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. ...

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M,DCC,LXXVII-M,DCC,LXXX [1777-1780]
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British biography. Vol. 8-10

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[Sherborne] : Printed for R. Goadby; and sold by R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Towers, near Cripplegate, London, M,DCC,LXXVII-M,DCC,LXXX [1777-1780]

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v.8-10,plates : ports. ; 80.

References note

ESTC T144145

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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