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A voyage to New-Holland, &c. in the year 1699. Wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the isles of Mayo and St. Jago. The Bay of All-Saints, ... Illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants, not found in this part of the world, curiously ingraven on copper-plates. Vol. III. By Captain William Dampier.
Dampier, William, 1651-1715.Date: 1709- Books
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Botany Bay. A letter from Mr. James Callam, surgeon of His Majesty's ship supply, to his brother Mr. Alexander Callam of East-Smithfield, London; containing an account of a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Botany Bay, Jackson's Bay, &c. in New Holland, with a short description of the inhabitants, and settlement of the colony.
Callam, James.Date: [1788]- Books
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An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with a journal of travels from London through Russia into Persia, and back again through Russia, Germany, and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli. In two volumes. By Jonas Hanway, Merchant.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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An appendix to the three English volumes in folio of Morery's Great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: ... This appendix being collected ... chiefly from the French Supplement ... printed in Holland in the year 1716. ... By Jer. Collier, A.M.
Bernard, Jacques, 1658-1718.Date: 1721- Pictures
Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club. Coloured aquatint by John Caspar Ziegler after George Moutard Woodward, published by William Holland, 1798.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: 1798Reference: 24853i- Books
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A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year, 1699. Wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St Jago. The Bay of All Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brasil. Cape Salvadore. The Winds on the Brasilian Coast. Abrohlo-Shoals. A table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The Course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast &c. of New Holland. Their Inhabitants, Manners, Customs, Trade, &c. Their Harbours, Soil, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. Trees, Plants, Fruits, &c. Illustrated with several maps and draughts; also divers Birds, Fishes, and Plants, not found in this part of the World, Curiously Ingraven on Copper-Plates. Vol.III. By Captain William Dampier.
Dampier, William, 1651-1715.Date: 1703- Books
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A sermon, preached in the Parish Church of Bolton, on Sunday the 24th of September, 1786; Being the next Lord's-Day, after the execution of James Holland, on Bolton Moor, for croft-breaking. By E. Whitehead, A.M. vicar of Bolton, published at the request of a respectable body of manufactures and crofters, being part of the congregation, to whom it is with great regard inscribed.
Whitehead, Edward, 1712-1789.Date: 1786- Books
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A cabinet council; or, secret history of Lewis XIV. In Which The Grand Scheme was concerted for assassinating King William; the conquering of Holland; re-establishing King James upon the Throne of these Kingdoms; the Subversion of the German Empire; and enslaving the rest of Europe. The Reader, by perusing this Tract, will clearly perceive, that though King, Ministers and Circumstances are changed, the same Spirit presides over French Councils, though at different Periods; and that Louis XV. is but what his Predecessor was; the invariable Maxim of both being to divide and conquer.
Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
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A collection of voyages. In four volumes. Containing I. Captain William Dampier's Voyages round the World: Describing particularly, the Coasts and Islands in the East and West-Indies. The South-Sea Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico. The Countries of Tonquin, Achin and Malacca. The Cape of Good Hope, New-Holland, &c. II. The Voyages of Lionel Wafer; Giving an Account of his being left on the Isthmus of America, amongst the Indians, and of their Treatment of him; with a particular Description of the Country, &c. Also The Natural History of those Parts. By a Fellow of the Royal Society. And Davis's Expedition to the Golden Mines. III. A Voyage round the World: Containing an Account of Capt. Dampier's Expedition into the South-Seas in the Ship St. George. With his Various Adventures and Engagements, &c. together with a Voyage from the West Coast of Mexico to East-India. By W. Funnell, Mate to Capt. Dampier. IV. Capt. Cowley's Voyage round the Globe. V. Capt. Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and Expedition into the South-Seas. VI. Capt. Wood's Voyage through the Streights of Magellan. Vii Mr. Roberts's Adventures and Sufferings amongst the Corsairs of the Levant: His Description of the Archipelago Islands, &c. Illustrated with maps and draughts: also several birds, fishes, and plants, not found in this Part of the World: Curiously Engraven on Copper-Plates.
Date: MDCCXXIX. [1729]- Books
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Specification of James Bristow. And Henry Attwood : consuming smoke.
Bristow, James.Date: 1853- Books
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The temple of war. To which is annex'd The birth-day an ode; and an ode congratulating His present Majesty's late safe arrival from Holland. Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable The Earl of Albemarle, & By the author of The Hebrew campaign, and Review.
Author of The Hebrew campaign, and Review.Date: M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]- Books
The travel diaries of Thomas Robert Malthus / edited by Patricia James.
Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834.Date: 1966- Books
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The female physician, containing all the diseases incident to that sex, in virgins, wives, and widows; together with their causes and symptoms, their degrees of danger, and respective methods of prevention and cure: To which is added, The Whole art of New improv'd Midwifery; comprehending The necessary Qualifications of a Midwife, and particular Directions for laying Women, in all Cases of Difficult and Preternatural Births; together with the Diet and Regimen of both the Mother and Child. By John Maubray, M.D.
Maubray, John, -1732.Date: 1724- Books
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An essay to restore the dipping of infants in their baptism; with a dialogue betwixt a curate and his parishioner, concerning the manner of immersion. This tract contains Three Chapters, I. The Reasons for Restoring Dipping are Proposed, and the Causes of Introducing sprinkling are discovered; and some Instances of late Dipping of infants are related. II. An Answer is given to the Socinian Arguments against Baptism; and to Dr. Lightfoot's Defence of Sprinkling. III. It is proved, That all Antient Baptisms of the Gentiles, the Jews, and Primitive Christians, were performed by immersion; and Aquinas's Exceptions against immersion, are Answered. To which is Added by way of Appendix, Dr. Williams's letter concerning the great cure he lately performed by Cold Bathing. And a Letter against the Inoculation in the Small Pox. By Sir John Floyer, of Litchfield.
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.Date: 1722- Books
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The oriental navigator; or, new directions for sailing to and from the East Indies. Also for the use of the country ships, trading in the Indian and China Seas; to New Holland, &c. &c. Collected from the manuscripts, journals, memoirs, and observations, of the most experienced officers ... Being a companion to the East India pilot, ... by the late Mr. Robert Sayer; ...
Date: 1794 [1797]- Books
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A sermon preach'd in the Parish-Church of St. Laurence-Jewry, London: September the 29th 1715. Being the day of the election of the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor. By John Waugh, D.D. rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill; and chaplain to His Royal Highness the Prince.
Waugh, John, 1655?-1734.Date: MDCCXV. [1715]- Books
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Midwifery brought to perfection, By Manual Operation; Illustrated In a Lecture, Containing I. The Reasons and Motives for instituting, and undertaking the Performance of a compleat Course of Midwifery. II. An Enquiry into the Merit of such a New and Laborious Enterprize. III. A Disquisition upon the Excellency of the Art of Midwifery, in its own Nature. IV. The Regular Method, and different Steps to be taken, in order to qualify and accomplish Pupils, both in the Theory and Practice of this most useful Science. By John Maubray, M. D.
Maubray, John, -1732.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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The Perfect picture of a favourite: Or, Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth, and standholder of Holland. Containing an instructive account of his rise and fall; his excessive power and wealth; his cruel oppressions; the exorbitant grants made to him; his ambitious aim at the crown; his lusts, hypocrisie, and irreligion; also his secret combination with the papists and fanaticks, to undermine the Church of England, and exclude the Royal Family. Written during his life, and now publish'd from an old manuscript: with a preface by James Drake; Fellow of the Royal Society and College of Physicians.
Date: 1711- Books
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A discourse concerning the use of incense in divine offices. Wherein it is Proved, That that Practice, taken up in the Middle Ages, both by the Eastern and Western Churches, is, notwithstanding, an Innovation from the Doctrine of the first and purest Churches, and the Traditions derived from the Apostles. Serving also to Evince, That even the Consent of those Churches of the Middle Ages, is no certain Argument, that even the Particulars, wherein they are supposed to Consent, were faithfully derived from the Apostles, Against the modern Assertors of the Infallibility of Oral Tradition. In a Letter to a Friend. By Henry Dodwell, M.A.
Dodwell, Henry, 1641-1711.Date: 1711- Books
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A sermon preach'd at the consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God Edward Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, at Lambeth Chappel, November 17. 1717. By William Byrche, M. A. Chaplain to His Grace The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
Byrche, William, 1684?-1741.Date: M.DCC.XVII. [1717]- Books
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A sermon preach'd at the consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God Edward lord bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, at Lambeth Chappel, November 17. 1717. By William Byrche, M.A. chaplain to His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
Byrche, William, 1684?-1741.Date: M.DCC.XVII. [1717]- Books
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An entrance into the doctrine of Christianity, by catechetical institution. Or, a brief and plain comment on the catechism, appointed by the Church of England. By Lawrence Fogg, D.D. and Dean of Chester.
Fogg, Lawrence, 1629-1718.Date: 1714- Books
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A sermon preach'd in the Parish-Church of St. Laurence-Jewry, London: September the 29th. 1715. Being the Day of the Election of The Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor. By John Waugh, D. D. Rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill; and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince.
Waugh, John, 1655?-1734.Date: M.DCC.XV. [1715]- Pictures
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An apothecary weeping at the grave of his late most prosperous and prevalent patient. Coloured aquatint by G.M. Woodward, 1801.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: 7 March 1801Reference: 16095i- Books
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An account of the courts of Prussia and Hannover: sent to a Minister of State in Holland. In which are contain'd the Characters of the Elector of Hannover, now King of England; The Electoral Prince, Duke of Cambridge, and others of that Illustrious Family. To which are added, The ordinances, statutes, and privileges of the Royal Academy, erected by the King of Prussia at Berlin. And The declaration of the Elector Palatine, in favour of his Protestant subjects. All three publish'd by Mr. Toland.
Toland, John, 1670-1722.Date: M.DCC.XIV. [1714]