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A new epitome of the annals of Great-Britain: or, a succinct, impartial history of England, from the remotest period of intelligence to the conclusion of the last war. Containing A satisfactory Account of every interesting Occurrence and memorable Character, relative to English History, both at Home and Abroad. Particularly its Origin; the Progress of its Empire; Laws; Civil and Religious Establishment; its various remarkable Operations, Naval and Military; with the Transactions of the most celebrated Personages who distinguished themselves in a Political, Ecclesiastical, or Military Capacity. - Interspersed with Cuts of all the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to George III. inclusive. - With an Introduction, on the Constitution and Polity of Great-Britain; its Division into Counties, and the principal Towns in each, their Disance from London, &c. To which is prefixed, a new and correct Map of England. Useful for Youth at Schools, as well as others who are desirous of retaining what they have read of the History of their Country. The second edition, enlarged and corrected. By G. Grey.
Grey, G. (Gilbert).Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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An exposition of the principles of the English Jacobins; with strictures on the political conduct of Charles James Fox, William Pitt, and Edmund Burke; including remarks on the resignation of George Washington. By Richard Dinmore, Junior.
Dinmore, Richard, 1765-1811.Date: 1797- Books
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A collect upon the accession of His present Majesty George the Third, &c. or, The prayer of Great - Britain, Upon the Sudden, Unexpected, and Much-Lamented Death of The late King, George the Second, Of Blessed Memory, October 25, 1760.
Date: [1760]- Books
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In the House of Lords. Between John Horne, clerk, - - - - - - - plaintiff in error, and our sovereign Lord the King, - - - defendant in error.
Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)Date: 1778]- Books
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A history of the British zoophytes / by George Johnston.
Date: 1838- Books
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The irish protest to the ministerial manifesto, contained in the address of the British Parliament to the King. Containing, I. The address. II. Remarks on the address. III. Authentic copy of Mr. Pitt's bill.
Date: 1785- Books
George III's illnesses and his doctors : a study in early psychiatry / Michael Ramscar.
Ramscar, MichaelDate: 2023- Books
Porphyria - a royal malady : articles published [1966 & 1968] in or commissioned by the "British medical journal" / [by Ida Macalpine and Richard Hunter].
Date: [1968]- Books
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History of the late war. By the King's royal licence and authority. On Saturday July 16, 1785, will be published, (embellished with the Four following beautiful Copper-Plates, Drawn and Engraved by the first Artists, viz. - I. A whole Length of George III. in his Coronation Robes, from a Painting of Sir Joshua Reynolds. - II. A striking Likeness of Sir George Augustus Eliott, Governor of Gibraltar. - III. A Quarto Chart of the British Channel, beautifully Coloured. - IV. An Emblematical Vignette, and Engraved Title.) number I. To be continued weekly, and completed in twenty-eight numbers, at one shilling each, a History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland. Commencing in 1775, and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, L.L.D.
Andrews, John, 1736-1809.Date: [1785]- Pictures
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King George III analysing the residue from a large glass retort containing a small figure; representing the English view of Napoleon. Coloured aquatint by T. West, 1803.
West, Temple, approximately 1740-1783.Date: July 1803Reference: 12196i- Pictures
Edmund Burke, arguing in favour of control of immigration from France, points towards the dagger he has just thrown on the floor of the House of Commons; William Pitt the younger and Henry Dundas are seated on the Treasury bench, while Charles James Fox, R.B. Sheridan and M.A. Taylor look on with alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585500i- Books
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The court oracle: a new miscellany. In which are contained, amongst many other curious Things, the following, viz. I. The secret history of that most celebrated prude Skirrissa; wherein the various Stratagems used by Sir Sidrophel with her Father, and their Intrigues to this Time, are amply set forth. Cum multis aliis. II. The Sequel of Tit for Tat. In a Dialogue between a Country Blackbird and a C- Goldfinch. III. The Wife's Revenge; or the impertinent Cuckold; who on Account of his ill Usage became a Prostitute: With their Proceedings at Law, and Seperation by mutual Consent. IV. The Secret History of Montizeuta: Containing an Account of her Amours; particularly with Crackezuma, a grand Scribe: The Discovery of her indecent Behaviour with him; her comical Adventure with a Gentleman at a Country Village, who enjoy'd her by a Stratagem, when she thought to pass undiscover'd; her extravagant Gestures at the Sight of the Corpse of her Paramour, the Scribe, who died of a loathsome Distemper; and her dressing herself in a Widow's Apparel on Account of his Death. V. An Officer and no Soldier. A Poem. Inscribed to the D-s of B-n and A - le. VI. Verses most humbly inscribed to the Right Hon, the Earl of Scarborough, on his resigning his Post of Master of the Horse to his Majesty. Vii. The History of a Knight and no Gentleman. Inscrib'd to Sir R- F-. Viii. A dialogue between two Jews, concerning the bill depending in Parliament for preventing stockjobbing. To which is added, The fair Jewess triumphant: OR Jacob's Folly in Attempting to Wrestie with an Angel.
Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Videos
Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians.
Date: 2013- Books
The enlightened Mr. Parkinson : the pioneering life of a forgotten English surgeon / Cherry Lewis.
Lewis, Cherry, 1947-Date: 2017- Videos
Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 3. Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors.
Date: 2013- Books
Medical theory and therapeutic practice in the eighteenth century : a transatlantic perspective / edited by Jürgen Helm, Renate Wilson.
Date: 2008- Books
Fighting proud : the untold story of the gay men who served in two world wars / Stephen Bourne.
Bourne, Stephen, 1957 January 4-Date: 2018