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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
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Lying low for lockdown and beyond
For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.
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Shame and the online free-for-all
Lucia Osborne-Crowley looks at how shame manifests online, where public humiliation is common and second chances all too rare.
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A view of human nature: or, select histories; giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their Perfections or Defects, either of Body or Mind; or who have been, in any Respect, remarkable Instances of Divine Providence. The Whole collected from the best Authors in various Languages, with the Addition of several curious Particulars never before publish'd; and digested under the following Heads, amongst many others, viz. Monstrous and preternatural Births. Giants and Dwarfs. Vast Strength of some Persons. Extraordinary Longevity. Persons who have return'd to Life after they have been supposed to be dead. Strange Discoveries of Murder. The Strength of Imagination. Great Memory. Loving Husbands and Wives. $$gent Parents, and dutiful children. Gratitude and Friendship. Singular Chastity. Uncommon Patience and Fortitude. Pride and Ambition. Great Eaters and Drinkers. Instance of Temperance and long Abstinence. Great Sleepers, and Walkers in their Sleep. Dreams, Presages, and Predictions. Magicians, Wizards, and Witches. Apparitions. Persons wonderfully preserv'd from Death. Horrid Imprecations, and Appeals to God, &c. &c. &c. With Miscellaneous Notes.
Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Books
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An Act for the relief of debtors, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons.
Great Britain.Date: 1729]- Books
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The english baronetage: containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets, now existing: their descents, marriages, and issues; Memorable Actions, both in War, and Peace; Religious and Charitable Donations; Deaths, Places of Burial, and Monumental Inscriptions; collected From Authentick Manuscripts, Records, Old Wills, our best Historians, and other Authorities. Illustrated with their coats of arms, Curiously Engraven, on copper-plates: with An Explanatory Index of the Terms in Heraldry, referring to the Arms. Also Correct Lists; I. Of the Present Baronets, in the Order of Precedence. II. Of those who are now Peers of Great-Britain, or Ireland. III. Of those Foreigners, who have had this Dignity conferr'd on them. IV. Of those, whose Titles are now Extinct. Likewise exact tables of precedence; Particularly with Respect to the Wives, Sons, and Daughters, of Baronets, and Knights. To whic are added, an account of such Nova-Scotia baronets as are of English Families, now Resident in England: and a list of such persons Names who were deemed Fit and Qualified, at the Restoration, to be made Knights of the Royal Oak, with the Value of their Estates, as then given in. Vol. I.
Wotton, Thomas, -1766.Date: 1741- Books
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Some observations on a bill entituled, An Act for Indemnifying such Persons as shall upon Examination make Discoveries touching the Disposition of Publick Money, or concerning the Disposition of Offices, or any Payments or Agreements in Respect thereof; or concerning other Matters relating to the conduct of Robert Earl of Orford.
Date: [1742]- Books
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Some observations on a bill entituled, An Act for Indemnifying such Persons as shall upon Examination make Discoveries touching the Disposition of Publick Money, or concerning the Disposition of Offices, or any Payments or Agreements in Respect thereof; or concerning other Matters relating to the conduct of Robert Earl of Orford.
Date: [1742]