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Tit for tat; or, a purge for a pill: being an answer to a scurrilous pamphlet, lately published, entitled "A pill for Porcupine." To which is added, A poetical rhapsody on the times. Describing the disasters of an emigrant. By Dick Retort
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The retort: By the author
Vaughan, ThomasDate: 1761- Digital Images
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Glass retort with stopper. mid 19th C
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M0007677: An alchemist applying bellows to a fire beneath a retort. Oi
Date: 27 January 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/66/15Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
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An alchemist applying bellows to a fire beneath a retort. Oil painting by a Neapolitan painter, 18th (?) century.
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Curtius rescued from the gulph; or, the retort courteous to the Rev. Dr. Parr, in answer to his learned pamphlet, intitled, "A sequel," &c.
Cumberland, Richard- E-books
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The retort politic on Master Burke; or, a few words en passant: occasioned by his two letters on a regicide peace. From a tyro of his own school, but of another class
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King George III analysing the residue from a large glass retort containing a small figure; representing the English view of Napoleon. Coloured aquatint by T. West, 1803.
West, Temple, approximately 1740-1783.Date: July 1803Reference: 12196i- E-books
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Introduction to the school of Shakespeare; held, on Wednesday evenings, in the Apollo, at the Devil Tavern, Temple Bar. To which is added a retort courteous on the criticks, as delivered at the second and third lectures
Kenrick, WDate: 1774- E-books
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The retort courteous; Or, Remarks on the sophistry and ill-natured bigotry contained in a letter addressed to Dr. Priestley, under the signature of John Churchman. Which appeared in the Birmingham & Stafford Chronicle of August 4, 1791. By a Member of the
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The retort courteous; or a candid appeal to the public on the conduct of Thomas Linley, Esq, manager of Drury-Lane Theatre, to the author of Dido. Containing original letters and Just Remarks on the Manager's Arbitrary and Indefensible Rejection of That T
Reed, Joseph- Pictures
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A chemist and his assistant as "puffers" heating a substance in a retort; representing a theatre critic who "puffs" the actor Joseph Holman at the bidding of his editor. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1786.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: [1786?]Reference: 2477063i- E-books
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Another coruscation of the meteor Burke The retort politic on Master Burke; or, a few words en passant: occasioned by his two letters on a regicide peace. From a tyro of his own school, but of another class. Second edition. With remarks on that Rt. Hon. a
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Gold aus der Retorte : die geheime Kunst der Alchemisten / Frieder Stöckle.
Stöckle, Frieder.Date: 1981- Archives and manuscripts
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Glass Retorts
Date: 1967Reference: WA/HMM/CM/Col/112Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Books
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Specification of Barnard Henry Brook : constructing and setting ovens and retorts.
Brook, Barnard, Henry.Date: 1857- Pictures
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Chemistry: stages in the production of ether, showing varous retorts in use on furnaces. Engraving, 17--.
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A doctor asks how his patient is feeling, the patient (a precocious child) retorts condescendingly. Reproduction of a drawing by C. A. Shepperson, 1921.
Shepperson, Claude A. (Claude Allin), 1867-1921.Date: 1921Reference: 15420i- Pictures
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A dowager commenting on a doctor's youth and perhaps inexperience, he retorts that he is learning on children. Wood engraving by G. Wallis-Mills?, 1908.
Wallis-Mill, G.Date: 1908Reference: 15368i- Pictures
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A doctor asking a dealer about horses, the dealer retorts that like doctors you can buy horses at many different prices. Wood engraving by WIH, 1892.
H., W. I., active 1893.Date: 1892Reference: 14300i- Pictures
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A patient asking her doctor his political leanings, he retorts that it varies - depending on who he is treating. Wood engraving after A.T. Smith.
Smith, Albert Talbot, 1877-Reference: 15665i- Pictures
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A town gentleman visiting a village dentist and enquiring if he uses gas, the dentist retorts he does but prefers daylight. Process print after G. Du Maurier, 1895.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1895Reference: 15538i- Pictures
A dentist asking a nervous patient would she like gas, she retorts no she doesn't want him poking around in the dark. Process print after T. Sarg.
Sarg, Tony, 1880-1942.Reference: 16807i- Pictures
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A doctor examining a little boy for throat problems, he enquires whether the child snores, the child retorts that his mother does. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1894.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1894Reference: 14306i- Pictures
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A plant (Cerinthe retorta Sibth. & Sm.): flowering plant with separate fruit and flower section. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16593i