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Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain

Charlotte Elizabeth, 1790-1846

Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain — English source e...

Authors, English -- 19th century -- BiographyCharlotte Elizabeth, 1790-1846
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914

The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain — English source edition. Subject: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-180...

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805Admirals -- Great Britain -- BiographyGreat Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914

The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain — English source edition. Subject: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-180...

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805Admirals -- Great Britain -- BiographyGreat Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century
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The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain

Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904

The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain — English source edition. Subject: Telford...

Telford, Thomas, 1757-1834Roads -- Great BritainCivil engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Eleanor Ormerod, LL. D., Economic Entomologist : Autobiography and Correspondence

Ormerod, Eleanor A. (Eleanor Anne), 1828-1901; Wallace, Robert, 1853-1939 [Editor]

Eleanor Ormerod, LL. D., Economic Entomologist : Autobiography and Correspondence — English source edition. Subject: Women -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Women -- Great Britain -- BiographyOrmerod, Eleanor A. (Eleanor Anne), 1828-1901Entomologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns

Lawrence, William, 1791-1867; Nugent-Bankes, George [Editor]

The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns — English source edition. Subject: Great Britain. Army -- Mi...

Great Britain. Army -- Military lifeGreat Britain. Army -- BiographyPeninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Personal narratives, British
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"Præterita": souvenirs de jeunesse

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900; La Sizeranne, Robert de, 1866-1932 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Paris, Marguerite, 1852-1917 [Translator]

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Authors, English -- 19th century -- BiographyCritics -- Great Britain -- BiographyRuskin, John, 1819-1900
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A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen

Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919

A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen — English source edition. Subject: English literature -- 19th century -- History and...

English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismWomen authors, English -- BiographyWomen and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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