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An historical account of the rise and progress of the secession. By Mr. John Brown, Late Minister of the Gospel at Haddington.
Brown, John, 1722-1787.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The printer's grammar: containing a concise history of the origin of printing; also, an examination of the Superficies, Gradation, and Properties of the different sizes of types cast by Letter Founders; Various Tables of Calculation; Models of Letter Cases; Schemes for casting off Copy, and Imposing; and Many Other Requisites for attaining a perfect Knowledge both in the Theory and Practice of the Art of Printing. With directions to authors, compilers, &c. How to prepare copy, and to correct their own proofs. Chiefly collected from Smith's edition. To which are added directions for pressmen, &c. The whole calculated for the Service of All who have any Concern in the Letter Press.
Smith, John, active 1755.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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A summary view and explanation of the writings of the prophets; consisting of I. Preliminary observations and general rules, for understanding the prophetic stile. II. A particular account of each book and chapter, as they lie in order. In which The general stile of each Prophet is characterized; the beauty and sublimity of particular passages remarked; the change of persons or speakers, the transition from one part of the subject to another, and the connexion and scope of the whole pointed out; improvements on the translation where they seem to be of most consequence taken notice of; with illustrations of the customs, manners, and circumstances to which the sacred writers occasionally allude, and the application of their prophecies to those events to which they are supposed to refer. The whole being intended To make those Divine compositions intelligible, useful, and agreeable to readers of every description. By John Smith, D. D. Minister of the Gospel at Campbelton.
Smith, John, 1747-1807.Date: Anno 1787- Pictures
A man prays in a vast grotto. Etching by W.R. Smith after J. Martin.
Martin, John, 1789-1854.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 2818713i- Pictures
James Hutton (left) and Joseph Black (right), natural philosophers, talking together. Etching and aquatint by J. Kay, 1787.
Kay, John, 1742-1826.Date: 1787Reference: 544708i- Books
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An essay towards an easy, plain, practical, and extensive explication of the Assembly's shorter catechism. By Mr. John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington.
Brown, John, 1722-1787.Date: MDCCLXXXI [1781]- Books
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Alphabet of botany, for the use of beginners / by James Rennie.
Rennie, James, 1787-1867Date: MDCCCXXXIV [1834]- Books
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Correspondence on the principles of right reasoning, applicable to temperance : and to the effects of fermented and distilled liquors ; between Samuel M. Hopkins and Gerrit Smith, Rev. Dr. Justin Edwards, and Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Cox, with other papers and notes, by the editor ; part I / collected and published by Samuel M. Hopkins.
Hopkins, Samuel Miles, 1772-1837.Date: 1836- Books
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An account of the culture and use of the mangel wurzel, or root of scarcity / Translated from the French [by J.C. Lettsom].
Commerell, François de, -approximately 1799.Date: 1787- Archives and manuscripts
Thomas Hodgkin DCL (1831-1913), also known as Thomas Hodgkin junior, and his family
Date: 1787-1951Reference: PP/HO/GPart of: Hodgkin family- Books
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Isaiah. A new translation; by the late Robert Lowth, D. D. Bishop of London. With a summary view and explanation of the same. Consisting of I. Preliminary observations and General Rules for understanding the Prophetic Stile. II. A particular account of each chapter in order. In which The general Stile of the Prophet is characterized; the Beauty and Sublimity of particular Passages remarked; the change of Persons or Speakers, the transition from one part of the Subject to another, and the connexion and scope of the whole pointed out; Improvements in the Translation where they seem to be of most consequence, taken notice of; with Illustrations of the Customs, Manners, and Circumstances to which the Prophet alludes, and the Application of the different parts of the Prophecy to those Events to which they are supposed to refer. The whole being Intended To render the Prophecy intelligible, useful, and agreeable to Readers of every Description. By John Smith, D. D. Minister of the Gospel at Campbleton.
Date: [1791]- Books
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The poor mechanick's plea, against the rich clergy's opression: shewing tithes are no gospel-minister's maintenance. In A Brief and Plain Method, how that Tithes (as now paid) are both inconsistent with the Dispensation of the Law, and the Dispensation of the Gospel. Also, how they were brought into the Church many Hundred Years after Christ, and Testified against by several Antient Christians and Martyrs. With several Sober Reasons against the Payment of them. By J. B.
Bockett, John, 1658-1715.Date: 1787- Books
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The ram's horn sounded seven times: being a visitation of divine love to those merchants of Babylon who have taken upon themselves the office of teachers among the people called Baptists, whose mountain, built in their own wisdom, will be destroyed by the stone cut out of the mountain without hands (the wisdom and power of God), with every other mountain in the kingdom of Babylon-The false Church shall fall, and the true Church be built again. Part II. Giving a true account of what passed at a meeting of conference upon water baptism between J. Proud and the author, the 25th of 10th mo.1787. Also an Answer to John Hunt's pamphlet, written from a dream. - Also a message from the word of the Lord to the teachers among the people called Baptists likewise a short reply to John Theobald, with some remarks on Joseph Proud's pamphlet. By John Bousell, Of the City of Norwich, a Disciple of Jesus Christ, and an Offspring of the primitive Quakers.
Bousell, John.Date: [1787]- Books
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The shaking and translating of heaven and earth. A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled April 19 1649. To which are annexed, prophetical extracts: particularly such as relaie [sic] to the Revolution in France and the decline of the papal power in the world / By John Owen.
Owen, John, 1616-1683.Date: 1794- Archives and manuscripts
Letters to Sir John Bowring from various correspondents
Date: 1810-1871Reference: MS.6128/1-29Part of: Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872), linguist, writer and traveller- Archives and manuscripts
John Hodgkin junior (1800-1875)
Date: 1809-1976Reference: PP/HO/EPart of: Hodgkin family- Pictures
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An old man sits with his arm round a girl and plies her with drink as his wife watches through a window. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: [1747]Reference: 26801i- Pictures
Ships at anchor in a Flemish port. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1746, after David Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: [1746]Reference: 3064078i- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: J
Date: 1638 - 1906Reference: MS.8934- Archives and manuscripts
Letters to George Rolleston and his wife Grace
Date: 1860-1885Reference: MS.6119Part of: Rolleston family- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence and papers relating to the firm's overseas trade with North America and the West Indies
Date: c. 1745-1831Reference: MS.5441Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Archives and manuscripts
Thomas Hodgkin MD (1798-1866)
Date: 1790-1872Reference: PP/HO/DPart of: Hodgkin family