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Select portions of the Psalms of David, for the use of parish-churches; the words from the old version, and the music from the most approved compositions.
Date: [1780?]- Books
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A catalogue of several libraries of books, comprehending a capital variety in all languages, arts and sciences. Amongst others are Folio. Birch's Lives with Houbraken's Heads, v. p. proofs Hogarth's Works, by Sayer Ruins of Balbec Bacon's Abridgment, 5 vol. Biographia Britannica, 7 vol. Churchill's Voyages, 8 vol. Dugdale's Summonses Harris's Voyages, 2 vol. best edit. Duhalde's China, 2 vol. Kaempfer's Japan, 2 vol. Maitland's London, 2 vol. best edit. Rapin's England, 5 vol. Anderson's Commerce, 2 vol. Guillim's Heraldry, best edit. Bayle's Dictionary, 5 vol. best edit. Calmet's Dictionary, 3 vol. James's Dictionary, 3 vol. Postlethwayte's Dictionary, 2 vol. Johnson's Dictionary, 2 vol. Suidae Lexicon Kusteri, 3 tom. Scapulae Lexicon, Elz. Henry's Commentary, 5 vol. Baskerville's Bible, imperial Oxford Bible, royal folio Quarto. Addison, Baskerville, 4 vol. Bacon's Works, 5 vol. Boyle's Works, 6 vol. Blair's Rhetoric, 2 vol. Locke's Works, 4 vol. Jarvis's Don Quixote, 2 vol. Newton's Milton, 3 vol. Thomson's Works, 2 vol. Gibbon's Roman History, 3 vol. Gross's Antiquities, 4 vol. Cook and Hawkesworth's Voyages, 5 vol. Orme's Indostan, 3 vol. Evelyn's Sylva Hawkins's History of Music, 5 vol. Doddridge's Expositor, 6 vol. Barnes's Homer, 2 vol. Octavo. Annual Register, 25 vol. Ancient and Modern History, 65 vol. Critical Review, 52 vol. Gentleman's Magazine, 52 vol. London Magazine, 51 vol. Johnson's Poets, 68 vol. Bell's Poets, 109 vol. Smollet's England, 16 vol. Swift's Works, 25 vol. royal 8vo. Melmoth's Works, 8 vol. Martin's Magazine, 14 vol. Fielding's Works, 10 vol. Bell's Theatre, 21 vol. Dodsley's Pearch and Mendez's Poems, 11 vol. Dodsley, Stevens and Hawkins's Old Plays, 17 vol. The Books are in fine Condition, unless where otherwise expressed, many of them bound in Russia and other splendid Bindings. They will begin selling at the Prices printed in the Catalogue, for Ready Money only, On Monday, February, 9, 1784, By David Ogilvy, No. 23, Middle-Row, Holborn. Catalogues (price Sixpence, to be returned in the Purchase) to be had of Mr. Vernor, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, and at the Place of Sale, where is given the full Value in Ready Money for Libraries and Parcels of Books.
Ogilvy, David, 1741 or 1742-1812.Date: 1784]- Books
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A copious collection of those portions of the Psalms of David, Bible, and liturgy, which have been set to music, and sung as anthems in the cathedral and collegiate churches of England. Arranged in Chronological Order, according to the Times in which the several Musical Composers lived, And Published for the use of the church of York, under the direction of William Mason, M. A. Precentor of that Cathedral. By whom is prefixed, a critical and historical essay on cathedral music.
Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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Williams's new universal psalmodist, containing I. A new and complete introduction to psalmody, or, the Art of Singing Psalms, &c. Interspersed with many useful Scales and Examples, explained in the most familiar Method ever yet publish'd. To which is added, new, plain and concise Rules for Composition. II. The most valuable collection of psalm and hymn tunes, canons and anthems, many of which were never before printed; also the Tunes, Anthems, &c. sung at the Magdalen, Foundling, Lock, and other Places of Worship in and about London, with Words adapted to each Tune. The whole compos'd in a new and easy taste, For two, three or four Voices, in the most familiar Keys and Cliffs now used and recommended by the most eminent Masters: The whole calculated to promote and improve this most excellent Part of social Worship; and thereby render it both useful and delightful in Country Choirs: Likewise, all Congregations and other religious Societies in Great Britain, Ireland and America.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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Catalogue of books, consisting of near ten thousand volumes, In various Languages, Arts, and Sciences, Including several libraries lately Purchased, with Pamphlets, Prints, Music, &c. Among others equally valuable are the following: Folio. Bibles, by Wright, Rider, Moore, Purver, Cruden, Stackhouse, the Bishops, &c. Hargrave's State Trials, 10 vols. Chambers's Dictionary, 4 vols. Harris's Voyages, 2 vols Horsman's Conveyancing, 2 vols. Large English Atlas Middleton's Geography, 2 vols. Middleton's Dictonary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vols. Moore's Voyages, 2 vols Quarto Grosse's Antiquities, 4 vs. & Sup. Blair's Lectures, 2 vols. Wallis's Northumberland, 2 vs. Baskerville's Classics, 5 vols. Burn's Westmor. and Cumber. 2 vs. Anson's Voyage Hawkesworth's Voyages, 3 vols. Josephus's Works, 2 vols Leland's History of Ireland, 3 vs. Millar's Gardener's Dictionary Mosheim's Ecclesiastical Hist. 2 vs. Priestley's Vision, Light and Colo. Ruff head's Statutes, 9 vols. Octavo, &c. Bell's British Theat. 21 vs. roy. pa. Coke's Reports, 7 vols. Atkins's ditto, 3 vols. Strange's ditto, 2 vols. Blackstone's Comm. 4 vs. by Burn Pennant's Zoology, 4 vols. Bible, 4 vols. large print Antiquites of West. Abbey, 2 vs. Universal Magazines, 63 vs com. London ditto, 50 vs. complete. Martin's ditto, 11 vols Buffon's Natural History, 6 vols. Baskerville's Shakespeare, 9 vols. Baskerville's Classics, 6 vols Clarendon's Hist of Rebel. 6 vs. Dodsley's Poems, 6 vols. Johnson's Shakespeare, 8 vols. Smollett's Hist. of England, 12 vs, Rapin's ditto, 15 vols. Goldsmith's ditto, 4 vols. Robertson's Hist. of America, 2 vs. Bp Beveridge's Sermons, 12 vols. Nature Display'd, 7 vols. Van Swieten's Commentar. 18 vs. Hist. des Indes, par Raynal, 7 tom. Swift's Works, 14 vols. The Books in general are in good Condition, many of them new, and in elegant Bindings. Which will begin to be Sold at the very low Prices printed in the Catologue, on Monday Nov. 17, 1783, By R. Christopher, bookseller and printer, in Stockton. Who gives the full value for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had (gratis) at the Place of Sale, and of Mr Goldsmith, Pater-Noster-Row, London; and may be seen at the Booksellers Shops in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Durham, Sunderland, Kendal, Whitby, Scarbro', Hull, Leeds, York, Doncaster, Whitehaven, &c.
Christopher, Robert, 1751-1819.Date: 1783]- Books
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Portions of psalms, Selected from the Version of Brady and Tate, and adapted to Fifty-Tunes; In One, Two, Three, and Four Parts. Composed by, The late John Broderip, Organist of the Cathedral at Wells, and Robert Broderip, Organist in Bristol.
Date: [1798]- Books
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Select psalms of David, in the old version, set to music in two parts, tenor and bass; in the most familiar keys, being only a revival of the late mode of singing in public worship, (so much admired, for many ages, for it's beautiful simplicity) and calculated for giving the whole congregation an opportunity of joining in this sacred part of divine service.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The Psalms of David in metre. With the tunes; revised and published by order of the honourable committee for improving church-music in the city of Edinburgh.
Date: M,DCC,LVII. [1757]- Books
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The new and complete family prayer-book, or Church of England man's divine library: being An Universal Illustration, Commentary, Exposition, and Paraphrase on The Book of Common-Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments, And other Rites, Ceremonies, and Offices of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Plalms of David. Containing at Large, the whole Service (public and Private, for Sundays, Holidays, &c.) of our Church, with all the Rubricks, &c. complete: Namely, The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons-The Order for Morning Prayer-The Order for Evening Prayer-Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts throughout the Year-The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be Read-The Order how the Rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be Read-A Table of proper Lessons and Psalms-The Creed of St. Athanasius-The Litany-Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions-Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the Holy Communion throughout the Year-The Order of the Ministration of the Holy Communion-The Order of Baptism both Public and Private-The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years-The Catechism, with the Order for Confirmation of Children-The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony-Visitation of the Sick, and Communion of the Sick-The Order for the Burial of the Dead-Thanksgiving for Women after Child-Bearing-A Commination, or Denouncing of God's Anger and Judgment against Sinners-The Psalter, or Psalms of David-Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea-A Form of Prayer for the Fifth Day of November, for Deliverance from the Gunpowder Plot-A Form of Prayer for the Thirtieth Day of January-A Form of Prayer for the Nine and Twentieth Day of May, or Restoration of the Royal Family-A Form of Prayer for the Twenty-Fifth Day of October. Also, A Companion to and Preparation for the Altar, The New and Old Versions of the Psalms, The Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; The Acts for the Uniformity of the Common-Prayer-The Preface, as settled by the original Compilers of our excellent Liturgy-Directions concerning the Service and Ceremonies-The Articles of Religion-Constitutions and Canons of the Church-Ratification-Table of Kindred and Affinity-A Manual of Prayers for every Day in the Week, &c. &c. &c. Comprehending Likewise, The whole Substance of every Thing Liturgical in all former Expositors, Ritualists, Commentators, and other learned Divines who have wrote on any Part of the Subject, collected and inserted in their proper Order, and interspersed throughout with practical Observations; all the Material, Obscure, and Intricate Passages, Fasts, Festivals, Saints-Days, Apostolical and Canonical; Prayers, Epistles, Gospels, Psalms, Collects, Lessons, &c. throughout the Year, being faithfully fully, clearly, and comprehensively elucidated. With Notes, Theological, Critical, Moral, Historical, Systematical, Practical, and Explanatory, at the Bottom of each Page; Carefully extracted from the most eminent and pious Bishops and other Divines of our Church, such as Hoadley, Comber, Burnet, Warner, Beveridge, Nicholls, Burkitt, Saunderson, Wheatley, Clarke, Cave, Shuckford, Butler, Cosins, Wilkins, Wilson, Sparrow, Lowth, Barrow, L'estrange, Usher, Bennet, Mede, Atterbury, Hurd, Jortin, Kennicot, Lardner, Leland, Secker, Newton, Seed, Orr, Sherlock, South, Tillotson, Sharpe, Howard, Johnson, Porteus, Pearce, Hall, and others. Including a Comparison of our Liturgy with the Rituals of the Primitive Churches, wherein our established Form of Devotion is proved by Scripture, Reason, and Antiquity, both lawful and necessary, with an Account of such Alterations as have been made since it was first compiled in the Reign of King Edward VI. and the particular Reasons which occasioned them. The exact Method and Harmony of all the Offices are shown, together with Observations on Psalmody, Church-Music, Ornaments, &c. The Whole forming a valuable Work, very useful for all Christian Families, to excite Devotion, and enable every One to Pray with the Understanding. By Paul Wright, D. D. - F. S. A. Vicar of Oakley and Rector of Snoreham, in Essex, late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge; Author of The Complete British Family Bible, being a real New Exposition and Commentary on the Holy Scriptures-of The New and Complete Life of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus-Christ and his Apostles, &c. - and of the New and Complete Book of Martyrs, being Fox's Martyrs revised, corrected, and improved, the only perfect and elegant Work of the Kind. Embellished with a numerous Set of elegant Copper-Plate engravings, more highly and curiously finished than those given with any other Work of the Kind whatever. The Artists engaged in their elegant Executions are the justly celebrated Messrs. Grainger, Taylor, Rennoldson, Morris, Royce, Roberts, Seaco, Conder, Parker, Myles, Hawkins, Thornton, Page, and others, whose Ingenuity has done Honour to the English Nation; and who are taking this exquisite Set of Copper-Plates (which on Account of their superior Excellence, will cost the Proprietor upwards of One Thousand Pounds) from Original Designs made by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. West, Mr. June, Samuel-Wale, Esq. of the Royal Academy, and the finest Paintings of the most esteemed Masters, such as Raphael Urbin, Rubens, Vandyke, Picart, &c. and the Whole curiously ornamented by the ingenious Mr. Clowes and other Masters.
Church of England.Date: [1785?]- Books
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Select portions of the Psalms of David, for the use of parish-churches: the words from the old version, and the music from the most approved compositions. The second edition. In which are inserted words selected from the new version, and adapted to the several tunes.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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Sacra concerto: or, the voice of melody. Containing an introduction to the grounds of music; also, forty-one psalm-tunes, and ten anthems; Some of them being suited to Various Occasions. The Whole is composed in Three and Four Parts; being set forth in those Keys that are most agreeable to the Sense of the Words; and brought within the Compass of the Voice: being chiefly intended for the use of country choirs. The Whole being intirely New, and never before in Print. By Benjamin West, of Northmpton.
Date: M.DCC.LX. [1760]- Books
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Parochial music corrected: intended for the use of the several charity-schools in London, Westminster, &c. as well as for all congregations: Being plain and distinct rules for the more pleasing and correct performance of Psalmody, By the Children, &c. in their respective parish-churches. with psalms, hymns, and anthems, set to music, Which, being suitable to the Occasions of Charity-Sermons, may be sung on those Days. To which is added An easy Introduction to singing. The whole adapted, written, and composed, by H. Heron, Organist of St. Magnus, London-Bridge.
Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]- Books
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Improved psalmody, in three parts, printed separately for each voice: or, a poetical version of the Psalms, originally written by the late Rev. James Merrick, A. M. Fellow Of Trinity-College, Oxford, divided into stanzas, for parochial use, with new music, collected From The Most Eminent Composers, by the Rev. William Dechair Tattersall, A. M. Late Student Of Christchurch, Oxford, Rector of Westbourne, Sussex; Vicar of Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire; and Chaplain to the Hon. Mr. Justice Buller. Part The First.
Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Pictures
Music being played to a lady, while above an angel blows a trumpet into Jerome's ear; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
Horst, Nikolaus van der, 1598-1646.Date: 1630Reference: 27062i- Books
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A course of singing Psalms, for half a year; beginning on the first Sunday in January, and again on the first Sunday in July: And also Proper Psalms for Particular Days and Occasions. Agreeable to the directions given by the late Lord Bishop of London to the Clergy of his Diocese, in the year 1724. Together with the tunes adapted to each Psalm.
Date: [1765?]- Books
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An humble attempt towards the improvement of psalmody: the propriety, necessity and use, of evangelical psalms, in Christian worship. Delivered at a meeting of the Presbytery of Hanover in Virginia, October 6th, 1762. By John Todd, A.M. [Six lines of quotations]
Todd, John, 1719-1793.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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The royal psalmodist compleat: or, the new universal harmony. Being a whole body of church-musick: Containing near One Hundred of the very best Tunes, both Old and New; adapted to the most select Portions of the whole Book of Psalms: With Variety of Tunes, entirely New. Extracted from the Best masters, both Ancient and Modern; and Correctly set in Four Parts, according to the Nicest Rules, for Voices, or Organ, &c. and so neat as to be sung in Two or Three Parts, when Voices can't be had; exempt from the least Disallowance; and fitted for all Teachers, Learners, and Musical Societies, &c. To which are added, A New Jubilate, and Magnificat: With a Variety of Hymns, Anthems, Canons, &c. with compendious Instructions to the Whole. By William Tansur, Musico Theorico. Author of the Melody of the Heart; The Harmony of Sion; The Beauty of Holiness, &c. &c. &c.
Date: [1748]- Books
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Poor Vulcan, a burletta, in two acts, as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Remarks upon church musick. To which are added several observations upon some of Mr. Handel's oratorio's, and other parts of his works. By William Hughes, A. M. A Member of the Cathedral-Church, And Vicar of St. Peter's, in Worcester.
Hughes, William, -1798.Date: [1763]- Books
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Select portions of the new version of Psalms, for every Sunday throughout the year; with the Principal Festivals and Fasts. For the Use of Parish Churches. The words selected by the Rev. George Hay Drummond; the music selected, adapted, and composed, by Edward Miller, Mus. Doct. Sing ye Praises with Understanding.
Date: 1796- Pictures
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Lamech, holding a farming implement, points at a child; down in the street, various acts of uninhibited licence go on. Engraving.
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An aging David strums his harp, reciting psalms. Engraving by E. van Panderen, c. 1620, after Giuseppe Cesari, il cavaliere d'Arpino.
Cesari, Giuseppe, 1568-1640.Date: [1620?]Reference: 20089i- Books
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Harmonia perfecta: A Compleat Collection of Psalm Tunes, in four parts, the three upper parts being transposed into the treble cliff; fitted to all the various measures now in use: taken from the most eminent masters, chiefly from Mr. Ravenscroft. To which is added, A dialogue upon death: With several Psalm Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems, never before Publish'd: With an Introduction to Psalmody, and a Table directing to each particular tune contain'd in this Book. The whole being Principally design'd for the Ease, Improvement, and Delight of all Lovers of Psalmody: Being the first of this kind ever yet Extant.
Gawthorn, Nathaniel.Date: 1730- Pictures
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People and animals entering Noah's ark, transposed into a 16th century Dutch landscape. Engraving by A.J. Landerseel.
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Cultural encyclopedia of the penis / edited by Michael Kimmel, Christine Milrod, Amanda Kennedy.
Date: [2014]