News from the Past, 1805-1887: The Autobiography of the Nineteenth Century, Being a Miscellany of Newspaper Accounts of Wars, Riots, Coronations, Murders, Conspiracies, Scandals, Fashions, Shipwrecks, Sporting Events, Reforms, Inventions, &c., &c., &c., Interspersed with Contemporary Opinions of the Great Writers, Musicians and Actors of the PeriodYvonne Ffrench Viking Press, 1934 - 656 pages |
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Ned Ludd Leading the MachineBreakers | 65 |
Transparency | 107 |
A Pilentum or Ladys Accelerator | 119 |
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