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A Concise history of the antiquities of Egypt. Containing, an account of the antient Egyptians; the grandeur of their publick buildings; obelisks, pyramids, Lake of M̂D oeris, the Nile, the famous canal between the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean, with a curious map thereof. Also the manners, customs, laws, learning and government of the Egyptians. Likewise their manner of treating dead bodies; method of embalming; and particular way of trying and judging persons after their death. With seven large and curious copper plate prints of Egyptian Mummies, exactly drawn; with their hieroglyphic characters, interpreted and explained. Inscribed to the Members of the Royal Society. Taken from the works of Mr. Rollin. With some account of sir Hans Sloan, his antiquities and curiosities, with an abstract of his last will.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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The uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated, I. From the known Laws of the Animal Oeconomy. II. From the Structure of the Parts of the Human Body. and, III. From a great Variety of amusing and well-attested Instances of Persons who have return'd to Life in their Coffins, in their Graves, under the Hands of the Surgeons, and after they had remain'd apparently dead for a considerable Time in the Water. With Proper Directions, both for preventing such Accidents, and repairing the Misfortunes brought upon the Constitution by them. To the whole is added, a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the Precautions they made use of to ascertain the Certainty of Death. Illustrated with copper plates.
Winslow, Jacques-Bénigne, 1669-1760.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
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Gospel-Sonnets: or, spiritual songs. In six parts. Part I. The Believer's Espousals: Or, the Way how a Sinner is divorced from the Law as a Covenant, and married unto Christ, &c. Part II. The Believer's Jointure: Or, the Privileges of those that are Espoused to Christ, with the Marks and Characters of such. Both these being a Poem of Is. liv. 5. Thy Maker is thy Husband. Part III. The Believer's Riddle: Or, the Mystery of Faith; shewing the Believer's two-fold Condition; Nature and Grace, Flesh and Spirit, &c. Part IV. The Believer's Lodging: Or, his Inn, while here upon Earth. Being a Poem or Paraphrase upon Psalm lxxxiv. Part V. The Believer's Soliloquy: Especially when in Affliction and Desertion, complaining of his own evil Heart, & longing to be Above, where he shall sin no more Part VI. The Believer's Principles: especially concerning the Law and the Gospel, &c. Rom. vii. 4. Wherefore my Brethren, ye also are become dead to the Law by the Body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the Dead, that ye should bring forth Fruit unto God. 2 Cor. xi. 2, 3. For I am jealous over you with a godly Jealousy; For I have espoused you to one Husband, that I may present you a chast Virgin to Christ. But I fear lest by any Means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his Subtilty. so your Minds should be corrupted from the Simplicity that is in Christ. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. For now we see thro' a Glass darkly, or in a Riddle. 1 Cor. ii. 7. But we speak the Wisdom of God in a Mystery. By Mr. Ralph Erskine, Minister of the Gospel at Dunfermline.
Erskine, Ralph, 1685-1752.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]- Books
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Gospel-Sonnets: or, spiritual songs: in six parts. Part I. The Beleiver's Espousals: Or, the Way how a Sinner is divorced from the Law as a Covenant, and married unto Christ, &c. Part II. The Believer's Jointure: Or, the Privileges of those that are espoused to Christ, with the Marks and Characters of such. Both these being a Poem on Is. liv. 5. Thy Maker is thy Husband. Part III. The Believer's Riddle: Or, the Mystery of Faith; shewing the Believer's two-fold Condition; Nature and Grace, Flesh and Spirit, &c. Part IV. The Believer's Lodging: Or, his Inn, while here upon Earth. Being a Poem or Paraphrase upon Psalm lxxxiv. Part V. The Believer's Soliloquy: Especially when in Affliction & Desertion, complaining of his own evil Heart, & longing to be Above where he shall Sin no more. Part VI. The Believer's Principles: Especially concerning the Law and the Gospel, &c. Rom. vii. 4. Wherefore my Brethren, ye also are become dead to the Law by the Body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the Dead, that ye should bring forth Fruits unto God. 2 Cor. xi. 2, 3. For I am jealous over you with a godly Jealousy; For I have espoused you to one Husband, that I may present you a chast Virgin to Christ. But I fear lest by any Means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his Subtilty, so your Minds should be corrupted from the Simplicity that is in Christ. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. For now we see thro' a Glass darkly, or in a Riddle. 1 Cor. ii. 7. But we speak the Wisdom of God in a Mystery. By Mr. Ralph Erskine, Minister of the Gospel at Dunfermline.
Erskine, Ralph, 1685-1752.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
The right to bodily integrity / edited by A.M. Viens.
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William Price of Llantrisant, in druidic costume, with goats. Oil painting by A C Hemming, 1918.
Hemming, A. C. (Alfred Charles), active approximately 1904-1933.Date: 1918Reference: 45771i- Books
Fluid exchanges : artists and critics in the AIDS crisis / edited by James Miller.
Date: [1992]- Books
The definition of death : contemporary controversies / edited by Stuart J. Youngner, Robert M. Arnold, and Renie Schapiro.
Date: [1999]- Pictures
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Men attempt to quell the flames of the House of Commons with water piped from fire engines and a rocket attached to a man's back inscribed 'war'. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: Oct 27 1834 :Reference: 643195i- Books
The anthropology of religion, magic, and witchcraft / Rebecca L. Stein, Philip L. Stein.
Stein, Rebecca L., 1970-Date: [2011], ©2011- Pictures
Testimonials to Alexandre Vattemare. Lithograph by F.G. Netherclift, ca. 1839.
Vattemare, Alexandre, 1796-1864.Date: [1839?]Reference: 3039195i- Pictures
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A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: June 1871Reference: 18167i