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A sermon preach'd before the Honourable the House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Friday January the 30th. 1735/6. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I. By Francis Ayscough, D. D. Fellow of Corpus-Christi-Collece Oxon, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Ayscough, Francis, 1700-1763.Date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]- Books
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The spirit of fanaticism: exemplify'd in the tryals of Mr. James Mitchel (a Presbyterian minister, who was hang'd at Edinburgh, for an attempt made upon the Archbishop of St. Andrews.) And Major Thomas Weir (a Gifted Brother at the Knack of Extempore Prayer) who was burnt between Edinburgh and Leith April the 11th, 1670. for adultery, beastiality with a mare and a cow, and incest with his own sister, who was likewise hang'd the next day after him. To which is added an account of the original of Presbytery in Scotland, and their Behaviour towards the Episcopal Clergy; wherein is Demonstrated that Rebellion has ever been the Principal Article of their Faith. Written by an Advocate of the civil law in Scotland.
Hickes, George, 1642-1715.Date: [1710]- Books
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The particulars of the horrible murder of Catharine Sinnott, a child under four years of age, : by the Rev. John Carroll, an Irish Catholic priest, under pretence of performing a miracle, by casting devils out of the child, which took place at Killinick, in the County of Wexford, on Friday, July 9, 1824; including the coroner's inquest, and reflections on the influence of Catholic priests over the minds of the people, as exemplified in this melancholy case.
Date: [1824]- Books
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The history of the effects of religion on mankind. Vol. II. Containing, a supplement to the first volume. Sect. V. The erroneous doctrines and superstitious practices of Christians not to be imputed to Christianity. Sect. VI. The enthusiasm of the heathens; the origin, progress, and influence of fanaticism in the time of the crusades, and in the sixteenth century; with the effects of it in England in the seventeenth on the Government of the kingdom, on the manners of the fanatics, on literature, and on the religion and morals of the English nation. Sect. VII. The real causes of several persecutions, heresies, controversies, wars, and massacres imputed to Christianity by Shaftsbury, Voltaire, Rousseau, Hume, Gibbon, and others. Sect. VIII. A refutation of objections which have been urged against the utility of religion. By the Rev. Edward Ryan, D.D. prebendary of St. Patrick, and minister of the Parish of St. Luke, Dublin.
Ryan, Edward, -1819.Date: 1793- Books
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Wieland; or The transformation. An American tale. [Four lines of verse] Copy-right secured.
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810.Date: --1798--- Books
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A discourse concerning the idolatry practised in the Church of Rome, and the hazard of salvation in the communion of it: In Answer to some Papers of a Revolted Protestant. Wherein A Particular Account is given of the Fanaticisms and Divisions of that Church. The fifth volume. By the Right Reverend Father in God Edward Stillingfleet, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.Date: MDCCIX. [1709]- Books
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Du fanatisme dans la langue révolutionnaire, ou de la persécution suscitée par les Barbares du dix-huitième siècle, contre la religion Chrétienne et ses ministres. Par Jean-François de Laharpe.
La Harpe, Jean-François de, 1739-1803.Date: 1797- Pictures
Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [22 December 1726]Reference: 17342i- Pictures
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 25 June 1735Reference: 20042i- Pictures
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1735Reference: 20045i- Pictures
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [ca, 1840?]Reference: 20044i- Pictures
An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: June ye 25 1735 [i.e. 1763]Reference: 20040i- Pictures
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A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 October 1798Reference: 12090i- Books
Generation game : one football club, one family and a century of obsession / Charlie Morris.
Morris, Charlie (Journalist)Date: 2019- Books
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Asia and Europe : studies presenting the conclusions formed by the author in a long life devoted to the subject of the relations between Asia and Europe / by Meredith Townsend.
Townsend, Meredith, 1831-1911.Date: 1905- Books
Free love in utopia : John Humphrey Noyes and the origin of the Oneida Community / compiled by George Wallingford Noyes ; edited and with an introduction by Lawrence Foster.
Date: [©2001]- Pictures
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Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and labelled according to an unorthodox system of phrenology. Pen drawing, 18--.
Date: 1806Reference: 27670i- Archives and manuscripts
Collection of material relating to Spiritualism, Witchcraft, Mesmerism and Clairvoyance
Date: c.1860Reference: MS.3398Part of: Madden, Richard Robert (1798-1886)