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The york-Buildings dragons : or, a full and true account of a most horrid and barbarous murder, intended to be committed on Monday the 14th of Febr. next (being Valentine's-Day) on the Bodies, Goods, and Name of the greatest Part of his Majesty's Liege Subjects, dwelling and inhabiting between Temple-Bar in the East, and St. James's in the West; and between Hungerford-Market in the South, and St. Mary la Bonne in the North, by a sett of Evil-minded Persons, who (by the Instigation of Plutus, and not having the Fear of several Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, before their Eyes) do assemble Twice A-Week, to carry on their wicked Purposes, in a private Room over a Stable, by the Thames Side, in a remote Corner of the Town.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Trials (Murder)--Early works to 1800.
Trials (Murder).
York-Buildings Company--Early works to 1800.
York-Buildings Company.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (16p. )
Edition:
The second edition, augmented by almost half, containing several more wonderful discoveries, and concluding with Orlando Furioso's speech, and Prudentio's answer.
Other Title:
York-Buildings dragons
Place of Publication:
London : printed for J. Roberts, at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1726.
Notes:
Anonymous. By John Theophilus Desaguliers.
Price from imprint: price 6 d.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T198030.
OCLC:
642525632

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