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A case of conscience, humbly put to the Worshipful and Reverend the Vice-Chancellor, the heads of houses, the fellows, &c. of the University of Oxford. Whether one may take the oaths to King George: and yet, consistently with honour, and conscience, and the fear of God, do all one can in favour of the Pretender?
Lewis, Edward, 1701-1784.Date: [1749?]- Books
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An essay upon gardening; containing a catalogue of exotic plants for the stoves and green-houses of the British gardens: the best method of planting the hot-house vine; With Directions for obtaining and preparing proper Earths and Compositions, to preserve Tender Exotics; Observations on the History of Gardening, and A Contrast of the Ancient with the Modern Taste. By Richard Steele, Late of Thirsk, but now of Sion Hill, near Thirsk, in the County of York.
Steele, Richard, active 1793.Date: 1800- Books
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An address to the clergy of the Church of England: shewing The cause why so many People absent themselves from the pure established communion of that Church, to the tabernacle, meeting-houses, &c. Recommended to all true members of the reformed church.
Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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A Dissertation upon drunkenness. Shewing to what an intolerable pitch that vice is arriv'd at in this Kingdom. Together with the astonishing number of taverns, coffee-houses, al[l]houses, brandy-shops, &c. now extant in London, the like not to be parallel'd by any other city in the Christian world. Also an account of the pride, insolence, and exorbitance of brewers, vin...ners, vidnallers, coffee-house-keepers, and distillers; with the various arts and methods by which they allure and excite people to drink and debauch themselve. The whole proving, that if this drinking s[tory] does not [s]onabate, all our arts, sciences, trade, and manufactures will be entirely lost, and the [head] become nothing but a brewery or distillery, and the inhabitants all drunkards.
Date: [1727]- Books
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Religion, and it's temporal promises consider'd. In a sermon preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's Church, on Act-Sunday, July 11. 1756. By Edward Blake D.D. fellow of Oriel College, vicar of St. Mary's, and chaplain to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Sarum. Published at the request of the vice-chancellor and heads of houses.
Blake, Edward, 1714 or 1715-Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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The court and city register. For the year 1767. Containing, I. New and correct lists of both houses of Parliament. II. The court register. III. Lists of the army, navy, Universities, Public Offices, Hospitals, &c. With many Improvements, and the Addition of several new Lists. Compiled by John Rivington.
Date: [1767]- Books
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An accurate description of Newgate. With the rights, privileges, allowances, fees, dues, and customs thereof. Together with a parallel between the master debtors side of the said prison, and the several sponging-houses in the county of Middlesex. Wherein are set forth, The Cheapness of Living, Civility, Sobriety, Tranquillity, Liberty of Conversation, and Diversions of the former. And the Expensive Living, Incivility, Extortions, Close Confinement, and Abuses of the latter. Together with a faithful Account of the Impositions of Bailiffs, &c. and their vile Usage of all such Unfortunate Persons as fall into their Hands. Written for the publick good. By B. L. of Twickenham.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1724- Books
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The landlord's pocket lawyer; or, The complete landlord and tenant: Containing the whole law concerning landlords, tenants, and lodgers, explained in a familiar manner: more particularly, 1. The acts of Parliament and adjudged cases down to the year 1779, relative to distress; shewing in what cases a landlord may and may not distrain; and what things are distrainable, and what are not; together with the manner, &c. of making a distress. 2. Also the whole law concerning replevying of distresses; wherein ample instructions are given, which are equally essential to be known by both landlord and tenant. 3. Of leases, covenants, and conditions, provisoes and reserved rents, surrenders, and assignments of leases. 4. Forms of notices for quitting houses, lands, premises, or lodgings. 5. Memorandums, or agreements for letting houses, lands, premises or apartments. 6. Forms of leases, bills of sale, and other useful precedents, which are occasionally wanted in the transactions between landlords and tenants. 7. Of the several kinds of tenures or estates. 8. The law concerning ejectments. 9. Of recovering rents from lodgers, and the mose essectual method of turning them out of possession, &c. A work of the utmost utility to landlords and tenants, as it will enable each to be upon his guard against any impositions or mistakes committed by the other; and it cannot fail of being extremely useful to gentlemen of the law, farmers, stewards, agents, and to the majority of mankind; as there are very few individuals who may not with propriety be classed among landlords, tenants, or lodgers. By Walter Robinson, Esq. barrister at law.
Robinson, Walter.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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Notitia monastica: or, an account of all the abbies, priories, and houses of friers, heretofore in England and Wales; and also of all the colleges and hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL. By the Right Reverend Doctor Thomas Tanner, late Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Published by John Tanner, A. M. Vicar of Lowestoft in Suffolk, and Precentor of the Cathedral Church of St. Asaph.
Tanner, Thomas, 1674-1735.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferr'd with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after, sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1777- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferred with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer, and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: [1772?]- Books
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The Whold book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferr'd with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and bailads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferr'd with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1775?]- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferred with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1774- Books
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St. Peter's Christian apology as set forth in a sermon on I Pet. III. 15, 16. lately published at the request of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and other heads of houses, by Thomas Patten D. D. Fellow of Corpus Christi College; farther illustrated, and maintained against the misrepresentations and objections of the Rev. Mr. Ralph Heathcote Preacher-Assistant at Lincoln's Inn. By the author of the sermon.
Patten, Thomas, 1714-1790.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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Extract from the proceedings of the Board of Administration of the District of Douay, on the fourteenth of December, 1791. Relative to the five English, Scotch and Irish houses in that city. - With the answer delivered by the British Deputies on that Occasion. To which is added the memorial which was presented to the National Assembly, by the English Austin nuns in Paris in Behalf of Themselves. Translated from the French.
Douai. District.Date: [1792?]- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms: Collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others. Conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermon; and more over in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort; laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1798- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferred with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer, and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1787- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others, conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort; laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1770- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferred with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternbold, John Hopkins, and others; conferred with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1771- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferred with the Hebrew: set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: 1798- Books
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The royal Kalendar: or, Complete and correct annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. For the year 1797; including a complete and correct list of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain, summoned to meet for their first session in September, 1796. Upon a new and more extensive plan than any hitherto offered to the public: containing, England. I. Complete and correct lists of both houses of Parliament; all the state, law, revenue, and public, offices, at the court, in the City of London, and different parts of the kingdom; the Army and Navy; baronets, universities, hospitals, &c. &c. Scotland. II. All the peers, baronets; state, law, revenue, and public, offices; universities, physicians, &c. Ireland. III. Both houses of Parliament; a complete list of the baronets; all the law, state, revenue, and public, offices, bankers, deans, &c. &c. America. IV. Governors, law and revenue offices, &c. &c. Corrected at the respective offices.
Date: [1797]- Books
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A plain and succinct narrative of the late riots and disturbances in the cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark. Containing, particulars of the burning of Newgate, the King's Bench, the Fleet, and New Bridgewell prisons. Also, the houses of Lord Mansfield, Sir John Fielding, Messrs. Langdale, Rainsforth, Cox, Hyde, &c. Romish Chapels, schools, &c. With an account of the commitment of Lord George Gordon to the tower, and anecdotes of his life. To which is prefixed, an abstract of the act lately passed in favour of the Roman Catholics. And an account of the bill, as moved for in Parliament by Sir George Savile, with the observations of Sir George and Mr. Dunning on the papist penal laws. The second edition, corrected: with an appendix. By William Vincent, of Gray's Inn.
Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809.Date: M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]- Books
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The Whole book of Psalms, Collected into English metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferr'd with the Hebrew: Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer; and also before and after sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth.
Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]