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A new grammar of the Latin tongue. Or, a rational, short, comprehensive and plain method of communicating that language to tender capacities. Freed From The many Obscurities, Defects, Superfluities, and Errors, which render the Common Grammar an insufferable Impediment to the Progress of Education. Commodiously contrived, As well for the Initiating of Learners, as for the Covenience of Such as through Disuse may have partly lost their Latin. To which is added, a vocabulary, and Practical Apparatus to the making of Latin. The sixth edition, corrected By John Holmes, Master of the Publick Grammar School in Holt, Norfolk.
Holmes, John, 1703-1759.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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First lines of the practice of physic / by William Cullen, M.D. ... ; with practical and explanatory notes, by John Rotheram, M. D. ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].
Cullen, William, 1710-1790.Date: 1805- Books
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A sermon preached before the antient and honorable society of free and accepted masons, in provincial lodge assembled, in the parish church of S. John, in Chester: June 23. A.D. MDCCLXXX. By Thomas Crane, Minister of the Parish Church of S. Olave, in Chester, and Chaplain to the right Honorable Earl Verney: At that time Provincial Grand Chaplain, and now Master of the Provincial Lodge, held under the sanction of the Honorable and right Worshipful John Smith Barry, of Belmont, Provincial Grand Master for Cheshire.
Crane, Thomas, Minister of St. Olave, Chester.Date: 5782 [i.e. 1782]- Books
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L. Annæi Flori epitome rerum Romanarum cum versione Anglicâ, in quâ verbum de verbo, quantum per utriusque linguæ genium fieri licuit, redditur. Or, a compendious history of Rome, by L. Florus. With an English translation as literal as possible. By John Clarke, Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.
Florus, Lucius Annaeus.Date: [1727]- Books
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Corderii colloquiorum centuria selecta: or, a select century of Corderius's colloquies. With an English translation as literal as possible; designed for the use of beginners in the Latin tongue. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull, and Author of the Introduction to the Making of Latin.
Cordier, Mathurin, 1479-1564.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
Cocker's Arithmetick: being a plain and familiar method suitable to the meanest capacity, for the full understanding of that incomparable art, as it is now taught by the ablest school-masters in city and country ... / By Edward Cocker, late practicioner [!] in the arts of writing, artihmetick, and engraving. Being that so long since promised to the world. Perused and published by John Hawkins, writing-master near St. George's church in Southwark, by the author's correct copy, and recommended to the world by many eminent mathematicians and writing-masters in and near London.
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675.Date: 1738- Books
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The art of rhetoric made easy: or, The elements of oratory briefly stated, and fitted for the practice of the studious youth of Great-Britain and Ireland: In two books. The first comprehending the principles of that excellent art, conformable to, and supported by the authority of the most accurate orators and rhetoricians, both ancient and modern, viz. Isocrates. Aristotle, Cicero, Dionysius Halicarnass. Quintilian, Vossius, Petrusramus, Cyp. Soarius, Aud. Talŭs, Dugaro, Farwaby, Butlen, Smith, Walker, Burton, Blackwall, Lowe. Rollin, ABp. of Cambray, Miss. De Port-Royal &, the whole being distinguished into what is necessary to be repeated, and what may be made only matter of observation. The second containing the substance of Lon-Ginus's celebrated treatise on the sublime. In both which all technical terms are fully explained, with their derivations, and proper examples applied to demonstrate and illustrate all the tropes, figures, and fine turns, that are to be met with, or imitated, either in the scriptures, classics, or other polite writings as well oratorial as poetical. The third impression, corrected and improved. By John Holmes, late master of the publick grammar-school, in Holt, Norfolk.
Holmes, John, 1703-1759.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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A sermon preached before the antient and honorable society of free and accepted masons, in provincial lodge assembled, in the parish church of S. John, in Chester: June 26. A.D. MDCCLXXXVI. By Thomas Crane, Minister of the Parish church of S. Olave in Chester, and Chaplain to the right honorable earl verney: past provincial Grand Chaplain, past master, and now provincial grand orator.
Crane, Thomas, Minister of St. Olave, Chester.Date: 5786 [i.e. 1786]- Books
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Corderii colloquiorum centuria selecta: or, a select century of Corderius' colloquies. With an English translation as literal as possible; designed for the use of beginners in the Latin tongue. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar School in Hull, and Authour of the Introduction to the Making of Latin.
Cordier, Mathurin, 1479-1564.Date: M.DCC.LIX. [1759]- Books
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Corderii colloquiorum centuria selecta : or, a select century of Corderius's colloquies : with an English translation as literal as possible ; designed for the use of beginners in the Latin tongue. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull, and Author of the Introduction to the Making of Latin.
Cordier, Mathurin, 1479-1564.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
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A pindarick ode on His Excellency John Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Holy Empire, Marquis of Blandford, Earl of Marlborough; Baron Churchil of Sandridge, and Baron Churchil of Aumoth: Captain General of all Her Majesty's Forces, Master General of the Ordnance; One of the Lords of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States General of the United Provinces, and General of the Confederate Armies. With a view of the three last glorious and memorable campaigns.
W. L.Date: [1706?]- Books
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Cornelii Nepotis Vitæ excellentium imperatorum: cum versione anglicá, in quâ verbum de verbo, quantùm fieri potuit, redditur: notis quoquè Anglicis, & indice locupletissimo. Or, Cornelius Nepos's lives of the excellent commanders. With an English translation, as literal as possible: with English notes, and a large index. By John Clarke, late master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull. In pursuance of the method of teaching the Latin tongue, laid down by him in his essay upon education.
Nepos, Cornelius.Date: M.DCC.LIX. [1759]- Books
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Cornelii Nepotis Vitæ excellentium imperatorum: cum versione Anglicâ, in qua Verbum de Verbo, quantum fieri potuit, redditur: notis quoquè Anglicis, & indice Locupletissimo. = Or, Cornelius Nepos's Lives of the excellent commanders. With an English translation, as Literal as possible: with English notes, and a large index. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull. In Pursuance of the Method of teaching the Latin Tonge, laid down by him in his Essay upon Education.
Nepos, Cornelius.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]- Books
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The grammarian's geography and astronomy ancient and modern, exemplified in the use of the globes terraqueous and cælestial. In which all the Terms of Art, Parts of the Globes, and Problems thereon to be performed, with the Use of Maps, are so plainly and methodically consider'd and treated of, as scarce ever to be forgot when once taught and shown by the diligent Tutor. In two parts. Particularly adapted to the Capacities of young Gentlemen studying the Classicks; as well as, useful and entertaining to all others, who; not having had Opportunity of acquainting themselves with Mathematical Calculations, are yet desirous of some Knowledge of the Earth and Heavens. The geographical part comprehending the ancient and modern names, Situation, Government, Religion, Bounds, Dimensions, Length; and Breadth of most Places in the World; including Land and Water, namely, Continents, Islands, Peninsulas, Isthmus's, Promontories, Capes, Coasts, Mountains, with Oceans, Seas, Lakes, Straits, Gulfs, Rivers, and Countries, Kingdoms, Cities, and Towns; with the Latitude and Longitude of the most principal Parts, and their Bearing and Distance from London; in View of the Latin and Greek Classicks, Homer, Virgil, Herodotus, Justin; Xenophon, Caesar, Plutarch, Livy, Thucidydes, Sallust, Dionysius Periegetes, Pausanias, Josephus, Eusebius, Silius Italicus, Lucan, Florus, Nepos, Eutropius, Quintus Curtius, and the rest: With the Adventures, Voyages, and Travels of Ulysses, Aeneas, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, our Saviour Jesus Christ, St. Paul, the rest of the Apostles, and many others in both sacred and profane History. The astronomical part containing a description of the laws, Order, Number, Names, Distances, Magnitudes, Motions, and Appearances of the Heavenly Bodies, Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets, with the Problems belonging thereto; an Account of the several Systems of the Universe, and a Defence of the true Solar One; the History of the Rise, Progress and present Perfection of Astronomy; the Classical Stories relating to the Planets Signs and Constellations delineated on the Celestial Globe. With a Dramatick Epilogue called Caelum Reformatum. The Whole illustrated with necessary Maps and Schemes neatly engraved on Copper. By John Holmes, Master of the Publick Grammar School, in Holt, Norfolk.
Holmes, John, 1703-1759.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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The art of rhetoric made easy: or, the elements of oratory briefly stated, and fitted for the practice of the studious youth of Great-Britain and Ireland: in two books. The First comprehending the Principles of that excellent Art, conformable to, and supported by the Authority of the most accurate Orators and Rhetoricians, both Ancient and Modern, viz. Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero, Dionysius Halicarnass. Quintilian, Vossius, Petrus Ramus, Cyp. Soarius, Aud. Talaeus, Dugard, Farnaby, Butler, Smith, Walker, Burton, Blackwall, Lowe, Rollin, A. B. of Cambray, Mess. de Port-Royal, &c. The Whole being distinguished into what is necessary to be repeated, and what may be made only Matter of Observation. The Second containing the Substance of Longinus's celebrated Treatise on the Sublime. In Both which all Technical Terms are fully explained, with their Derivations, and proper Examples applied to demonstrate and illustrate allthe Tropes, Figures, and Fine Turns, that are to be met with, or imitated, either in the Scriptures, Classics, or other polite Writings as well Oratorial as Poetical. The second impression corrected and improved. By John Holmes, Master of the Publick Grammar-School, in Holt, Norfolk.
Holmes, John, 1703-1759.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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The gentleman and citizen's almanack for the year of our Lord, 1730. Being the Second after Bissertile or Leap-Year. Containing A Table of Terms, and Returns. A Table of Eclipses. The Days of the Year, necessary for finding the Number of Days or Weeks between any two Days. The Days of the Month. The Week-Days, named at large. The Holidays. The Moon's Age, Change, Full, and Quarters. The New Stile, or Gregorian Kalendar. A Table of Equation, for a Clock or Watch, for every Day this Year. A Tide Table. A Table of the Price of Goods at 112l. to the Hundred. The Post-Towns of Ireland, newly corrected. A Table of Twilight, for every 5th Day of the Year. A Table of Coin. A Table of Interest at 7 per Cent. A Table of Purchase, at 6, 7, 8 and 10 per Cent, Compound Interest, from 1 Year to 31, &c. A Table of the Weight of Houshold Bread. The Swearing Days of the Masters of the Corporations of Dublin, with the present Masters Names: The Names of the Lord Lieutenant, the Judges of His Majesty's Courts, Commissioners of the Revenue, &c. The Names of the present Lord-Mayor, Sherriffs, and Aldermen of the City of Dublin. The Marriages and Issues of the present Princes of Europe. The Deaths of the late Kings and Princes of Europe. With an Explanation of the whole prefixed. Also the Roads and Fairs of Ireland, in which all those Mistakes and Omissions in former Almanacks, which Gentlemen have been pleased to send Information of since the last Year, are carefully set right this Year.
Watson, John, -1769.Date: [1730]- Books
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An introduction to the making of Latin. Comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax. With Proper English Examples, most of them Translations from the Classic Authors, in one Column, and the Latin Words in another. To which is subjoined, in the same Method, a succinct account of the Affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring Boys acquainted with History, and the Idiom of the Latin Tongue: With Rules for the Gender of Nouns. The eighteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected. By Joh Clarke, late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hill.
Clarke, John, 1687-1734.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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Cornelii Nepotis vit? excellentium imperatorum: Cum Versione Anglic?, in qu? Verbum de Verbo, quantum fieri potuit, redditur: Notis quoqu? Anglicis, & Indice Locupletissimo. = Or, Cornelius Nepos's lives of the excellent commanders. With an English translation, as literal as possible. With English Notes, and a large Index. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull. In Pursuance of the Method of teaching the Latin Tongue, laid down by him in his Essay upon Education.
Nepos, Cornelius.Date: M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The secret history of the free-masons. Being an accidental discovery, of the ceremonies made use of in the several lodges, upon the admittance of a brother as a Free and Accepted Mason; with the Charge, Oath, and private Articles, given to him at the Time of his Admittance. Printed from the old original record of the society; with some Observations, Reflections, and Critical Remarks on the New Constitution Book of the Free Masons, written by James Anderson, A. M. and dedicated to the Duke of Montague, by J. T. Desaguliers, L. L. D. Deputy Grand Master. With a short dictionary of private signs, or signals.
Date: [1724?]- Books
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An introduction to the making of Latin. Comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax. With Proper English Examples, most of them Translations from the Classic Authors, in one Column, and the Latin Words in another. To which is subjoined, in the same Method, a succinct account of the Affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring Boys acquainted with History, and the Idiom of the Latin Tongue: With Rules for the Gender of Nouns. The twenty-first edition, diligently revised and carefully corrected. By John Clarke, late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.
Clarke, John, 1687-1734.Date: M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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Dr. Eachard's works, viz. I. The grounds and occasions of the contempt of the clergy and religion enquir'd into; in a letter to R. L. II. Observations on an Answer to the Enquiry; in a second letter to the same. III. Mr. Hobbs's State of nature considered; in a dialogue between Philautus and Timothy. To which are added Five letters, &c. By John Eachard, D. D. late Master of Katherine-Hall, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Eachard, John, 1636?-1697.Date: MDCCV. [1705]- Books
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Dr. Eachard's works, viz. I. The grounds and occasions of the contempt of the clergy and religion enquir'd into; in a letter to R. L. II. Observations on an Answer to the Enquiry; in a Second letter to the same. III. Mr. Hobbs's State of nature considered; in a dialogue between Philautus and Timothy. To which are Added Five letters, &c. By John Eachard, D. D. late Master of Katherine-Hall, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Eachard, John, 1636?-1697.Date: MDCCXII. [1712]- Books
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An introduction to the making of Latin. Comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax. With Proper English Examples, most of them Translations from the Classic Authors, in one Column, and the Latin Words in another. To which is subjoined, in the same Method. a succinct account of the Affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring Boys acquainted with History, and the Idiom of the Latin Tongue: With Rules for the Gender of Nouns. The nineteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected. By Joh Clarke, late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.
Clarke, John, 1687-1734.Date: M,DCC,LXIV. [1764]- Books
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A sermon preached at St. Peter's Church in Colchester on Tuesday, June 24, 1777, Being the festival of St. John the baptist, before the provincial grand master, and the provincial grand lodge, of the antient and honorable society of free and accepted Masons of Essex. By the Revd. William Martin Leake, L.L.B. late of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and vicar of Fingringhoe, Essex. To which is added a charge which was delivered to the members of a lodge, held at the Castle Inn, Marlborough, at a meeting for the distribution of charity, to twenty-four poor people, at which most of the ladies in Marlborough were present, September 11, A.L. 5769; by Thomas Dunckerley, Esq. then provincial grand master for Hampshire, and now for Essex. Also an address which was delivered by the Rev. Henry Chalmers, A.M. & P.M. in the lodge of prefect friendship, held in the town of Chelmsford, Essex, on the festival of St. John the baptist, A.L. 5767.
Leake, William Martin, 1746 or 1747-1801.Date: 1778- Books
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A catalogue of all the books in the library of St. Paul's-School, London: with The Names of the Benefactors; As given in By George Charles, L.L.D. High-Master, in the Time of John Nodes, Esq; Surveyor-Accomptant of the said School. Dated the 2d Day of March, 1743. Note, This Collection Books was begun in the Year 1670. - All, or the greatest Part of the Books, which have not the Names of the Benefactors annex'd, or References thereto, have been purchased since that Time, by the Masters of the School, with the Surplus of the Candle-Money.
St. Paul's School (London, England)Date: 1743?]