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The court of Comus: A new collection of Three Hundred Songs, Medleys and Cantatas. Containing, Besides many curious Originals, which have been Sung in the Societies of the most remarkable Choice Spirits, all the most admired songs lately sung by Mr. Beard, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Wilder, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Shuter, Mr. Mahon, Mr. Corry, Mr. Mattocks, Mrs. Vincent, Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Bridges, Mrs. Glover, Miss Young, Miss Brent, Miss Elliot, Miss M'neil, at the theatres and public gardens.
Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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A course of practical chemistry. In which are contained all the operations described in Wilson's Complete course of chemistry. With many new, and several uncommon processes. To each Article is given, The chemical history, and to most, an Account of the Quantities of Oils, Salts, Spirits, yielded in Distillation, &c. From Lemery, Hoffman, the French Memoirs, Philosophical Transactions, &c. and from the Author's own Experience. With Copper Plates. By William Lewis, M. B. R. S. S.
Lewis, William, 1708-1781.Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Books
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A specimen of peculiar thoughts upon sublime, abstruse and delicate subjects. Written occasionally, in Monsieur Paschal's manner, in the course of several years: intended as an introduction to a book, intituled, Hidden things unveil'd; or, The Unseen World uncovered. Wherein Revealed Religion, in its complex Plan, is delineated, the Classes and States of immaterial created Beings in the World of Spirits are discovered, and somewhat of the Oeconomy of that World is unveil'd. By a private gentleman.
Wightman, Robert, Philotheus.Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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A narrative of some extraordinary things that happened to Mr. Richard Giles's children, at the Lamb, without Lawford's-Gate, Bristol: supposed to be the effect of witchcraft. By the late Mr. Henry Durbin, Chymist, Who was an Eye and Ear Witness of the principal Facts herein related. (never Before Published.) To which is added, A Letter From the Rev. Mr. Bedford, late Vicar of Temple, to the Bishop of Glocester, Relative to one Thomas Perks, of Mangotsfield, Who had Dealings with Familiar Spirits.
Durbin, Henry, -1790.Date: 1800- Books
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The english malady: or, a treatise of nervous diseases of all kinds; As Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, &c. In three parts. Part I. Of the Nature and Cause of Nervous Distempers. Part II. Of the Cure of Nervous Distempers. Part III. Variety of Cases that illustrate and confirm the Method of Cure. With the Author's own Case at Large. By George Cheyne, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians at Edinburg, and F.R.S.
Cheyne, George, 1671-1743.Date: M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]- Books
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The english malady: or, a treatise of nervous diseases of all kinds; As Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, &c. In three parts. Part I. Of the Nature and Cause of Nervous Distempers. Part II. Of the Cure of Nervous Distempers. Part III. Variety of Cases that illustrate and confirm the Method of Cure. With the Author's own Case at Large. By George Cheyne, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians at Edinburg, and F.R.S.
Cheyne, George, 1671-1743.Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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A sermon preach'd upon occasion of the King's proclamation, for preventing and punishing immorality and prophaneness: Order'd to be Read in Churches, at least four times every Year. And Earnestly pressing by Plain, Home, and Natural Arguments, the Great Duty of Glorifying God in our Bodies, and in our Spirits. Together with an address to his parishioners: By William Fenwick late Fellow of St. John's College in Cambridge, and now Rector of the South Mediery of Hallaton in Leicestershire.
Fenwick, William, 1657-1733.Date: MDCCI. [1701]- Books
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The merry miscellany. Being the second part of Daniel Gunston's jests, &c. or, a new collection of diverting jests, &c. OR, A New Collection Of Diverting Jests, Cornical Bulls, Smart Repartees, Quaint Saying, Queer Puns, merry adventures, in part I. whimsical epigrams, Strange Epitaphs, Funny Rebulses, Puzzling Conundrums, Humorous Riddles, comical questions. In part II. Many Originals, never printed before. The Whole being designed To banish Sorrow, chear the Heart, enliven the Countenance, quicken the Spirits, and procure Mirth and good Humour.
Gunston, Daniel.Date: 1780- Books
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Ridgeway's abstract of the budget: or, the taxes of the year 1784. Containing the whole of the dutes on the several articles of candles, petty customs &c. Paper, &c. Bricks and Tiles, Horses, Hackney Coaches, Beer, Cocoa Nuts, Coffee, &c. Lead, Starch and Soap, Postage of Letters, Killing of Game, Tea, Window Lights, Low Wines and Spirits, Linens and Cotton Stuffs, Raw and Thrown Silk, Hats, Pawning of Goods, &c. with an Abridgement of each of the Acts respecting the same.
Ridgway, James.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The english malady: or, a treatise of nervous diseases of all kinds; As Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, &c. In three parts. Part I. Of the Nature and Cause of Nervous Distempers. Part II. Of the Cure of Nervous Distempers. Part III. Variety of Cases that illustrate and confirm the Method of Cure. With the Author's own Case at Large. By George Cheyne, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians at Edinburg, and F. R. S.
Cheyne, George, 1671-1743.Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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Thoughts on dreaming. Wherein the notion of the sensory, and the opinion that it is shut up from the inspection of the soul in sleep, and that Spirits supply us with all our Dreams, are examined by Revelation and Reason. Occasioned by An essay on the phoenomenon of dreaming, in a book, entitled, An enquiry into the nature of the human soul; wherein the Immateriality of the Soul is evinced from the Principles of Reason and Philosophy. By Tho. Branch.
Branch, Thomas.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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The bawd: a poem. Containing All the various Practices those diabolical Characters make Use of to decoy Innocent Beauty into their Snares, with their Behaviour to them, and the Means they are made to employ to entertain their numerous Gallants, many of whom are here described in the most glowing Colours. -And is, in the Whole, a high-seasoned Dish cooked up for the Bucks, Bloods, Choice Spirits, and Demy Reps, of the present Age. By a distinguish'd worshipper in the Temple of Venus.
Distinguish'd worshipper in the Temple of Venus.Date: [1782?]- Books
The Buddhist conception of spirits / by Bimala Churn Law.
Law, Bimala Churn, 1892-1969.Date: 1936- Books
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Impartial observations on the mode of levying the distillery duties, as recommended by Sir John Dalrymple, Bart. in an address to the landholders of England. With a proposal For better securing the Interests of the Landholder, the Distiller, and the Revenue, than can be expected from adopting that Mode. Illustrated with an Account of the Quantities of Corn-Spirits charged with Duty in England and Scotland, and the Amount of the Duties from Midsummer 1749 to Midsummer 1783, distinguishing each year, with several other States from Accounts laid before the Honourable House of Commons.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The musical miscellany: or songster's pocket companion. An intire new collection of all the favourite English songs, dialogues, and cantatas, which have been set to Music by the most eminent Masters; lately sung at the Theatres, and now singing at Ranelagh, Vauxhall, and Marybone Gardens, &c. Interspersed With Various Songs, peculiarly adapted to the several Societies of Masons, Antigallicans, Bucks, Bellgrades, &c. and the Choice Spirits. The whole so judiciously compiled, as not either to deprive the Humourist of his Laugh; or crimson over the virgin Check of Beauty.
Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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Miscellanies, upon the following subjects. I. Day-Fatality. II. Local-Fatality. III. Ostenta. IV. Omens. V. Dreams. VI. Apparitions. Vii. Voices. Viii. Impulses. IX. Knockings. X. Blows Invisible. XI. Prophesies. XII. Marvels. XIII. Magick. XIV. Transportation in the Air. XV. Visions in a Beril, or Glass. XVI. Converse with Angels and Spirits, XVII Corps-Candles in Wales. XVIII. Oracles. XIX. Exstasie. XX. Glances of Love and Envy. XXI. Second-Sighted-Persons. XXII. The discovery of two murders by an apparition. Collected by John Aubrey, Esq; F.R.S.
Date: M.D.CC.XXI. [1721]- Books
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Merryfield's jests; or, wit's companion. Containing All the Fun and all the Humour, all the Learning, and all the Judgment, which have lately flowed from the Universities, the Theatres, from the Beef Steak Club, from the Spouting Clubs, and Choice Spirits Clubs. Containing all the fashionable jests, epigrams, comical humbugs, Droll Narrations, Humorous Jokes, Merry Tales, Witty Sayings. Smart Repartees. New Adventures, Bon Mots, Irish Bulls, Witticisms. Which will expel Care, drown Grief, banish the Spleen, improve the Wit, create Mirth, entertain Company, and give the Reader a light Heart and a cheerful countenance.
Date: 1795- Books
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A full and true account of the woefull and wonderfull apparition of Hurloe Harrington, late prompter to the Theatre-Royal in Dublin: Who, by the Instigation of some evil Spirits, threw himself down a considerable Precipice, by which great, violent and sudden Fall, he first destroyed his Intellectuals, and soon after departed this mortal Life, to the great Grief of his Majesty's Company of Commedians of Ireland, as well, Male as Female. In a letter from the Reverend Parson Fitz-Henery to His G-e the A.B. of C-y.
Henry, William, -1768.Date: [1750]- Books
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Necessary to all families. In answer to questions proposed by the Royal Society of Paris, on the cause and most effectual methods to prevent the progress of infectious disorders. A treatise on fevers: wherein their causes are exhibited in a new point of view. By a proper Attention to which, their Contagion (accruing from a Contaminated Air) will be prevented; and a Variety of Cases-as Putrid Sore Throats, Inflammations, Fluxes, Influenzas, Influenzas, Consumptions, as well as Low Nervous Fevers that terribly affect the Spirits, may be cured with Ease.
Date: [1788]- Books
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The retail compounder; or, publicans friend. An entire new work, shewing by a Set of plain Receipts (never yet made Public) an approved method of making British compounds, As used in the first Rectifying Houses in the Metropolis, such as Peppermint, Carraway, Coriander, Cloves, Cinnamon, Anniseed, Gin Bitters, Brandy Bitters, &c. &c. from a single gallon to any quantity. Which will save full 2s. per Gallon on each Article, and be of as good a Quality as any sold by the Rectifying Distillers. Likewise, An easy Method to make good Gins in small Quantities. To which is added, a description of the hydrometer and thermometer, To ascertain the strength of Spirits, With the Method of using the same, Made Plain to the Meanest Capacity. Together with a few Rules for colouring and refining Liquors, and some cursory Remarks respecting the Spirit Trade. By John Hardy.
Hardy, John, active 18th century.Date: [1795]- Books
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Joe Miller's Jests: or, the wits vade-mecum. Being a collection of the most brilliant jests; the politest repartees; the most elegant bons mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language. First carefully collected in the Company, and many of them transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman, whose Name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable Friend and former Companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq; Most Humbly Inscribed To those Choice-Spirits of the Age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr. Professor Lacy, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the Kettle-Drummer.
Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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An essay on the unequalled specific virtues of Dr. Norris's drops, in curing fevers of every species, whether inflammatory, putrid, malignant, military, or nervous; Also putrid sore throats; Authenticated by many Letters and Certificates of Cases where Patients have been restored to Life and Health, when given over as lost. Also the Excellence and Efficacy of these drops in Gouty Habits, Rheumatism, Scurvy, Coughs and Colds, Consumptions, Bilious Complaints, Nervous Head Achs, all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, Depression of Spirits, and the Fevers, Fluxes, and Bilious Complaints of Europeans, Natives, and Blacks, in the East and West-Indies and America.
Norris, Thomas, active 1780.Date: 1788?]- Books
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Joe Miller's jests: or, the wits vade-mecum. Being a collection of the most brilliant jests; the Politest Repartees; the most Elegant Bons Mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language. First carefully collected in the Company, and many of them transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman, whose Name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable Friend and former Companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq; Most Humbly Inscribed To those Choice-Spirits of the age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr. Professor Lacy, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the Kettle-Drummer.
Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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The whimsical jester, or, Rochester in high glee. Containing great variety of diverting jests, Entertaining Stories, Pleasing Tales, Comical Bulls, Smart Repartees, Keen Waggeries, Brilliant Bon Mots, Quaint Sayings, Queer Puns, Wonderful Frolicks, Droll Narrations, Merry Adventures, Puzzling Conundrums, Humorous Riddles, Funny Rebusses, Whimsical Epigrams, Strange Epitaphs, Odd Letters, &c. exhibited upon The Great Stage of the World, by those Choice Spirits and Droll Characters, who excite mirth improve the Understanding, and give a Relish to Life. The Whole being designed, To banish Sorrow, chear the Heart, enliven the Countenance, quicken the Senses, and procure Mirth and good Humour.
Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Joe Miller's jests: or, the wits vade-mecum. Being a collection of the most brilliant jests; the Politest Repartees; the most Elegant Bons Mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language. First carefully collected in the Company, and many of them transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman, whose Name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable Friend and former Companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq; Most Humbly Inscribed To those Choice-Spirits of the age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr. Professor Lacy, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the Kettle-Drummer.
Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]