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Every man entertained: or, select histories: giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their Perfections or Defects, either of Body or Mind. The Whole collected from the best Authors, with the Addition of several curious Particulars never before published; and digested under the following Heads: Apparitions. Persons who have return'd to Life after they have been supposed to be dead. Great Sleepers, and Walkers in their Sleep. Great Eaters and Drinkers. Vast Strength of some Persons. Persons wonderfully preserv'd from Death. Extraordinary Longevity. Giants and Dwarfs. Monstrous and preternatural Births. Strange Discoveries of Murder. The Strength of Imagination. Great Memory. Singular Chastity. Pride and Ambition. Instance of Temperance and long Abstinence. Dreams, Presages, and Predictions. Magicians, Wizards, and Witches. Loving Husbands and Wives.
Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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A view of human nature: or, select histories; giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their Perfections or Defects, either of Body or Mind; or who have been, in any Respect, remarkable Instances of Divine Providence. The Whole collected from the best Authors in various Languages, with the Addition of several curious Particulars never before publish'd; and digested under the following Heads, amongst many others, viz. Monstrous and preternatural Births. Giants and Dwarfs. Vast Strength of some Persons. Extraordinary Longevity. Persons who have return'd to Life after they have been supposed to be dead. Strange Discoveries of Murder. The Strength of Imagination. Great Memory. Loving Husbands and Wives. $$gent Parents, and dutiful children. Gratitude and Friendship. Singular Chastity. Uncommon Patience and Fortitude. Pride and Ambition. Great Eaters and Drinkers. Instance of Temperance and long Abstinence. Great Sleepers, and Walkers in their Sleep. Dreams, Presages, and Predictions. Magicians, Wizards, and Witches. Apparitions. Persons wonderfully preserv'd from Death. Horrid Imprecations, and Appeals to God, &c. &c. &c. With Miscellaneous Notes.
Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Books
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Select histories of human nature, under the following heads: I. Of giants, or such as have exceeded the common stature and bulk of mankind. II. Of dwarfs, or Those who have been remarkable for the lowness of their stature. III. Of the vast strength of some persons. IV. Of the swiftness of some persons, and their extraordinary expedition in journeys and other affairs. V. Of the extraordinary long life of some persons. VI. Of persons who have return'd to life after they have been supposed to be dead. The whole collected from the best authors in various languages. With miscellaneous notes.
Date: [1760?]- Books
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A continuation, of a most curious, scarce, valuable, and fine collection of all those persons who, from one Circumstance in their Lives, are entitled to a Place in the English School; in which will be found, Princes who have visited this Country, Ambassadors from all Parts of the World, Knights of the Garter, Eminent Learned Men who have visited our Universities. Fellows of the Royal Society, Variety of Artists, such as Painters; musicians, mechanics, &c. Also All curious Persons that have been publickly shewn here, as dwarfs, giants, &c. &c.
Greenwood, John, 1727-1792.Date: 1786]- Books
Chondrodystrophic dwarfs in Denmark : (supplemented with investigations from Sweden and Norway) with special reference to the inheritance of chondrodystrophy / by Ernst Trier Mørch.
Mørch, Ernst Trier, 1908-Date: 1941- Books
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A second edition of the memoirs of the celebrated dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish gentleman. ... Written by himself; and carefully revised and corrected. And translated from the French by Mr. S. Freeman.
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837.Date: 1792- Books
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An account of two remarkable Indian dwarfs exhibited in Boston under the name of Aztec children / by J. Mason Warren, M.D.
Warren, Jonathan Mason, 1811-1867.Date: [1851]- Books
Dwarfs and jesters in art / E. Tietze-Conrat.
Tietze-Conrat, E. (Erika), 1883-1958.Date: 1957- Books
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Esquisse iconographique sur quelques nains / [P.E. Launois].
Launois, Pierre Emile, 1856-1914.Date: 1911- Books
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Memoirs of the celebrated dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish gentleman; containing a faithful and curious account of his birth, education, marriage, travels and voyages; written by himself; translated from the French by Mr. Des Carrieres. ...
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837.Date: 1788- Books
Big & small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.
Vallone, LynneDate: [2017]- Books
Dwarfs in ancient Egypt and Greece / Véronique Dasen.
Dasen, Véronique.Date: 1993- Books
Kleine Menschen-- grosse Kunst : Kleinwuchs aus künstlerischer und medizinischer Sicht / herausgegeben von Alfred Enderle, Dietrich Meyerhöfer, Gerd Unverfehrt.
Date: [1992], ©1992- Books
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Historia partus nanae, versionis negotio a foetu vivo feliciter liberatae. In concessu artis obstetriciae amantium praelecta d. 18. Febr. 1797 / a F.B. Osiander.
Osiander, Friedrich Benjamin, 1759-1822.Date: 1797- Books
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These are to give notice to all persons of quality and others, that there is lately come to this famous city of London, the rarity of the vvorld, viz. a man of the least stature that has been seen in the memory of any : being but two foot and seven inches in heighth, of seven and thirty years of age: he has a very long beard; he sings well.
Date: [between 1685 and 1688]- Books
Lord Minimus : the extraordinary life of Britain's smallest man / Nick Page.
Page, Nick, 1961-Date: 2001- Books
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Biography of Princess Topaze.
Date: [1893]- Books
Histories of the normal and the abnormal : social and cultural histories of norms and normativity / edited by Waltraud Ernst.
Date: 2006- Books
Gulliver in the land of giants : a critical biography and the memoirs of the celebrated dwarf Joseph Boruwłaski / Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz ; translated by Daniel Sax.
Grześkowiak-Krwawicz, Anna.Date: [2012], ©2012- Books
In our hearts we were giants : the remarkable story of the Lilliput Troupe : a dwarf family's survival of the Holocaust / Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev.
Koren, Yehuda (Writer in English)Date: 2004- Books
Morris Gest's Little Miracle Town : with the world's greatest midget artistes : New York World's Fair.
Gest, Morris, 1881-1942.Date: [1939?]- Books
The autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb : a novel / Melanie Benjamin.
Benjamin, Melanie, 1962-Date: 2012, ©2011- Books
Freaks : Collectie Akimitsu Naruyama : de exploitatie van menselijke fysieke fenomenen in circussen en reizende gezelschappen / Akimitsu Naruyama.
Naruyama, Akimitsu, 1966-Date: 1999- Books
Biographical sketches of Count and Countess Philippe Nicol : the king and queen of all midgets / The New Famous Midgets Palace.
Date: [1927?]- Books
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That astonishing phenomenon Sieur Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, respectfully acquaints the nobility and gentry, and the public in general, That he continues to receive company at his apartments, no. 168, opposite the new church in the Strand, and a few doors below the Royal Academy, every day, from ten in the morning 'till nine in the evening; admittance one shilling each person.
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837.Date: 1790?]