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The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, &c. With Reflections on Taste, and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar, and the Stage. The whole illustrated with Passages from the most famous Poets and Orators, ancient and modern, with critical Remarks on them. Designed more particularly for Students in the Universities. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French. ...
Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741.Date: M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768]- Books
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A system of obstetrical tables, with explanations; representing the foundations of the theory and practice of midwifery. By John Aitken, M. D. Fellow Of The Royal College Of Surgeons, Member Of The Royal Medical, Physical, And Antiquarian Societies, One Of The Surgeons Of The Royal Infirmary, Lecturer ON Anatomy, Surgery, And Midwifery, And Honorary President Of The Chirurco-Obstetrical Society Of Edinburgh. For the use of students.
Aitken, John, -1790.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c. With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar and the Stage. The whole illustrated with Passages from the most famous Poets and Orators, antient and modern, with Critical Remarks on them. Designed more particularly for Students in the Universities. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, now Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Letters. Translated from the French. In four volumes.
Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
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Observations on the superior efficacy of the red Peruvian bark, in the cure of agues and other fevers. Interspersed with occasional remarks on the treatment of other diseases by the same remedy. And an appendix, containing a more particular account of its natural history. By William Saunders, M.D. F.R.S. Member of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and physician to Guy's Hospital. [One line in Latin from Horace]
Saunders, William, 1743-1817.Date: [1783]- Books
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The trial of George Rose, Esq. Joint Secretary to the Treasury, Clerk of the Parliament, Master of the Plea Office, and Member for the Borough of Christ Church. For employing Mr. Smith, a publican in Westminster, upon a late Westminster election, and not paying him; on which he was, on Thursday the 21st of July, 1791, cast in the Court of King's Bench, by a special jury, In the Sum of One Hundred and Ten Pounds, Five Shillings!
Rose, George, 1744-1818.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres; or an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetorick, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c. With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar, and the Stage. The whole illustrated With Passages from the most famous Poets and Orators, Ancient and Modern, with Critical Remarks on them. Designed more particularly For Students in the Universities. By Mr. Rollin, Late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French. The seventh edition. ...
Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- Books
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The critic philosopher; or, Truth discovered. Reader, you will here find clearly proved, that man is greatly mistaken with regard to his own happiness; that his religious tenents and political schemes, if not discontinued, will involve him in still greater miseries and that he has very false notions of those things which concern his peace here, and his eternal happiness hereafter. Fourth edition, with considerable additions. By A.G. Sinclair, M.D. late in the Universities of Edinburgh, Paris, Member of the Philosophical Society, and author of the Systems of Chymistry and Comparative Anatomy in the Royal Cyclopædia, &c.
Sinclair, A. G.Date: M,DCC,LXXXX. [1790]- Books
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Some considerations upon street-walkers. With A Proposal for lessening the present Number of them. In Two Letters to a Member of Parliament. To which is added, A letter from One of those unhappy Persons, when in Newgate, and who was afterwards executed, for picking a Gentleman's Pocket, to Mrs. - in Great P-Ney Street.
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The tonnelett vindicated; or, some animadversions upon the principles and practice set forth in two tracts, intitled, 1. Traité des eaux minerales de Spa, and 2. Recueil d'observations sur les effets des eaux minerales de Spa, And 2. Recueil d' Observations sur les Effets des Eaux Minerales de Spa, de l' An. 1764, Avec des Remarques sur le Systeme de M. C. Lucas, &c. Par Jean Phillipes de Limbourg, Docteur en Medicine, &c. &c. In Which, The Politeness, Modesty, Candor, Ingenuity, Sense, Knowledge and Judgement of the Author, are shewn in the true Light. In a letter to M. de Vivignis, M. D. Counsiler and Physician to His most Reverend and Serene Highness the Bishop and Prince of Liege, and Physician to the Hospital of St. Abraham, in that City. By C. Lucas, Of the Universities of Rheims, Leyden and Dublin, Doctor of Physic, Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, and One of the Representatives of the City of Dublin in Parlement.
Lucas, Charles, 1713-1771.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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An essay on the publick debts of this kingdom. Wherein the importance of discharging them is considered; the Provisions for that Purpose by the Sinking Fund, and the Progress therein hitherto made, are stated and explained; the Sufficiency of those Provisions are demonstrated; some general Mistakes about the Nature and Efficacy of this Expedient, examined and removed; and the Progress of the Sinking Fund described and computed from Midsummer, 1727. To which is subjoined, An Enquiry into the General Convenience of reducing farther the Interest of our Publick Debts below 4 per Cent. per Annum. In a letter to a Member of the House of Commons.
Gould, Nathaniel, Sir.Date: [1727]- Books
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The free state of the people of England maintained: in the renewed determination of three cases: the first, concerning the oath (the Non-Resistance and Passive Obedience Oath) imposed in the Reign of K. Charles II. The second, concerning the association required under King William. The third, concerning the succession. Being a letter to a Member of Parliament when that Bill was in Agitation, before it was passed; with a Post-Script since it Passed into an Act, and the Sitting of a New Parliament (writ while King William was Living, but the Conclusion when Dead) added to it. By one that desires the Peace, the Union, and the Publick Good, of England and Scotland both, as One Nation, and Kingdom of Great Brittain.
Humfrey, John, 1621-1719.Date: 1702- Books
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The nicene and Athanasian creeds, so far as they are expressive of a co-equal and co-eternal trinity in unity, And of Perfect Godhead and Manhood In One Only Christ, Explain'd and Confirm'd by the Holy Scriptures; in a manner adapted to common Apprehensions. In eight sermons preached in part at the Lady Moyer's Lecture in the Cathedral of St. Paul, London, in the Years 1733 and 1734. And since compleated; with large Additions, Notes, and References, for the Use of the Religious and Studious Youth, in our two Universities. By Charles Wheatly, M. A. Vicar of Furneux Pelham, in Hartfordshire.
Wheatly, Charles, 1686-1742.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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An impartial sentimental letter, relating to the unhappy dissentions now subsisting betwixt Old-England and America. Wrote a small time ago at the particular Requests of a respectable Baronet, and a worthy Member of Parliament, in order to have been presented to the Right Hononourable Lord N****; and since revised, corrected, and enlarged, with annotations, and an exotic Case of Taxation, very similar to the present One with the Americans. By Richard-John Tetlow, Of AtKnottingley, Near Pontefract, Attorney at Law, F. S. A. and Notary Publick.
Tetlow, Richard-John.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The critic philosopher; or, truth discovered. Shewing how we are to be happy here, and hereafter. Reader, you will in this Book find clearly proved, that Man is greatly mistaken with regard to his own happiness; that his Religious Tenets and Political Schemes, if not discontinued, will involve him in still greater Miseries; and that he hath very false Notions of those Things, which concern his Peace here, and eternal Happiness hereafter. Fifth edition, with considerable additions, a reply to the reviewers; and several remarks on literature, &c. By A. G. Sinclair, M.D. Late in the Universities of Edinburgh, Paris, Member of the Philosophical Society, and Author of the Systems of Chymistry and Comparative Anatomy in the Royal Encyclopaedia, &c. &c.
Sinclair, A. G.Date: 1791- Books
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The life and extraordinary history of the Chevalier John Taylor. Member of the most celebrated academies, Universities, and Societies of the Learned-Chevalier in several of the first Courts in the World-Illustrious (by Patent) in the Apartments of many of the greatest Princes-Ophthalmiate-Pontifical, Imperial and Royal-to His late Majesty-to the Pontifical Court-to the Person of Her Imperial Majesty-to the Kings of Poland, Denmark, Sweden, &c. - to the several Electors of the Holy Empire-to the Royal Infant Duke of Parma-to the Prince of Saxe-Gotha, Serenissime. Brother to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales-to the Prince Royal of Poland-to the late Prince of Orange-to the present Princes of Bavaria, Modena, Lorrain, Brunswick, Anspack, Bareith, Leige, Salzbourg, Middlebourg, Hesse-Cassel, Holstein, Zerbst, Georgia, &c. - Citizen of Rome, by a public Act in the Name of the Senate and People-Fellow of that College of Physicians-Professor in Opticks-Doctor in Medicine and Doctor in Chirurgery in several Universities abroad. Who has been on his travels upwards of thirty years with little or no Interruption, during which, he has not only been several Times in every Town in these Kingdoms, but in every Kingdom, Province, State, and City of the least Consideration-in every Court-Presented to every Crowned Head and Sovereign Prince in all Europe, without Exception. Containing the greatest Variety of the most entertaining and interesting Adventures, that, 'tis presumed, has ever yet been published in any Country, or in any Language. Written from authentic materials, and published by his son, John Taylor Oculist. In two volumes.
Taylor, John, 1724-1787.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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Unanswerable arguments against the abolition of the slave trade. With a defence of the proprietors of the British sugar colonies, Against certain malignant Charges contained in Letters published by a Sailor, and by Luffman, Newton, &c. Remarks on the Dispositions and Characters of the African Slaves; And Means suggested for the Distribution of their Labour; The Regulation of their Habitations, Foods, Cloathing, and Religious Instruction; The Accommodation of the Sick, and Cure of their Diseases; Which may be most conducive to render them Faithful, Obedient, and Happy. Published for the Benefit of the starving Tin-Miners in Cornwall. By James M. Adair, formerly M. D. Member of the Royal Medical Society, And Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. One of the Judges of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in the Island of Antigua; and Physician to the Commander in Chief, and the Colonial Troops of the said Island.
Adair, James Makittrick, 1728-1802.Date: [1790?]- Books
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An abstract of all the publick debts remaining due at Michaelmas, 1722. And an estimate of the annual sinking fund towards the Discharge of the same; Made from the Accounts thereof delivered into Parliament. And Also A Computation in what Time the said Publick Debts may be Discharged by the said Sinking Fund. With a method proposed for the more clear stating of the said publick debts and sinking fund in the Accounts hereafter to be deliver'd to Parliament. And A Proposal for putting an End to all Particular Appropriations, and turning the whole Revenue into One General Fund. And Likewise Some Remarks and Hints offer'd to the Consideration of the Gentlemen of the House Of Commons, for the Improvement of the Revenue, by Good Husbandry, and otherwise; and relating to some other Matters of Publick Utility. By Archibald Hutcheson, of the Middle-Temple, London, Esq; and Member of Parliament for Hasting in the County of Sussex.
Hutcheson, Archibald, approximately 1659-1740.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXXIII. [1723]- Books
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An abstract of all the publick debts remaining due at Michaelmas, 1722. And an estimate of the annual sinking fund towards the Discharge of the same; Made from the Accounts thereof delivered into Parliament. And also a Computation in what Time the said Publick Debts may be Discharged by the said Sinking Fund. With a method proposed for the more Clear Stating of the said Publick Debts and Sinking Fund in the Accounts hereafter to be deliver'd to Parliament. And a proposal for putting an End to all Particular Appropriations, and turning the whole Revenue into One General Fund. And likewise some remarks and hints offer'd to the consideration of the Gentlemen of the House of Commons, for the improvement of the revenue, by Good Husbandry, and otherwise; and relating to some other Matters of Publick Utility. By Archibald Hutcheson, of the Middle-Temple, London, Esq; and Member of Parliament for Hasting in the County of Sussex.
Hutcheson, Archibald, approximately 1659-1740.Date: 1723- Books
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A letter to R. B. Gabriel, D.D. in answer to facts relating to the Rev. Dr. White's Bampton Lectures. By A member of one of the Universities.
Member of One of the Universities.Date: 1789- Books
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A new and impartial history of England, from the most early period of genuine historical evidence to the present important and alarming crisis; A Period Pregnant with the Fate of Empires, Kingdoms, and States. Containing Authentic, Candid, and Circumstantial Accounts of all the Memorable Transactions, Interesting Events, and Remarkable Occurrences, recorded in the Annals of Great Britain, With A Comprehensive Account of it's Origin and Progressive State, the many Revolutions it has undergone, it's Discoveries, Conquests, Acquisitions, Battles, Sieges, Sea Fights, and other Memorable Events. Also A Concise View of the Antient and Modern Constitution and Political Establishments of Britain, it's Laws, Institutions, Parliaments, Charters, Grants, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, &c. Likewise A Chronological Account of all the Kings and Queens of England: With an Impartial Display of their respective Characters, whether distinguished for their Wisdom in the Cabinet, their Military Atchievements in the Field, their Private Crimes, or their Public Vices. Including An History of the American War and Revolution. To which are Added, Histories of the French Revolution, and the Revolution in Holland, &c. Together with every Memorable Transaction respecting Ireland and other Countries. Interspersed with Remarks, Observations, and Reflections: By which former Errors are corrected, Absurdities pointed out, fabulous Narrations expunged, Party Prejudices removed, and what has hitherto appeared obscure and doubtful authenticated from the most respectable Evidence. By John Baxter, Member of the London Corresponding Society, and One of the Twelve Indicted and Acquitted of High Treason at the Old Bailey. assisted by several gentlemen, distinguished friends to liberty and a Parliamentary reform.
Baxter, John, Member of the Society of Friends of Liberty.Date: [1796]- Books
Our universities : the centenary oration / delivered by the Rt. Hon. H.A.L. Fisher, Warden of New College, Oxford, on Thursday, June 30, 1927.
Fisher, H. A. L. (Herbert Albert Laurens), 1865-1940Date: 1927- Books
We have the technology : how biohackers, foodies, physicians, and scientists are transforming human perception, one sense at a time / Kara Platoni.
Platoni, KaraDate: [2015]- Books
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Conflict and compromise : therapeutic implications / edited by Scott Dowling.
Date: [1991], ©1991- Books
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This day is published, number I. Price one shilling. (to be continued weekly.) And, part I. Price ten shillings and sixpence, (containing no.I. to X. inclusive,) of The gardener's and botanist's dictionary; containing The best and newest Methods of cultivating and improving the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower Garden, and Nursery; of performing the Practical Parts of Agriculture; of managing Vineyards, and of propagating all Sorts of Timber Trees. By the late Philip Miller, F.R.S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries at their Botanic Garden in Chelsea, and Member of the Botanic Academy at Florence. To which are now first added, A complete Enumeration and Description of all Plants hitherto known, with their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Times of flowering, and Uses both Medicinal and Oeconomical. The whole corrected and newly arranged, With the Addition of all the modern Improvements in Landscape Gardening, and in the Culture of Trees, Plants and Fruits, Particularly in the various Kinds of Hot-Houses and Forcing Frames: With plates explanatory both of them, and the Principles of Botany. By Thomas Martyn, B.D. F.R.S. Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, No 62, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and the rest of the proprietors. Conditions. I. This Work will make two large Volumes in Folio, and be handsomely printed on a new Pica Letter, and fine Demy Paper. II. A Number, containing Four Sheets, will be delivered every Saturday, stitched, Price One Shilling, until the Whole is completed. III. For the Convenience of those who prefer a more speedy Mode of Publication, this Work will also be delivered in Parts, each containing Forty Sheets, sewed in blue Paper, Price Ten Shillings and Sixpence. A Part will be delivered at the End of every Ten Weeks. IV. In the Course of the Work will be given, Gratis, a Set of Copper Plates, elegantly engraved, exhibiting a general Illustration of the Science of Botany. Also various Plans, and Designs for Green-Houses, Stoves, Ice-Houses, &c. &c.
Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825.Date: [1795]- Books
An account of the proceedings of the Committee of Graduates of Marischal College: with an enquiry into the constitution of the Scotch universities and the privileges of their graduates / By a member of the Committee of Graduates.
Marischal College and UniversityDate: 1826