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Memoirs of the remarkable life and surprizing adventures of Miss Jenny Cameron, a lady, who by her attachment to the person and cause of the young Pretender, has render'd herself famous by her exploits in his Service; And for whose Sake she underwent all the Severities of a Winter's Campaign. By the Rev. Archibald Arbuthnot, One of the Society for propagating the Christian Knowledge, and Minister of Kiltarlaty, in the Presbytery of Inverness.
Arbuthnot, Archibald.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
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The works of the late Rev. John Gambold, A. M. Formerly Minister of Staunton-Harcourt, Oxfordshire, and Late one of the Bishops of the Unitas Fratrum, Or United Brethren. To which is annexed, the life of the author.
Gambold, John, 1711-1771.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The lady's country companion; or, how to enjoy a country life rationally / By Mrs. Loudon.
Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858.Date: 1845- Books
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Memoirs of the life of Mr. Thomas Hog, Minister of the Gospel at Kiltearn, in Ross. Containing, some very signal displays of the divine condescension to him, and to others by him. To which is annexed, an abstract of Mr. Hog's manner of dealing with persons under conviction
Stevenson, Andrew, writer in Edinburgh.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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Wit for the ton! The convivial jester; or, Sam Foote's last budget opened. Containing original and authentic anedotes, bon mots, jocose Remarks, poignant Repartees, whimsical Occurrences, queer Hums, inimitable Witticisms, &c. of that immortal Child of Humour The English Aristophanes; with authentic memoirs of his life and writings, and a particular Recital of the many laughable Incidents which befel him in the former, and the various whimsical Occurrences that gave rise to the latter. Since we mean to make you laugh, Our Motto is an Epitaph. Sam Foote is dead, yet do not weep; His Wit alive will ever keep; And tho' his Body's under Ground, You'll find his Humour here abound. Poor Sam now with the Worms resides, Yet here a Friend with Care provides Enough of him to shake your Sides. Then if a Tear should wet your Eye, Let it be Laughing makes you cry; With Spleen and Grief still be at Strife, You'll find in Wit and Mirth there's Life.
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.Date: [1779]- Books
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The British heroine: or, an abridgment of the life and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies, commonly call'd Mother Ross; Who, in the Habit of a Man, served as a Foot-Soldier and Dragoon in several Campaigns under King William and the Duke of Marlborough, and gave such signal Proofs of her Courage, Strength, and Dexterity, as surpriz'd the whole Army; for which she was often honoured with Presents from the General Officers, and afterwards made a Pensioner of Chelsea-College by Queen Anne, where she continued till her Death, which happen'd on July 7, 1739. The whole being interspersed with a concise account of King William and Queen Anne's wars. By J. Wilson, formerly a Surgeon in the Army.
Wilson, John, army surgeon.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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The rule of life, in select sentences; collected from the greatest authors, ancient and modern.
Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Wit for the ton! The convivial jester; or Sam Foote's last budget opened. Containing original and authentic anecdotes, bon mots, jocose Remarks, poignant Repartees, whimsical Occurrences, queer Hums, inimitable Witticisms, &c. of that immortal Child of Humour The English Aristophanes; with authentic memoirs of his life and writings, and a particular Recital of the many laughable Incidents which befel him in the former, and the various whimsical Occurrences that gave rise to the latter. Since we mean to make you laugh, Our Motto is an Epitaph. Sam. Foote is dead, yet do not weep, His Wit alive will ever keep; And tho' his Body's under Ground, You'll find his Humour here abound. Poor Sam. now with the Worms resides, Yet here a Friend with Care provides Enough of him to shake your Sides Then if a Tear should wet your Eye, Let it be Laughing makes you cry; With Spleen and Grief still be at Strife, You'll find in Wit and Mirth there's Life.
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.Date: [1778?]- Books
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Virtue in a village: or, a looking glass for children in humble life.
Date: [1795]- Books
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The life and death of David Garrick, Esq. the celebrated English Roscius. In which his great powers both in tragedy and comedy are considered, and Messrs. Alleyn, Mohun, Hart, Nokes, Leigh, Betterton, Wilks, Cibber, and Barry, compared with Mr. Garrick. Also Churchill's beautiful Character of Mr. Garrick. Lines from Sheridan's Monody on the Death of Mr. Garrick, as spoken by Mrs. Yates, at Drury-Lane Theatre. Prize Monody on the Death of Mr. Garrick, for the Vase at Bath Easton, by Miss Seward. Extract from Thespis; or a Critical Examination into the Merits of the Performers of Drury-Lane Theatre. Mr. Garrick's celebrated Speech on retiring from the Stage, in 1776. The Procession and Ceremony at his Funeral. Substance of his Will. His best Prologues and Epilogues. Part of the Ode and Songs written by Mr. Garrick for the Jubilee at Stratford upon Avon. Epitaph written by Mr. Garrick at his Friend Mr. Henry Hoare's, of Stourhead, Wilts. Anecdote of Mrs. Garrick and Lady Burlington. Also anecdotes Bon Mots, &c. Of Garrick, Quin, Foote, Mrs. Woffing. Ton, and many other Theatrical Performers. To which is added, The life of Edward Alleyn, The celebrated Comedian in the Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and James the First, Founder of Dulwich College, and who was called the Roscius of his Time. Also a curious Anecdote of Alleyn, Shakespeare, and Ben Jonson. By an old comedian.
Old Comedian.Date: 1779- Books
Portrait of healing : curing in the woods / Victoria E. Rinehart ; foreword by Garry Trudeau ; editorial assistance provided by, Mary Hotaling and Florence H. Wright.
Rinehart, Victoria E., 1944-Date: 2002- Books
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A country life. A new song.
Date: 1780?]- Books
Turkish life in town and country
Garnett, L. M. J.- Books
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The progress of vice, exemplified in the life of William Crew, ... who, with eight other convicts, was executed at Glocester, ...on Friday the 21st of April 1786, ...
Date: 1786- Books
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Invisibles, realities, demonstrated in the holy life and triumphant death of Mr. John Janeway. Fellow of King's College in Cambridge. By James Janeway, Minister of the Gospel. To which is added the life of the Revd. Mr. James Hervey. Author of Meditations among the Tombs, &c.
Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.Date: [1780?]- Books
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The pleasure and benefit of being religious, exemplified in the life of the late Revd. learned and pious Mr. John Reynolds. ...
Reynolds, John, 1667-1727.Date: 1740- Books
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The life of Thomas Munn, alias, the Gentleman Brick-Maker, alias, Tom The Smuggler, who was executed with John Hall, alias Rich, on Friday the 6th of April, 1750, at Chelmsford, and hung in Chains near Rumford Gallows, for robbing the Yarmouth Mall on the 20th of July last. Containing, A full Account of his Behaviour during a great Number of Years, as a notorious Smoggler, Gamester, &c. Together with the many Pranks he play'd at Canterbury, Cranbrook, and other Parts of Kent; at Horsham, and other Parts of Sussex: Likewise at Salisbury, Bridgwater, Bristol, Portsmouth, Southampton, Yarmouth, Woodbridge, Ipswich, Colchester, and other Parts in England; also his Expedition to France, &c. Publish'd from the copy all wrote with his own hand, and deliver'd by him the Morning of his Execution to Mr. Thomas Venden, Turnkey of His Majesty's Gaol at Chelmsford in Essex, with a particular Desire it might be printed. To which is added, a short account of the life of John Hall, his accomplice, and the Manner of their being taken: Likewise their Behaviour at the Place of Execution.
Munn, Thomas, 1705-1750.Date: M.DCC.L. [1750]- Books
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Elizabeth Canning, drawn from the life, as she stood at the bar to receive her sentence, in the Session's-House, in the Old-Bailey.
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773.Date: [1754?]- Books
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The Life and military actions of His Royal Highness Prince Eugene, of Savoy. With an account of his death and funeral.
Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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Memoirs of the life of a country surgeon.
Date: 1845- Books
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The visions of heaven, And the Glories thereof: likewise, visions of hell, and the torments of the damned; being the last remains of Mr. John Bunyan: to which is added his life and death.
Larkin, George, approximately 1642-Date: [1750?]- Books
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The life and reign of King Henry Viii. Together with a general history of those times. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury.
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648.Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]- Books
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The Life and adventures of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the King of the beggars: Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a Society of Gypsies, to the present time; wherein the motives of his conduct will be explained, and the great number of characters and shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other places of Europe, be related; with his travels twice through great part of America. A particular account of the origin, government, language, laws, and customs of the Gypsies; their method of electing their king, &c.
Date: [1770?]- Books
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Wit for the ton! The Convivial Jester; or, Sam Foote's Last Budget Opened. Containing original and authentic anecdotes, bon mots, jocose Remarks, poignant Repartees, whimsical Occurrences, queer Hums, inimitable Witticisms, &c. of that immortal Child of Humour The English Aristophanes. With authentic memoirs of his life and writings, and a particular Recital of the many laughable Incidents which befel him in the former, and the various whimsical Occurrences that gave rise to the later.
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.Date: 1783- Books
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Bacteria in relation to country life / by Jacob G. Lipman.
Lipman, Jacob Goodale, 1874-1939.Date: 1908