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Fairburn's edition of The life of Jack Sheppard, a notorious housebreaker and footpad : giving a full account of his various robberies... his wonderful escape from Newgate ... is again taken and brought back to Newgate, hung at Tyburn, and buried in St. Martin's Church-yard : to which is added his own account of his surprising escapes, etc. as he left in manuscript for publication
Sheppard, Jack (1702-1724)
[182-?]
"Embellished with four coloured engravings."
History of Dr. Faustus : shewing his wicked life and horrid death, and how he sold himself to the Devil, to have power for 24 year to do what he pleased, also many strange things done by him with the assistance of Mephostophiles
[ca.1840]
No. 119 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.).
Edward's cross; or, The wife and the friend: an old English tale
Ennersley, W E
[1810]
"The agreeable surprise; an anecdote": p. 28-30.
The Life and history of George Barnwell : who, from the highest character and credit, fell to the lowest depth of vice through the artful stratagems of a woman of the town : detailing his love for Maria, the steps which led to his own ruin, and ultimately to the murder of his uncle, his affecting execution, and the death of Maria through a broken heart
Lillo, George (1693-1739)
[1826?]
Based on Georg Lillo's "The London Merchant".
Mary, the maid of the inn : an affecting narrative detailing her unfortunate and ill-requited attachment, her singular courage, and the miraculous manner in which she becomes an instrument in the discovery of a murder, in which her own lover is implicated... : from the celebrated poem, by Robert Southey, which is also added hereto
Southey, Robert (1774-1843); Genlis, Stephanie Felicité comtesse de (1746-1830)
[1820]
Also includes "The blind girl", translated from the French of Mme de Genlis.
Koenigsmark, the robber : or the terror of Bohemia : including the history of Rosenberg and Adelaide, and their orphan daughter
Lewis, M G (1775-1818)
[182-]
Author of "The Monk" etc. is M. G. Lewis.