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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Living Authors is accordingly now offered to the Literary World , in a much more substantial form than it could have pos- sibly been if confined to the limits it was originally intended to occupy . It will occur to the intelligent ...
... Living Authors is accordingly now offered to the Literary World , in a much more substantial form than it could have pos- sibly been if confined to the limits it was originally intended to occupy . It will occur to the intelligent ...
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... living authors , and brief notices of others who have no longer a title to that distinction . But as it is of importance to the general reader that the register of existing writers should be accompanied by one of departed genius , it is ...
... living authors , and brief notices of others who have no longer a title to that distinction . But as it is of importance to the general reader that the register of existing writers should be accompanied by one of departed genius , it is ...
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... indulgence for unavoidable errors , and the communication of corrections and additions directed , free of expense , to their publisher . December 1 , 1815 . Α BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF LIVING AUTHORS . ABBOTT , Rt viii PREFACE .
... indulgence for unavoidable errors , and the communication of corrections and additions directed , free of expense , to their publisher . December 1 , 1815 . Α BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF LIVING AUTHORS . ABBOTT , Rt viii PREFACE .
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... Living Manners , ( a monthly Publication , begun in 1811 , ) Evo . - Secret Memoirs of an Illustrious Princess , nov . 3 v . 12mo . Observations on Ectropium or Eversion of the Eye 1813 . lids , 8vo . 1812 . ADAMS Short - hand Writer ...
... Living Manners , ( a monthly Publication , begun in 1811 , ) Evo . - Secret Memoirs of an Illustrious Princess , nov . 3 v . 12mo . Observations on Ectropium or Eversion of the Eye 1813 . lids , 8vo . 1812 . ADAMS Short - hand Writer ...
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