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The life, adventures, and opinions of Col. George Hanger written by himself : to which is added, advice to the prelates and legislators, how to correct the immorality and Jacobinism of the present age, and at the same time increase the revenue : advice to the lovely Cyprians, and to the Fair Sex in general, how to pass their lives in future to their better satisfaction, and to enjoy with discretion the Three Cardinal Virtues : on matrimony, compulsive wedlock, and on polygamy : on the misery of female prostitution : the history of the lovely Ægyptia, the Pamela of Norwood, and paragon of the Ægyptian race; the author's marriage with her, and her cruel infidelity and elopement with a traveling tinker : and a history of the King's Bench Prison, written by the author during his custody under the marshall of that prison, descriptive of the miseries endured by the prisoners, and the extravagent expence incident to their confinement.

Title: The life, adventures, and opinions of Col. George Hanger written by himself : to which is added, advice to the prelates and legislators, how to correct the immorality and Jacobinism of the present age, and at the same time increase the revenue : advice to the lovely Cyprians, and to the Fair Sex in general, how to pass their lives in future to their better satisfaction, and to enjoy with discretion the Three Cardinal Virtues : on matrimony, compulsive wedlock, and on polygamy : on the misery of female prostitution : the history of the lovely Ægyptia, the Pamela of Norwood, and paragon of the Ægyptian race; the author's marriage with her, and her cruel infidelity and elopement with a traveling tinker : and a history of the King's Bench Prison, written by the author during his custody under the marshall of that prison, descriptive of the miseries endured by the prisoners, and the extravagent expence incident to their confinement.
Author: Hanger, George, 1751?-1824.
Publication: London : Printed for J. Debrett ..., 1801.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Permit needed	Pforz (Hanger, G. Life, adventures, and opinions) v. 2	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Temporary Storage to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Request in advance	N (Coleraine) (Coleraine, G. H. Life, adventures and opinions of Col. George Hanger) v. 2	Temporary Storage
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Use in library	AN (Coleraine) (Coleraine, G. H. Life, adventures and opinions of Col. George Hanger) v. 2	Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Request in advance	Pforz (Hanger, G. Life, adventures, and opinions) v. 1	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	N (Coleraine) (Coleraine, G. H. Life, adventures and opinions of Col. George Hanger) v. 1	Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	AN (Coleraine) (Coleraine, G. H. Life, adventures and opinions of Col. George Hanger) v. 1	Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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2 v. : ill.; 21 cm. (8vo)

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Compiled from Hanger's papers and suggestions by Wm. Combe (cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue).
Illustration: Engraved portrait of Hanger hanging from the gallows, v. 1, p. 2.

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AN (Coleraine) (Coleraine, G. H. Life, adventures and opinions of Col. George Hanger)

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25006291

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1347824
NYPGR1347824-B

Author

Hanger, George, 1751?-1824.

Title

The life, adventures, and opinions of Col. George Hanger written by himself : to which is added, advice to the prelates and legislators, how to correct the immorality and Jacobinism of the present age, and at the same time increase the revenue : advice to the lovely Cyprians, and to the Fair Sex in general, how to pass their lives in future to their better satisfaction, and to enjoy with discretion the Three Cardinal Virtues : on matrimony, compulsive wedlock, and on polygamy : on the misery of female prostitution : the history of the lovely Ægyptia, the Pamela of Norwood, and paragon of the Ægyptian race; the author's marriage with her, and her cruel infidelity and elopement with a traveling tinker : and a history of the King's Bench Prison, written by the author during his custody under the marshall of that prison, descriptive of the miseries endured by the prisoners, and the extravagent expence incident to their confinement.

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