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Five elderly ladies caricatured as young women performing a sacrifice in a classical tableau. Etching by J. Gillray, 1787.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: May 12th 1787Reference: 36268i- Books
Wonder Woman. [No.] 159, New road / Eric Luke, writer ; Matthew Clark, pencils ; [Adam Hughes, cover art].
Luke, Eric.Date: 2000- Digital Images
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Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986
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Herders with goats and cattle by a river in the Roman Campagna: the woman plays the pipe. Engraving by W. Lowrie, 1782, after Claude Lorraine.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.Date: [1782]Reference: 3055140i- Books
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A true and particular account, of the most surprising preservation, and happy deliverance, of three women who were buried, thirty-seven day's, in the Ruins of a Stable, by a heavy fall of snow, from the Mountains, at the village of Bergemoletto, in Italy. With Curious Remarks. By Ignazio Somis, Professor of Physic in the University of Turin, and Physician to his Sardinian Majesty. Translated from the Italian.
Somis, Ignazio.Date: [1768]- Pictures
A fishing ground in the Levant: fishermen bring their nets to land, while women wait and talk. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.
Vernet, Joseph, 1714-1789.Date: [1760?]Reference: 2823100i- Books
Wonder Woman. [No.] 139, [Gods and monsters] / [Eric Luke, writer ; Yanick Paquette, penciller ; Adam Hughes, cover art].
Luke, Eric.Date: 1998- Pictures
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The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving.
Reference: 21264i- Archives and manuscripts
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Family Planning AssociationDate: c.1930-c.2000sReference: SA/FPA- Books
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A new concordance and dictionary to the Holy Scriptures. Being The most Comprehensive and Concise of any before Published. In which Any Word or Passage of Scripture may be easily Found:-The Signification is given of all proper Names of Men, Women, Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Cities, Towns, Rivers, Mountains, precious Stones, and other Things mentioned in Scripture. Together with The different Acceptations of Scripture Words; A Definition of Gospel Doctrines: And several Types and Figures Opened. The Whole calculated to make the Christian intelligent, and promote an Increase of his Knowledge in divine Things. By John Butterworth, Minister Of The Gospel.
Butterworth, John, 1727-1803.Date: M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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A new concordance and dictionary to the Holy Scriptures: Being the most comprehensive and concise of any before published: in which any word or passage of scripture may be easily found:-the signification is given of all proper names of men, women, beasts, birds, fishes, cities, towns, rivers, mountains, precious stones, and other things mentioned in scripture: together with the different acceptations of scripture words; a definition of gospel doctrines: and several types and figures opened. The whole calculated to make the Christian intelligent, and promote an increase of his knowledge in divine things. By John Butterworth, minister of the Gospel.
Butterworth, John, 1727-1803.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]- Books
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Calmet's dictionary of the Holy Bible: Historical, critical, geographical, and etymological: wherein are explained all the proper names in the Old and New Testament, men, women, cities, countries, rivers, mountains, &c. Also most of the significant and remarkable appellatives: with accounts of the natural productions, animals, vegetables, minerals, stones, gems, &c. the antiquities, habits, buildings, and other curiosites of the Jews. With an ample chronological table of the history of the Bible, Jewish calendar, tables of the Hebrew coins, weights and measures, reduced to our own, &c. &c. Now revised, corrected, and augmented. With an entirely newest of plates, explanatory, illustrative, and ornamental; under the direction of C. Taylor.
Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757.Date: 1798- Books
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Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible: historical, critical, geographical, and etymological: Wherein are Explained, all the proper names in the Old and New Testament, of men, women, Cities, Countries, Rivers, Mountains, &c. Also Most of the significant and remarkable appellatives: with accounts of the Natural Productions, Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Stones, Gems, &c. The Antiquities, Habits, Buildings, and Other Curiosities of the Jews. with an ample chronological table of the History of the Rible, Jewish Calendar, Tables of the Hebrew coins, weights and measures, Reduced to our own, &c. &c. Revised, corrected, and augmented, with an entirely new set of plates, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Ornamental, under the direction of C. Taylor.
Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757.Date: 1797-1801- Books
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A new historical, geographical, chronological, etymological, and critical dictionary of the Holy Bible. wherein are explained all the proper and new testament, of men, women, cities, countries, rivers, mountains, &c. Forming A body of scriptural history, chrono- logy and divinity; a repository of im- portanat Jewish Antiquities ; and serving in a great measure as a concordance to the scriptures. Illustrated with a collection of elegant engravings. By Mr. John Brown, minister of the gospel, haddington. Much enlarged from the dictionaries of calmet, symon, &c. with a number of original articles, and an essay on the evidence of Christianity; never in any former edition. In two volumes. ...
Brown, John, 1722-1787.Date: 1800- Books
Exile and pride : disability, queerness, and liberation / Eli Clare ; with a new foreword by Aurora Levins Morales ; and an afterword by Dean Spade.
Clare, EliDate: 2015- Books
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A dictionary of the world: or, a geographical description of the Earth; with an historical and biographical account of its principal inhabitants, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Including whatever is most useful in Geography, and most interesting in Sacred and Profane History. Containing a Description of the Continents, Islands, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Mountains, Cities, Principal Towns, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, &c. Together with an Account of the Lives of the Patriarchs, Primitive Fathers, Emperors, Kings, Popes, Legislators, Great Generals, Admirals, Painters, Statuaries, Historians, Divines, Orators, Poets, Philosophers, Lawyers, Physicians, Learned Women, &c. With their principal Works and best Editions. The goegraphical part by R. Brookes, M.D. and the historical and biographical part by Joseph Collyer.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A concordance and dictionary to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament: Wherein any passage may be found by the recollection of any meterial word in it. The signification is also given of all the Hebrew and Greek names of men, women, beasts, birds, fish, cities, towns, rivers and mountains, mentioned in the Old and New Testament, rendered into English, and arranged in alphabetical order, with the principal texts where they occur. Likewise the most remarkable parallel texts of Scripture, with the significations and applications of the words contained therein. Several types and figures opened. Together with a collection of the titles and applications given to Christ and the Church, in the Scriptures. The whole calculated to make the Christian intelligent in the Scriptures, and to increase his knowledge in divine things.
Butterworth, John, 1727-1803.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Pictures
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Saint Mary Magdalene clasps her hands before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.
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Basil Valentine contemplates a chemical jar containing homunculi of a man and woman holding hands, and a child emanating from them (alchemical symbol of conception); he is suddenly visited by Sabine Stuart de Chevalier, who reveals that she has the key to his works and crowns him as the king of alchemists. Etching by J. Le Roy, ca. 1781, after Hostoul after Sabine Stuart de Chevalier.
Chevalier, Sabine Stuart de, active 18th century.Date: 1781Reference: 37282i- Books
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The new pocket dictionary of the French and English languages, Containing All Words of general Use and authorized by the best Writers. Carefully compiled from the most approved Dictionaries French and English, particularly from that of the Royal Academy at Paris. By Thomas Nugent, LL.D. To which are added upwards of thirteen thousand words, besides a very useful supplement, containing the Names of the most remarkable Empires, Kingdoms, States, Islands, Provinces, Cities, Mountains, Seas, Gulphs, Straits, Rivers, &c. The Names of ancient and modern Nations; together with the Names of remarkable Men, Women, Surnames of Sovereigns, &c. both in French and English: which will prove of great Use to those who read or translate History, Geography, Mithology, Poetry, &c. and are not to be found in any other French and English Dictionaries now extant. By J. S. Charrier, Teacher of the French Language. ...
Nugent, Thomas, 1700?-1772.Date: 1781- Books
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Miscellanea aurea: or the golden medley. Consisting of I. A voyage to the mountains of the moon under the Æquator, or Parnassus reform'd. II. The fortunate shipwreck, or a description of New Athens, being an account of the laws, manners, religion, and customs of that country; by Morris Williams, Gent. who resided there above twenty years. III. Alberoni, or a vindication of that Cardinal. IV. The secret history of the amours of Don Alonzo, Duke of Lerma, grandee of Spain. V. The garden of Adonis, or love to no purpose; being above twenty copies of verses and love-letters, by a lady. VI. Mahomet no impostor, written in Arabick by Abdulla Mahumed Omar. VII. An account of bad and good women, ancient and modern. Among which is the story of the Spartan dame, the subject of Mr. Southern's play. With several other epistolary essays in prose and verse: by Mr. Milton, the Lady W- Mr. Philips, Mr. Killegrew, author of the Chit chat, and several others.
Date: MDCCXX. [1720]- Pictures
China during the Cultural Revolution: the Great Leap Forward shown by women steeple jacks working on high towers in oil refineries (left) and on high pylons in the electricity industry (right). Colour lithograph after Xue Jinggui and others, 1974.
Xue, Jinggui.Date: November 1974Reference: 661330i- Pictures
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Swatow, Kwangtung Province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19407i- Pictures
Swatow, Kwangtung Province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1870Reference: 19406i- Books
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The new pocket dictionary of the French and English languages. In two parts. I. French and English. II. English and French. Containing All Words of general Use, and authorized by the best Writers. As Also Distinguishing the several Parts of Speech, with the Gender of Nouns in the French Language. To which are added, The Accents of the English Words, for the Use of Foreigners; and an Alphabetical List of the most common Christian Names, with their Significations from the original Languages. Carefully compiled from the most approved Dictionaries, French and English, particularly from that of the Royal Academy at Paris. By Thomas Nugent, LL.D. The second edition, greatly improved, with the Addition of upwards of Thirteen Thousand Words, besides a very useful Supplement, containing the Names of the most remarkable Empires, Kingdoms, States, Islands, Provinces, Cities, Mountains, Seas, Gulphs, Straits, Rivers, &c. The Names of ancient and modern Nations; together with the Names of remarkable Men, Women, Surnames of Sovereigns, &c. both in French and English; which will prove of great Use to those who read or translate History, Geography, Mythology, Poetry, &c. and are not to be found in any other French and English Dictionaries now extant. By J. S. Charrier, Teacher of the French Language, Geography, and the Use of the Globes.
Nugent, Thomas, 1700?-1772.Date: 1774