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Homesick for planet Earth
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Finding a cure for homesickness
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Happy Joy Smile
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Two questions considered: what is it that we have to defend: and against whom? By a true-hearted Briton.
True-hearted Briton.Date: 1798- Books
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Royal Society of Musicians. Under the patronage, and by command of their Majesties, And under the direction of The Earl of Exeter, Honorary President. The Earl of Sandwich, The Earl of Uxbridge, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. and Sir Richard Jebb, Bart. Honorary Vice-Presidents. Will be performed, in Westminster-Abbey, The following selections of sacred music, from Handel's works. On Thursday, June 2d, 1785, Part I. Overture in Esther. Dettingen Te Deum. Part II. Second Hautboy Concerto. Song. Pious Orgies, (judas Macchaboeus.) Select Parts of the Funeral Anthem. Chorus. How excellent is thy Name, O Lord (saul) Part III. Anthem. O come let us sing unto the Lord. Fourth Hautboy Concerto. Coronation Anthem. My Heart is inditing. On Monday, June 6th, Part I. Overture in Joseph. Song. Total Eclipse, Chorus. O first created Beam, Jubilate. (samson) Part II. Fifth Grand Concerto. Song. He was Eyes to the Blind. Anthem. As pants the Hart. Chorus. The Lord shall reign, (israel in Egypt.) Part III. Fifth Hautboy Concerto. Song. Shall I in Mamre's fertile Plain, (joshua.) Chorus. For all these Mercies. Recitative. O clap your Hands together; and Song. O give Thanks. Chorus. Ye Sons of Israel, (joshua.) Coronation Anthem. Zadock the Priest. And on Wednesday, June the 8th, The Sacred Oratorio of The Messiah. The Band will be as numerous, and the Performances on the same Grand Scale as they were last Year, at the Commemoration of Handel. The Profits arising from the several Performances, will be applied to the Fund for Decayed Musicians, the Westminster Hospital, and St. George's Hospital. - Tickets, at One Guinea for each of the Performances, will be delivered on Monday, the 2d, Wednesday the 4th, and Friday the 6th of May, at the St. Alban's-Tavern, St. Alban's-Street, Pall-Mall; and will continue to be delivered, at the same Place, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of every Week, 'till the Time of Performance, from Ten in the Morning, to Six in the Evening. It is requested, that those who mean to honor this Celebrity with their Attendance, will be as early in their Application for Tickets, as they conveniently can, as it is intended to stop the Delivery of Tickets, when a sufficient Number has been disposed of, to fill the Places allotted for the Company; for it is proposed, to prevent Confusion, that this Year there shall be no Distinction of Places between Subscribers and Non-Subscribers.
Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)Date: [1785]- 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]- Books
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The Nature, origin, progress, &c. of the devotion to the adorable heart of Jesus. From the French.
Date: 1800- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: c.1885-c.1980Reference: WF/M/I/DM/01/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd