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Sixth night. Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, This present Friday March 28, 1794, Will be performed The Messiah. Part I. Overture. Recit. Mr. Harrison. Comfort ye my people. Air. Every Valley. Chorus And the glory Recit. Mr. Meredith. Thus saith the Lord. Air. But who may abide. Chorus And he shall purify. Recit Mr. Kelly. Behold! a Virgin. Air. O thou that tellest. Recit. Mr. Meredith. For, behold! Air. The people that. Chorus For unto us. Recit. Signora Storace. There were Shepherds. Chorus Glory to God. Air. Master Welsh. Rejoice greatly. Recit. Mrs. Bland. Then shall the Eyes. Air. He shall feed his flock. Air. Signora Storace Come unto him. Chorus. His yoke is easy. Part II. Chorus Behold the Lamb. Air Mrs. Crouch. He was despised. Chorus Surely he hath borne. Recit. Mr. Kelly All they that see him. Chorus He trusted in God. Recit. Mr. Harrison. Thy rebuke hath. Air. Behold! and see. Recit. Miss Leake. He was cut off. Air. But thou didst not. Chorus Lift up your heads Recit. Mr. Kelly. Unto which of the. Chorus. Let all the Angels. Air. Mrs. Bland. Thou art gone up. Chorus The Lord gave. Air. Master Welsh. How beautiful. Chorus Their sound is gone. Air. Mr. Meredith. Why do the nations. Chorus. Let us break. Recit. Mr. Dignum. He that dwelleth. Air. Thou shalt break them. Chorus Hallelujah. Part III. Air. Signora Storace. I know that my Redeemer liveth. Semi Chorus. Principal Singers. Since by Man. Chorus - - By Man came also the Resurection of the Dead. Semi Chorus. - For as in Adam all die. Chorus. - - Even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Recitative. Mr. Meredith. Behold! I tell. Air. Accompanied on the Trumpet by Mr. Hyde. The trumpet shall sound. Recitative. Then shall be brought to pass. Duetto. Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Crouch. O Death where is thy Sting. Chorus - But thanks be to God. Air. Miss Leake. - If God be for us. Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb. Directors, Mr. Linley, and Mr. Storace. The Principal vocal performers Mr. Harrison, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Dignum Master Welsh, Mr. Kelly, Signora Storace, Miss Leake, Mrs. Bland, Mrs. Crouch, End of Part of I. a Concerto on the Oboe by Mr. W. Parke. End of Part II. a Concerto on the Violin by Mr. Giornovich. In which (by Desire) he will introduce the favourite Air of ̀̀lullaby.'' Amongst the Principal Instrumental Performers are Messrs. Ashe, W. Parke, Parkinson, Mason, Hyde, Flacks, Ashbridge, Ely, &c. Leader of the Band Mr. Shaw. Boxes 6s. Pit 3s. 6d. Gall. 2s. Upper Gall. 1s. No Money to to be Returned. Books of the Performance to be had at the Theatre.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)Date: 1794]- Books
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The pall-Mall miscellany. Containing many curious pieces in prose and verse; with variety of new songs, adapted to old ballad tunes and country dances. Amongst about 20 others are the following. viz. The Rape of the Golden Hair; or, the Defeat of P. Alexis by the Miller's Wife. A facetious Ballad. To the Tune of, To all you Ladies now on Land. The Tryal of Mr. Harvey of Chippenham in Wiltshire, for having Criminal Conversation with the Wife of Mr. Gouldney, an Attorney of Chippenham aforesaid. Try'd at the Sittings of the Common. Pleas, Westminster, on Friday, Jan. 28. 1731-2, for which the Plaintiff recover'd 1000 l. Damage. The Irish Absentees new Litany and the Character of an Irish Absentee. Inscrib'd to the E. of I-q-n. The Lucky Dwarf; or, the Marriage of a young Lady-Lord to a Carbuncle, Rich Heiress. A Ballad. To the Tune of, Packington's Pound. The Maiden-Wife; or, Nature Padlock'd; being a curious Poem on a certain young Dutchess who was made a Woman by Art, and restored to her Duke some Time after Seperation. Advice from L. H-y to Miss M-d-ws. The Six frisky Maids; or, the Amours of P. Alexis. A new Ballad. To the Tune of, Pretty Parrot say, &c. A new Court Ballad. To the Tune of, Of a noble Race was Shinkin. The Chaste Lovers; or, Kissing more Substantial than Coition. On discovering a Maiden Lady sleeping with her Face veil'd in a Morning. By a Youth. Two Satyrs or Marriage, and one on a Female Mischief-Maker. A Funeral Poem on the Death of Mrs. Gascoigne.
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The gentleman's and citizen's almanack, compiled by Samuel Watson, bookseller, for the year of our Lord, 1781. The First after Leap - Year, And the Twenty-First Year of K. George III. Reign. till 25 Oct. Containing, The Days of the Year and Month: Week-Days: Sun's Rising and Setting: Moon's Age and Changes: a Table of Equation: The Times of High Water, at Dublin-Bar. Several Tables, Altered, Renewed, or Continued. The Marriages and Deaths of the Princes of Europe. The Names of The Lord Lieutenant; of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and of The Lords and Commons of Parliament, (printed by Authority:) Also, The Judges, and several other Persons in Places of High Trust, and Office in Ireland, both Civil and Military: The Dublin Society: The Hospitals: The Roads and Fairs: The Post-Towns: Noted Places referring to them, and Foreign Postages. N. B. The Names of the several Officers of the Four Courts are printed here by the Leave of the Lord Chancellor, and Judges.
Watson, Samuel, active 1761-1802.Date: 1781- Books
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Third night. Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, This present Wednesday, March 19. 1794; Will be Performed, (the only Time this Season) The Messiah, a sacred oratorio Composed by G. F. Handel. Part I. Overture. Recit. Mr. Harrison. Comfort ye my people. Air. Every Valley. Chorus And the glory Recit. Mr. Meredith. Thus saith the Lord. Air. But who may abide. Chorus And he shall purify. Recit Mr. Kelly. Behold! a Virgin. Air. O thou that tellest. Recit. Mr. Meredith. For, behold! Air. The people that. Chorus For unto us. Recit. Signora Storace. There were Shepherds. Chorus Glory to God. Air. Master Welsh. Rejoice greatly. Recit. Mrs. Bland. Then shall the Eyes. Air. He shall feed flock. Air. Signora Storace. Come unto him. Chorus His yoke is easy. Part II. Chorus Behold the Lamb. Air Mrs. Crouch. He was despised. Chorus Surely he hath borne. Recit. Mr. Kelly All they that see him. Chorus He trusted in God. Recit. Mr. Harrison. Thy rebuke hath. Air. Behold! and see. Recit. Miss Leake. He was cut off. Air. But thou didst not. Chorus Lift up your heads Recit. Mr. Kelly. Unto which of the. Chorus. Let all the Angels. Air. Mrs. Bland. Thou art gone up. Chorus The Lord gave. Air. Master Welsh. How beautiful. Chorus Their sound is gone. Air. Mr. Meredith. Why do the nations. Chorus. Let us break. Recit. Mr. Dignum. He that dwelleth. Air. Thou shalt break them. Chorus Hallelujah. Part III. Air. Master Welsh. I know that my Redeemer liveth. Semi Chorus. Principal Singers. Since by Man. Chorus - - By Man came also the Resurection of the Dead. Semi Chorus. - For as in Adam all die. Chorus. - - Even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Recitative. Mr. Meredith. Behold! I tell. Air. Accompanied on the Trumpet by Mr. Hyde. The trumpet shall found. Recitative. Then shall be brought to pass. Duetto. Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Crouch. O Death where is thy Sting. Chorus - But thanks be to God. Air. Miss Leake. - If God be for us. Chorus - Worthy is the Lamb. Directors, Mr. Linley, and Mr. Storace. The Principal vocal performers Mr. Harrison, Mr. Meredith, Master Welsh, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Dignum. Signora Storace, Miss Leake, Mrs. Bland, Mrs. Crouch. End of Part I. a Concerto on the Flute by Mr. A S H. End of Part II. a Concerto on the Violin by Mr. Giornovich. Amongst the Principal Instrumental Performers are Messrs. Ashe, W. Parke, Parkinson, Mason, Hyde, Flacks, Ashbridge, Ely, &c. Leader of the Band Mr. Shaw. Boxes 6s. Pit 3s. 6d. Gall. 2s. Upper Gall. 1s. No Money to be returned. Books of the performance to be had at the Theatre.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)Date: 1794]- Books
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Every patient his own doctor; or, The sick man's triumph over death and the grave. Containing, the most approved methods of curing every disease incident to the human body, internal or external; whether owing to Defects of Nature, occasioned by Intemperance, contracted by Accident, or caused by Decay. With The Best Remedies Prescribed by the Authority of the most eminent Physicians for removing each Disorder, restoring Health, preserving it when restored; and extending Life to an honourable Old Age. Including An excellent Collection of the most eminent Receipts for making and preparing A great Number of cheap, easy, and efficacious Medicines. Among these are That Admirable New Discovery, by which the Scurvy, the Grand English Disorder, is effectually cured: And for the successful Practice of which, Captain Cook received the Premium Medal from the Royal Society, for having preserved himself and all his Men from this dreadful Distemper, during the Space of Three Years and Eighteen Days, although he passed through all the Varieties of Climate, and Seasons in his late Voyage round the World, performed. By the Command of His Majesty. Also The Method used by the Humane Society for the Recovery of Persons apparently drowned or suffocated. - A certain cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog, Viper, Adder, &c. - -An infallible Remedy against the Goal Distemper, Plague, or any other pestilential Disorder, &c &c. By Lewis Robinson, M.D.
Robinson, Lewis, M.D.Date: [1785?]- Books
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Upon this moment depends eternity: or, Mr. John Dunton's serious thoughts upon the present and future state, in a fit of sickness that was judg'd mortal, in which many New Opinions are Started and Prov'd; and in particular this, That the sincere Practice of known Duties, or dying daily to this Life and World, would of it self resolve the most ignorant Person in all the abstruse Points of the Christian Religion-Being, A New Directory for Holy Living and Dying; Compos'd of the Author's own Experience in Religion, Politicks, and Morals, from his Childhood to his Sixty Third Year, (but more especially during his dangerous Disease in Ireland, in the Year Ninety Eight, when his Life was despair'd Of)-And Compleated in Twenty Essays upon such Nice and Curious Points in Divinity, as were never handled Before-To which is added, The Sick-Man's Passing-Bell. To remind all Men of that Death and Eternity to which they are hastening. - Containing, (1.) God be Merciful to me a Siuner: Or, Dunton at Confession, in which he discovers the Secret Sins of his whole Life; with his Resolutions in what penitent Manner (by the Help of God) he'll spend the short Time he has yet to live. (2.) Dunton's Legacy to his Native Country: Or, A dying Farewell to the most Remarkable Persons and Things both in Church and State; with his last Prayer (or those very Petitions to Almighty God) with which he hopes to Expire. 3. A Living Man following his own Corpse to the Grave: Or, Dunton Represented as Dead and Buried, in an Essay upon his own Funeral-To which is added (for the Oddness and Singularity of it) A Copy of his last Will and Testament-His living Elegy writ with his own Hand-And the Epitaph design'd for his Tombstone, in the New Burying-Place-Together with (4.) The Real Period of Dunton's Life: Or, A Philosophical Essay upon the Nature of that Grand Climacterick Year Sixty Three, in which (as few Persons out-live that Fatal Time) he expects to be actually Buried with that best of Wives Mrs. Elizabeth Annesley (alias Dunton) with their Reasons for Sleeping together in the same Grave 'till the General Resurrection, as contained in two Letters that pass'd between Mr. Dunton and his Wife, a few Days before she Dyed. The whole Directory and Passing-Bell, submitted to the Impartial Censure of the Right Reverend Father in God William Lord Bishop of Ely. By Mr. John Dunton, a Member of the Athenian Society, and Author of the Essay Intitled-The Hazard of a Death-Bed Repentance.
Dunton, John, 1659-1733.Date: [1723]- Books
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Every patient his own doctor; or, the sick man's triumph over death and the grave. Containing, the most approved methods of curing every disease incident to the human body, internal or external; whether owing to Defects of Nature, occasioned by Intemperance, contracted by Accident, or caused by Decay. With The Best Remedies Prescribed by the Authority of the most eminent Physicians for removing each Disorder, restoring Health, preserving it when restored; and extending Life to an honourable Old Age. including An excellent Collection of the most eminent Receipts for Making and Preparing A great Number of cheap, easy, and efficacious Medicines. among these are That Admirable New Discovery, by which the Scurvy, the Grand English Disorder, is effectually cured: And for the successful Practice of which, Captain Cook received the Premium Medal from the Royal Society, for having preserved himself and all his Men from this dreadful Distemper, during the Space of Three Years and Eighteen Days, although he passed through all the Varieties of Climate, and Seasons in his late Voyage round the World, performed. By the Command of His Majesty. also The Method used by the Humane Society for the Recovery of Persons apparently drowned or suffocated. - A certain Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog, Viper, Adder, &c. An infallible Remedy against the Goal Distemper, Plague, or any other pestilential Disorder, &c. &c. By Lewis Robinson, M.D.
Robinson, Lewis, M.D.Date: [1785?]- Books
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The life and surprizing adventures of James Wyatt. Containing, I. His entering himself Trumpeter on board the Revenge Privateer, Capt. James Wimble, May 29, 1741. II. An Account of their Cruize; and of his being taken Prisoner by the Spaniards; with his wonderful Deliverance from Death. III. The Manner of his escaping from the Spaniards, with Capt. Robert Winter, and five others. IV. How they were drove by contrary Winds on the Coast of Barbary; where they were taken Prisoners by the Moors, and the Hardships they endur'd among the Infidels. Also an Account of the Religion of the Moors; and of Mahomet, the Founder thereof. - V. The Customs, Ceremonies, Manners and Diversions of the Mahometans: Together with an Account of the Curiosities in Africa; and of the Trade between the Europeans and Africans, on the Gold, Slave; and Ivory Coasts. With the Manner of his Deliverance, and his Arrival safe in England after various Vicissitudes of Fortune. Written by himself. Adorn'd with copper plates.
Wyatt, James, 1707-Date: 1755- Books
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The genuine tryal of Admiral Byng, on board the St. George in Portsmouth Harbour; for an enquiry into his conduct while he commanded the Fleet in the Mediterranean, and particularly in the engagement on the 20th of May 1756, off Minorca. With the admiral's defence and sentence of death, as pronounced by the President of the court-martial. And also, An Account of his Behaviour after Sentence was passed upon him, and at the Time of Execution. - With some Account of his Family, and the brave Actions done by his Father, Lord Viscount Torrington, Rear Admiral of Great-Britain. To which are added, the most perfect account of the whole siege, noble defence and surrender of St. Philip's Fort, in the island of Minorca, by the brave General Blakeney, that has yet been Published;-With a Description of the Island, and its great Importance and Loss to Great-Britain.
Byng, John, 1704-1757.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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The new and complete life of our blessed Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ: that great example, as well as saviour of mankind. Containing a More Complete, Authentic, Ample, Accurate, Instructive, Universal, and Full Account (freed from Popish Superstition, and other Errors) than was ever before Published, of all the Real Facts, relating to the Exemplary Life, Meritorious Sufferings, and Triumphant Death of Our Glorious Redeemer, Who took upon himself our Sinful Nature, Was Crucified for our Sins, Rose Again for our Justification, Ascended into Heaven, and now Sitteth at the Right-Hand of God, making Intercession for Us; Particularly his Incarnation, Nativity, Genealogy, Baptism, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Early Transactions, Divine Mission, Fasting, Ministry, Temptation, Doctrines, Calling and Appointment of the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Travels, Humility, Charity, Patience, Meekness, Sufferings, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacraments; Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension, &c. &c. &c. To which is Added, A New, Complete, and Authentic History of the Lives, Transactions, Sufferings, and Deaths, of his Holy Apostles, Evangelists, Disciples, And other Eminent Persons and Primitive Christians, who first Propagated the Christian Religion, and to cruel Persecutors laid down their Lives in the Glorious Cause of Jesus Christ; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James the Great, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, Timothy, Silas, Mary Magdalene, Mary Sister of Lazarus, Mary of Cleophas, Mary of Salome, Trophimus, Tychicus, Tertius, Linus, Onesiphorus, Stephanus, Phebe, Sosipater, Clement, Ananias, Nicolas, Nicodemus, Joseph, Philemon, Priscilla, Titus, &c. Also, A New, Useful, and Interesting Account of the Life of the Messiah's great Forerunner John the Baptist; And likewise the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Together with A Faithful Account of the Successors of the Apostles, for Three Hundred Years after the Crucifixion, in the five great Apostolical Churches. Comprehending, The Whole Doctrine of Christianity, the Evidences fairly stated upon which it is founded, and the Manner of its Establishment in different Parts of the World. - Including a Complete Defence of Christianity, containing Plain and Satisfactory Answers to all the Objections made against our Holy Religion, by Jews, Turks, Atheists, Deists, Infidels, and Free-Thinkers of the present Age, who are a Disgrace to Human Nature, and strive to level Mankind with the Brute Creation; whereby the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind is proved to be Genuine and truly Divine. The Whole Interspersed with Practical Improvements, and Useful Remarks, Familiarly Adapted to every Capacity, and designed to Promote, in every Christian, the necessary Practice of Faith and Repentance, as the only appointed Means whereby God can be Reconciled with Man. This Complete Work being the Result of long Study and Experience, and not a hasty Performance, has been regularly digested and collected, not only from the Evangelists, Epistles, &c. but also from Josephus, the most judicious Ecclesiastical Historians, and other Books as well as Manuscripts (ancient and modern) of Undoubted Authority. It will therefore comprise a great Variety of the most Important, Valuable, and Curious Matter relating to the Life and Death of our Blessed Saviour and his Apostles, &c. not to be found in any other Work of the Kind whatever. By Paul Wright, D. D. Vicar of Oakley, &c. in Essex, late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge; And Author of the Christian's New and Complete British Family Bible;-of the New and Complete Edition of Fox's Original Book of Martyrs;-And of The New Edition of the Whole Book of Common Prayer, with Notes, and other necessary Illustrations;-All of which respective Works are universally approved of in every Respect, by the Public in general, who have perused the Numbers already published. Embellished with the most elegant, valuable, and numerous set of large copper-plate prints ever published in a work of this kind; finely engraved from the original Drawings of Hamilton, Chalmers, West, Samuel Wale, Esq. &c. by those ingenious and celebrated Artists, Messrs. Pollard, Rennoldson, Taylor, Tookey, Smith, Page, Granger, Morris, Royce, Golder, Collier, Parker, and Other Eminent Masters.
Fleetwood, John.Date: [1790?]- Books
Sitting kills, moving heals : how everyday movement will prevent pain, illness, and early death - and exercise alone won't / Joan Vernikos.
Vernikos, JoanDate: [2011]- Archives and manuscripts
Mellanby, Sir Edward
Mellanby, Edward, Sir, b. 1884.Date: 1896-1974Reference: PP/MEL- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 1 ['HSW Private No.1']
Date: Aug 1882-Mar 1888Reference: WF/E/01/01/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library
Date: 1874-c.1984Reference: WA/HMM- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Wellcome Trust; 1936-Date: 1910-2022Reference: WT