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The history of Miss Harriot Fitzroy, and Miss Emilia Spencer. By the author of Lucinda Courtney. In two volumes. ...
Author of Lucinda Courtney.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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Theophrastou tou Eresiou peri ton lithon biblion. Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and critical and philosophical notes, including the modern history of the gems, &c. described by that author, and of many other of the native fossils. By John Hill. To which are added, two letters: one to Dr. James Parsons, F. R. S. on the colours of the sapphire and turquoise. And the other, to Martin Folkes, Esq; Doctor of Laws, and President of the Royal Society; upon the effects of different menstruums on copper. Both tending to illustrate the doctrine of the gems being coloured by metalline particles.
Theophrastus.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
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The book-binder, book-printer, and book-seller confuted: Or, The author's vindication of himself, from the calumnies in a paper, industriously dispers'd by one Edlin. Together with some observations on the history of the Bible, as it is at present publish'd by the said Edlin. By the Reverend Mr. Stackhouse, curate of Finchley.
Stackhouse, Thomas, approximately 1680-1752.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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Popery not founded on scripture or antiquity. Shewing the several ages when the corruptions of the Church of Rome first appear'd. To which is added, by way of appendix, Dr. Peirce's judgment of the novelties of the Church of Rome. In a letter to a clergyman. By the author of the History of heresie.
Author of the History of heresie.Date: 1721- Books
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The history of the last Parliament. Began at Westminster, the tenth day of February, in the twelfth year of the reign of King William, An. Dom. 1700. To which is added, the short defence of the last Parliament, &c. By the same author.
Drake, James, 1667-1707.Date: MDCCII. [1702]- Books
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A new account of some parts of Guinea, and the slave-trade, containing I. The history of the late conquest of the Kingdom of Whidaw by the King of Dahomè The Author's Journey to the Conqueror's Camp; where he saw several Captives sacrificed, &c. II. The manner how the negroes become slaves. The Numbers of them yearly exported from Guinea to America. The Lawfulness of that Trade. The Mutinies among them on board the Ships where the Author has been, &c. III. A relation of the author's being taken by pirates, and the many Dangers he underwent. By Captain William Snelgrave.
Snelgrave, William, -1763.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
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The history of the last Parliament: began at Westminster, the tenth day of February, in the twelfth year of the reign of King William, An. Dom. 1700. To which is added, the short defence of the last Parliament, &c. By the same author.
Drake, James, 1667-1707.Date: MDCCII. [1702]- Books
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A conference between two men that had doubts about Infant-Baptism. By W. Wall, author of the history of Infant-Baptism, and vicar of Shoreham in Kent.
Wall, William, 1647-1728.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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The history of Cardinal Alberoni; chief favourite of their Catholick Majesties; and universal minister of the Spanish monarchy; from his birth to the year 1719. To which are added Considerations upon the present state of the Spanish monarchy. Faithfully translated from the originals.
Rousset de Missy, Jean, 1686-1762.Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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Philosophical dissertations on the uncertainty of human knowledge. By the Marquis D'Argens, author of the Jewish spy. Viz. I. Of the Uncertainty of History. II. Concerning Logick. III. Concerning the General Principles of Natural Philosophy. IV. Concerning Motaphysicks. V. Concerning judicial Astrology. With some remarks on the theology of the Grecian philosophers. To which is added, Mons. Maupertuis's Dissertation upon gravity. &c. In two volumes. Translated from the last French edition. Vol. I.
Argens, marquis d', 1704-1771.Date: 1753- Books
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Historia placitorum coron?. The history of the pleas of the crown. By Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice Of The Court Of King's Bench. Published from the original manuscripts by Sollom Emlyn, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq. A new edition: carefully revised and corrected; with additional notes And References To Modern Cases Concerning The Pleas Of The Crown. Together with an abridgement of the statutes Concerning Felonies Which Have Been enacted since the first publication Of This Work. By George Wilson, Serjeant at Law. ...
Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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A continuation of the history of the Crown-Inn: with characters of some of the late servants; and the proceeding of the trustees to the coming of the new landlord. Part II.
Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.Date: 1714- Books
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A defence of our antient and modern historians, against the frivolous cavils of a late pretender to critical history. In which the false quotations and unjust inferences of the anonymous author are confuted and expos'd in the Manner they deserve. In two parts. By Zachary Grey L.L.D.
Grey, Zachary, 1688-1766.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]- Books
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The history and antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, in the county of Essex, by Silas Taylor, gent. To which is added a large appendix containing the natural history of the sea-coast and country about Harwich, particularly the Cliff, the Fossils, Plants, Trees, Birds and Fishes, &c. Illustrated with Variety of copper plates. By Samuel Dale, Author of the Pharmacologia.
Taylor, Silas, 1624-1678.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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A reply, to the peevish, weak, and malevolent objections, brought by Dr. Stukeley, in his Origines Roystonianæ, no.2. against An answer to, or remarks upon, his Origines Roystonianæ, no.1. Wherein the said answer is maintained; Royston proved to be an old Saxon Town, its Derivation and Original; and the History of Lady Roisia shewn to be a meer Fable and Figment. By Charles Parkin, A. M. Rector of Oxburgh in Norfolk.
Parkin, Charles, 1689-1765.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The Famous history of Will Towzer, the Yorkshire attorney: With some remarks on the management of the affairs of the Crown-Inn. Faithfully collected from some antiquated records, of the Grubăn Society. To which is added, a letter to Francis Walsingham, Esq;
Date: Printed in the year MDCCXXXI. [1731]- Books
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A postscript to John Bull, containing the history of the Crown-Inn, with the death of the widow, and what happened thereon. and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster. Price 2 d.
Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.Date: [1714]- Books
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C. C. Sallustii Bellum Catilinarium & Jugurthinum. C. C. Sallust's history of the Catilinarian and Jugurthine wars. Translated into English by Henry Lee, Student of Clarehall, Cambridge.
Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C.Date: M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]- Books
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The life of John Earl of Stair; Containing, his birth and education; his embassies at Warsaw, Paris, and the Hague; with his magnificent entry into Paris; the whole containing the seeret history of the three last reigns; with the spring of the rebellions 1715, and 1745; the characters of many great persons, among whom that of King Augustus I. Prince George of Denmark, Queen Anne, and the present Prince of Wales. The whole interspersed with many curious particulars; among which, a full, genuine, and personal description of the young Chevalier: By Andrew Henderson, author of the Edinburgh history of the late rebellion.
Henderson, Andrew, active 1734-1775.Date: M,DCC,XLIX. [1749]- Books
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An impartial examination of the second volume of Mr. Daniel Neal's History of the Puritans. In which the reflections of that author, upon King James I. and King Charles I. are proved to be groundless: His misrepresentations of the conduct of the prelates of those times, fully detected: And his numerous mistakes in history, and unfair way of quoting his authorities, exposed to publick view. By Zachary Grey, L L.D. Rector of houghton-conquest in Bedfordshire. With an appendix, in answer to two common, but unreasonable complaints of the dissenters against the Establish'd church. I. That in 1662, they were obliged to subscribe to the review of the Litugy, before they could fee it. II. That in king James II's time, their assistance in writing against the papists, was absolutely refused by the licenses of the press.
Grey, Zachary, 1688-1766.Date: M. D C C. X X X V I. [1736]- Books
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Itinerarium Novi Testamenti: or, the sacred history and doctrine of the New Testament, in question and answer, divided into twelve examinations, with notes, &c. Containing The Lives and Travels of the Virgin Mary and Joseph, of our Saviour Jesus Christ, his Apostles, &c. an Explanation of the fixed and moveable Feasts, in Commemoration of their Lives and Martyrdoms, and their Successors in the Church, carried down to the present Time. Designed for the Use of Schools, to be used in Churches, and necessary in all Families of every Protestant Denomination. And A Form of Prayer, with Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, founded on the Scriptural Accounts of our Fall in Adam, and glorious Restoration by Jesus Christ. To which is added, Remarks on the right education of youth ; and a brief Chronology from the Creation, to our Saviour's Birth; Illustrated with seven curious copper-plates. By the Rev. C. Brown, Catechist.
Brown, Christopher, Rev.Date: [1785]- Books
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A compleat history of the present seat of war in Africa, between the Spaniards and Algerines; giving a full and exact account of Oran and Al-Marsa. Compiled from the best approved Spanish writers; the Author's Twenty Years Knowledge of the Country; and from diverse late Conferences with Haj Mahammed, the Algerine Envoy and Haj Ali, his Excellency's Secretary, now here Resident. With a New Map of the Kingdom of Algiers; and several Useful Annotations. By J. Morgan Gent.
Morgan, J., active 1739.Date: M.DC.XXXII. M.DC.XXXII [i.e. 1732]- Books
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Ildegerte, Queen of Norway; or, heroick love: a novel. Written originally in French, by the author of The happy slave. And translated into English by a gentleman of Oxford. In two parts.
Le Noble, Eustache, 1643-1711.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Books
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The history of the two impostors Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, who, (in the reign of King Henry Vii) were pretenders to the crown of England;set up by Margaret Duchess of Burgundy; chiefly supported by the Kings of France and Scotland; much favour'd by Maximilian King of the Romans; by Philip his Son, the Duke of Burgundy; by the King of Portugal, &c. And acknowledged as Lawful Sovereigns in Flanders, Ireland and England. But were at last detected, defeated, and so deserted by their Adherents, that the One was made a Turn-Spit in the King's Kitchen, and the Other set in the Stocks and Pillory, both in London and Westminster, and then hang'd at Tyburn. With an appendix, shewing the intrigue of the Jesuits at Rome to impose another sham prince upon Great-Britain, in the year 1688.
S. W.Date: [1745]- Books
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A supplement to the history of the Crown-Inn, for the first three years under the new landlord. With Additional Characters of some of the chief Servants. To which is added, some account of an adventure which lately happen'd at the Mitre-Inn in the same town. With the Character of Merry-Andrew, and his Pacquet: And other eminent Quacks that frequent the House.
Date: [1717?]