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The history of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches. Being two additional volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum: Containing The Original and first Establishment of all the Religious Orders that ever were in Great-Britain; being those of the Benedictins, Cluniacks, Cistercians, Regular Canons of St. Augustin, Carthusians, Gilbertins, Trinitarians, Premonstratenses, and Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, treated of in the Monasticon Anglicanum: As also of the Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, Augustinian Friers, Regular Canons of Arroasia, Brigittins, Monks of Fontevrand, of Savigni, and of Tiron, Crouched Friers, Friers of Penance, or of the Sack, and Bethleemites, not spoken of by Sir William Dugdale, and Mr. Dodsworth. The foundations of their several Monasteries. A very large Collection of many hundreds of Grants and Charters belonging to them, besides several thousands abridg'd. The final Suppression of all those Places, with some Account of the manner how their vast Lands and Possessions were dispos'd of. There are added Catalocues of the Abbats, and other Superiors of those religious Houses, and of all Persons eminent, and distinguish'd for Piety, Learning, and other Accomplishments, in the several Orders; with short Lives of as many of them as have been transmitted down to us. Collected from above Two hundred of the best Historians extant, and from antient Manuscripts in the Bodleian and Cotton Libraries, and many more in the Hands of learned Antiquaries, and other curious Gentlemen, whose Names may be seen in the Preface. Adorn'd with a considerable Number of Copper-Plates of the several Habits of the religious Orders, the Ichnographies of Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and the Ruins of sacred Places destroy'd, or gone to Decay, and Prospects of others that are still standing. By John Stevens, Gent. ...
Stevens, John, -1726.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Books
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A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the cheltenham water; With a concise account of the diseases wherein it is chiefly indicated; and the diet and regimen, necessary to its successful use. By A. Fothergill, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Royal College of physicians in London, of the medical societies of London and Edinburgh; and physician in Bath.
Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.Date: 1785- Books
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Pious breathings. Being the meditations of St. Augustine, his Treatise of the love of God, Soliloquies and Manual. To which are added, select contemplations from St. Anselm and St. Bernard. Made English by Geo. Stanhope, D. D. Dean of Canterbury, and Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
Date: 1720- Books
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The great evil and danger of profuseness and prodigality. In a letter to a friend. By the Reverend Mr. John Kettle Well, late a presbyter of the Church of England.
Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.Date: MDCCXVII. [1717]- Books
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The life and acts of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Whitgift, D.D. the third and last Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; Who, under Her Majesty, in that Station, Governed the Church of England for the Space of Twenty Years. Wherein Is Interwoven much of the History of the Affairs of this Church; viz. Nominations and Consecrations of Bishops; Bills and Petitions in Parliament about. Religion, and for Reformation of Corruptions and Abuses in the Church; Transactions in Convocations, and Ecclesiastical Commissions; the Diligence of Popish Priests and Jesuits; Methods for the Restraint of them; The Endeavours of those they called Puritans, to set up a New Church-Discipline; and the Prosecution of some of them; Notices of the first Separatists; Visitations of Dioceses, and the State of them; Matters of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts; Occurrences in the Universities, and Observations upon divers Heads and Members thereof; Accounts of Prelates, and other Learned Clergymen and Writers in those Times; Books and Writings of Note; Some further Discovery and Account (besides what hath been Printed) of that Memorable Conference at Hampton-Court before King James the First, with the Issue thereof, and the Effects it produced. The Whole Digested, Compiled and Attested from Records, Registers, Original Letters, and other Authentick Mss. taken from the Choicest Libraries and Collections of the Kingdom. In four books. Together with a large appendix of the said papers, to the Number of Cxxix. By John Strype, M. A. the Author of the Lives of the Three former Protestant Archbishops.
Strype, John, 1643-1737.Date: MDCCXVIII. [1718]- Books
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The Psalter of David; With titles and collects according to the matter of each Psalm. Whereunto are added devotions for the help and assistance of all Christian people, in all occasions and necessities.
Church of England.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Pictures
An ancient city on the banks of a lake, with people fishing in the foreground. Engraving by W. Smith after J. Taylor, 1775.
Taylor, John, 1745?-1806.Date: Oct.r 10, 1775Reference: 2475582i- Books
History and psyche : culture, psychoanalysis, and the past / edited by Sally Alexander and Barbara Taylor.
Date: [2012]- Books
A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy / By J.F.W. Herschel Cabinet Cyclopaeidia, ed., by D. Lardner. Natural philosophy.
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.Date: 1831- Books
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A select collection of oriental tales. Calculated to form the minds of youth to the love of virtue and true wisdom.
Date: 1776- Books
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Memoirs of the life of Mr. John Kettlewell, Sometime Fellow of Lincoln College in Oxford, and Vicar of Coles-Hill in Warwickshire, in the Diocess of Litchfield. Wherein is contained some account of the transactions of his time. Compiled from the collections of Dr. George Hickes, and Robert Nelson, Esq; with several original papers.
Date: MDCCXVIII. [1718]- Books
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A winter-Evening conference between neighbours. In three parts. The eleventh edition, corrected. By J. Goodman, D.D.
Goodman, John, 1625 or 1626-1690.Date: 1720- Books
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Practical Christianity; or, An account of the holiness which the Gospel enjoins, with the motives to it, and the remedies it proposes against temptations. With a prayer concluding each distinct head. To which are added, Christian thoughts for every day of the month: wherein is represented the nature of unseigned repentance, and of perfect love towards God. By R. Lucas, D.D. vicar of St. Stephen's in Coleman-Street.
Lucas, Richard, 1648-1715.Date: MDCCXXI. [1721]- Books
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The architecture of M. Vitruvius. Pollio: translated from the original Latin, by W. Newton, architect. ...
Vitruvius Pollio.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Books
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The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq; In six volumes.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.Date: MDCCXVII. [1717]- Books
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The christian's pattern: or, a treatise of the imitation of Jesus Christ. In four books. Written originally in Latin by Thomas à Kempis. Now render'd into English. To which are added, meditations and prayers, for sick persons. By George Stanhope, D. D. Dean of Canterbury, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty.
Date: 1721- Books
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A discourse upon prodigious abstinence : occasioned by the twelve moneths fasting of Martha Taylor, the famed Derbyshire damosell : proving that without any miracle, the texture of humane bodies may be so altered, that life may be long continued without the supplies of meat & drink : with an account of the heart, and how far it is interessed in the business of fermentation / by John Reynolds.
Reynolds, John, of Kings-NortonDate: 1669- Books
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The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion; necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting to, this ancient and opulent city. Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters, by King Bladud; ...
Date: [1776]- Books
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The psalms of David in metre: with the tunes used in parish-churches. By John Patrick, D. D. Late Preacher to the Charter-House, London.
Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Books
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A compleat collection of the works of the Reverend and learned John Kettlewell, B. D. Formerly Vicar of Coles-Hill in Warwick-Shire. In two volumes. The several treatises printed from copies revis'd and improv'd by the author, a little before his death. ... . To which is prefix'd, the life of the author. Wherein are contained many Remarkable Transactions of his Time; compiled from the Collections of George Hickes, D.D. and Robert Nelson, Esq; and Compleated by a Friend of the Author at the Desire both of Dr. Hickes and Mr. Nelson. With an appendix of several original papers.
Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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An help and exhortation to worthy communicating: or, a treatise describing the meaning, worthy reception, duty and benefits, of the holy sacrament: and answering the doubts of conscience, and other reasons, which most generally detain men from it. Together with suitable devotions added. By John Kettlewell, late Vicar of Coles-Hill in Warwickshire.
Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.Date: MDCCXVII. [1717]- Books
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A book for beginners: or, An help to young communicants, that they may be fitted for the Holy Communion, and receive it with profit. By S. Patrick, D.D. late Lord Bishop of Ely.
Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.Date: 1724- Books
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The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; revised and corrected by the author. ...
Date: MDCCXXIII. [1723]- Books
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The works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. In prose and verse. In three volumes. Containing, I. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. II. The Defense of Poesy. III. Astrophel and Stella. IV. The Remedy of Love; Sonnets, &c. V. The Lady of May. A Masque. VI. The Life of the Author.
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]- Books
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Private thoughts upon a Christian life; or, Necessary directions for its beginning and progress upon earth, in order to its final perfection in the beatifick vision. Part II. By the Right Reverend Father in God, William Beveridge, D.D. late lord bishop of St. Asaph. Written by him in his Riper Years, and printed from his original manuscripts.
Beveridge, William, 1637-1708.Date: MDCCXII. [1712]