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An old soldier with a wooden leg telling a family about his experiences. Etching by W. Matthews after S. Jennen.
Jennen, S.Reference: 23091i- Pictures
An old soldier, standing by a wine stall in Avila, Spain, hardly able to stand. Etching by B. Maura, 1874, after V.D. Becquer, 1867.
Bécquer, Valeriano, 1834-1870.Date: [1875]Reference: 2497841iPart of: Grabador al agua fuerte.- Books
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A new divine hymn, Being suitable and comfortable Meditations for Christians.
Date: 1771- Books
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A letter from an old soldier; addressed to the army and navy, of Great Britain and Ireland. Dedicated to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, by his permission.
Old Soldier.Date: [1798]- Pictures
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Two boys stare at an old soldier with a large moustache. Lithograph.
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An old German soldier giving advice to a young one. Photographic postcard, 193-.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]Reference: 2060354iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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A man in soldier's uniform is walking past an old man in tattered clothing. Lithograph.
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An old Napoleonic soldier sits dreaming in his armchair with pipe in hand, below a poem entitled "à ma pipe". Engraving after N.-T. Charlet.
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.Reference: 24859i- Books
Rough notes by an old soldier : during fifty years' service, from Ensign G.B. to Major-General, C.B / [by George Bell].
Bell, George, Sir, 1794-1877Date: 1867- Pictures
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An old man with a wooden leg, probably a former soldier, marches with a shouldered broomstick to the drum beaten by a child behind him. Lithograph by T. Farlow after R. Farrier.
Farrier, Robert, 1796-1879.Reference: 44072i- Pictures
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A soldier bends down to put some money into the hand of an old lady who is sitting on the side of the road. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1829.
Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866.Date: [1829]Reference: 32051i- Books
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The works of the Reverend Mr. Edm. Hickeringill, late rector of All-Saints, Colchester. In two volumes. Containing 1. The History of the Whigs, their Plots, Principles, and Practices, in two Parts; being the Secret History of the Whigs, from the time of the Civil Wars, &c. 2. The horrid Sin of Man-Catching, or a true Idea and Character of wicked Magistrates, Apparitors, Bumms, and Catchpoles. 3. Curse ye Meroz, a Sermon, containing the Standard of our Obeto Soveraign Power, that Kings can do no Wrong with respect to the Doctrin of Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance. 4. An Apology for Distress'd Innocence, a Sermon, preach'd on the 30th of January, setting forth the restless Spirit of Republican Principles and King-Killing Practices. 5. The Lay-Clergy, or Lay-Elder, a short Essay on the Lawfulness of the Clergy's exercising Temporal Offices. 6. The Trimmer's friendly Debate with the Observator, concerning the Uniformity and Benediction of Charters; and the House of Commons not a House of Courtiers. 1. The Black Non-Conformist. 2. The Postscript to the same, on Excommunication. 3. Some Considerations on the Nature of Marriage, and a Description of Matrimony made by the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost. 4. The Author's Thoughts on Confirmation. 5. An Essay on the Vertue of Sequestration. 6. An Epistle to the Tories. 7. The Mushroom; in Answer to Mr. Drydens Satyr against Sedition. 8. A Postscript to the same. 9. The Ceremony-Monger. 10. The Good-Old-Cause; or, the Divine Captain: containing Arguments to make a Soldier Religious and Brave against the Fears of Death, in the Service of his Country. With several other Tracts. Corrected and revis'd by the author, some time before his death: with an index to the whole.
Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.Date: 1709- Pictures
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A Roman soldier and an old man walking among colossal Greek and Roman inscriptions and reliefs; a Greek fragment representing horses and a man's head in the foreground. Etching by A. Cardon after G. Bracci, ca. 1766.
Bracci, Giuseppe, active approximately 1768.Date: [1766?]Reference: 568198i- Books
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The dead alive: or The double funeral. A comic opera. In two acts. With additions and alterations. As performed by the Old American Company, in New-York: with universal applause. By John O'Keefe, Esquire; author of The poor soldier, Agreeable surprise, and twenty-four other dramatic pieces. With an account of the author.
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Pictures
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Elizabeth Gunning astride a cannon firing by the pen of her mother a blast of forged letters at the facade of Blenheim - which a figure defends with a blast of excrement - the Duchess of Bedford offers her petticoat as cover while General Gunning retreats from the battlefield; representing the Gunning scandal. Etching by J. Gillray, 1791.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 5 March 1791Reference: 12177i- Ephemera
An extraordinary and surprizing account of the case of a maniac : named Peter Ronney, who was confined in a dark room for fourteen years, in a small cottage at Woodseats, in the parish of Norton, without any fire place, bed, or bedding, with no covering but an old sheet, his beard was a yard in length.
Date: [between 1820 and 1829]- Pictures
A soldier approaches an open trunk watched by a group of men wearing nun head-dresses in the boudoir of a fashionable lady who sits at her vanity table. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800-1820.
Date: 1800-1820Reference: 589943i- Pictures
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Franco-Prussian War: two nurses treating a wounded German soldier on the battlefield. Wood engraving by W. Hollidge after Princess Louise.
Louise, Princess, Duchess of Argyll, 1848-1939.Date: 1870Reference: 21922i- Books
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For one night only. At the theatre, Wisbech: Mr. Scriven presents his most respectful Compliments to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Wisbech-Begs Leave to inform them he has at a great Expence purchased a Correct Copy of that truly admirable and entertaining Poetic and Prosaic Composition, called Collins's Evening Brush, Exhibited by the Author, in London and several of the Principal Cities and Towns in this Kingdom, to the most elegant and crowded Audiences-A Piece, allowed by all who have honoured it by their Attention to be replete with Wit, Humour, Satire, and Food for Laughter. On Friday Evening August 27th. 1790, will be presented a pasticcio, call'd Collins's Evening Brush. For Rubbing off the Rust of Care: Divided into four parts. Part I. An Exordium to the Audience, wherein the Author shews his wish to please, with a particular Attention to avoid giving Offence to any Individual, by a Sacrifice to the Shrine of Ill Nature, or the slightest Stab to moral Virtue Then follows as an Introduction to the Piece itself. The Brush Song. After which A Dissertation on Actors and Acting. The humorous contrast between Jack Sly and John Bull, the late David Garrick and Snip the Taylor. Hamlet and the Scot's Pedlar. The Tragedy Belwether, and Tragedy Bantam Cock. Concluding with a Comic Song, called Shakespear's seven Ages, In which will be Introduced The Infant, The Schoolboy, The Lover, The Soldier, The Justice, The Old Man, And Second Childhood. Part II. A Humorous Description of Parish Clerks. A critical dispute, Whether a Hedge Hog is an Animal, or a Vegetable; an Artifical or a Natural Curiosity. The Political Barber. The Learned Irish School-Master, teaching the Little Puny Whipsters their Cris-Cross-Row. Darby Logan, the Irish Bull-Maker. Concluding with an Irish Song. in which he gives a humorous Description of his Voyage from Dublin to London. End of Act II. - The Lass of Richmond Hill, by Mrs. Scriven: Part III. The Imperfect Norwich Actor, Dryden's Pegasus, The English Aristophanes The One armed Tragedian. And the Raw-Boned Actresses. Concluding with the Comic Song of, Ancient Rome contrasted with Modern London. A Hunting Song, by Mrs. Scriven. Part IV. A song, called the disgraced Roman General Bellisarius. The Puny Richard the Third. Concluding with a new comic song. During the evening The New Four & Twenty Fidlers. The Whole to Conclude with A Hornpipe by Mr. Sriven. Doors to be open'd at Six, and begin precisely at Seven O'Clock. - Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. Tickets to be had at the Inns, Printing-Office, and of Mr. Scriven at Mr. Friend's in Deadman's-Lane.
Scriven, Mr.Date: 1790]- Books
The old king in his exile / Arno Geiger ; translated by Stefan Tobler.
Geiger, Arno, 1968-Date: 2017- Books
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Economy of the hands and feet, fingers and toes : which includes the prevention and cure, of corns, bunnions, & deformed nails; the removal of excrescences, superfluous hairs, freckles, pimples, blotches, and other cutaneous eruptions; with safe and certain methods of rendering the skin white, soft and delicate, without detriment to health / by An Old Army Surgeon.
Date: 1830- Books
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Rules for the government of His Majesty's forces by land, during the present war. Of the greatest use to all officers, commanders, and even common soldiers. With submission to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. By an old experienced officer.
Old Experienced Officer.Date: [1745?]- Books
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The hermit: or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His conference with those who found him; to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life; his being born in the Parish of St. Giles, educated by the charity of a lady, and put apprentice to a Locksmith. II. His leaving his master, and being, taken up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; his lucky escape, and going to sea a Cabin-Boy, marrying a famous Prostitute, enlisting a common soldier, turning singing-master, and afterwards marrying three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. His being pardoned by the king, turning merchant, and being shipwrecked on this desolate island on the coast of Mexico.
Longueville, Peter, active 1727.Date: M.DCC.XCIV. [1794]- Books
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Original poems on various subjects, Serious, Moral, and Diverting, viz. I. An Essay on Dunning, in Seven Canto's. II. A Dissertation on Fashions. III. The parting Cup, or the Humours of Deoghedorus, in four Canto's. IV. The Captain's Retreat, with the Humours of an old Soldier. V. The Broken-Mug, in five Parts. VI. A short View of Parnassus. Vii. A Dissertation on Italian and Irish Musick, &c. Viii. An historical Poem on the Rise and Progress of the Charitable and Musical Society, &c. with several others, as may be seen in the Table of Contents. To this Edition, are added the following poems never before Published, viz. I. On the general Effect and Excellencies of Musick, but more particularly on the Famous Mr. Handel's Compositions and Performance. II. On Famine. III. On Plenty. IV. A Poetical description of Mr. Neal's new Musick-Hall. V. Gaffer and Gammer, with the Humours of a bad Landlord. VI. Some yearly Observations on Astrologers, &c. Vii. Ready Wit, as good as ready Money, a Rhapsody on various Topicks, with several others. By Laurence Whyte, A Lover of the Muses and Mathematicks.
Whyte, Laurence.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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The hermit: or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprizing adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was discovered by Mr Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived about fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him out; to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life; as, that he was born in the parish of St Giles, educated by the charitable contribution of a lady, and put 'prentice to a locksmith. II. How he left his master, and took up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; how, after his escape, he went to sea a cabin-boy, married a famous whore, listed himself a common soldier, turned a singing-master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was ship-wrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece.
Longueville, Peter, active 1727.Date: M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]