A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland: Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives, and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, with the Number of Editions Printed; Including Notices of Some Foreign Writers Whose Works Have Been Occasionally Published in EnglandH. Colburn, 1816 - 449 pagina's |
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Pagina iii
... collection of literary me- moirs is no more than a slight sketch of the exalted triumph which Human Knowledge has gained in this country during the life of your Royal Highness , and under the auspicious protection of your august Father ...
... collection of literary me- moirs is no more than a slight sketch of the exalted triumph which Human Knowledge has gained in this country during the life of your Royal Highness , and under the auspicious protection of your august Father ...
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... Collection of English Songs , post 3vo . 1810 .-- Essays , Literary and Miscellaneous , 8vo . 1811. - The Lives of John Selden , Esq . and Archbishop Usher , 8vo . 1811 . AIKIN , LUCY , daughter of Dr. Aikin . The Travels of Rolando ...
... Collection of English Songs , post 3vo . 1810 .-- Essays , Literary and Miscellaneous , 8vo . 1811. - The Lives of John Selden , Esq . and Archbishop Usher , 8vo . 1811 . AIKIN , LUCY , daughter of Dr. Aikin . The Travels of Rolando ...
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... Collection of Songs , 12mo . 1803 .-- my , from the French of Cuvier , 8vo . 1801 . ALLEN , JOHN . Institutes of the Christian Religion , from the Latin of Calvin , 3 v . 8vo . 1813 . ALLEN , WILLIAM , formerly Adjutant of the ...
... Collection of Songs , 12mo . 1803 .-- my , from the French of Cuvier , 8vo . 1801 . ALLEN , JOHN . Institutes of the Christian Religion , from the Latin of Calvin , 3 v . 8vo . 1813 . ALLEN , WILLIAM , formerly Adjutant of the ...
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... Collection of Fossils , 4to . 1799 . BACKHOUSE , THOMAS , late Master of H. M. S. Thisbe . Surveys of the Principal Harbours on the Coast of Nova Scotia , 1798 . BACON , JAMES . The Libertine , nov . 12mo . 1791. - The American Indian ...
... Collection of Fossils , 4to . 1799 . BACKHOUSE , THOMAS , late Master of H. M. S. Thisbe . Surveys of the Principal Harbours on the Coast of Nova Scotia , 1798 . BACON , JAMES . The Libertine , nov . 12mo . 1791. - The American Indian ...
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... Collection of Treatises on the Effects 8vo . ( Calcutta , ) 1784. ( Lond . ) 1786. 24 edit . under of Sol - lunar Influence in Fevers , 8vo . 1812. - The Forms of Herkern , translated into English , with an Index of Arabic Words , 4to ...
... Collection of Treatises on the Effects 8vo . ( Calcutta , ) 1784. ( Lond . ) 1786. 24 edit . under of Sol - lunar Influence in Fevers , 8vo . 1812. - The Forms of Herkern , translated into English , with an Index of Arabic Words , 4to ...
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