Biography

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

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
16271 Memoirs of Celebrated Women of All Countries. By Madame Junot. With Portraits by the Most Eminent Masters. Abrantès , Laure Junot
 Edward Churton (London)
1834
522 Memoirs of Mrs. Crouch. Including a Retrospect of the Stage, during the Years she Performed. By M. J. Young. Young , Mary Julia
 James Asperne (London)
1806
24911 Memoirs of Napoleon, his Court and Family. By the Duchess d'Abrantes, (Madame Junot). In Two Volumes. With Sixteen Plates. Abrantès , Laure Junot
 Richard Bentley (London)
1836
17354 Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. Begun by himself and concluded by his daughter, Maria Edgeworth. Two volumes bound in one. Edgeworth , Richard Lovell
Edgeworth , Maria
 Wells and Lilly (Boston)
1821
13459 Memoirs of the late Mrs. Mary Gilbert, with some account of Mr. Francis Gilbert, (her husband,) Second Son of the Honourable Nathaniel Gilbert, of Antigua. In a letter to the Rev. Mr. Benson. By Henrietta F. Gilbert. Gilbert , Henrietta
 1817
25122 Memoirs of the life and times, of Sir Thomas Deveil, Knight, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace, For the Counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surry and Hertfordshire, the City and Liberty of Westminster, the Tower of London, and the Liberties thereof, &c. Unknown ,
1748
13858 Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips: to which are added some of her Epistles. Phillips , Catherine
 James Phillips and Son (London)
1797
25006 Memoirs of the life of Mrs. A--a W--t. Shewing, I. The unkind Usage she receiv'd from an only Brother. II. The Cause of her coming to London. III. The Manner in which she was seduc'd from the Inn, to a House of ill Fame. IV. How she was there male-treated, debauch'd, and confin'd for the Space of two Years. V. Her Behaviour and Treatment there till the Time of her Deliverance, and how dispos'd of since. Unknown ,
1750
15425 Memoirs of the life of Nicholas Poussin. By Maria Graham, author of Journal of a Tour in India, &c. &c. Graham , Maria
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
Archibald Constable and Co. [High Street] (Edinburgh)
1820
13860 Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs. Catharine Cappe. Written by herself. Second edition. Cappe , Catharine
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1823 Second edition.
13830 Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach. Written by herself. In two volumes. Craven , Elizabeth
 Henry Colburn [New Burlington Street] (London)
1826
17520 Miscellaneous writings of Ruby Foster, who died in Andover, Mass. August 5th, 1812, in the 21st year of her age. Selected from her diary, other private papers, and letters to her friends. Foster , Ruby
Foster , Sally
 1813
6141 Miss Mary Blandy's own account of the affair between her and Mr. Cranstoun, from the commencement of their acquaintance, in the year, 1746. To the death of her father, in August 1751. With all the Circumstances leading to that unhappy Event. To which is added, an appendix. Containing copies of some original letters now in Possession of the Editor. Together with an exact Relation of her Behaviour, whilst under Sentence; and a Copy of the Declaration signed by herself, in the Presence of two Clergymen, two Days before her Execution. Published at her dying Request. Blandy , Mary
 Andrew Millar (London)
1752
6195 Miss Mary Blandy's own account of the affair between her and Mr. Cranstoun, from the commencement of their acquaintance; in the year 1746. To the death of her father, in August 1751. With all the circumstances leading to that unhappy event. To which is added, an appendix, containing copies of some original letters now in possession of the editor. Together with an exact relation of her behaviour, whilst under sentence; and a copy of the declaration signed by herself, in the presence of two clergymen, two days before her execution. Published at her dying request. Blandy , Mary
 Andrew Millar (London)
1752
6365 Miss Mary Blandy's own account of the affair between her and Mr. Cranstoun, from the commencement of their acquaintance; in the year 1746. To the death of her father, in August 1751. With all the circumstances leading to that unhappy event. To which is added, an appendix, containing copies of some original letters now in possession of the editor. Together with an exact relation of her behaviour, whilst under sentence; and a copy of the declaration signed by herself, in the presence of two clergymen, two days before her execution. Published at her dying request. Blandy , Mary
 Andrew Millar (London)
1752
6447 Miss Mary Blandy's own account of the affair between her and Mr. Cranstoun, from the commencement of their acquaintance; in the year 1746. To the death of her father, in August 1751. With all the circumstances leading to that unhappy event. To which is added, an appendix, containing copies of some original letters now in possession of the editor. Together with an exact relation of her behaviour, whilst under sentence; and a copy of the declaration signed by herself, in the presence of two clergymen, two days before her execution. Pubished at her dying request. Blandy , Mary
 Andrew Millar (London)
1752
22247 Mrs. Frances Shaftoe's narrative. Containing an account of her being in Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe's family; where hearing many Treasonable Things, and among others, that the pretended Prince of Wales was Sir Theophilus's son, she was trick'd into France by Sir Theophilus's Daughters, and barbarously us'd to make her turn Papist and Nun, in order to prevent a Discovery; but at last made her Escape to Suisserland, and from thence arriv'd in England, in December, 1706. The Second Edition. Shaftoe , Frances
 1707 The Second Edition.
349 On the Prayers for the Fast Day, May, 1804 Southcott , Joanna
 1804
13048 Original Fables. By a Lady. Dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales. Embellished with fifty-four elegant engravings on wood. Hutchinson , Miss A. A.
 Benjamin Crosby and Co. (London)
1810
25448 Panegyrical essays upon the prayer Lord, pity the people; the only words of William I. Prince of Orange, The Founder of the Government of the United Provinces, at his sudden and violent death, 10th July 1584. Transform'd into the order they are now in, anno 1714, upon his Majesty's accession to the Crown. Johnston , James
 Sarah Popping [also Poping] (London)
John Harrison (Cornhill)
Anne Dodd I (London)
M. Baldwin (London)
1716
25373 Panegyrical essays upon the prayer Lord, pity the people; the only words of William I. Prince of Orange, The Founder of the Government of United Provinces, at his sudden and violent death, 10th July 1584. Transform'd into the order they are now in, anno 1714, upon his Majesty's accession to the Crown. The Second Edition. Johnston , James
 Sarah Popping [also Poping] (London)
John Harrison (Cornhill)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1718 The Second Edition.
12821 Plutarch's Lives, Abridged from the Original Greek, illustrated with notes and reflections, and embellished with copper-plate prints. , Plutarch
 1797
289 Provision for a Family Fanshawe , Catherine
 1830
20222 Reflections of Sarah Thomas, an unfortunate young woman, who was executed for stealing two surplices, out of St. Mary's Church, London. These few lines are dedicated to all young persons, in hopes they will take warning by the untimely end of the said young woman, and refrain from vice, for as the apostle St. Paul says, "the wages of sin is death." Thomas , Sarah
 1810
18335 Remarkable account of Mrs. Rachel Lucas, daughter of Mr. James Hinman, of Durham, (Conn.) as written by herself, and attested by her family and acquaintance. Lucas , Rachel
Ostrander , Daniel
 1806

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