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The gentleman's and citizen's almanack, compiled by Samuel Watson, bookseller, for the year of our Lord, 1770. Being the Second after Leap-Year. And the Tenth Year of K. Geo. III. Reign, till 25 Oct. Containing, The Days of the Year and Month: Week-Days: Sun's Rising and Setting: Moon's Age and Changes: Old Stile: A Table of Equation: The Times of High Water at Dublin-Bar. Several Tables, Altered, Renewed, or Continued. The Marriages and Deaths of the Princes of Europe. The Names of The Lord Lieutenant; of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and of The Lords and Commons of Parliament, (printed by Authority:) Also, The Judges, and several other Persons in Places of High Trust and Office in Ireland, both Civil and Military: The Dublin Society: The Hospitals: The Roads and Fairs: The Post-Towns: Noted Places referring to them, and Foreign Postages. N. B. The Names of the several Officers of the Four Courts are printed here by the Leave of the Lord Chancellor, and Judges.
Watson, Samuel, active 1761-1802.Date: 1770- Books
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A dissertation on the value of life annuities, deduced from general principles, Clearly demonstrated and particularly applied to the Schemes of the Laudable and Amicable Societies of Annuitants, for the Benefit of Age: with tables Adapted to their several Rates and Modes of Admission; Shewing At Sight, The real Value that ought to be given by Persons of any Age for the Annuity promised by those Societies; and also the Annuity that each Member ought to be entitled to, according to his respective Payments. To Which Are Added, All the Tables necessary for Calculations of this Kind. By W. Backhouse.
Backhouse, William, of Thames Street, London.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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A sermon preached at the evening-lecture in the Old Jewry on Sunday, November 18, 1753, on occasion of the death of the late Reverend James Foster, D. D. Who departed this Life, November 5, 1753, In the 56th Year of his Age. By Charles Bulkley.
Bulkley, Charles, 1719-1797.Date: [1753]- Books
Historical change in the household structure of the elderly in economically developed societies / Daniel Scott Smith.
Smith, Daniel ScottDate: 1982- Books
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Thoughts of Cicero, on the following subjects, viz. I. Religion. II. Man. III. Conscience. IV. The Passions. V. Wisdom. VI. Probity. Vii. Eloquence. Viii. Friendship. IX. Old Age. X. Death. XI. Scipio's Dream. XII. Miscellaneous thoughts. First published in Latin and French by the Abbé D'Olivet; and now translated into English, with notes.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
A widows' asylum of the Renaissance : the Orbatello of Florence / Richard C. Trexler.
Trexler, Richard C., 1932-2007.Date: 1982- Books
Introduction / Peter N. Stearns.
Stearns, Peter NDate: 1982- Books
Work, charity and the elderly in late-nineteenth-century Russia / Adele Lindenmeyr.
Lindenmeyr, AdeleDate: 1982- Books
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Thoughts of Cicero, on the following subjects, viz. I. Religion. II. Man. III. Conscience. IV. The Passions. V. Wisdom. VI. Probity. Vii. Eloquence. Viii. Friendship. IX. Old Age. X. Death. XI. Scipio's Dream. XII. Miscellaneous thoughts. Published in Latin and French by the Abbé D'Olivet; to which is now added, an English translation, with notes.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.Date: M.DCC.L. [1750]- Books
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Thoughts of Cicero, on the following subjects, I. Religion. II. Man. III. Conscience. IV. The Passions. V. Wisdom. VI. Probity. Vii. Eloquence. Viii. Friendship. IX. Old Age. X. Death. XI. Scipio's Dream. And XII. Miscellaneous subjects. Published in Latin and French by the Abbé D'Olivet to which is added, an English translation with notes, by the Revd. Alex. Wishart.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
Ageing and well-being in early modern England : pension trends and gender preferences under the English Old Poor Law c.1650-1800 / Richard M. Smith.
Smith, Richard M.Date: 1900-1999- Books
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Human depravity displayed. being An Account of the wicked and unnatural Crimes committed by Mr. James R***y, A Schoolmaster, Who is to take his Trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions, for ravishing a Child only Eight Years of Age. Also, an Account of his Examination at Bow-Street.
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Mirth diverts all care: being excellent new songs, compos'd by the most celebrated wits of the age, on divers subjects, viz. The Scotch Riddle unfolded. News from London. The Voyage to Scotland. Sir Henry Wotten to Qanne. The Golden Age. An Old Man Courting a young Girl. The Leveller. The Chearful Heart. The Quaker's Ballad. The Quiet Retreat. Win at first, Lose at last, or, a Game at Cards. The Loyal Scot. On a Ladies Eyes and Lips. A Fly drown'd in a Ladies Eye. The Character of a Good Parson. A Song by Col. Salisbury. A Song on Ingratitude. A Song in English and Latin. Chivy Chase in English and Latin. The Grand Tack. The Fable. The Honest Man's Fate. A Peruke Block. A Latin Song. In Truncum Capillatum. With many more Rare songs, worthy of the Reader's Esteem.
Philomusus.Date: 1709- Books
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Mirth diverts all care: being excellent new songs, compos'd by the most celebrated wits of the age, on divers subjects, viz. The Scotch Riddle unfolded. News from London. The Voyage to Scotland. Sir Henry Wotten to Q. Anne. The Golden Age. An Old Man Courting a young Girl. The Leveller. The Chearful Heart. The Quaker's Ballad. The Quiet Retreat. Win at first, Lose at last. or, a Game at Cards. The Loyal Scot. On a Ladies Eyes and Lips. A Fly drown'd in a Ladies Eye. The Character of a Good Parson. A Song by Col. Salisbury. A Song on Ingratitude. A Song in English and Latin. Chivy Chase in English and Latin. The Grand Tack. The Fable. The Honest Man's Fate. A Peruke Block. A Latin Song. In Tiuncum Capillatum. With many more Rare Songs, worthy of the Reader's Esteem.
Philomusus.Date: 1708- Books
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A defence of the Old Testament, in a series of letters, addressed to Thomas Paine, Author of a Book entitled, The Age of Reason, Part the Second, being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology. By David Levi, Author of Lingua Sacra, Letters to Dr. Priestley, Dissertations on the Prophecies, &c &c. &c.
Levi, David, 1740-1799.Date: 1797- Books
Ageing in antiquity : status and participation / Tim G. Parkin.
Parkin, Tim G.Date: 1900-1999- Books
The ageing of the population : relevant question or obsolete notion? / Patrice Bourdelais.
Bourdelais, Patrice.Date: 1900-1999- Books
Parallel histories of retirement in modern Britain / Paul Johnson.
Johnson, Paul.Date: 1900-1999- Books
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A curious hieroglyphick Bible; or, select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth: designed chiefly to familiarize tender Age, in a pleasing and diverting Manner, with early Ideas of the Holy Scriptures. To which are subjoined, short Account of the Lives of the Evangelists, and other Pieces, illustrated with Cuts.
Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The toilet of Flora; or, a collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, and sweet-scented waters. With receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the Skin, give Force to Beauty, and take off the Appearance of Old Age and Decay. for the use of the ladies.
Buc'hoz, Pierre-Joseph, 1731-1807.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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The toilet of Flora; or, a collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, Powders, Perfumes, and Sweet-Scented Waters. with receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the Skin, give Force to Beauty, and take off the Appearance of Old Age and Decay. For the use of the Ladies.
Buc'hoz, Pierre-Joseph, 1731-1807.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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A curious hieroglyphick Bible; or, select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth: Designed Chiefly familizrize tender Age, in a pleasing and diverting Manner, with early Ideas of the Holy Scriptures. To Which Are Subjoined, short Account of the Lives of the Fvangelists, and other Pieces, illustrated with Cuts.
Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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An essay on the nature and manner of treating the gout. Shewing, its particular symptoms and effects, with a method proposed, to render paroxysms few, mild, and short. Illustrated by a large Variety of singular Cases, to which is annexed a Dietetic-Regimen, and other Directions, productive of Health, and a rational Old Age. By R. Drake.
Drake, R.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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A sermon, preached at the meeting-house in the Old Jewry, on the twenty-eighth of June, 1795, upon occasion of the death of the Rev. Roger Flexman, D. D. who Departed this Life on the Fourteenth Day of the Same Month, in the Eighty-Eighth Year of his Age. By Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. Published by Request of the Family.
Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Books
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The ordinary's account of the life, birth, death and parentage of John Hall, Richard Low, Stephen Bunch, William Davis, and Joseph Montisano, Five notorious thieves and housebreakers; and William Kite, for Ravishing Elizabeth Berry, a Girl bur of seven Years of Age. With their full Tryals, Examinations, Convictions, and Condemnation at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Days of December, 1707. As also the manner of their Behaviour whilst under Sentence of Death, in the Condemn'd Hold in Newgate; and last Dying Words and true Speeches as deliver'd to Mr. Lorrane at Tyburn; and Relation of the several most strange and unheard of Robberies committed by the abovementioned Criminals through the whole Course of their Lives. Licensed according to Order.
Lorrain, P. (Paul), -1719.Date: 1707