William Godwin's Diary

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Ascanius, p. 30 (13  July  1793) Griffiths, RalphBurton, John (also attributed to)Ascaniu; or, the young adventurer; a true history. Translated from a manuscript privately handed about at the court of Versailles. Containing a particular account of all that happen'd to a certain person during his wanderings in the north, from his first arrival there in August, 1745, to his final escape on September 19, in the following year. The whole introduced with a more critical and candid history of the rise, progress, and extinction of the late rebellion, than any yet publish'd; and interspersed with remarks on thecCharacters of the principal persons who appear'd in the interest of Ascanius; particularly the celebrated Miss Cameron, Miss Mac Donald, the Duke of Perth, the Earl of Kilmarnock, Messieurs Sherridan and Sullivan, &c, &c. 1746

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