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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... book of reference , and that as such it cannot be too copious in its facts , and simple in the narration ; these compilers have related nothing where the subject required detail , while they have been prolix where they ought to have ...
... book of reference , and that as such it cannot be too copious in its facts , and simple in the narration ; these compilers have related nothing where the subject required detail , while they have been prolix where they ought to have ...
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... Book of Prices for Task - work Labour , 1812 . ARNOLD , R. of the Manor - House , Chis- wick , Writing - Master and Mathema- tician . The Arithmetical Preceptor , 12mo . 1792 . ARNOLD , SAMUEL JAMES , Acting - Ma- nager of Drury Lane ...
... Book of Prices for Task - work Labour , 1812 . ARNOLD , R. of the Manor - House , Chis- wick , Writing - Master and Mathema- tician . The Arithmetical Preceptor , 12mo . 1792 . ARNOLD , SAMUEL JAMES , Acting - Ma- nager of Drury Lane ...
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... Book , nov . 3 v . 12mo . 1811.- The Liberal Critic , nov . 3 v . 12mo . 1812. - A Commercial View and Geographical Sketch of the Brazils and Madeira , 8vo . 1812 . The Art of Painting on and Annealing in Glass , 4to . ASHMORE , THOMAS ...
... Book , nov . 3 v . 12mo . 1811.- The Liberal Critic , nov . 3 v . 12mo . 1812. - A Commercial View and Geographical Sketch of the Brazils and Madeira , 8vo . 1812 . The Art of Painting on and Annealing in Glass , 4to . ASHMORE , THOMAS ...
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... Book , as it was emphatically denominated , and announced his intention of publishing its contents in his paper , but was prevented by an injunction from the Lord Chancel- lor . Besides some anonymous pamphlets , he has published ...
... Book , as it was emphatically denominated , and announced his intention of publishing its contents in his paper , but was prevented by an injunction from the Lord Chancel- lor . Besides some anonymous pamphlets , he has published ...
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... Book I. wrote under the direction of the Lord God , and published by his sacred command ; con- taining with other great and remarkable things , not revealed to any other person on earth , the Restora- tion of the Hebrews to Jerusalem ...
... Book I. wrote under the direction of the Lord God , and published by his sacred command ; con- taining with other great and remarkable things , not revealed to any other person on earth , the Restora- tion of the Hebrews to Jerusalem ...
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