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Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797

Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third — English source edition. Subject: Great Britain -- History -- Richard III, 1483-1485.

Great Britain -- History -- Richard III, 1483-1485Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 -- Early works to 1800Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
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John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors

Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox), 1837-1909 [Contributor]; Cairnes, John Elliot, 1823-1875 [Contributor]; Fawcett, Henry, 1833-1884 [Contributor]; Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929 [Contributor]; Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923 [Contributor]; Hunter, W. A. (William Alexander), 1844-1898 [Contributor]; Levy, J. H. (Joseph Hiam), 1838-1913 [Contributor]; Minto, William, 1845-1893 [Contributor]; Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 [Contributor]; Thornton, William Thomas, 1813-1880 [Contributor]; Trimen, Henry, 1843-1896 [Contributor]

John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors — English source...

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873Philosophers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time — English source edition. Subject: Poets, English -...

Poets, English -- 19th century -- BiographyByron, Anne Isabella (Milbanke) Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Marriage
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Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)

Boswell, James, 1740-1795; Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903 [Editor]

Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) — English source edition. Subject: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784Authors, English -- 18th century -- BiographyLexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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