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A dying wolf in a gin-trap in the forest. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.Reference: 39294i- Pictures
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A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin to unlicensed premises. Engraving, 1751.
Date: 29 September 1751Reference: 25932i- Books
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Desolation: or, the fall of gin. A poem. To which is added, a new ballad, on the same subject. Both by Timothy Scrubb, of Ragg-Fair, Esq;
Budgell, Eustace, 1686-1737.Date: 1736- Pictures
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A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26022iPart of: The drunkard's children- Books
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The retail compounder; or, publicans friend. An entire new work, shewing by a Set of plain Receipts (never yet made Public) an approved method of making British compounds, As used in the first Rectifying Houses in the Metropolis, such as Peppermint, Carraway, Coriander, Cloves, Cinnamon, Anniseed, Gin Bitters, Brandy Bitters, &c. &c. from a single gallon to any quantity. Which will save full 2s. per Gallon on each Article, and be of as good a Quality as any sold by the Rectifying Distillers. Likewise, An easy Method to make good Gins in small Quantities. To which is added, a description of the hydrometer and thermometer, To ascertain the strength of Spirits, With the Method of using the same, Made Plain to the Meanest Capacity. Together with a few Rules for colouring and refining Liquors, and some cursory Remarks respecting the Spirit Trade. By John Hardy.
Hardy, John, active 18th century.Date: [1795]- Books
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A dissertation on Mr. Hogarth's six prints lately publish'd, viz. Gin-Lane, Beer-Street, and the Four stages of cruelty. Containing I. A genuine narrative of the horrible deeds perpetrated by that fiery dragon, gin; the wretched and deplorable Condition of its Admirers and Votaries; the dreadful Havock and Devastation it has made among the Human Species; its pernicious Effects on the Soldiers, Sailors and Mechanicks of this Kingdom; and its poisonous and pestilent Qualities in destroying the Health, and corrupting the Morals of the People. II. Useful observations on wanton and inhuman cruelty, severely satirizing the practice of the common people in sporting with the lives of animals. Being a proper Key for the right Apprehension of the Author's Meaning in those Designs. Humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable Francis Cokayne, Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London, and the Worshipful Court of Aldermen, Who have so worthily distinguish'd themselves in the Measures they have taken to suppress the excessive Use of Spirituous Liquors.
Date: [1751]- Pictures
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A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26035iPart of: The drunkard's children- Books
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Short animadversions on the difference now set up between gin and rum, and our mother country and colonies.
Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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The fall of Bob: or, the oracle of gin. A tragedy. By Timothy Scrubb, of Rag-Fair, Esq;
Scrubb, Timothy, of Rag-Fair, Esq.Date: 1736- Books
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Reasons humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons, for the effectual suppressing the excessive drinking of the liquor commonly called gin, or compound spirits.
Date: [1736?]- Books
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'T Lof der luysen beschreven in de Latijnsche tale door Dan. Heinsius-gin Nederduytschen rijm na-gevolght door P. Godewijck
Heinsius, Daniel 1580-1655Date: 1665- Books
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A short history of the gin act: or, an impartial account of the conduct of some of those who have been intrusted with the execution of it. To which is annex'd, a relation of the hardships and sufferings of several persons who have been convicted by the unjustifiable Artifices, as well as by the Perjuries and Villanies of Informers.
Date: [1738]- Archives and manuscripts
Extract from Barlow's presidential address to the National Temperance League, Westminster, on the use of gin in infancy, 14 May 1925
Date: 1925Reference: PP/BAR/J/13-14Part of: Barlow, Sir Thomas (1845-1945)- Books
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The trial of the spirits: or, some considerations upon the pernicious consequences of the gin-trade to Great-Britain (As it is Destructive of the Health and Lives of His Majesty's Subjects; and as it affects the Trade, Manufactures and Landed Interest of this Island) Humbly offer'd to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, And to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Jekyll. By a lover of mankind.
Philanthropos.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Pictures
A procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from retailing or selling gin on unlicensed premises. Copper engraving plate, 1751.
Date: 1751Reference: 578558i- Books
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O fiziologicheskom dieistvii predvaritel'noi katelektrizatsii na otyravlenie nervov : iz fiziologicheskoi laboratorii Prof. I.R. Tarkanova : dissertatsiia na stepen' doktora meditsiny / P.A. Shul'gin ; tsenzorami, po porucheniiu Konferentsii, byli professory I.R. Tarkhanov, I.P. Pavlov i privat-dotsent A.F. Erlitskii.
Shul'gin, Porfirii Aleksandrovich, 1858-Date: 1891- Books
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The trial of the spirits: Or, Some considerations upon the pernicious consequences of the gin-trade to Great-Britain; (as it is destructive of the health and lives of His Majesty's subjects; and as it affects the trade, manufactures and landed interest of this island) humbly offer'd to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, and to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Jekyll. By a lover of mankind.
Philanthropos.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Books
Krankheit wider den Tod : Schicksal der Pockenschutzimpfung / [Heinrich Alexander Gins].
Gins, Heinrich Alexander, 1883-Date: 1963- Books
Beiträge zur Pathogenese und Epidemiologie der Infektionskrankheiten / von H.A. Gins.
Gins, Heinrich Alexander, 1883-Date: 1935- Books
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Three letters upon the subject of the Gin Act, and common informers. I. ----From a Citizen of London to a freeholder in the county of Norfolk concerning informers in general---particularly the present practice of those people, in which is consider'd the method of trials upon penal-laws, as well in a summary way as that by Juries.---- with the substance of the trials of some Citizens of London, at Guildhall in December last, for an assault up on a common informer. II. ---- From A.B. Esq; to the good Citizens of London. Occasioned by the outrages committed in putting the Law in execution for suppressing the pernicious custom of retailing spirituous liquors. III. ---- Answer to the said letter, wherein the Citizens of London and the Company of Distillers, are defended from the reflections cast on them in the said A B's letter, with a postscript, in relation to two paragraphs the one published in the London, and the other in the general evening posts. To which is added, a letter in respect to the lights in London, and the present darkness of Westminster.
Date: MDCCXXXVIII [1738]- Books
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Further considerations humbly offered in support of the proposition, that the duties to be paid by the corn-distillers will not in any degree, prevent the common and excessive use of gin.
Date: 1761?]- Books
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Mémoire présenté à son altesse royale Mgr. le duc d'Orléans, régent de France, concernant la précieuse plante du gin-seng de Tartarie, découverte en Amérique par le père Joseph-François Lafitau, de la compagnie de Jésus, missionnaire des Iroquois du Sault St.-Louis. Nouv. éd., précédée d'une notice biographique, par M. Hospice Verrean, et accompagnée d'un portrait du père Lafitau, d'un fac-simile de son autographe et de la planche représentant le gin-seng.
Date: 1858- Books
Einführung in die Bakteriologie : (für Zahnärzte und Studierende der Zahnheilkunde) / von Prof. Dr. Med. Heinr. Alexander Gins ... mit 73 farbigen und schwarzen Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln.
Gins, Heinrich Alexander, 1883-Date: 1933- Pictures
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A compilation of hunting and trapping implements, arranged around a shell-shaped ornament into which a gin-trapped feline is clawing in its death-throes; including baits and decoys as well as birds of prey used for hunting. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.Date: 10. May 1750Reference: 39350i- Books
Bovine tuberculosis / Stephen McGinness.
McGinness, Stephen.Date: [1998]