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Breslaw's last legacy: or, the conjuror unmasked. Containing All That IS Curious, Pleasing, Entertaining, And Comical, Selected from the most celebrated Masters of Slight Of Hand And Deception, Mathematical Inventions, &c. Wherein IS Displayed The Mode and Manner of deceiving the Eye, As practised by those celebrated Masters of Mirthful Deceptions, Breslaw, Sieur Comus, Jonas, Pinetti, &c. Also, Interpretations Of Dreams, Signification Of Moles, Palmistry, Remarkable Stories, &c. The Whole Forming A Book Of Real Knowledge In The Art Of Conjuration. With an accurate Description of making The Air Balloon. The tenth edition, with great additions and improvements.
Date: 1792- Books
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Sports and pastime: or, Hocus-Pocus improv'd. Shewing, 1. To turn water into wine. 2. To convey a card out of a nut-shell. 3. To catch birds. 4. To take Eels. 5. To make sport with an Egg 6. To fetch a Shilling out of a Handkerchief. 7. To wring Beer out of the Handle of a Knife. 8. Tricks with Tobacco-Pipes. 9. To win at Racing. 10. To know Cross or Pile by the Sound of Money. 11. To wrap one's Knuckles. 12. To make you laugh till the Tears stand in your Eyes. 13. To fox Fish. 14. A Philosoph-Experiment: 15. To cure the Tooth-Ach. 16. To bring 2 Pieces together 17. To win a Wager by feeling, 18. To take Conies. 19. To catch Wild-Ducks. 20. Sport with a Maid. 21. To make Liquor boil out of a Pot. 22. To prevent frothing Pots. 23. To Hatch-Chickens without a Hen. 24. Make it freeze by the Fire. 25. To take a String off a Pipe 26. To make good Sport. 27. To strike Chalks through a Table. 28. To convey Money away. 29. To play the wag with a Servant-Maid. 30. To make Sport with Bells. 31. Meat to seem Magotty. 32. To write invisible. 33. To cut the Blowing-Book. 34. To Engrave 35. The Egg-Box. 36. The Melting-Box. 37. The Globe-Box. 38. To cut Cloth, and make it whole again. 39. To make a Knife leap out of a Pot. 40. To take Buttons off a string 41. To cut Glass. 42. The Mosaick Rod. 43. To draw an Egg through a Ring. 44. To put Pease in your Eye. 45. Harts-Horn to make grow. 46. To write in a Dark-Night. 47. To walk on a hot Iron. 48. To eat Fire. 49. A Room to seem on fire. 50. To have a Sallad grow while the Meat roasts. 51. An Egg to fly in the air. 52. A sheet of paper call'd trouble-wit. With divers other legerdemain curiosities.
Date: [1705?]- Books
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By permission of the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, and the Worshipful the Mayor. In the Concert Room at the Red Lion, Petty-Cury, on Tuesday the 25th of this instant November, will be presented for the first time here, Collins's Evening brush, for rubbing off the rust of care, ..
Collins, John, 1742-1808.Date: 1788]- Books
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Gale's cabinet of knowledge; or, miscellaneous recreations. Containing moral and philosophical essays, Propositions, Natural and Metaphysical Maxims, And Observations on select subjects of general Utility. With a series of easy, entertaining, and interesting, mechanical, magnetical, & magical experiments. Including the most celebrated card deceptions ever exhibited. Together with about seven hundred serious, comical, and humorous Queries, Paradoxes, &c. &c. with pertinent and Ingenious answers. Being the Essence taken from The Lady's, Gentleman's, & Carnan's Diaries-Martin's Philosophical Magazines-Ozanam & Hooper's Recreations, &c. &c. (illustrated with Copper-Plate Engravings). To which are added a great number of Originals. Likewise, An Appendix; containing various propositions tending to prove Light and Heat two distinct beings. With some curious Definitions in optics.
Gale, John, active 18th century-19th century.Date: 1796- Books
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Gale's cabinet of knowledge; or miscellaneous recreations: containing moral and philosophical essays, propositions, natural and metaphysical maxims, And Observations on select subjects of general Utility; with a series of easy, entertaining, and interesting mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments: including the most celebrated card deceptions ever exhibited. Together with about Seven Hundred Serious, Comic, and Humorous Queries, Paradoxes, &c. &c. with pertinent and ingenious answers, comprising the essence of The Lady's, Gentleman's, and Carnan's Diaries,-Martin's Philosophical Magazines,-Ozanam and Hooper's Recreations, &c. &c. (illustrated with copper-plate engravings.) To which is added a great number of originals. Likewise an appendix; containing various propositions tending to prove light and heat two distinct beings; With some curious definitions in optics.
Gale, John, active 18th century-19th century.Date: M,DCCC. [1800]- Books
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An essay on recreations. By Vin. Perronet, A. M. Vicar of Shoreham in Kent; and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope.
Perronet, Vincent, 1693-1785.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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Healthful amusements, and ingenious exercises: or the nobleman's pocket companion in sports & recreations. Containing the art and cunning in hunting, The Names and Descriptions of the Beasts of Chace; the Choice of Hounds, &c. The managing of Horses, Racing, &c. The method of Hawking. Of Bowling. Of Tennis. Of Cock-Fighting. Of Fowling. How to take all manner of Fowls and Birds; The Art of Fishing, and sundry curious baits, and how to procure and keep them for Fishing.
Date: [1770?]- Books
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Mirth admit me of thy crew! Whitsuntide revel on Marlborough Common, on Wednesday in the Whitsun week, 1795.
Date: 1795]- Books
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Some arguments in favour of the intended heads of a bill for regulating the stage in the city of Dublin.
Date: 1780?]- Books
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Remarks on the prevaling custom of attending stage entertainments; also on the present taste for reading romances and novels; and on some other customs; Submitted, with a Heart overflowing with Good-Will, to the Notice and Consideration of the Professors of the Christian Name, in the different religious Societies; By John Kendall. The second edition. To which is added, remarks on subjects not noticed before.
Kendall, John, 1726-1815.Date: 1796- Books
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The danger of masqueradess and raree-shows, or the complaints of the stage, against masquerades, opera's, assemblies, Balls, Puppet-Shows, Bear-Gardens, Cock-Fights, Wrestling, Posture-Masters, Cudgel-Playing, Foot-Ball, Rope-Dancing, Merry-Makings, and several other irrational Entertainments, as being the Ground and Occasion of the late Decay of Wit in the Island of Great-Britain. By C.R. of C.C.C. Oxford. Inscribed to Mrs. Oldfield.
C. R., of C.C.C., Oxford.Date: [1718]- Books
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Positively but twice more. By permission of the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, and the Worshipful the Mayor. In the Concert Room at the Red Lion, Petty-Cury, on Thursday the 27th of this instant November, will be presented Collins's Evening brush, ...
Collins, John, 1742-1808.Date: 1788]- Books
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Gale's cabinet of knowledge; or miscellaneous recreations. Containing moral and philosophical essays, propositions, natural and metaphysical maxims. And Observations on select subjects of general Utility. With a series of easy, entertaining, and interesting mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments. Including the most celebrated card deceptions ever exhibited. together with about seven hundred serious, comical, and Humorous Queries, Paradoxes, &c. &c. With pertinent and ingenious answers. Being the Essence taken from The Lady's, Gentleman's, & Carnan's Diaries-Martin's Philosophical Magazines-Ozanam & Hooper's Recreations, &c. &c. (illustrated with Copper-Plate Engravings.) To which are added a great number of originals. Likewise, An appendix; containing various propositions tending to prove Light and Heat two distinct beings. With some curious definitions in Optics.
Gale, John, active 18th century-19th century.Date: 1797- Books
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Letter between Master Tommy and Miss Nancy Goodwill; Containing the history of their holiday amusements. Embellished with cuts.
Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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Amusement hall; or, an easy introduction to the attainment of useful knowledge. By a lady.
Lady.Date: 1794- Books
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Positivey [sic] the last time. By permission of the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, and the Worshipful the Mayor. In the Concert Room at the Red Lion, Petty-Cury, on Saturday the 26th of this instant November, will be presented Collins's Evening brush, ...
Collins, John, 1742-1808.Date: 1788]- Books
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The mirror of amusement, or, happy village. Being a new method of passing the year pleasantly and profitably, either in town or country. By Wm Wiseacre, Esq. Adorned with cuts.
Wiseacre, Wm.Date: [1780?]- Books
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Collins's Evening brush: (from Bath) Will be exhibited, for the third Time, On Saturday the 15th Instant, At the Free Masons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, with a diversity of Theatrical Anecdotes a la Scarron; and original songs, particularly The Brush; The Stage Play of Life; Date Obolum Bellisario; and The Golden Days of good Queen Bess! As it has been Twice received by an elegant Audience, with a Degree of Applause beyond the Author's most sanguine Expectations. The Doors to be opened at Six. To begin precisely at seven. Admittance, Three Shillings. N. B. This will be the last Exhibition till the Holidays.
Collins, John, 1742-1808.Date: 1788]