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
4711 Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life. By Hesther Lynch Piozzi. The fourth edition. Piozzi , Hester Lynch Thrale
 Thomas Cadell [London] (London)
1786 The fourth edition.
4720 Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the last twenty years of his life. By Hesther Lynch Piozzi. The second edition. Piozzi , Hester Lynch Thrale
 Thomas Cadell [London] (London)
1786 The second edition.
4719 Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life. By Hesther Lynch Piozzi. The third edition. Piozzi , Hester Lynch Thrale
 Thomas Cadell [London] (London)
1786 The third edition.
749 Anecdotes, Biographical Sketches, and Memoirs Hawkins , Laetitia-Matilda
 Francis and Charles Rivington (London)
1822
2317 Authentic anecdotes, of the life and transactions of Mrs. Margaret Rudd: Consisting of a Variety of Facts hitherto unknown to the Public. Addressed in a series of letters to the now (by a late act of Parliament) Miss Mary Lovell. Rudd , Margaret Caroline
 John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
1776
22135 Authentick Memoirs of the Life and Conduct of Her Grace, Sarah, Late Dutchess of Marlborough, Containing a Genuine Narrative of Her Grace's Conduct, from Her First Coming to Court, to the Death of Her Royal Mistress Queen Anne, and from the Demise of the Queen to Her Grace's Death. Likewise All Her Grace's Letters to the Queen, and Her Majesty's Answers. To which is Prefix'd, the Last Will and Testament of Her Grace, from a True Copy of the Original, Lodg'd in Doctor's Commons. Churchill , Sarah
 1744
13545 Biographical Curiosities. The Strange and unaccountable life of the penurious Daniel Dancer, Esq. A miserable miser, who died in a sack, though worth upwards of three thousand pounds per annum. With singular anecdotes of the famous Jemmy Taylor, the southwark usurer. To which is added the life of the Rev. George Harvest, parson and comedian. A New edition with Additions. Unknown ,
Ann Lemoine (London)
1799 A New edition with Additions.
136 Biographical Notices of Members of the Society of Friends, who were Resident in Ireland. By Mary Leadbeater. Leadbeater , Mary
 1823
25031 Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. Compiled by A. Mott. Wheatley Peters , Phillis
Mott , Abigail
 1826
25032 Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To which is added, a selection of pieces in poetry. Compiled by A. Mott. Wheatley Peters , Phillis
Mott , Abigail
 1826
15631 Biographium Fæmineum. The Female Worthies: or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of all Ages and Nations, who have been Eminently distinguished for their Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and other excellent Endowments, conspicuous in all the various Stations and Relations of Life, public and private. Containing (exclusive of Foreigners) The Lives of above Fourscore British Ladies, who have shone with a peculiar Lustre, and given the noblest Proofs of the most exalted Genius, and superior Worth. Collected from History, and the most approved Biographers, and brought down to the present Time. In Two Volumes. Unknown ,
Stanley Crowder (London)
John Payne [Feathers] (London)
John Wilkie (London)
William Nicholl (London)
John Wren (London)
1766
25791 Characters of the times; or, an Impartial account of the Writings, Characters, Education, &c. of several Noblemen and Gentlemen, libell'd in a Preface to a late Miscellany publish'd by P-----P E and S------F T. Unknown ,
1728
8888 Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington. Gardiner , Marguerite
 Henry Colburn [Windsor] (Windsor)
Richard Bentley (London)
1834
24439 Dunton's recantation; or, His reasons for deserting his Whiggish principles and turning Jacobite, at this time when a new rebellion is so much talk'd off. With the cause of his dissaffection to King George, and the present ministry. Inscrib'd to that noble duke, that revolves to serve the lawful King, with his life and fortune. Dunton , John
 John Dunton
1716
624 Essays on the Art of Being Happy Lewis , Alethea
 1803
6381 Facts dedicated to Her Majesty. The female spy; or Mrs. Tonkin's journey through France, in the late war, undertaken by the express order of the Rt. Hon. Charles James Fox, secretary of state, this pamphlet contains a particular narrative of the hardships, dangers, and distress, she met with, the various intelligence the furnished to government, the means by which it was obtained, and in what manner the escaped being taken. Not having received any compensation for her sercies [sic] from government-she submits her case to the candor and liberality of a generous public. Tonkin , Mary
 1785
368 Familiar Scenes, Histories, and Reflections. by the author of "cottage sketches." "antidote to the miseries of human life", &c. Corp , Harriet
 1814
14906 Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. Alphabetically Arranged. By Mary Hays. First American Edition, in Three Volumes. Hays , Mary
 Birch and Small (Philadelphia)
1807 First American Edition, in three volumes.
417 Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. Alphabetically Arranged. By Mary Hays. In six volumes. Hays , Mary
 Richard Phillips [St. Paul's Churchyard] (London)
1803
14728 Female Biography; or, Virtue and Talent Exemplified in the Characters of Eminent British Females. By Mary Elliott, (Late Belson.) With Copper Plates. Elliott , Mary Belson
 William Darton [formerly Junior; 58 Holborn] (London)
1822
265 Fortitude Hofland , Barbara
 1835
19852 Fragments, in prose and verse, by Miss Elizabeth Smith. With some account of her life and character: by H.M. Bowdler. Smith , Elizabeth
Bowdler , Henrietta Maria
 David Allinson & Co (Burlington)
1811
13840 France in 1829-30. By Lady Morgan Author of "France" (in 1816,) "Italy," "Life and Times of Salvator Rosa," &c. &c. &c. Second Edition. In two volumes. Owenson , Sydney
 Saunders and Otley (London)
1831 Second edition
14360 Good Wives. By Mrs. D. L. Child, author of 'Hobomok,' 'The Mother's Book,' &c. Child , Lydia Maria Francis
 Carter, Hendee and Co. (Boston)
Allen and Ticknor (Boston)
1833
354 Harry Clinton: A Tale for Youth Hays , Mary
 1804

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