to perish in the midst of the sea; but by a violent storm was driven upon the coast of Selicia, where she was taken up by a poor shepherd, and brought up as his child. by what means she came to the knowledge of her parentage, with the reception the met from the king her father who soon after gave her in marriage to Prince Almanzor. Ornamented with fine cuts.
Date: [1780?]