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Curialia miscellanea, or anecdotes of old times; regal, noble, gentilitial, and miscellaneous: including authentic anecdotes of the royal household. And the manners and customs of the court, at an early period of the English history / By Samuel Pegge.
Pegge, Samuel, 1733-1800.Date: 1818- Books
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Dr. Stearns's tour from London to Paris. Containing, a description of the kingdom of France. - The customs, manners, polity, science, commerce, and agriculture of the inhabitants -Its ancient form of Government, and the new - Particulars concerning the Royal Family - Causes of the late Revolution - Proceedings and Decrees of the National Assembly - An Account of the Destruction of the Bastille, and of many dreadful Commotions which have happened in the Nation - With a minute Detail of the late grand Proceedings at the Champ de Mars. - The whole interspersed with a Variety of Reflections, humourous, moral, critical, and philosophical. After which is delineated, a new constitution: with a description of the road to liberty.
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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New discoveries concerning the world, and its inhabitants. In two parts. Part I. Containing a circumstantial account of all the islands in the South-Sea, that have been lately discovered or explored; the Situation, Climate, and Soil of each; their natural Productions, including many Species of Animals and Vegetables hitherto unknown; the Persons, Dresses, extraordinary Manners and Customs, Manufactures, Buildings, Government, and Religion of the various Inhabitants; their domestic Utensils, and Weapons of War; their Ingenuity, mental Endowments, Skill in Navigation, and other Arts and Sciences. Comprehending all the Discoveries made in the several Voyages of Commodore (now Admiral) Byron; Captains Wallis, Carteret, and Cook, Related by Dr. Hawkesworth, Sydney Parkinson, Mr. Forster, and Captain Cook. Together with those of M. De Bougainville. The Whole compared with the Narratives of former celebrated Navigators, viz. Mendoza, Quiros, Tasman, Le Maire, Schouten, Dampier, Roggewein, Anson, and Others. Part II. Containing a summary account of Captain Cook's attempts to discover a southern continent, in 1773, 1774, and 1775. Also the Voyage of the Honourable Constantine John Phipps, (now Lord Mulgrave) towards the North-Pole, in 1773. With Maps and Prints.
Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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The history of Poland, from its origin as a nation to the commencement of the year 1795. To which is prefixed an accurate account of the geography and government of that country, and the customs and manners of its inhabitants.
Jones, Stephen, 1763-1827.Date: 1795- Books
Dissertations on the antient history of Ireland. Wherein an account is given of the origine, government, letters, sciences, religion, manners and customs, of the antient inhabitants / [Anon. Ed. by M. Reilly].
O'Conor, Charles, 1710-1791.Date: 1753- Books
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Letters from Snowdon: descriptive of a tour through the Northern counties of Wales. Containing the antiquities, history, and state of the country: with the manners and customs of the inhabitants.
Cradock, Joseph, 1742-1826.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
Traditions, legends, superstitions, and sketches of Devonshire on the borders of the Tamar and the Tavy illustrative of its manners, customs, history, antiquities, scenery, and natural history, in a series of letters to Robert Southey, esq / By Mrs. Bray.
Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790-1883.Date: 1838- Books
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A classical and archaeological dictionary of the manners, customs, laws, institutions, arts, etc. of the celebrated nations of antiquity, and of the middle ages. To which is prefixed a synoptical and chronological view of ancient history / By P. Austin Nutall, L.L.D.
Nuttall, P. Austin (Peter Austin), LL.D.Date: 1840- Books
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A sketch of the materials for a new history of Cheshire: with short accounts of the genius and manners of its inhabitants, and of some local customs peculiar to that distinguished county: in a letter to Thomas Falconer, Esq. of the City of Chester.
Gower, Foote, 1726-1780.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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The history of China. Upon the plan of Mr. Rollin's antient history. Containing, I. A general idea of their history. II. A Description of their Country. III. An Account of their Government. IV. Of their Commerce, Arts and Sciences. V. Of their Religion, Manners, and particular Customs. VI. A succinct description of some Kingdoms that are tributary to China. - Also the Natural History of China. To which is prefixed, an accurate map of China, drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries by Order of the Emperor. Translated from the French.
Date: M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]- Books
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A compendium of authentic and entertaining voyages, digested in a chronological series. The whole exhibiting a clear view of the customs, manners, religion, government, commerce, and natural history of most nations in the known world. ...
Date: 1766- Books
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The history of Poland, from its origin as a nation to the commencement of the year 1795. To which is prefixed, an accurate account of the geography and government of that country, and the customs and manners of its inhabitants.
Jones, Stephen, 1763-1827.Date: 1795- Books
The history of Sumatra, containing an account of the government, laws, customs, and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation to the ancient political state of that island / By William Marsden, F.R.S.
Marsden, William, 1754-1836.Date: 1811- Books
Sierra Leone. A description of the manners and customs of the liberated Africans; with observations upon the natural history of the colony. And a notice of the native tribes / By Robert Clarke.
Clarke, Robert B.Date: [1843]- Books
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Curious observations upon the manners, customs, usages, different languages, government, mythology, chronology, antient and modern geography, ceremonies, religion, mechanics, astronomy, medicine, physics, natural history, commerce, arts, and sciences, of the several nations of Asia, Africa, and America. Translated from the French of M. L'Abbé Lambert. Vol. ... .
Lambert, Claude François, 1705-1765.Date: [1752]- Books
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A new and full, critical, biographical, and geographical history of Scotland. Containing the history of the succession of their Kings, from Robert the Bruce, to the present time. With An Impartial Account of their Constitution, Genius, Manners, and Customs: And a Geographical Description of the several Counties, their Commodities, Rarities, Antiquities, and Commerce. Together with an appendix of a short but just history of their most remarkable Writers and Learned Men. and A Map of each County in Scotland. Volume the first. By William Duff, A.M.
Duff, William, active 1721-1750.Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Books
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Letters concerning the natural history of the basaltes of the northern coast of the county of Antrim; with an account of its antiquities, manners, and customs. By the Rev. William Hamilton, ...
Hamilton, William, 1755-1797.Date: [1790?]- Books
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The natural history of Cornwall. The air, climate, waters, rivers, lakes, sea and tides ... Of the inhabitants, their manners, customs, plays or interludes, exercises, and festivals; the Cornish language, trade, tenures, and arts ... / By William Borlase.
Borlase, William, 1695-1772.Date: 1758- Books
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Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands--with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants / [William Ellis].
Ellis, William, 1794-1872Date: 1830- Books
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Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands--with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants / By William Ellis.
Ellis, William, 1794-1872.Date: 1829- Books
Archæologia Græca, or the antiquities of Greece; being an account of the manners and customs of the Greeks ... chiefly designed to illustrate the Greek classics, by explaining words and phrases according to the rites and customs to which they refer. To which are prefixed a brief history of the Grecian States, and biographical sketches of the principal Greek writers / By John Robinson.
Robinson, John, 1774-1840.Date: 1827- Books
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Modern history: or, the present state of all nations. Describing their respective situations, persons, habits, Buildings, Manners, Laws and Customs, Religion and Policy, Arts and Sciences, Trades, Manufactures and Husbandry, Plants, animals and minerals. By Mr. Salmon. Vol.VI. Containing The Present State of the Russian, or Muscovite Empire; and of the Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmarr and Norway: Treating also of Greenland, and other Countries near the Pole; and shewing that Greenland is probably contiguous both to Asia and America, and that there is Land and not Sea about the Pole. It contains also some Account of the Whale and Herring Fisheries; and shews the Advantage that would accrue to Britain by the Encouragement of them. Illustrated with cuts and maps, accurately Drawn, according to the Geographical Part of this Work, by Herman Moll.
Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.Date: 1727- Books
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A sketch of the materials for a new history of Cheshire: with short Accounts of the Genius and Manners of its Inhabitants, and of some local customs Peculiar to that Distinguished County: in a letter to Thomas Falconer, Esq: of the City of Chester.
Gower, Foote, 1726-1780.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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A sketch of the materials for a new and compleat history of Cheshire: with some short accounts of the characteristic genius and manners of its inhabitants, and of some local customs peculiar to that county palatine: in a letter to Thomas Falconer, esq. Of the city of Chester, from the late Dr. Gower.
Gower, Foote, 1726-1780.Date: 1800- Books
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A new moral system of geography, Containing an account of the different nations ancient and modern: Their situation and climate - their rise and fall - their customs and manners; including, a description of each country, and their respective productions, by which commerce has been established, and society cemented for the good of mankind. Adorned with the dresses of each country.
Date: 1790