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The history of John Bull. Part III. Containing, among many other curious particulars, a faithful narrative of the most secret and important transactions of the worshipful and ancient family of the Bulls, from August 1, 1714, to June 11, 1727. Publish'd from the manuscripts of that learned and celebrated biographer, the late Sir Humphry Polesworth, Author of the First and Second Parts of this Work, publish'd in 1712. By Nathan Polesworth, Sir Humphry's Nephew, and sole Executor.
Polesworth, Humphry, Sir, active 18th century.Date: [1744]- Books
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The newest sprightly jester, or laugh and grow fat; being a brilliant collection of all that is lively, entertaining, and facetious in the united kingdoms, Containing Original Jests, Smart Funs, Satirical Epigrams, Irish Bulls, Funny Anecdotes, Lively Repartees, Humourous Jokes, Diverting Poetry, And various other pleasing Witticisms, Designed To Promote Mirth And Festivity In Every Loyal Briton. By Godfrey Gubbins, Esq.
Gubbins, Godfrey.Date: [1800]- Books
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The jovial jester; or Tim. Grin's delight, being a collection of wit and laughter; Containing A Selection Of Hob Nobs Whims Faolics Humbugs Puns Repartees Waggaries Bon Mots Quibbles Stories Whitticisms Fables Adventures Bulls Talfs Anecdotes Jests Gibes Satyrs &c. &c. And Other Ingenious Flights. Which will expel Care, drown Grief, and banish the Spleen; and containing more Real Wit in one Page than can be found in a Volume in other Publications. Compiled by the choice spirits at the Piazza coffee house, Bedford coffee-house Jupp's, Rose, Shakespeare, Fox's, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane Theatre, and other merry and diverting places of entertainment.
Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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The comical fellow; or wit and humour for town and country. Containing the newest, drollest, laughable, funny, and compleatest collection of diverting jests Funny Jokes Lively Bon Mots Keen Repartees Excellent Puns Wholesome Stories Humourous Sayings Entertaining Tales Pleasant Adventures Agreeable Humbugs Curious Bulls Smart Quibblzs Witty Gibes Odd Whims Queer Fables and other Flashes of Merriment. The Whole being freed from the old, stale, and insipid Jests, which are in most other Collections, and contain more real Wit and Fun than any thing of the kind every yet published, though at more than treble the Price. By Tim. Gape, grin-master general.
Gape, Tim., Grin-master General.Date: [1795?]- Books
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[B----gy's] lamentation for the loss of s----n of her ch--l---n, who were lately sent to V-r--y.
Date: [1740?]- Digital Images
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Neolithic representation of bulls and ibex, Spain.
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Two bulls fighting by a pond; frogs in the foreground. Etching by S. Howitt.
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.Date: 1809Reference: 577117i- Pictures
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Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.Date: 1 Oct 1800Reference: 40030i- Books
From medicine man to medical man : a record of a century and a half of progress in health and sanitation as exemplified by developments in Peel / by Wm. Perkins Bull.
Bull, William Perkins, 1870-1948.Date: [1934], ©1934- Books
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Change-alley excised: Or, The bulls and bears in an uproar.
Date: 1733- Pictures
Tivoli: in a field below the temple of Vesta, two bulls fight; sheep are disturbed; a shepherd tells his sheepdog to separate the bulls. Engraving by W. Elliott, 1765, after P.P. Roos (Rosa da Tivoli}.
Roos, Philipp Peter, Rosa da Tivoli, Mercurius, 1657-1706.Date: November 2d 1765Reference: 2922568i- Books
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Report of the evaluation of the first importation into Great Britain in 1970-71 of Limousin bulls from France and Simmental bulls from Germany and Switzerland : 27 July, 1976 / Limousin and Simmental Tests Steering Committee.
Great Britain. Limousin and Simmental Tests Steering Committee.Date: [1977]- Pictures
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Two bulls engaged in a fight in an enclosure outside a thatched cottage. Etching.
Date: 1 March 1802Reference: 40570i- Books
The first fine silver coinage of the Republic of San Serriffe : the Bird & Bull Press commemorative 100 coronas including an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press with a description of similar numismatic rarities and a 30-year checklist of work produced by the Press, 1958-1988 / by Henry Morris.
Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.Date: 1988- Books
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A hue and cry after the bulls of Bashan. P. D. V.'s epistola ad H. B.
Beverland, Hadriaan, 1650-1716.Date: 1710?]- Ephemera
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The bloodless castrator, Burdizzo pattern, for horses, bulls, sheep, pigs, etc. : instructions for use ... prices ... / Arnold & Sons.
Arnold & Sons.Date: [1930?]- Ephemera
The Pied Piper and the children : Please use this blotter with compliments from A.H. Bull, M.P.S., dispensing and photographic chemist, 27 and 29 Long Acre, Cannongate, Nottingham.
Bull, A. H.Date: 1910- Pictures
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Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.Reference: 34374i- Books
Thirty years of Bird & Bull : a bibliography, 1958-1988 / compiled by Howell J. Heaney with a foreword & commentary by Henry Morris.
Heaney, Howell J.Date: 1988- Books
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The jovial companion; or, merry jester. Being a choice collection of the most witty and entertaining jests, puns, bon mots, repartees, quibbles, bulls, &c.
Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Ephemera
People have always dreamed of flying : though not necessarily in a bathtub / Red Bull ; The Royal Parks.
Date: 2003- Books
A history of British circulating libraries : the book labels and ephemera of the Papantonio Collection / by Charlotte A. Stewart-Murphy.
Stewart-Murphy, Charlotte A.Date: 1992- Books
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John Bull's answer to Thomas Bull's pennyworth of truth.
Bull, John.Date: [1792]- Ephemera
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"Burdizzo" pincers for the bloodless castration of sheep, bulls, pigs, horses, dogs, etc. : recommended by the veterinary surgeons ... : inventor and sole maker: Dr. N. Burdizzo, Turin (Italy).
N. Burdizzo (Firm)Date: [1930?]- Books
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The general short-horned herd-book: containing the pedigrees of short-horned bulls, cows, &c. of the improved Durham breed, from the earliest account, to the year 1822 / By George Coates.
Coates, George, -approximately 1845.Date: 1822