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Cover of Memoirs of the Life and Actions of the Right Honourable James Earl Stanhope. with His Character, and a Poem Occasion'd by His Death

Cover of The Memoirs of an English Officer, Who Serv'd in the Dutch War in 1672. to the Peace of Utrecht, in 1713.

Cover of A True Relation of the Seige of Colchester, in 1648

Cover of History of Glasgow; and of Paisley, Greenock, and Port-Glasgow; ... Volume 1 of 2

Cover of The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. by Joseph Nicolson, Esq; And Richard Burn, ... in Two Volumes. ... Volume 1 of 2

Cover of Elements of Natural History, and of Chemistry Volume 3; Being the Second Edition of the Elementary Lectures on Those Sciences, First Published in 1782

Cover of The duty of a people, to lay to heart and lament the death of a good king. A sermon preach'd August 20th. 1727. The Lord's-Day after the sorrowful news of the death of our late King George I. of blessed memory.

Cover of A View of the Coasts, Countrys & Islands Within the Limits of the South-Sea Company. Illustrated with a General Map, and Particular Draughts of the Most Important Places. the Second Edition

Cover of Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq. ... to Which Are Added His Political and Military Essays Also, Letters To, and from Many Distinguished Characters, Both in Europe and America.

Cover of The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823

Cover of Buchanan's History of Scotland. in Twenty Books. ... the Third Edition, Revised and Corrected from the Latin Original. in Two Volumes. Adorned with Curious Cuts Engraven from the Original Paintings, by Mr. White, Mr. Vertue, &c. of 2; Volume 2

Cover of An Account of the Life and Writings of Herman Boerhaave, ... in Two Parts. with an Appendix

Cover of Sketches of the History of Man. in Two Volumes. ... of 2; Volume 2

Cover of The Traveller's Vade Mecum; Through the Netherlands, and Part of France and Germany. Designed Principally for the Use of Those Who Visit the Continent by Way of Margate and Ostend

Cover of Child Workers and Industrial Health in Britain, 1780-1850

Historians have long recognised the importance of child health during the Industrial Revolution, but few have explored the health of working children in any analytical detail. In this comprehensive study, Peter Kirby places the occupational health of employed children within a broad context of social, industrial and environmental change during the period 1780 to 1850. The book explores the deformities, fevers, respiratory complaints, industrial injuries and physical ill-treatment which have long...

Cover of Proceedings and Debates of the Parliament of Pimlico, in the Last Session of the Eighteenth Century

Cover of La Revolution 1788-1790

La Revolution 1788-1790

by Gilles Boue

Published 5 November 2013

Beaumarchais wrote "The Marriage of Figaro," in 1778, putting a noble and his valet on the stage. This work was judged inadmissible and insidious and was banned by royal censors when it was to be staged in 1781. It did nothing but describe the society of its time in a critical way... Ten years after its writing, in 1788, the nation was set on the course towards chaos. The future excesses of the French Revolution couldn't have been conceived of without taking into account a knowledge of the event...

Cover of The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of That Kingdom, ... Also Their Paternal Coats of Arms, Crests, Curiously Engraved ... in Eight Volumes. the Fifth Edition Volume 8 of 8

Cover of The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. by Conyers Middleton, ... the Second Edition. Volume 1 of 3

Cover of Celenia and Adrastus; With the Delightful History of Hyempsal, King of Numidia

Cover of The Habitable World Described, or the Present State of the People in All Parts of the Globe, from North to South; Shewing the Situation, Extent, Climate, ... Including All the New Discoveries Volume 4 of 20

Cover of England Illustrated, Or, a Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales. with Maps of the Several Counties, and Engravings ... in Two Volumes. ... of 2; Volume 2

Cover of The Present State of All Nations. Containing a Geographical, Natural, Commercial, and Political History of All the Countries in the Known World. ... of 8; Volume 6

Cover of A General History of Scotland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. by William Guthrie, Esq. ... Volume 5 of 10