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Fox-hunting first draft
Date: Early 21st centuryReference: SA/ADC/E/3/2/1Part of: Adamson Collection Trust (established 1978)- Archives and manuscripts
Fox-hunting final version
Date: c.2010Reference: SA/ADC/E/3/2/2Part of: Adamson Collection Trust (established 1978)- Books
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The jolly tars of old England's garland, Containing several excellent new songs. I. The Jolly Tars of Old England. II. The Social Powers. III. Venus of Totterdown-Hill. IV. A Bumper of good Liquor. V. A New Hunting Song. VI. Thomas and Sally. A New Song. Vii. Water parted from the Sea. Licensed and entered according to order.
Date: 1785?]- Books
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The British Apollo; or, Songster's Magazine: containing a choice selection of English, Irish, and Scotch songs, cantatas, duets, Trios, Catches, Glees, &c. sung at the theatres, Sadler's Wells, Royal Saloon, Ranelagh, Vauxhall, the Apollo, and other public gardens: Interspersed with many Originals, viz. Bacchanalian, Love, Hunting, Martial, Nautical, Pastoral, Political, Satirical, Humourous, &c. to which are added, a variety of toasts and sentiments.
Date: 1792- Books
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The charms of chearfulness; or, Merry Songster's Companion: containing a collection of songs, cantatas, and genuine pieces of wit and humour; among which are the celebrated Dutch and German dialogue between Mynheer Eupharson and Mynheer Vanslawken, the diverting and curious Cobler's Ramble, Jolly Sailor's Description of going a Hunting; Lord Chesterfield's Advice to Clowns; and a Variety of others equally entertaining.
Date: [1783?]- Books
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The compleat sportsman. In three parts. Part I. Containing the nature and various kinds of game, under their several Denominations, with the best Methods of taking the same, by Shooting, Hunting, Dogs, Nets, and otherwise; and the Laws and Statutes made for Preservation of the Game, with Warrants to impower Game-Keepers, &c. Part II. Of the best Situations and Methods of erecting and Management of Parks, Warrens, &c. Of Hunting the Buck, Doe, &c. And a concise Abridgment of the Forest-Laws, and of all the Laws and Statutes relating to Deer: Methodically interspersed with Precedents of Warrants for Deer, &c. Part III. Of fish and fishing; the most successful Methods of Angling; the only proper Baits, Tackle and agreeable Seasons for taking all Sorts of Fish; and the Rivers wherein they are to be found; with the Statutes relating to Fishing, &c.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: 1718- Film
Ivory hunters hunting elephants.
Date: 1931-40- Books
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A sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Wednesday, January xxx, 1705/6. Being the anniversary day of fasting and humiliation, for the horrid and execrable murder of King Charles the First. By White Kennet, D. D. Arch-Deacon of Hunting don. Published for the Good and Benefit of the Poor, that have not Six Pence to lay out.
Kennett, White, 1660-1728.Date: 1706- Books
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The litchfield squabble. An humourous poetical narration of the several transactions at the elections for the county of Stafford and city of Litchfield; The Horse-Race and Hunting-Match; with the Particulars of a remarkable Banging Bout; the Whole describing the Insolence of Power, the Steadiness of Farmers, and a true Model of Political Madness on all Sides. By Peter Plain-Truth, not Lord Puff.
Plain-Truth, Peter.Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
A review of the diseases of Dutchess County, from 1809 to 1825; being the subject of two addresses read before the [Dutchess County] Medical Society, at their annual meetings in 1819 and 1825. Also, an essay on a disease of the jaw-bones [read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the University of New-York, in 1808] To which is added, an appendix. Containing notes and elucidations / by Hunting Sherrill.
Sherrill, Hunting, 1783-1866Date: 1826- Books
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A Collection of all the songs, sung This Season at Vauxhall, Ranelagh, Marybone, Gardens, Sadler's Wells, at both the Theatres, &c. Containing 1. Rural Felicity. 2. The Banks of the Dee. 3. I wish the Wars were all over. 4. Young Colin stole my heart away. 5. The Rosy Dawn. 6. Down the Burn [illegible] Love. 7. Rosy Dimpled Boy. 8. A Favourite Scotch Song. 9. Anna. 10. The Sailors Lamentation. 11. Love's a Bubble. 12. Glee. 13. Another. 14. The Ton. 15. The Crying and Laughing Song. 16. A Favourite Hunting Song. 17. A Favourite Scotch Song. 18. The Summer Day. 19. An Invocation to the Fair Sex. 20. A Pastoral. 21. The Lovelorn Swain. 22. A Favourite Hunting Cantata. 23. A Ballad Sung at Ranelagh. 24. A welcome to the Spring. 25. The Broker's Daughter. 26. The Pleasures of May.
Date: 1780?]- Books
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The muse's delight: or, the Songster's Jovial Companion. Being a collection of three hundred of the most celebrated new songs, sung at several societies of choice spirits, Including all those at the Public Gardens and Playhouses, &c. on Love, Mirth, War, Hunting, and Drinking, Interspersed with many Originals, by Persons of Eminence, much esteemed for their Humour, Wit and Oddity. The whole carefully revised and corrected. In two parts.
Date: [1760]- Books
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The reveller. A curious collection of favourite new songs, (containing upwards of Two Hundred) In which are included those of Mirth, Jollity, The Bottle, Hunting, &c. With those sung by the most eminent performers, at the theatres, Vauxhall, Ranelagh, Marybon, and all publick places of diversion, Few of which are to be found in any other Collection yet published. With an Alphabetical Contents, For the more ready finding out each song.
Date: [1765?]- Books
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[The] prospect, or rural sports; a poem. Containing, I. The Beauties of a Country Life, the Dawn of Day, the Rosy Morning, Hay and Corn Harvest. II. The Workmen busy in the Field. III. Partridge Shooting. IV. Fox-Hunting. V. The Necessity of the different Seasons of the Year. VI. Some serious Reflections on the Mysteries of the Creation. To which is added, a letter to a young lady in Worcestershire. By George Roberts, gent.
Roberts, George, Poet.Date: 1754?]- Books
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A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America. Giving an account of the author's abode there, The Form and Make of the Country, the Coasts, Hills, Rivers, &c. Woods, Soil, Weather, &c. Trees, Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. The Indian Inhabitants, their Features, Complexion, &c. their Manners, Customs, Employments, Marriages, Feasts, Hunting, Computation, Language, &c. With Remarkable Occurrences in the South-Sea and elsewhere. By Lionel Wafer. Illustrated with several Copper-Plates.
Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705?.Date: MDCCIV. [1704]- Books
Witch-hunting in Scotland : law, politics, and religion / Brian P. Levack.
Levack, Brian P.Date: 2008- Books
Was witch-hunting woman-hunting? / Christina Larner.
Larner, Christina.Date: 1981- Books
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Songsters favorite, containing the following choice songs: My man John, The lover and shepherdess, Anna, Willy's Rare, and Willy's Fair, The Dusky Night, The Banks of the Dee, Celia's Complaint, O the Days that I was Young, Guardian Angels, The Jolly Gypsies, Miss Roach and Jack Ran's parting, sporting Jenny, The Maidens Lamentation The Mossy Brook, The Jolly Fellow, I had nought else to do, The Golden Shower, A Hunting Song, The Capricious Lovers, Rossine Castle.
Date: [1780?]- Books
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The huntsman. Containing the best methods ofsport, for coursing with greyhounds, and hunting all kinds of chasesin England, viz. The Hart. Buck, Rain Deer,Hare, Wild Rabbit, Ferrit, Fox, Badger, Otter, Squirrel, Marten, Andwild Cat. Together with Many Curious Particulars relative to Theseanimals, and the Manner of Killing them. Likewise, thehuntsman's terms of art; and A Fullaccount of the Dogs in Use; Their usual Names, Training, Feeding, Preservation from Diseases, and other Things necessary to be known concerning them. To which are Added, The Modes of Hunting Some Particular Foreign Beasts of Sport; Namely, the Wolf, Bear, Wild Boar, Wild Goat, Beaver, and Elk. By Nicholas Coxe, Esq;
Cox, Nicholas, active 1673-1731.Date: [1780?]- Books
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Cynegetica or essays on sporting consisting of observations on hare hunting &c. &c.
Date: 1788- Books
Witches, witch-hunting, and women / Silvia Federici.
Federici, SilviaDate: [2018]- Books
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The sportsman's dictionary: or, the country gentleman's companion, in all rural recreations: With full and particular Instructions for Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Riding, Cocking. With the Method of breeding, curing, dieting, and ordering of Horses, Dogs, Pigeons, Cocks, &c. Extracted from the most celebrated English and French authors, Ancient, and Modern: With Large Improvements, made by several Gentlemen well experienced in these noble Exercises. Illustrated with near thirty copper-plates, representing the different kinds of Nets, Engines, and Traps, that are made use of in taking all sorts of Game. ...
Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]- Books
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The country gentleman's companion. Containing, I. Directions for the choice, Ordering, Dietting, and Breeding of Draft, Road, Hunting, and Running horses; the whole Art of Riding them; and the most approved Remedies for all the Diseases and Accidents they are subject to. II. The Ordering and Breeding of Bulls, Cows, Calves, Oxen, Sheep, Lambs, Goats, Swine, and Rabbets; and the best Remedies for the Cure of their respective Diseases. III. The fattening, cramming, and curing of Cocks, Hens, Capons, Chickens, Geese, and Turkies; and of feeding Swans, Pheasants, Partridges, Pidgcons, Quails, Doves, and other small Birds. IV. The Nature, Ordering, and Preservation of Bees. V. The Arts of Hunting, Coursing, Hawking, Angling, Fishing, and other Country Recreations; of curing Hawks, Hounds, &c. of ordering and making Fish-Ponds; and of taking and preserving Fish. VI. The Choice, Ordering, Breeding, and Dietting of Fighting-Cocks, both before and after Battle. Vii. A compendious gardener's kalendar, shewing what Work is to be done, monthly, in the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower-Garden. By a country gentleman, From his own Experience.
Country Gentleman.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Pictures
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Two men carrying spears and a hunting horn in their pursuit of boar. Etching.
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Thoughts on hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend.
Beckford, Peter, 1740-1811.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]