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KNCE of KALPH THORESBY, Author of
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Sir James Campbell is the father of Mrs. Thomas
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Sgavoir vivre,' the 'Pandemonium.' &c; held the
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The LIFE and WRITINGS of HENRY

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' Perhaps the most valuable work, as legards the fine
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of THOMAS JEFFERSON, late President of the
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' One of the most important publications ever pre-
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for though dignities pass away, it rarely occurs th J
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HISTORY OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY.

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II.

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BEAUTIES OF THE COURT OF CHARLES II.

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Female Society and its Influence, Dress, Manners, &c. during that remarkable reign.

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THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

The following is a brief Descriptive List of the Por-
traits comprised in this Work, which supplies what
has loug been a desideratum in the Fine Arts, and
forms a desirable companion to Lodge's Portraits : —

Catherine, of Braganza. the unhappy and shehted wife

of Charles — Lady Castlemaine, afterwards Duchess of

Cleveland, the haughty enslaver of the. monarch — La

Belle Hamilton, Countess De Grammont, one of the.

ancestors of the Jerningham lamily — The gentle and

blameless Countess of Ossory, interesting from her

extreme beauty, her tenderness, and her feminine

virtues — Nell Gwynne. merry and open-hearted, who,

with all her faults, was at least exempt from the courtly

vice of hypocrisy, and whose redeeming qualities make

even the justice of history half loth to condemn her

—The beautiful and wealthy Duchess of Somerset, the

wife of three successive husbands, one of whom en-
countered a tragical fate— The noted Frances Stewart,

Duchess of Richmond (' fond of adoration, yet armed

with indifference'), whose marriaec was the immediate

cause of Lord Clarendon's disgrace — Miss Lawson,

mild and gentle, yet opposinc the fortitude of virtue to

the perils of a licentious Court — The Countess of

Chesterfield, one of the. fair principals of De Gram-

mont's celebrated story of 'lie ' bas verts'— The

Countess of Southesk, whose faults, follies, and mi-
series constitute a talc well fi;te.d to ' point a moral'—



The iuteiesting and exemplary Countess of Rochester
— The beauteous and arrogant Lady Denhain, claim-
ing interest from the poetical tame ot her husband,
and her own tragical and mvMerious fate — The maem-
ficent Lady BelUsys, renowned for her beauty, wit,
and high spirit, and recorded as the Mistress of James,
Duke, of York, only through her voluntary resignation
of the marriage, contract by which she had leally be-
come united with him — Mrs. Nott, fair, sentimental,
and Madonna-like — Anne Digby, Countess ot Suther-
land, beautiful and blameless, the friend of the angelic
Lady Russell, and of the excellent Evelyn— The fair
coquette, Mrs. Middleton, one of De Gr„mmout's
special heroines — Miss Bagot, who became, in succes-
sion, the irrepioachable wite of two libertine lord* —
The fair, the elegant, and fascinating Miss Jennings,
• who robbed the men of their hearts, the women of
their lovers, and never lost herself! '—The Countess of
Northumberland, distinguished for her uncommon
Brace and beauty, and the blameless tenor of her life

The Duchess ol Portsmouth, one of the most ahso-

lute of Royal favourites, and one of the most sinking
examples of the mischief of female usurpation in poli-
tical affairs— and the Duchess of Devoushne, fair, kind,
and true, and wedded to a noblemau who, to the valor
and bearing of a Paladin of old Romance, addi d the
spirit ot an ancient Roman.



HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.



i.
THE HISTORY of MODERN

GREECE. Bv JAMES EMERSON, Esq., of
Trinity College, Dublin. In 2 large vols. tivo. l6s.

' This important work will supply a deficiency often
felt and regretted in English literature. The annals
of the country, which at every stage abound with th«
strongest interest, are followed up to the present day,
and include, of course, a history of the. late Revolu-
tion.'— Globe.

II.

LORD KING.— LIFE and CORRE-

SPONDENCEof.IOHN LOCKE. By LOKD KING.
With Extracts from his Journals and other unpublished
Manuscripts, and comprising Letters of Lord Shaftes-
bury, Sir Isaac Newton, the Earls of Sunderland,
Pembroke, Monmouth, Peterborough, &c. &c. Se-
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8vo. 28".

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in English libraries.' — Literary Gazette.

III.

THE CORRESPONDENCE and DIA-
RIES of HENRY HYDE, Earl of Clarendon, and
LAWRENCE HYDE, Earl of Rochester; comprising
minute particulars of the Revolution, &c. &c. ; pub-
lished from the Original Manuscripts, with Notes.
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' A body of the most remarkable and authentic pri-
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IV.
THE DIARY of THOMAS BURTON,

ESQ, Member in the Parliaments of the Protectors
Oliver and Richard Cromwell, from 165(5 to 1659, now
first published trom the original Autograph Manuscript;
with an Intioduction and Notes, Historical and Bio-
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Every library which pretends to contain an historical
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V.
MEMOIRS of the GREAT LORD

BURGHLEV, Lord High Treasurer of England
during the. Reign of Queen Elizabeth : with Extracts
from his Private Correspondence and Journals. By
the Rev. Dr. NARES, Regius Professor of Modern
History in the University of Oxford. 3 vols, with por-
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DODDRIDGE'S CORRESPONDENCE

and DIARY ; including many Particulars in his life
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lived. Published from the original MSS. by hisGrand-
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VII.
MEMOIRS of the COUNTESS DE

GEN LIS. Written by HERSELF. Complete in S
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who figured at the latter end of the Eighteenth and
the commencement of the Nineteenth Centuries.

VIII.
MEMOIRS of JUDGE JEFFREYS,

Lord High Chancellor of England in the Reign of
James II. By HUMPHREY W. WOOLRYCH, Esq.
In 8vo. with Portrait. 9s.

IX.

MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE

of SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ. F.R.S., Secretary to the
Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.,
and the intimate friend of the celebrated John Evelyn.
Edited by LORD P.RAYBROOKE. New Edition,
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' There is much iu Pepys's Diary that throws a dis-
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its Government, during the ten years succeeding the
Restoration.' — Quarterly Review.

X.

NOLLEKENS and HIS TIMES.

Comprising MEMOIRS of CONTEMPORA RY AR-
TISTS from the Time of Roubiiiac, Hogarth, and
Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake. By
JOHN THOMAS SMITH, Esq. of the British Mu-
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' A delightful book. It is a treasure of good things,
of strokes of humour, trails of character, anecdotes
of genius, manneis of lile; in short, it is a feast
for the intellectual man, a lounge for the idler.' —
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XI.
THE LIFE of BENJAMIN FRANK-

LIN, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. Written by Himself to a
late Period, and completed, to the time of his Death,
l.v his Grandson, WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANK LIN,
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' By the publication of the present work, the elevated
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piobitv, and for talents, will suffer no diminution,
since it bears ample testimony to the fidelity of his
mind, to the solidity of his judgment, to the justness of
his views, to the amenity of his manneis, and to his
ardent desiie tor promoting the happiness of mankind.'
— Monthly Review.

XII.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of BRI-
TISH PUBLIC CHARACTERS, deceased since the
Accession of George IV. By WILLIAM MILLER.
Handsomely printed in 2 vols. 4to. price 21. 2s.

' My motive is not to eulogize the dead, by giving a
false varnish to glaring defects: it appears to me more,
useful to society to draw Nature as she is ; to display
the detects as well as the beauties; and to show, not
by imaginary surmises, but by palpable and indignant
acts, what a mixture of inconsistencies Mankind is :
and if, in this chionological series of recently living
characters, there should be found some few in elevated
life, whose glaring vices I have ventured to paint in
the honest colouring of undisguised truth, let no un-
generous motive be attributed. The instances are not
numerous: they, thank God! seldom occur in this
country; but whenever decency, decorum, and public
opinion are thus, in broad day. set at defiance, the post-
humous character of the bold perpetrators cannot be
too openly exposed to the scorn and contempt of the
rising generation.' — Author's Preface.



HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY



XIII.
THE REMINISCENCES of HENRY

*â–  ANGELO. In 2 large vols. 8vo. with Portrait, 30s.

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yeais the rendezvous or Sir Joshua Reynolds, Garrick,