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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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Memorials and characters, together with the lives of divers eminent and worthy persons. Consisting chiefly of a great Variety of the most celebrated Examples of Piety and Virtue, among the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, From the Year One Thousand Six Hundred to the present Time. Collected and compiled from above one hundred and fifty different authors, several scarce Pieces and some Original Manuscripts, communicated to the Editor. To which is added, an appendix of monumental inscriptions, in Latin and English. Likewise chronological tables, and an index to the whole.
Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]- Books
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The jockey club; or a sketch of the manners of the age. Part the second.
Pigott, Charles, -1794.Date: 1792- Books
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Portraits, memoirs, and characters of remarkable persons, from the reign of Edward the Third, to the Revolution. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. By James Caulfield. ...
Caulfield, James, 1764-1826.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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Concise and impartial characters of two hundred of the British nobility, officers, civil, military and naval. With other eminent persons, in England and Scotland, from the revolution to this time. By John Macky, Esq; to which are prefixed, memoirs of the author's secret services, for near forty years, till he died in Holland 1726, where he was sent by Sir Robert Walpole, and by him most generously rewarded. Published from his original manuscripts, and attested by his son, Spring Macky, Esq;
Macky, John, -1726.Date: M.DCC.XLII. [1742]- Books
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The jockey club; or a sketch of the manners of the age. Part the second.
Pigott, Charles, -1794.Date: 1792- Books
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Geographical and biographical exercises, designed for the use of young ladies, by William Butler, Teacher of Writing, Accounts, and Geography, in ladies schools and in private families.
Butler, William, 1748-1822.Date: 1799- Books
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The jockey club, or a sketch of the manners of the age.
Pigott, Charles, -1794.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]- Books
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The British Nepos; or, youth's mirror: being select lives of illustrious Britons, Who Have Been Distinguished by their Virtues, Talents, or Remarkable Progress in Life, with Incidental and Practical Reflections. Written Purposely for the Use of Schools, and Carefully Adapted to the Situations and Capacities of British Youth, By William Mavor, LL.D. Vicar of Hurley, Berkshire, and Chaplain to the Earl of Dumfries.
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837.Date: 1798- Books
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The jockey club; or a sketch of the manners of the age. Part the second.
Pigott, Charles, -1794.Date: 1792- Books
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A new biographical dictionary. On the first of January next will be published, handsomely printed in quarto, on a very fine paper, No. I of a new work, entitled, General biography, or, lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order; chiefly composed by John Aikin, M.D. and the late Rev. William Enfield, LL.D.
Aikin, John, 1747-1822.Date: [1799]- Books
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Portraits illustrating Grangers Biographical history of England; ...
Granger, James, 1723-1776.Date: 1792- [1812]- Books
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The agreeable variety. In two parts. Containing, first, discourses, characters, and poems, relating to the most useful subjects; and extracted from many worthy authors. Consisting, secondly, of letters, poems, &c. by several private persons, on divers occasions. Never before printed.
J. M.Date: MDCCXVII. [1717]- Books
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The jockey club, or A sketch of the manners of the age. Part the second.
Pigott, Charles, -1794.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]- 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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The lives and characters of the most illustrious persons, who died in the years, 1713, 1714, and 1715. Viz. Dr. Compton, Bishop of London. Dr. Sprat, Bishop of Rochester. Dr. Burnett, Bishop of Salisbury. Dr. Radcliffe. Thomas. Marquiss of Wharton. Dr. Burnett, Master of the Charter-House. J. Partridge, Gent. With true copies of their last wills and testaments.
Date: [1716]