Biography

Name Biography
Description

A narrative, account, or anecdote about a specific individual.

Titles

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
14077 The Seven Voyages of Sindbad, the Sailor. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Chiswell] (London)
1803
25204 The story on which the new tragedy, call'd, The Roman father, is founded. With some account of the author, and his writings. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
1750 The Second Edition.
14084 The Strange and Unaccountable Life of Daniel Dancer, Esq. Who Died in a Sack, Though Worth Upwards of £3000 a Year. With Singular Anecdotes of Jemmy Taylor, the Southwark Usurer. To Which Are Added, the Remarkable Life of John Overs; With Some Account of His Daughter, Who Was the Original Founder of St. Mary Overs' Church in the Borough; and, The Origin of London Bridge. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1801
14085 The Strange and Unaccountable Life of Daniel Dancer, Esq. Who Died in a Sack, Though Worth Upwards of £3000 a Year. With Singular Anecdotes of Jemmy Taylor, the Southwark Usurer. To Which is Now Added, the Remarkable Life of Baron D'Aguilar, with Some Account of His Starvation Farm Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1803
15730 The Strange and Unaccountable Life of the Penurious Daniel Dancer, Esq. A Miserable Miser, Who Died in a Sack. Though Worth Upwards of £3000 per Ann. With Singular Anecdotes of the Famous Jemmy Taylor, the Southwark Usurer, A Character Well Known Upon the Stock Exchange: To Which is Added, A True Account of Henry Welby, Who Lived Invisible Forty-Four Years in Grub Street; With a Sketch of the Life of the Rev. George Harvest; Called the Absent Man; or, Parson and Player. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1797
14087 The Strange and Unaccountable Life of the Penurious Daniel Dancer, Esq. A Miserable Miser, Who Died in a Sack. Though Worth Upwards of £3000 per Ann. With Singular Anecdotes of the Famous Jemmy Taylor, the Southwark Usurer, A Character Well Known Upon the Stock Exchange: To Which is Added, A True Account of Henry Welby, Who Lived Invisible Forty-Four Years in Grub Street; With a Sketch of the Life of the Rev. George Harvest; Called the Absent Man; or, Parson and Player. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1797 The Second Edition.
15721 The Strange and Unaccountable Life of the Penurious Daniel Dancer, Esq. A Miserable Miser, Who Died in a Sack. Though Worth Upwards of £3000 per Ann. With Singular Anecdotes of the Famous Jemmy Taylor, the Southwark Usurer, A Character Well Known Upon the Stock Exchange: To Which is Added, the Life of the Rev. George Harvest; Called the Absent Man; or, Parson and Player. The Fifth Edition. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1798 The Fifth Edition.
6703 The strange and wonderful history and prophecies of Mother Shipton. Southeil , Ursula
 1800
6704 The strange and wonderful history and prophecies of Mother Shipton. Southeil , Ursula
 E. Bates (London)
1750
6707 The strange and wonderful history and prophecies of Mother Shipton. Southeil , Ursula
 s.n. [sine nomine]
1775
6705 The strange and wonderful history and prophesies of mother Shipton. Southeil , Ursula
 s.n. [sine nomine]
1775
14092 The Three Misers: The Strange and Unaccountable Life of Daniel Dancer, Esq. Who Died in a Sack, Though Worth Upwards of £3000 a Year. With Singular Anecdotes of Jemmy Taylor, the Southwark Usurer. To Which Are Added, The Life and Remarkable Death of John Overs, With Some Account of His Daughter. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1801
5152 The triumphs of grace; or, the last words and edifying death of the Lady Margaret de la Musse, a noble French lady, who died in May 1681, Aged But Sixteen Years. Englished by P. L. de la Musse , Margaret
 George Nicholson and Co. (Manchester)
John Lawrence (London)
1795
2685 The true and affecting history of the Duchess of C****, who was confined by her husband in a dismal dungeon, under ground, where light never entered, and in which was nothing except a straw bed; bread and water being her only support, and that conveyed by means of a turning-box, by her unrelenting husband, whom the law but once during her imprisonment of nine years; in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme Hunger, Thirst, and Cold. But happily a few days before her tyrant's death, he disclosed the secret of subterraneous abode. To a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. du Crest de Saint-Aubin , Stéphanie Félicité
 1799
2684 The true and affecting history of the Duchess of C****, who was confined by her husband in a dismal dungeon, under ground, where light never entered, and in which was nothing except a straw bed; bread and water being her only support, and that conveyed, by means of a turning-box, by her unrelenting husband, when the law but ONCE during her IMPRISONMENT of NINE YEARS; in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme Hunger, Thirst, and Cold. But happily, a few days beofre her Tyrant's Death, he disclosed the Secret of her Subterraneous Abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. du Crest de Saint-Aubin , Stéphanie Félicité
 1800
14105 The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Walter Raleigh. With the Voyage of Captain Cowley. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Houndsditch] (London)
1806
14106 The Voyages and Distresses of Captain T. James, and Mr. H. Ellis, for the Discovery of a North-West Passage to the South Seas. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Houndsditch] (London)
1807
14110 The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. With an Account of His Unfortunate Death at Owhylee, One of the Sandwich Islands. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Houndsditch] (London)
1807
203 The Willow Tree Tonna , Charlotte Elizabeth (Browne) Phelan
 1828
6706 The wonderful history and surprising prophecies of Mother Shipton. Southeil , Ursula
 Company of Flying Stationers (Glasgow)
1775
14120 The Wonderful History of That Renowned Magician and Conjurer, Friar Bacon. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Chiswell] (London)
1809
11602 The Works of Mary Brunton. In seven volumes. Brunton , Mary
 Alexander Manners and Robert Miller [High Street] (Edinburgh)
Archibald Constable and Co. [High Street] (Edinburgh)
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
John Murray [Coventry Street] (London)
1820
263 Times of Trial; Being a Brief Narrative of the Progress of the Reformation, and of the Sufferings of Some of the Reformers. By Mary Ann Kelty, Author of "Religious Thoughts" and "The Speculator and the Believer" Kelty , Mary Ann
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (London)
Thomas Stevenson (Cambridge)
1830
194 Traits and Trials of Early Life. By L. E. L. Author of "The Improvisatrice" &c. Landon , Letitia Elizabeth
 Henry Colburn [Great Marlborough Street] (London)
1836
881 Triumphs of Genius and Perseverance; exemplified in the Histories of Persons, who, from the lowest state of poverty, and early ignorance, have risen to the highest eminence in the Arts and Sciences. By Elizabeth Strutt, author of 'Practical Wisdom', &c. Strutt , Elizabeth
 John Harris [1802-1819, 1824-1843] (London)
1827

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