Studies in poetry. Embracing notices of the lives and writings of the best poets in the English language, a copious selection of elegant extracts, a short analysis of Hebrew poetry, and translations from the sacred poets: designed to illustrate the principles of rhetoric, and teach their application to poetry.

Mode of access: Internet.

The lives of the English poets;

Mode of access: Internet.

The Lives of the most eminent English poets with critical observations on their works /

v.1. Cowley -- Denham -- Milton -- Butler -- Rochester -- Roscommon -- Otway -- Waller -- Pomfret -- Dorset -- Stepney -- J. Philips -- Walsh -- Dryden -- Smith -- Duke -- King -- Sprat -- Halifax -- Parnell -- Garth -- Rowe -- Addison -- Hughes -- Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire -- Prior. v.2. Congreve -- Blackmore -- Fenton -- Gay -- Granville -- Yalden -- Tickell -- Hammond -- Somervile -- Savage -- Swift -- Broome -- Pope -- Pitt -- Thomson -- Watts -- A. Philips -- West -- Collins -- Dyer -- Shenstone -- Young -- Mallet -- Akenside -- Gray -- Lyttelton.

Lives of the necromancers. Or, An account of the most eminent persons in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of magical power.

The English edition was published in 1834.

The History of the pirates, containing the lives of those noted pirate captains, Misson, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and their several crews ... To which is added, a correct account of the late piracies committed in the West Indies; and the expedition of Com. Porter.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., Xerox University Microfilms, 1974. 1 reel. 35 mm. (American Culture Series, reel 625.11)

The History of the pirates, : containing the lives of those noted pirate captains, Mission, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and their several crews. : Also, and account of the piracies and cruelties of John Augur, William Cunningham, Dennis Mackarthy, William Dowling, William Lewis, Thomas Morris, George Bendall, and William Ling, who were tried, condemned, and executed at Nassau, New Providence, on the tenth of December, 1718. : To which is added, a correct account of the late piracies committed in the West Indies; and the expedition of Commodore Porter.

Later editions published under title: The history of the lives and bloody exploits of the most noted pirates.

The history of the Puritans; or, Protestant non-conformists; from the reformation in 1517, to the revolution in 1688; comprising an account of their principles; their attempts for a farther reformation in the church, their sufferings, and the lives and characters of their most considerable divines.

"Supplement, containing a sketch of the history of the Baptist and Quakers": v. 3, p. [329]-477.

The spectator; with sketches of the lives of the authors, an index and explanatory notes.

Mode of access: Internet.

Lives of the novelists.

"The contents of the present volumes are extracted from ... Balantyne's Novelist's library."

The life and errors of John Dunton, citizen of London : with the lives and characters of more than a thousand contemporary divines, and other persons of literary eminence; to which are added, Dunton's conversation in Ireland, selections from his other genuine works; and a faithful portrait of the author.

Mode of access: Internet.

Biography and history of the Indians of North America, from its first discovery to the present time; comprising details in the lives of all the most distinguished chiefs and counsellors, exploits of warriors, and the celebrated speeches of their orators; also a history of their wars, massacres and depredations, as well as the wrongs ... which the Europeans and their descendants have done them; with an account of their antiquities, manners and customs, religion and laws; likewise exhibiting an analysis of the ... authors who have written upon ... the peopling of America.

First edition published under title: Indian biography ...

Lives of Caius Asinius Pollio, Marcus Terentius Varro, and Cneius Cornelius Gallus : with notes and illustrations /

Mode of access: Internet.

Primitive Christianity; or, The religion of the ancient Christians in the first ages of the gospel. To which are added the lives of Justin Martyr and St. Cyprian.

Mode of access: Internet.

Discourses, by William Samuel Powell, D.D. and James Fawcett, B.D. ; with some account of their lives, summary of each discourse, notes, &c. /

Mode of access: Internet.

Biography and history of the Indians of North America; comprising a general account of them, and details in the lives of all the most distinguished chiefs, and others who have been noted, among the various Indian nations ... also, a history of their wars; their manners and customs; and the most celebrated speeches of their orators ... Likewise exhibiting an analysis of the ... authors who have written upon ... the first peopling of America.

First edition published under title: Indian biography ...