A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, From Egbert the Great to the Revolution: CONSISTING OF CHARACTERS DISPOSED IN DIFFERENT CLASSES, AND ADAPTED TO A METHODICAL CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVED BRITISH HEADS: INTENDED AS AN ESSAY TOWARDS REDUCING OUR BIOGRAPHY TO SYSTEM, AND A HELP TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF PORTRAITS: INTERSPERSED WITH A VARIETY OF ANECDOTES, AND MEMOIRS OF A GREAT NUMBER OF PERSONS, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL WORK. WITH A PREFACE, SHEWING THE UTILITY OF A COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED PORTRAITS TO SUPPLY THE BY THE REV. J. GRANGER, VICAR OF SHIPLAKE, IN OXFORDSHIRE. Animum picturâ pascit inani.—VIRG. FIFTH EDITION, WITH UPWARDS OF FOUR HUNDRED ADDITIONAL LIVES. IN SIX VOLUMES: VOL. IV. LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BAYNES AND SON, PATERNOSTER ROW: AND SOLD BY W. CLARKE, NEW BOND STREET; J. MAJOR, FLEET STREET; J. AND J. ARCH, H. S. BAYNES AND CO. EDINBURGH; AND R. M. TIMS, Dublin. 1824. |