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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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The royal sin: or, Adultery rebuk'd in a Geat King: Or, The history of David and Bathsheba, moderniz'd in verse. By a Romish Priest; lately converted to the Protestant religion.
Romish Priest.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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The rights of priests. Consisting of extracts from Pigott's Political dictionary.
Pigott, Charles, -1794.Date: [1795]- Books
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An Answer to Father O'Fogherty's letter, to a Count of Milan, of the Most Holy Roman Empire, and Fellow of the Royal Society, &c. &c.
Date: Printed in the year MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The secret history of priest-craft: or, the Spanish Inquisition, erected by Mr. John King, teacher of a congregation in Wellingborough, formerly Protestant: in direct opposition to the doctrine maintain'd, and fully Prov'd, by the Lord Bishop of Bangor, in his Sermon before the King, March 31. 1717; and by the Protestant Churches, both Foreign and Domestick. With the Opinion of the Revd. Mr. Eben. Chandler, Dav. Some, J. Jennings, John Hunt, and T. Milway, neighbouring Ministers thereupon. To which is added, by way o rebuke, a letter to the Reverend Mr. Milway. By John Rappitt.
Rappitt, John.Date: 1718- Books
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A seasonable check to the fury of an unfledg'd minister of the Gospel. In a letter to the Reverend Mr. T- - - - - - - A very young Glóstershire Clergyman. Written by Mr. J- - - - - - - - A very young Wiltshire Layman. Occasion'd by the former's falsly charging the latter with Atheism. In which are interspers'd some Observations on Atheism and Superstition, together with a Hint or two to the Professors of Christianity in general.
J- - - - - - - -, Mr.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]