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The history of John of Gaunt, [electronic resource] : King of Castile, and Leon, Duke of Lancaster, And Father of Henry IV, King of England. Relating his several expeditions, and an Account of his Right to the Kingdom of Spain. With his marriages, issue, and the Descendents from him now existing. Collected from records, manuscripts, and historians, by Arthur Collins, Esq;.
by Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760. Material type:  Book; Language:English; Format:
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 Publisher: MDCCXL. [1740]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, [electronic resource] : from his birth to his death on the scaffold: Containing, I. An Account of his Family, its Antiquity, Dignity, Power, and Wealth. II. His gradual Rise, and the Steps he took in his Youth to that Fame and Reputation which he enjoyed in his riper Years. III. His gallant Actions in France in Behalf of the Hugonots, and in Ireland against the Rebels. IV. His several Naval Expeditions to America and other Parts; with his Discovery of Virginia. V. The Share he had in the glorious and ever memorable Victory which the English Fleet obtained over the Spanish Armada in the Year 1588. VI. A Relation of a most desperate Engagement between Sir Richard Greenvil in the Revenge against the whole Spanish Fleet. Vii. The Trial at large of Sir Walter Ralegh, his Condemnation, long Imprisonment in the Tower, and Execution. The whole compiled from the most approved authorities and curious manuscripts.
by Oldys, William, 1696-1761. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCXL. [1740]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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An account of the life, writings, and inventions of John Napier, [electronic resource] : of Merchiston; by David Stewart, Earl of Buchan, and Walter Minto, L.L.D. Illustrated with copper-plates.
by Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829 | Minto, Walter, 1753-1796 [aut]. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The memoirs of Sir Hugh Cholmley, [electronic resource] : Knt. and Bart. addressed to his two sons. In which he gives some account of his family, and the distresses they underwent in the Civil Wars; and how far he himself was engaged in them. Taken from an original manuscript, in his own hand-writing, now in the possession of Nathaniel Cholmley, of Whitby and Howsham, in the County of York, Esquire.
by Cholmley, Hugh, Sir, 1600-1657. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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A supplement, consisting of corrections and large additions, to a Biographical History of England, [electronic resource] : Referred to their proper Places in that Work: to which, Besides an Index to the Additional Characters, are subjoined Exact Emendations and Improvements of the Index to the former Volumes; and a list of curious portraits of eminent persons not yet engraved, communicated, by the Honourable Horace Walpole, to the author, James Granger, Vicar of Shiplake, in Oxfordshire.
by Granger, James, 1723-1776 | Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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British biography [electronic resource] : or, an accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff, who began the Reformation by his writings, to the present time: whether Statesmen, Patriots, Generals, Admirals, Philosophers, Poets, Lawyers, or Divines. In which The several Incidents and remarkable Actions of their Lives, and the Particularities of their Deaths, that could be collected from History, Family Memoirs, and Records, are related; a Catalogue and Specimen of their Writings given, with occasional Remarks; and their Characters delineated with Freedom and Impartiality. Vol. Viii. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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British biography [electronic resource] : or, an accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons, in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff, who began the Reformation by his writings, to the present time: whether Statesmen, Patriots, Generals, Admirals, Philosophers, Poets, Lawyers, or Divines. In which The several Incidents and remarkable Actions of their Lives, and the Particularities of their Deaths, that could be collected from History, Family Memoirs, and Records, are related; a Catalogue of their Writings given, with occasional Remarks; and their Characters delineated with Freedom and Impartiality. Vol. I.
by Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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