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William Roscoe

William Roscoe (8 March 175330 June 1831) was an English banker, lawyer, and briefly a Member of Parliament. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children ''The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast''. In his day he was also respected as a historian and art collector, as well as a botanist and miscellaneous writer. Provided by Wikipedia

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Address spoken by Mr. Holman : at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool on the night appropriated for the benefit of the children of the late Mr. Palmer, the 13th of August, 1798. Written b...

by Roscoe, William
Published 1798

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Thoughts on the causes of the present failures

by Roscoe, William
Published 1793

printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard

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Strictures on Mr. Burke's two letters : addressed to a member of the present Parliament. Part the first

by Roscoe, William
Published 1796

printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster Row

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Brief observations on the address to His Majesty proposed by Earl Grey in the House of Lords : 13th June, 1810

by Roscoe, William
Published 1810

T. Cadell and W. Davies

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Occasional tracts relative to the war between Great Britain and France : written and published at different periods, from the year 1793, including Brief observations on the address...

by Roscoe, William
Published 1810

T. Cadell, and W. Davies

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Observations on the present relative situation of Great Britain and France : November the 16th, 1802

by Roscoe, William
Published 1802

Printed by J. M'Creery

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Thoughts on the causes of the present failures

by Roscoe, William
Published 1793

Printed for J. Johnson

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Thoughts on the causes of the present failures

by Roscoe, William
Published 1793

Printed for J. Johnson

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A scriptural refutation of a pamphlet, lately published by the Rev. Raymund Harris : intitled, "Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave trade"

by Roscoe, William
Published 1788

Printed and sold by J. Phillips

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A scriptural refutation of a pamphlet, lately published by the Rev. Raymund Harris : intitled, "Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave trade "

by Roscoe, William
Published 1788

Printed for B. Law

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Thoughts on the causes of the present failures

by Roscoe, William
Published 1793

Printed for J. Johnson

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A review of the speeches of the Right Hon. George Canning on the late election for Liverpool as far as they relate to the questions of peace and reform

by Roscoe, William
Published 1812

Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies

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Observations on penal jurisprudence, and the reformation of criminals : with an appendix containing the latest reports of the state-prisons or penitentiaries of Philadelphia, New-Y...

by Roscoe, William
Published 1819

Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies

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Observations on penal jurisprudence, and the reformation of criminals : Part III, containing further remarks on the opinions of the Edinburgh reviewers, on the Society for Prison D...

by Roscoe, William
Published 1825

Printed by J. McCreery for T. Cadell, J. and A. Arch, and W. Pickering

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A letter to Henry Brougham, Esq., M.P. now Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord High Chancellor, &c : on the subject of reform in the representation of the people, in Parliament

by Roscoe, William
Published 1831

J. Ridgway

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A brief statement of the causes which have led to the abandonment of the celebrated system of penitentiary discipline, in some of the United States of America : in a letter to the...

by Roscoe, William
Published 1827

Harris and Co

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Observations on penal jurisprudence and the reformation of criminals : with an appendix, containing the latest reports of the state-prisons or penitentiaries of Philadelphia, New-Y...

by Roscoe, William
Published 1819

Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies and J. and A. Arch

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A letter to Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P : on the subject of reform in the representation of the people in Parliament

by Roscoe, William
Published 1811

Printed for the author, by M. Galway & Co

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Considerations on the causes, objects and consequences of the present war : and on the expediency, or the danger of peace with France

by Roscoe, William
Published 1808

Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies

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Considerations on the causes, objects and consequences of the present war : and on the expediency, or the danger of peace with France

by Roscoe, William
Published 1808

Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies

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