A grammar of the Hindustani language in the Oriental and roman character : with numerous copper-plate illustrations of the Persian and Devanágari systems of alphabetic writing, to which is added, a copious selection of easy extracts for reading, in the Persi-Arabic and Devanágarí characters, forming a complete introduction to the Totá-kaháni and Bágh-o-bahár, together with a vocabulary of all the words, and various explanatory notes /

Mode of access: Internet.

Life of Lord Timothy Dexter : embracing sketches of the eccentric characters that composed his associates, including "Dexter's Pickle for the knowing ones" /

Mode of access: Internet.

The lady and the painter; an extravaganza, based on incidents in the lives of the two principal characters: Mrs. John Lowell Gardner of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the artist, John Singer Sargent.

Mode of access: Internet.

Organic evolution as the result of the inheritance of acquired characters according to the laws of organic growth.

Mode of access: Internet.

The life and reflections of Charles Observator : in which are displayed the real characters of human life /

Shaw & Shoemaker

The history of the Puritans, or Protestant non-conformists, with an account of their principles; their attempts for a further reformation in the church; their sufferings; and the lives and characters of their most considerable divines.

Vols. II-III have imprint: Published by Charles Ewer, Boston; and William B. Allen & co., Newburyport, Ms. 1817. Wm. B. Allen & co. prnters: vol. IV-V: Published by Charles Ewer, Boston; and E. W. Allen, Newburyport, Mass. 1817. E. W. Allen printer (vol. V. omits "Mass")

The romance of biography; or, Memoirs of women loved and celebrated by poets, from the days of the troubadours to the present age; a series of anecdotes intended to illustrate the influence which female beauty and virtue have exercised over the characters and writings of men of genius,

First published under title: Loves of the poets. London, 1829.

Biographia Scoticana : or, A brief historical account of the lives, characters, and memorable transactions of the most eminent Scots worthies ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries : the whole forming a history of the stage : which includes a period of thirty-six years /

"In this Third Edition I have endeavoured to remove some mistakes and inaccuracies of the two former impressions": advertisement.

A musical biography: or, Sketches of the lives and writings of eminent musical characters.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms [n.d.] (American culture series, Reel 178.1)

An account of travels into the interior of southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent ; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; and sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony ; with a map constructed entirely from actual observations made in the course of the travels.

Vol. 2 has title: An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa; in which is considered, the importance of the Cape of Good Hope to the different European powers, as a naval and military station ; as a territorial acquisition and commercial emporium in time of peace : with a statistical sketch of the whole colony ; comp. from authentic documents.

Anecdotes of Lord Byron : from authentic sources; with remarks illustrative of his connection with the literary characters of the present day.

Byron Collection.

Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, with memoirs of his late father and friends, including numerous original anecdotes and curious traits of the most celebrated characters that have flourished during the past eighty years.

Mode of access: Internet.

The characters of Theophrastus;

Translation by Francis Howell.

A complete guide to the art of writing short-hand : being an entirely new and comprehensive system of representing the elementary sounds of the English language in stenographic characters /

Mode of access: Internet.