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Heaven's judgement on gamesters, and drunkards, and seekers of revenge. Being a full and true account os one Mr. John Gibbs near the city of Bristol, who had an estate of sixteen thousand pounds a year, and left only two sons at his decease, with an account of how he left the estate to the eldest, and a very good portion to the youngest. And how he made away with it by gaming and drinking, and how his brother supplied him with money several times, and finding he would not leave his wicked course of life would not supply him no longer. Also how he sold himself to the Devil to be revenged on his brother. And likewise how the Devil put him in a way to murder his brother, and how he was prevented the night he was to do the murder, by falling into a deep sleep. With a vision he had of a damned soul and body in hell which caused him to repent. Likewise an account of now he was delivered from the Devil on the 9th of last month, by divines whose names you have in this book.
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Lord Bute stands in Scottish attire at an open window of the Whitehall treasury throwing bags of money down to the driver of a horse-drawn cart laden with 'Scotch coal'; William Pitt the elder looks on in disgust. Etching, 1762.
Date: [Aug 1762]Reference: 581535i- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Encrease, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada; with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the Small Armory; in which, at one View, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Ancedotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armor, from William the Conqueror, to the late King George. 9. Of the Jewel Office and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Co'. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The merchant's companion; Being a Complete System of Book-Keeping, in two sets, modernized, comprehending All the Varieties of the Art, Both in thoery and practice; with an appendix, containing the form and use of the Principal Books used by Merchants. Also Some Familiar Letters on Business, with Instructions how to pen them; Bills of Exchange, with their Explanation and Laws; Promissory Notes, and Acquittances; Bills of Parcels; the Form of a Bond, with its Condition; Letters of Licence and Attorney; a General Release; a Will; an Apprentice's Indenture, with its Bond; a Lease; a Bill of Sale; a Policy of Assurance of a Ship and Cargo; an Universal Table of all the Coins of the known World, reduced into British and Irish Money; Tables of Weights and Measures; Tables of Exchange, from England to Ireland, and from Ireland to England; a Table, shewing the Gain or Loss on the Exchange between Holland, England and Ireland; a Table shewing into how many Parts a Pound Weight of Silver hath been coined, from the Reign of Edward I. to the present Time. By William Kelly, Teacher of the Mathematics, Cork.
Kelly, William, -1793.Date: M,DCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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The Trials of all the felon prisoners, tried, cast, and condemned, at Justice Hall, in the Old Baily. With the remarkable trials of William Trinfield for obtaining money under false pretences from several persons to a considerable amount, William Knight Denzelous for forgery, and several others.
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A catalogue for the year 1764, of the libraries of the Rev. Mr. Wood, of the Isle of Wight; the Rev. and learned Dr. Umfrevile; Peter Davall, Esq; late Accomptant-General; William Bussiere, Esq; Surgeon to King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, King George the First and Second, and many others, lately deceased; Containing above One Hundred Thousand Volumes, Of the most Scarce and Valuable Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Books of Prints, &c. In all Languages, Arts and Sciences, viz. The Histories, Antiquities, Laws and Customs of the various Nations of the known World, with the most eminent Voyages and Travels; A Capital Collection of Prints and Books of Prints, by the greatest Masters of the Italian, French and Flemish Schools; A Noble Collection of Antient Manuscripts on Vellum; The Pompous Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics, Lexicons and Critics. A Large Collection of Authors on Antiquity, Medals, Mathematicks, Physic, Surgery and Natural History; The Antient and Modern Authors of the Histories and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland; Great Numbers of the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers; Several Magnificent Bibles in Various Languages; With near a Complete Collection of Common Law. Several of the Books are on large Paper, in Morocco, and other rich Bindings. Which will begin to be sold (the lowest Prices printed in the Catalogue, without any Abatement, for ready Money only) at T. Osborne's, in Gray's Inn, this day, and, for the Conveniency of the Nobility and Gentry who live at a Distance, will continu daily selling to the 1st of January, 1765. Catalogues may be had at all the chief Cities and noted Towns in Europe, and at the Place of Sale; where may be had Money for any Library or Parcel of Books, Prints, Books of Prints and Manuscripts. As the Proprietor has been at great Expence in purchasing these several Libraries, which excels most Collections in the Value and Number of Volumes it contains, he hopes that it deserves a particular Regard from the Learned. - There are likewise to be disposed of, the Manuscript Sermons of the Rev. Mr. Harris of Hornchurch and Rumford, and some other eminent Divines.
Osborne, Thomas, -1767.Date: 1764]- Books
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Anno vicesimo Georgii III. regis. Cap. LVI. An Act for continuing in the possession of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, for a further time, and under certain conditions, the territorial acquisitions and revenues lately obtained in the East Indies; and for reviving, and continuing for a further time, so much of an act, made in the thirteenth year of the reign of his present Majesty, (intituled, An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe,) as hath expired in the course of the present year; and for indemnifying the said company for any money they have paid, or may pay, in or about the building of three ships of the line for the service of the publick.
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Painted people : humanity in 21 tattoos / Matt Lodder.
Lodder, MattDate: 2022- Archives and manuscripts
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['First money ever earned by Sir Henry Wellcome']
Date: c.1858Reference: WA/HSW/OB/B.1Part of: Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)- Books
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A letter from William Frankeleyn to Cardinal Wolsey Bishop of Durham, relating certain coal mines at Whickham, and other rights and privileges of the bishoprick, and the cardinals mint there for the coinage of money. (From the original in the Cotton library.) ...
Frankeleyn, William.Date: 1775?]- Pictures
William Pitt the younger as a very thin caricatured bank clerk stands behind a counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull, while Charles James Fox and Sheridan attempt to stop Bull accepting the money. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603157i- Books
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The complete exchanger, containing tables of exchange for the ready and exact computing of any sum of money from Great Britain to Holland, and from Holland to Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, &c. The Shortest Way to perform the same by the pen without the Tables. A Relation of the Monics commonly used in most Trading Places in the World, by way of Exchange, in Alphabetical Order. Also Rules to be observed in Drawing and Accepting of Bills of Exchange, Foreign or Domestick. By William Banson.
Banson, William.Date: 1717- Pictures
King George III and Queen Charlotte stand before the open gate of the Treasury from which William Pitt the younger has just wheeled a wheelbarrow laden with money bags one of which he hands to the King. Line block after J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603163i- Pictures
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At two inns on the outskirts of a village, vigorous political campaigning, comprising fighting and bribery takes place; a countryman is offered money and cards of invitation by two rival representatives of the Tory and Whig inns. Engraving by Charles Grignion after William Hogarth, 1757.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 20 February 1757Reference: 38397iPart of: An election- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Encrease, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the Small Armory; in which, at one View, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse-Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written-Chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one view, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel - Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1778]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Encrease, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada; with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the Small Armory: in which at one View may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse-Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit here on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to the late King George. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository; and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account, 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts, kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one View, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them after wards to describe what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1787]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Encrease, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada; with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the Small Armory: in which at one View may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse-Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit here on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to the late King George. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository; and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLIV. [1760]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one view, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1774]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Encrease, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Priviliges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5 Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada; with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the Small Armory; in which at one View may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse-Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit here on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to the late King George. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository; and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one View, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel - Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our King; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1782]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Encrease, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada; with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the Small Armory; in which at one View may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse-Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit here on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to the late King George. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository; and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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A catalogue of above fifteen thousand volumes: in which are included the library of the Rev. Mr. Chalmers, of Eglin, in Scotland, With several other large Parcels of Law, Mathematicks, Divinity, and English History of Several Eminent Gentlemen, Deceased, &c. The Whole making a large Assortment of valuable Books in most Languages. Arts, and Sciences, and in general are in very good Condition. Among which are the following. Folio. Hollinshed's Chronicle, 2 vol. best edit. Thoresby's Leeds, L. P. in Russ. Atkyns's Gloucestershire, L. P. in Russ. Morant's Essex, 2 vol. large and small paper Rapin and Tindal's Contin. 5 vol. in Russ. ... Voyages and Travels by Churchill, 8 vol. in Rus. Harris, 2 vol. in Rus. gilt leaves, Pococke, 2 vol. eleg. Shaw, L. P. Thevenot, Drummond, Drake, &c. Montfaucon's Antiquities, L. P. compleat in 5 vol. in Rus. Duncan's Caesar, eleg. in Rus. Universal History, 7 vol. Winston's Josephus, 2 vol. eleg. in Rus. Rycaut's Peru, good copy Parkinson's Herbal Gerarde's Herbal Salmon's Herbal, 2 vol. fine paper Utry's Chaucer, large paper ... Dion Cassius Reimari, 2 tom. eleg. Scapulae Lexicon, in Rus. edit. opt. J. Caesari in Metal. dal Pedrusi, 10 tom. Ciceronis Opera Stephani, 2 tom. Les Restes de L'ancienne Rome, par D'overbeke, eleg. in Rus. Bayle's Dict. and Biography. 12 vol. eleg. Johnson's Dictionary, 2 vol. eleg. in Rus. Ainsworth's Dictionary, 2 vol. eleg. Miller's Dictionary Delpino's, Chambaud's, eleg. Taylor's Hebrew Concordance. 2 vol. eleg. ... Pollexsen, L. P. Fortescue, Freeman, T. Raymond, Comberbach, Fitz-Gibbons. Wilson, &c. Bacon's Abridgement, 5 vol. best Horseman's Conveyancing, 2 vol. best Domat's Civil Law, 2 vol. best Bracton de Legibus, 4to. Wesley's Christian Library, 50 vol. Hale's Pleas of the Crown, 2 vol. Which will be sold very cheap (for Ready Money only) the lowest Prices in the Catalogue, on Wednesday, March [blank] 1770, and continue daily on Sale, by William Otridge Bookseller; Opposite the North-Side of the New Church in the Strand; where most Money is given for any Library or Parcel of Books, or Books exchanged.
Otridge, William, -1812.Date: 1770]- Pictures
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A bewigged Francis Goodchild stands with his master in the counting house raised above the level of the workshop where the weavers and spinners work, holding a ledger, a money-bag and two keys. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 December 179[5]Reference: 38370iPart of: Industry and idleness