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Britannia's charter a choice collection of new songs. Containing, 1 When Britain first, at Heaven's command. Britons, where is your great Magnanimity? On Pleasure's smooth Wings, &c. As bringing Home the other Day. 5 When dew-drops gild the weeping thorn.
Date: [1770?]- Books
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The christian-Family prayer book: or, family prayers. For morning and evening; With a Variety of Occasional Forms, prefaced with a discourse, Representing the Reasonableness, Beauty, Pleasure and Usefulness of Family Religion. By Samuel Bourn. Recommended by Dr. I. Watts.
Bourn, Samuel, 1689-1754.Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]- Books
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The christian family prayer book: or, family prayers for morning and evening; With Variety of Occasional Forms: Prefaced with a Discourse, Representing the Reasonableness, Beauty, Pleasure, and Usefulness of Family Religion. By the late Rev. Samuel Bourn. Recommended by Dr. I. Watts.
Bourn, Samuel, 1689-1754.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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The oracle, or the resolver of questions. Containing above two thousand questions, with their proper answers, in Divinity, Law, Equity, Physic, Surgery, Algebra, Philosophy, Astrology, Botany, Sculpture, Painting, Love, Matrimony, Pleasure, Diversions, &c. &c. &c. Interspersed with variety of moral and entertaining stories.
Date: [1750?]- Books
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A supplement to the sure guide to Hell. In a letter of Approbation from Belzebub, Prince of the infernal Regions, to a favourite Subject on Earth. Wherein His Pleasure is further declared in several peremptory Commands: together with His Paraphrase on each Command.
Bourn, Benjamin.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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An alphabetical explication of some terms and phrases which occur in scripture, in hymns and psalms, and other books of devotion, intended To promote the Pleasure and Profit of those who use them. By a Warm Well-Wisher to the Interests of genuine Christianity.
Cappe, Newcome, 1733-1800.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The english pocket gardener: or, Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum. Wherein The Practice of the Pleasure and Kitchen Garden is made easy to all who study Gardening either for Profit or Amusement. To which is added, the art of preserving fruits, and directions for making English Wines, &c.
Date: [1794]- Books
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Philemon to Hydaspes; relating a second conversation with Hortensius upon the subject of false religion. In which is asserted The General Lawfulness of Pleasure; and The Extravagant Severities of some Religious Systems are shewn to be a direct Contradiction to the Natural Appointment and Constitution of Things.
Coventry, Henry, -1752.Date: M.DCC.XL. [1740]- Books
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Cynthia; with the tragical account of the unfortunate loves of Almerin and Desdemona: being a novel. Illustrated with variety of the chances of fortune; Moraliz'd with many useful Observations, drawn from thence, whereby the Reader may reap both Pleasure and Profit. Done by an English hand.
English Hand.Date: [1760?]- Books
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Cynthia; with the tragical account of the unfortunate loves of Almerin and Desdemona: being a novel. Illustrated With Variety of the Chances of Fortune; Moraliz'd with many useful Observations, drawn from thence, whereby the Reader may reap both Pleasure and Profit. Done by an English hand.
English Hand.Date: [1750?]- Books
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Cynthia: with the tragical account of the unfortunate loves of Almerin and Desdemona: being a novel. Illustrated With Variety of the Chances of Fortune; Moraliz'd with many Useful Observations drawn from thence, whereby the Reader may reap both Pleasure and Profit. Done by an English hand.
English Hand.Date: 1709- Books
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Religion the properest means to peace of conscience, Honour, Profit, Pleasure, and Health. A sermon preach'd at Oxenden chappel in the morning, and at St. Gile's in the Fields in the afternoon. On Sunday, May 7. 1721. By Tho. Knaggs, M. A. And Lecturer of that Parish.
Knaggs, Thomas, 1660 or 1661-1724.Date: [1721]- Books
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Evangelical poems on various subjects, tending to display the richness, freeness and sovereignty of the grace of God; including a cursory account of the author's experience: for the use of the little flock, Unto whom it is the Father's good Pleasure to give the Kingdom. By John Towers.
Towers, John, 1746 or 1747-1804.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- Books
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The lady's miscellany; or, pleasing essays, poems, stories, and examples, for the instruction and entertainment of the female sex in general, in every station of life. By George Wright, Esq. Author Of The Rural Christian, Pleasing Melancholy, &c. &c. In this small Tract, intended for the Fair, Pleasure and Profit truly blended are.
Wright, George, Esq.Date: 1793- Books
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Several good things for a shilling: viz. I. A King's speech. II. Instructions to members. III. Col. B-'s speech on the Honour of a King. IV. A Discourse on Rebellion. V. An Address to the K--- by the Ladies of Pleasure. VI. Dr. B-t for the Test-Act. Vii. L---d Sh-----y against the Test-Act.
Date: [1740?]- Books
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The salisbury guide; giving an account of the antiquities of Old Sarum, and of the ancient and present state of New Sarum or Salisbury, the cathedral, Stonehenge, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, With many other interesting Particulars Very necessary to be known by every Person resorting to Salisbury either on Business or Pleasure.
Easton, James, 1759-1839.Date: 1792- Books
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The salisbury guide; giving an account of the antiquities of Old Sarum, and of the ancient and present state of New Sarum or Salisbury, the Cathedral, Stonehenge, seats of the Nobility and Gentry, With many other interesting Particulars Very necessary to be known by every Person resorting to Salisbury either on Business or Pleasure.
Easton, James, 1759-1839.Date: 1793- Books
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The temple builder's most useful companion, being fifty entire new original designs for Pleasure and Recreation; consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste: Calculated for the Ornamenting of Parks, Forests, Woods, Gardens, Canals, Eminences, Extensive Views, Mounts, Vistos, Islands, &c. Together with a full Explanation, in Letter Press, to each Design, and exact Scales for Measurement. By Thomas Collins Overton,
Overton, Thomas Collins.Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]- Books
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Youth's monitor, In Six Annual sermons, preach'd to young people at New Broad-Street, On the following Subjects, viz. I. Aggravations, and Sorrows of Youthful Iniquities. II. Sin, the Reproach and Shame of Youth. III. The Pleasure of Christ's Ways. IV. His Approbation, and Defence of Young Disciples. V. The Importance of avoiding Bad, and of choosing Good Company. VI. The Duty and Advantage of knowing and serving the God of our Fathers. By John Guyse, D. D. Publish'd at the Request of the Church, for the Sake of their own, and others Children.
Guyse, John, 1680-1761.Date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]- Books
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The theory and practice of gardening: wherein is fully handled all that relates to fine gardens, Commonly Called Pleasure-Gardens, Consisting of Parterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens, &c. containing several plans, and general dispositions of gardens, New Designs of Parterres, Groves, Grass-Plots, Mazes, Banqueting-Rooms, Galleries, Portico's, and Summer-Houses of Arbour-Work, Terrasses, Stairs, Fountains, Cascades, and other Ornaments of use in the Decoration and Embelishment of Gardens. With The Manner of making the Ground, forming Designs suitable to the Place, and putting them in Execution, according to the Principles of Geometry. The Method of Setting and Raising in little time, all the Plants requisite in fine Gardens: Also the Way to find Water, to convey it into Gardens, and to make Basons and Fountains for the same. Together with Remarks and General Rules in all that concerns the Art of Gardening. By Le Sieur Alexander Le Blond. Done from the late edition printed at Paris, by John James of Greenwich The second edition. With very large additions, and a new treatise of flowers and orange-trees.
Dézallier d'Argenville, A.-J. (Antoine-Joseph), 1680-1765.Date: 1728- Books
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Increase of assessed taxes. Kearsley's annual ten-penny tax tables, for the year 1798; containing the new act for increasing the assessed taxes, also the duties on houses and windows, Clocks and Watches, Servants, Pleasure and Draught Horses, Catriages, Dogs, and Taxed Carts; Also the additional Duties on Deeds, (including the last Ten Shillings); Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, in General. Also, Abstracts of the former Taxes.
Kearsley, George, active 1791-1813.Date: [1798]- Books
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Sermons on happiness: viz. I. The happiness of the creature, the Design of his Maker. II. Enquiry after happiness. III. Happiness not in a Life of Pleasure. IV. Happiness not from worldly Abundance. V. God the Fountain of Happiness. VI. Happiness from the State of the Mind. Vii. Happiness from good Affections. Viii. Happiness from agreeable Reflections. IX. Happiness from pleasing prospects. By the late Reverend Mr. Thomas Newman. ...
Newman, Thomas, 1692-1758.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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Duty on income, land tax, &c. Kearsley's annual ten-penny tax tables, for the year 1799; containing the duties on houses Windows Dogs Male Servants Bachelors Carriages with 4 or 2 Wheels Taxed Carts Horses for Pleasure or Draught, Mules. An accurate stamp table, Including the Regulations respecting Deeds, Bilis of Exchange, Notes, Receipts, Legacies, Hair-Powder Licences, Hats, Pawnbrokers, Perfumery, Quack Medicines; and Armorial Bearings; likewise the new duty upon income.
Kearsley, George, active 1791-1813.Date: [1799]- Books
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The modern art of cookery improved: or, elegant, cheap, and easy methods, of preparing most of the dishes now in vogue; In the Composition whereof Both Health and Pleasure have been consulted. By, Mrs. Ann Shackleford, of Winchester. To which is added, an appendix; containing a dissertation on the different kinds of food, their nature, quality, and various uses. By a physician. And a marketing manual, And other useful Particulars. By the editor.
Shackleford, Ann.Date: [1767?]- Books
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Sermons, on the following subjects: on the clerical character. On superstition. On miracles. On Submission to the Existing Powers. On the Love of Pleasure. On Temperance. On the Temporal Disadvantages of Vice. On Happiness. On Evangelical Righteousness. On Justice. By the Rev. Richard Graves, M. A. Rector of Claverton, Somerset, Late Fellow of all Soul's College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Chatham. To Which is Added, a Letter from a Father to his Son at the University.
Graves, Richard, 1715-1804.Date: MDCCXCIX. [1799]