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 England |
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... account of learned establishments and scientific institutions , in various parts of the British empire ; notices of inventions and discoveries ; and in short to have concentrated , in a moderate compass , an exact register of all ...
... account of learned establishments and scientific institutions , in various parts of the British empire ; notices of inventions and discoveries ; and in short to have concentrated , in a moderate compass , an exact register of all ...
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... Account of the Prosecution of Mr. John Gis- 8vo . 1810. - A Vindication of Unitarian Worship , a Sermon , 8vo . 1810. - A Selection of Hymns for the Unitarian Worship , 12mo . 1811. - The Beneficial In fluence of Christianity on the ...
... Account of the Prosecution of Mr. John Gis- 8vo . 1810. - A Vindication of Unitarian Worship , a Sermon , 8vo . 1810. - A Selection of Hymns for the Unitarian Worship , 12mo . 1811. - The Beneficial In fluence of Christianity on the ...
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... Account of the Invention , Theory , and Practice of Fire - machinery , 8vo . 1793 . BLANCHARD , J. H. short - hand writer . Trial of John Horne Tooke for High Treason , at the Old Bailey , Nov. 1794 , 2 v . 8vo . 1795 . BLANCHARD ...
... Account of the Invention , Theory , and Practice of Fire - machinery , 8vo . 1793 . BLANCHARD , J. H. short - hand writer . Trial of John Horne Tooke for High Treason , at the Old Bailey , Nov. 1794 , 2 v . 8vo . 1795 . BLANCHARD ...
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... Account of the Life of James Beattie , LL.D. cr . 8vo . 1804. - The Life of Luther , with an Account of the early progress of the Reformation , 8vo . 1813 . BOWLES , JOHN , Esq . Barrister at Law , a Commissioner of Bankrupts , and ...
... Account of the Life of James Beattie , LL.D. cr . 8vo . 1804. - The Life of Luther , with an Account of the early progress of the Reformation , 8vo . 1813 . BOWLES , JOHN , Esq . Barrister at Law , a Commissioner of Bankrupts , and ...
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... account of an asthma with which he was attacked ; and in prosecu → tion of a plan which he conceived likely to prove beneficial in that disease , he took a captain's commission in the Lei- ment in 1794. From this change he re ...
... account of an asthma with which he was attacked ; and in prosecu → tion of a plan which he conceived likely to prove beneficial in that disease , he took a captain's commission in the Lei- ment in 1794. From this change he re ...
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