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The Yorkshire journal, and general weekly advertiser.
Date: [1786-- Books
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The British mercury. Containing 1. The present state of the world, or a philosophical Inquiry into the Origin and Progress of Commerce, Literature, and Politics. 2. The Brain Sucker, or the Distress of Authorship: 3. Account of the Natives of Joanna, an Island in the African Seas: 4. Songs of the Madecassi: 5. Address to the King: 6. The Birth-Day: 7. Correspondence between a Chinese Philosopher, now in England, and a Mandarin at Pekin: 8. Humorous Strictures on the Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey: 9. General View of Affairs in the Summer of 1787: 10. Humorous Account of the Reception which Charlemagne and his Twelve Peers met with at the Court of Hugo, Emperor of Constantinople: 11. The Serpent that tempted Eve defined. 12. La Bagatelle, containing many Original Bon Mots, J'eux D'esprit, &c. 13. On the late Commotions in Holland. 14. On the late Conduct of Lord G. Gordon. 15. On the Paintings exhibited in 1787. 16. Critique on, and Extracts from the Lousiad, Irish Birth-Day Ode, King's Weston Hill, Nina, &c. &c. 17. Curious extracts from Foreign Publications, &c. &c. To Which IS Now Added, The Priests of Apollo; A Song From The Original Hebrew. Embellished with three caricature prints, Exhibiting The Brain-Sucker, the British Lion, and Moses erecting the Brazen Serpent in the Desart.
Oswald, John, -1793.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The Daily journal; or, Gentleman's, merchant's, and tradesman's complete annual accompt-book, for the pocket or desk, for the year of our Lord 1797; Being the first after bissextile or leap year; the thirty-seventh of the reign of King George III. And the forty-sixth of the new style used in Great-Britain. Containing one hundred and four ruled pages, on fine writing-paper, for memorandums, observations, and appointments, every day in the year; abstracts of all the material acts of Parliament, passed during the last session; correct lists of both Houses of Parliament, of the London bankers, &c. &c. And a variety of useful tables, and other interesting articles, as specified in the table of contents.
Date: 1796- Books
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The Daily journal; Or, the gentleman's and tradesman's complete annual accompt-book for the pocket, or desk. For the year of our Lord 1769. Being the first after bissextile or leap-year, the ninth of the reign of King George III. and the eighteenth of the new-style used in Great-Britain. Containing fifty-two double pages, exactly ruled on fine writing paper, for appointments, memorandums, and accompts, every day in the year. 1. To which is prefixed an index to the year 1769, pointing out the holidays, festivals and fasts, and other remarkable day therein. 2. The Attorney's and solicitor's term table, table of lunations and sun's rising and setting, new table of the year, shewing every day therein at one view. And at the end are added the following useful particulars, I. On the use and abuse of time. Table of time, by which we may learn to lengthen our days. Table of all the counties in the Kingdom, shewing the Bishopricks and valuations, with the parishes, market and chief towns, number of members of parliament they send, situation and noted rivers, &c. ... V. List of the house of peers, bishops and deans of the several dioceses throughout the kingdom; alphabetical list of the House of Commons; Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and their terms. Lord Mayor and court of Aldermen of London, and other useful particulars.
Date: M.DCC.LXIX [1769]