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The Grand mystery, or Art of meditating over an house of office, restor'd and unveil'd; after the manner of the ingenious Dr. S-ft. With observations historical, political and moral; shewing the derivation of this science from the Chaldees and ¡gyptians; with the particular practice of all nations on this important subject. Also proposals at large for establishing a corporation for erecting 500 publick offices of ease within the cities of London and Westminster, for the conveniency of the nobility and gentry of both sexes, in their natural necessities; which besides the advantages that will thereby accrue to this noble metropolis in particular, will enable the company to divide above a million per ann. to the great benefit also of every proprietor. Dedicated to the profound Dr. W------d, and seriously recommended to all persons that drink the mineral waters of Pyrmont, Bristol, Bath, Tunbridge, Epsom, Scarborough, Acton, Dullege, Richmond, Islington, &c.
Date: 1726- Pictures
A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.
Date: 2 October 1786Reference: 10958i- Books
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The Lords protest against the Bill, entitled, An act for taking away and abolishing the heretable jurisdictions in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and and for making Satisfaction to the Proprietors thereof, and for restoring such Jurisdictions to the Crown, and for making more effectual Provision for the Administration of Justice throughout that Part of the United Kingdom, by the King's Courts and Judges there, and for rendering the Union of the Two Kingdoms more compleat. Die Jovis 210 Maij 1747.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1747]- Books
Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland / Jonathan M. Metzl.
Metzl, Jonathan, 1964-Date: [2019]- Books
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Address to the burgesses inhabitants of Edinburgh: Observing the defects of the old sett; and proposing the plan of a bill to Parliament, for an act to restore and establish a Town-Council and Magistracy for the city, and to ascertain the right and manner of electing its Member to Parliament. In which, and notes on it, are observed, some particulars concerning the laws now in force relative to burrow-elections, worthy (perhaps) of the consideration of all the Royal Burghs of Scotland in general, and of the city of Edinburgh (tho' it was to have no new sett) in particular. Occasioned by some things dropt in a letter by Edinus at Berwick to his friend at Newcastle.
Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Books
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Observations relating to British and Spanish proceedings, &c. Wherein due notice is taken of a memorable dialogue between Harry and Will. on the expediency of a continental war: and Proper Inquiry is made after the Motives for taking since that Dialogue was written, some such Measures as Will. therein says, have been the Overthrow of all our Councils. The Whole being intended to shew by what Actings and Doings the Affairs of Great Britain, from being in a State of solid Prosperity, have been brought into such wretched Plight, that the French would not make Peace upon Condition of our restoring to them, the best Fruits of those many glorious Victories which have cost the Lives of Fifty Thousand brave Britons and Fifty Millions of British Treasure. - To which is added, A Proposal for replacing the new Taxes on Malt and Beer. Most humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Parliament and People of Great Britain, By J. Massie.
Massie, J. (Joseph), -1784.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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Copies taken from the records of the Court of King's-Bench, at Westminster; The original Office-Books of the Secretaries of State, remaining in the Paper, and Secretaries of State's Offices, or from the Originals under Seal. Of Warrants issued by Secretaries of State, for seizing Persons suspected of being guilty of various Crimes, particularly, of being the Authors, Printers and Publishers of Libels, from the Restoration to the present Time. And also, copies of several commitments, by Secretaries of State, of Persons charged with various Crimes, during that Period.
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]- Books
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The history and proceedings of the House of Commons, during the third parliament of his present Majesty King George II. held in the years 1742, and 1743; Together with the Last Determination of the House relating to Contested Elections. Being the fourteenth volume from the restoration of King Charles II. Containing The most remarkable Motions, Speeches, Resolves, Reports, and Conferences; as also. Exact Estimates of the Charge of Government; State of the Public Revenue; the Rise and Growth of the National Debt, Expence of the War, Proceedings on Ways and Means, Speeches and Messages from the Throne, Addresses and Remonstrances, also the Numbers Pro and Con upon every Division, &c. Many of which Particulars were never before printed. Collected from the best Authorities, Compared with the Journals of the House; And illustrated with a great Variety of Historical and Explanatory Notes.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1744- Books
The politics of fieldwork : research in an American concentration camp / Lane Ryo Hirabayashi.
Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo.Date: [1999], ©1999- Books
Vernacular bodies : the politics of reproduction in early modern England / Mary E. Fissell.
Fissell, Mary Elizabeth.Date: 2004- Books
The royal touch in early modern England : politics, medicine and sin / Stephen Brogan.
Brogan, StephenDate: 2015- Books
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The struggle for self-determination : history of the Menominee Indians since 1854 / David R.M. Beck.
Beck, David, 1956-Date: [2005], ©2005- Books
The Wilmington Ten : violence, injustice, and the rise of black politics in the 1970s / Kenneth Robert Janken.
Janken, Kenneth Robert, 1956-Date: [2015]- Books
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The grand secret of precipitating the preliminaries brought to light; or, a view of the motives that induced the courts of L-n and the Hague to overlook the visible advantages of continuing the war: with observations on the probable instability of the ensuing peace, on the Refined Politics of France, in restoring her Conquests, and on the Nature and Value of the particular Donceur accruing to Hanover by the Pacification. In a letter from Amsterdam.
Date: [1748]- Books
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The politics of retribution in Europe : World War II and its aftermath / edited by István Deák, Jan T. Gross, and Tony Judt.
Date: [2000], ©2000- Books
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To the independent inhabitants of Knaresbrough. Gentlemen, a meeting is intended to be held at Mr. Savages on Wednesday next by the Devonshire party, to consider of a mode of expressing their attachment to the present constitution; this is undoubtedly, a step highly political on the part of borough-mongers, and their adherents, but will it not be equally improper in the inhabitants of this rotten borough, to join in such a declaration? Might it not strengthen the Duke of Devonshire's claim, and prevent our obtaining a restoration of our rights? ...
Amator Patriæ.Date: 1792]- Books
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A specimen; consisting of extracts and episodes from a poem call'd Gideon; or, the restoration of Israel. Printed, and given gratis, that a judgment may be form'd of the twelve books in general; which are once every month publish'd separately in Folio, (but may at last be bound together in one handsome Volume) adorn'd with fine Copper Cuts, and entertaining Reflections distinct to each Book, after the Manner of Essays, on Subjects Historical, Critical, Geographical, Political, Military, &c. Book I. is now publish'd. Book II. just ready for Publication; and the rest will continue to come out Monthly, and may be had at most booksellers in London and Westminster.
Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750.Date: 1720]- Books
Elizabeth's bedfellows : an intimate history of the queen's court / Anna Whitelock.
Whitelock, AnnaDate: 2013- Pictures
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King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial. Coloured etching by R. Cruikshank, 1820.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: September 1820Reference: 12215i- Books
Europe and the making of modernity, 1815-1914 / Robin W. Winks, Joan Neuberger.
Winks, Robin W.Date: 2005- Books
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Celenia and Adrastes; with the delightful history of Hyempsal, King of Numidia: an allegorical romance. Wherein are Recited, The most refined Maxims of State-Policy; the surprising Revolutions of Kingdoms; and the just Vengeance attending Evil Ministers. Interspersed with The following Moral and Instructive Incidents viz. 1. Blood and Lust: Or, The Unparallel'd Adulterer. 2. The Beautiful Peasant: or, The Rape of Diana. 3. The Artificial Devil: or, The Taming of a Shrew. 4. Artemora: or, The Fatality of too early Marriages. 5. The Perfidious Servant: or, Treachery Punish'd. 6. Roxana: or, The Lady surrounded by Lovers. 7. The Polite Converts: or, The Generous Instructor. 8. The Lucky Discovery: or, Right will take Place. 9. Royalty Concealed: or, The Faithful shepherdess 10. The Exil'd Nobleman: or, Honour restored. 11. Amphitryo: or, The Usurper's Downfal. 12. Faction disarm'd: or, The Triumphs of Adrastes. In two volumes. ...
Zelis, the Persian.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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Celenia and Adrastus; with the delightful history of Hyempsal, King of Numidia : an allegorical romance. Wherein are recited, The most refined Maxims of State-Policy; the surprizing Revolutions of Kingdoms; and the just Vengeance attending Evil Ministers. Interspersed with The following Moral and Instructive Incidents, Viz. 1. Blood and Lust: or, The Unparallel'd Adulterer. 2. The Beautiful Peasant: or, The Rape of Diana. 3. The Artificial Devil: or, The Taming of a Shrew. 4. Artfmora: or, The Fatality of too early Marriages. 5. The Persidious Servant: or, Treachery Punish'd. 6. Roxana: or, The Lady surrounded by Lovers. 7. The Polite Converts: or, The Generous Instructor. 8. The Lucky Discovery: or, Right will take Place. 9. Royalty concealed: or, The Faithful Shepherdess. 10. The Exil'd Nobleman: or, Honour restor'd. 11. Amphitryo: or, The Usurper's Dounfal. 12. Faction disarm'd: or, The Triumphs of Adrastus. In two volumes.
Zelis, the Persian.Date: 1740- Books
What soldiers do : sex and the American GI in World War II France / Mary Louise Roberts.
Roberts, Mary LouiseDate: 2013- Books
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Modern Japan : a historical survey / Mikiso Hane.
Hane, MikisoDate: 1992- Pictures
Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 20 May 1804Reference: 12194i