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English essays - Great Britain - 18th century
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The sixpenny miscellany. Or, A dissertation upon pissing. Written at piss-at-aqua, by command of piss-a-bed Scat-her-water countess of piss-in ford, and lady of the man her of piss-pot-hall. Printed at Pots-Dam on a superfine pot-paper. To which is added, two essays. I. On ignorance. II. On matrimony: with the old bachelor's humble petition to the C-n-n, for establishing his new method of that ceremony. As also an appendix of &c. &c. &c. &c. By the author of the wonderful wonder, &c.
Author of the Wonderful wonder.Date: 1726- Books
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Three historical essays: Viz. I. Proves the title of the Kings of England to the crown of France; and vacates the law salique. II. Delineates the titles of the Houses of York, and Lancaster, to the crown of England: with the great mischiefs, and chief reasons of the alternate successes of those titles. III. Derives the title of King Henry The Seventh, with his pedigree and issue. The union of the two Houses in him; with the union of the two Kingdoms in King James: how far he proceeded therein to the farther uniting of them: and how far it was profecuted in King Charles The Second's time. Written some years since by Tho. Staveley, Esq;
Staveley, Thomas, 1626-1684.Date: 1703- Books
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The Entertaining Magazine Being, a select series: of original stories, witty repartees comical and original bulls, and an extraordinary use of terms, not known nor is be known by the world, for words, well known and in general use in the world. The whole collected from a great variety of company in the world, and never before publish'd to the world. To which is prefixed, jocular and continued irony,an essay, containing; observations on bad-books, whether civil military or political moral or immoral orthodox, or heterodox heavy, or volatile puffing, or impertinent, simple, or audacious, shortwinded, or voluminous, from an enocmous polio-writer, down all the way to the harbarous catch-pennies of the age. By a gentleman of the world, who when he sat with certain people, mentioned and not mentioned, in this book, had always a pencil and pocket-book about him.
Gentleman of the world.Date: 1771