Leiden, the Netherlands: the anatomy theatre, interior of a church, town weighing establishment and portraits. Line engraving.

The Colosseum, Rome: a friar is preaching to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.

The face of a woman against a black background bearing the red lettering: "Dass das Leben zu ende Sein kann, noch ehe es begonnen hat, mag für dich unvorstellebar Sein; für mich aber wird es ... zur realitä'; an advertisement for an Ecumenical service at the Protestant Episocopal Church in Bischofszell on Sunday, 29 August on the theme of: 'AIDS - a punishment from God? by Pastors H. Miller and M. Keller with representatives of AIDS-Hilfe Thurgau. Colour lithograph.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Corporal Trim reading a sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop. Etching after L. Sterne.

A quack doctor and a dissenting parson selling their respective goods from a fairground booth. Coloured etching, 1795.

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Two sermons on Rom. xiii. 1,2. I. Concerning the duty of the subject. II. Setting forth the sin and folly of entring into conspiracies against the present government. Preached in the cathedral at Worcester, on Novemb. 18, and 27. 1722. By Fr. Hare, D. D. Dean of Worcester, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. Published at the Desire of the Reverend the Chapter, and other Gentlemen present.

The sermons of Mr. Yorick.

<p>Sir Richard Blackmore was a physician who wrote numerous epic poems such as 'Eliza: an epic poem in ten books' (1705). John Henley was a dissenting minister who preached at the Oratory in Clare Market (Houghton Street, London). An example of his published sermons is 'Sion in perfect beauty: or, the heaven of heavens: a sermon deliver'd in the Oratory by Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, on Sunday, April 26, 1730' (London 1730)</p>

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A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.

Sermons on various subjects: with an hymn, adapted to each subject. Designed to assist the devotions of the family and closet. By Thomas Gibbons, M.A.

Sixteen sermons on various subjects and occasions. By George Horne, D. D. Late Bishop of Norwich. Now First Collected into one Volume.

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The sermons of Mr. Yorick.

A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.

Sermons on various subjects: with an hymn, adapted to each subject. Designed to assist the devotions of the family and closet. By Thomas Gibbons, M.A.

Sixteen sermons on various subjects and occasions. By George Horne, D. D. Late Bishop of Norwich. Now First Collected into one Volume.

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The sermons of Mr. Yorick.

A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.

Sermons on various subjects: with an hymn, adapted to each subject. Designed to assist the devotions of the family and closet. By Thomas Gibbons, M.A.

Sixteen sermons on various subjects and occasions. By George Horne, D. D. Late Bishop of Norwich. Now First Collected into one Volume.

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