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Thoughts on the nature of the grand apostacy. With reflections and observations on the XVth chapter of Mr. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. To which are added, three dissertations: - I. On the Parousia of Christ: II. On the Millennium: And the IIId by the late Rev. Mr. Richard Wavell, on Prophecy. By Henry Taylor, Rector of Crawley, and Vicar of Portsmouth in Hants, Author of Ben Mordecai's Apology for embracing Christianity.
Taylor, Henry, 1711-1785.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
Cultures of care in Irish medical history, 1750-1970 / edited by Catherine Cox, Maria Luddy.
Date: 2010- Books
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An introduction to the English tongue; designed for a spelling book, suited to the tender capacities of children: (adorned with cuts.) Containing, A great Number of instructive Lessons, from the most easy possible, to the hardest; disposed in a Way so facilitating, that Children learn with Pleasure, and are excellently, fitted for the Testament, or any other Book. - Large Tables of Words - Fables. - Extracts from History. - The Church Catechism. - Graces and Prayers. - Rules for Good Behaviour. - An Introduction to Grammar, &c. The sixth edition: By the Rev. C. Marshall, Vicar of Brixworth, Northamptonshire.
Marshall, Charles, -1818.Date: [1785?]- Books
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The polite correspondence: or, rational amusement; being a series of letters, philosophical, poetical, historical, critical, amorous, moral, and satyrical. Wherein Are introduc'd a great Variety of instructive and delightful Incidents, both in Prose and Verse. Among those of the Entertaining Kind, are, The Story of Alonzo and Elvira, - of Torquatus and Melissa - of Belinda and Adolphus. Remarkable Story of a Scottish Lady, - another of a Divine who married a Shrew. History of Sophronia, - of Phaon and Eliza - of Honoria and Myrtillo. - of Celadon. Adventures of a Foot-Boy. Pleasant Story of a Romish Monk, - of Pope Innocent XI. A strange Story of a Turkish Slave. An odd Story of a Criminal in the Inquisition, - Remarkable Accident in a Conclave. A short History of the Mounts of Piety, or legal Lumber Houses. Story of pretended Magician at Naples, - an Indian Tale, &c. &c. Poetry. A Birth-Day Ode, - Verses on the Power of Love. - The Bracelet, a Poem, - Life, an Elegiac Poem, - Verses on Hope, in the Manner of Spencer. - An Instance of British Poetry. 1200 Years old, - A Specimen of Saxon Poetry, - of Danish Poetry, - and several Specimens from various Nations - Verses by a Jesuit on the Death of his Cat, - A Poem in the Manner of Phaedrus, &c.
Campbell, John, 1708-1775.Date: 1750?]- Books
Preparing for death, remembering the dead / Tarald Rasmussen, Jon Øygarden Flæten (eds.).
Date: [2015]- Books
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The history of Mr. Bragwell; or, the two wealthy farmers. Part III.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833.Date: [1795 - 1797]- Archives and manuscripts
Commonplace book
Holden, Henry, 1662-1710Date: Late 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.2863Part of: Holden, Henry (1662-1710)- Books
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A letter: whearin, Part of the Entertainment untoo the Queenz Majesty, at Killingwoorth Castl in Warwick Sheer, in this Soomerz Progrest 1575, iz signified: from a freend officer attendant in the coourt, unto his freend a citizen and merchaunt of London.
Laneham, Robert, active 16th century.Date: 1784- Books
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Cheap Repository. History of the plague in London in 1665; with suitable reflections.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1795?]- Books
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The history and antiquities of the abbey and church of Favresham in Kent; of the Adjoining Priory of Davington, and Maison - Dieu of Ospringe, and Parish of Bocton subtus le Bleyne. To which is added a collection of papers relating to the abbey, &c. and of the Funeral Monuments and other ancient Inscriptions in the several Churches of Fauresham, Shelwich, Bacton under le Bleyne, Ospringe, Graveney & Throwley, with the charitable Benefactions thereto given.
Lewis, John, 1675-1747.Date: M.D.CCXXVII. [1727]- Archives and manuscripts
Hewett, Anthony (& others)
Hewett, AnthonyDate: Mid 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.348- Books
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An introduction. to the English tongue; designed for a spelling book suited to all ages and capacities of children: (adorned with cuts) Containing A great Number of instructive Lessons, from the most easy possible, to the hardest; disposed in a Way so facilitating, that Children learn with Pleasure, and are excellently sirted for the Testament, or any other Book. - Large Tables of Words. - Fables. - Extracts from History. - Tables of Arithmetic. - Exercising Questions in Verse. - The Church Catechism. - Scripture Institutes and Examples. - Rules for Good Behaviour. - And other useful Instructions. The fifth edition. With additions and improvements. By the Rev. C. Marshall, Vicar of Brixworth, Northamptonshire.
Marshall, Charles, -1818.Date: [1780?]- Books
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Cheap Repository. The History of Mary Wood the house-maid; or, the danger of false excuses.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833.Date: [1796]- Archives and manuscripts
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Vol. 2. Male and female patients admitted March 1847-May 1850
Camberwell House AsylumDate: mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: MS.6220Part of: Camberwell House Asylum- Books
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The psalm-Singer's jewel: or, useful companion to the singing-psalms. Being, a new exposition on all the one hundred and fifty: with poetical precepts to every psalm. The whole are faithfully explained from Sacred History, from Verse to Verse, for the Use of all Lovers of Psalmody in general: With Expositional Notes, referring to all concording Parts of the Scripture. - Also, An Alphabetical Description of Persons, of Places, and of Things mentioned in the Old and New Testament; and of Christ, Poeticlaly. - With a general Calendar for the Adapting of Psalms to all Occasions: And a New Set of Psalm-Tunes, in Three and Four Parts. - With select Hymns, and Doxologies: And a general Key to the whole; for the Use of all Christian Families, &c. &c. &c. By William Tans'ur, Senior. -Musico-Theorico. Author of The New Royal Melody; and The New Musical Grammar, and Dictionary, &c. &c.
Tans'ur, William, 1699?-1783.Date: M.DCC.LX. [1760]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one View, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel - Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our King; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1782]- Books
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A memorial of the proceedings of the late ministery and Lower House of Parliament. With an account of several secret correspondences with foreign ministers of state, Letters and Messages, sent from London to Paris and Utrecht, and from Utrecht and Paris to London; Abstracts of Speeches, Addresses, Answers, &c. with Reflections upon each Head. To which is added, A short History of a Plot to dethrone Queen Anne, and what has been attempted to bring in the Romish Pretender, since the King ascended the Throne. At the end of the Memorial is a Black List of the Names of many of those Persons concern'd in one or both Conspiracies. Also Particulars cast up in it, of Men, Horses, Money, Provisions, Cloaths, Quarters, Arms, Ammunition, &c. promis'd to the Assistance of the Treason. Writ by the author of An inquiry into the miscarriages of the four last years reign The Copic are Counterseit that have not this Coat of Arms on the Title-Page, viz. A Bend engrail'd between Six Cinque - foils, Crest a Griffin's Head out of a Mural Coronet.
Povey, Charles, 1652?-1743.Date: [1715]- Books
Richard Seymer's Golden workes of phisecke & surgury (ca. 1576) : an edition with introduction and glossary / by Phillip Martin Teigen.
Seymer, Richard, active 16th century.Date: [1976]- Archives and manuscripts
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Composite manuscript of medical works in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica I)
Date: Early 14th century - Late 17th CenturyReference: MS.531- Books
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An historical essay upon the government of the Church of England, from the earliest to the present times. Exhibiting the true causes of the separation from Rome, in the Reign of Henry Viii. And the Review - intended at the Revolution. With a vindication of the measures of Henry Viii. Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, from the calumnies of a popish writer, published in the First and Second Volumes of an History, entitled, The Church History of England, from the Year 1500, to the Year 1688, chiefly with Regard to Catholicks. Being A Compleat Account of the Divorce, Supremacy, Dissolution of Monasteries, and first Attempts for a Reformation under King Henry Viii. the unsettled State of the Resormation under Edward VI. the Interruption it met with from Queen Mary, with the last Hand put to it by Queen Elizabeth. And a preface, Containing a Summary of the false Facts and Principles advanced by the Catholic-Historian. By George Reynolds, L. L. D. Archdeacon of Lincoln.
Reynolds, George, 1699 or 1700-1769.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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The psalmist's jewel: or, Family companion to the Book of Psalms, &c. Being, a new exposition on All the One Hundred and Fifty: With Poetical precepts from every Psalm. The Whole are faithfully explained from Sacred History, from Verse to Verse, for the Use of all Christian Families, as well as for Lovers of Psalmody in general: With Expositional Notes, referring to all concording Parts of the Scripture. - Also, An Alphabetical Description of Persons, of Places, and of Things mentioned in the Old and New Testament; and of Christ, Poetically. - With a general Calendar for the Adapting of Psalms to all Occasions; The Life of Holy David: And a New Set of Psalm-Tunes, in Three and Four Musical Parts. - With select Hymns, and Doxologies: And a general Key to the Whole, &c. &c. By William Tans'ur, Senior. - Musico-Theorico. Author of The New Royal Melody; The Elements of Musick Made Easy; Musical Dictionary, &c. &c.
Tans'ur, William, 1699?-1783.Date: M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]- Books
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The redeemed captive returning to Zion. Or A faithful history of ramarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield. Who, in the desolation which befel that plantation, by an incursion of the French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his family and his neighbourhood, into Canada. Drawn up by himself. Annexed to which is a sermon preached by him on his return. An appendix, by the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Springfield. An appendix, by the Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Deerfield. Some observations, by th Rev. Mr. Prince, of Boston. Subjoined to this is, a sermon, delivered in the First Parish in Springfield, on the 16th of October, 1775. Just one hundred years from the burning of the town by the Indians. By Robert Breck, A.M. Pastor of the church there.
Williams, John, 1664-1729.Date: MDCCC. [1800]- Books
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The history and art of printing. In two parts. Part I. containing I. A Concise History of the Art from its Invention to the present Time; with the several Charters granted to the Company of Stationers. II. Specimens of Printing Types of all Sizes, and various Languages, Music Types, Flowers and Ornaments. Part II. treating of I. The necessary Materials made use of in a Printing Office-Of the different Pounts of Letter, their Properties, Size, and Application; with Tables to shew the Difference there is between the several Bodies of Letter, and how one gets in or drives out more than another. - Of Points, Quadrate, Spaces, Rules, Braces, Quotations, Flowers, &c. &c. II. Of Printing Presses, their Construction and Use particulars described, with a Drawing of a Press, and of its several Parts, cut in Wood. III. Of Wetting Paper, Knocking up Balls, Pulling, Printing different Colours, and other necessary Rules and Directions for the Pressman. IV. Or the Compositor's Business, viz. Dressing of Chaces, Composing, Spacing, Tying up Pages, Imposing, &c. with a great Variety of Examples and useful Tables. V. Of Correctors and Correcting, with Directions to Authors how to mark Corrections in their Proof Sheets. VI. Of Casting off Copy. Vii. Alphabets and Characters of various Languages and Sciences. Viii. Of the Business requisite to be done in the Warehouse, and the Duty of the Warehouseman. IX. An Explanation of Technical Terms used in Printing. The Whole forming a more intelligible and complete Introduction to the Art of Printing than has been hitherto attempted, and containing a great Variety of Instructions and Examples that are not to be found in any other Performance. By P. Luckombe, M. T. A.
Luckombe, Philip, -1803.Date: [1771]- Books
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Jachin and Boaz; or, an authentic key to the door of free-masonry, Both Antient and Modern. Calculated not only for the instruction of every new-made mason; but also for the information of all who intend to become brethren. Containing, I. A circumstantial Account of all the Proceedings in making a Mason, with the several Obligations of an Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master; the Prayers, and also the Sign, Grip, and Pass-Word of each Degree, with the Ceremony of the Mop and Pail. II. The Manner of opening a Lodge, and setting the Craft to work. III. The Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master's Lectures, verbatim, as delivered in all Lodges; with the Song at the Conclusion of each Part. IV. The Origin of Masonry; Description of Solomon's Temple; History of the Murder of the Grand Master Hiram by the three Fellow-Crafts; their Discovery and Punishment; the Burial of Hiram by King Solomen's Order; with the Five Points of Fellowship, &c. V. The Ceremony of the Instalment of the Master of different Lodges on St. John's Day. - Description of the Regalia, &c. VI. Ceremonies used at the Funeral of a Mason. Vii. A safe and easy Method proposed, by which a Man may obtain Admittance into any Lodge, without passing through the Form required, and thereby save a Guinea or two in his Pocket. Viii. Anthems, Odes, Songs, &c. Illustrated with A Beautiful Frontispiece of the Regalia, Jewels, and Emblematical Ornaments belonging to Masonry, and An Accurate Plan of the Drawing on the Floor of a Lodge. Interspersed with Variety of Notes and Remarks, Necessary to explain and render the Whole clear to the meanest Capacity. To which is now added, a new and accurate list of all the English regular lodges in the world, according to their Seniority, with the Dates of each Constitution, and Days of Meeting. By a gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem lodge; a frequent Visitor at the Queen's Arms, St. Paul's Church-Yard; the Horn, in Fleet-Street; Crown and Anchor, Strand; and the Salutation, Newgate-Street.
R. S.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one view, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel - Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1778]