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A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade. Consisting of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a compleat catalogue of the several sorts of earths, and their proper product; the best sorts of manure for each; with the art of draining and flooding of lands; as also full and exact histories of trades, as malting, brewing, &c. the description and structure of instruments for husbandry, and carriages, with the manner of their imrovement; an account of the rivers of England, &c. and how far they may be made navigable; of weights and measures, of woods, cordage, and metals; of building and stowage the vegetation of plants, &c. with many other useful particulars, communicated by several eminent members of the Royal Society, to the collector, John Houghton, F.R.S. Now revised, corrected, and published, with a preface and useful indexes, by Richard Bradley, F.R.S. and professor of botany in the University of Cambridge. In three volumes.
Houghton, John, 1640-1705.Date: M,DCC,XXVII. [i.e. 1727 - 1728]- Books
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A sermon preach'd on Sunday, April 4, 1742; before the University of Oxford. By Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church.
Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Pictures
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A surgeon bleeding Ragotin's arm - upon waking and attempting to get dressed he discovered his clothes were too tight and he believes his body has swollen in the night. Engraving.
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An affluent man receiving galvanic electric therapy from a French quack doctor, while staring intently out of the window. Coloured etching.
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The character of a Methodist. By John Wesley, M.A. A Presbyter of the Church of England.
Wesley, John, 1703-1791.Date: M.D.CC.LI. [1751]- Books
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A sermon preached before the House of Lords, in the Abbey-Church of Westminster, on Saturday, January 30th, 1747: Being the Day appointed to be observed as the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I. By Richard Lord Bishop of Carlisle.
Osbaldeston, Richard, 1690-1764.Date: M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]- Books
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A new epitome of the annals of Great-Britain: or, a succinct, impartial history of England, from the remotest period of intelligence to the conclusion of the last war. Containing A satisfactory Account of every interesting Occurrence and memorable Character, relative to English History, both at Home and Abroad. Particularly its Origin; the Progress of its Empire; Laws; Civil and Religious Establishment; its various remarkable Operations, Naval and Military; with the Transactions of the most celebrated Personages who distinguished themselves in a Political, Ecclesiastical, or Military Capacity. - Interspersed with Cuts of all the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to George III. inclusive. - With an Introduction, on the Constitution and Polity of Great-Britain; its Division into Counties, and the principal Towns in each, their Disance from London, &c. To which is prefixed, a new and correct Map of England. Useful for Youth at Schools, as well as others who are desirous of retaining what they have read of the History of their Country. The second edition, enlarged and corrected. By G. Grey.
Grey, G. (Gilbert).Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Deborah and Barak the glorious instruments of Israel's deliverance. A sermon preach'd at the cathedral church of Rochester, on the seventh of September, 1704. Being the Thanksgiving - Day for The Glorious Victory obtained by the Duke of Marlborough, over the French and Bavarian Armies, at Bleinbeim near Hochstet, on the Banks of the Danube. Published at the Request of Some Gentlemen. By John Grant, M. A. Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Rochester, and Vicar of St. Dunstan's in the West, London.
Grant, John, 1652 or 1653-1736.Date: MDCCIV. [1704]- Pictures
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A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: May 23. 1799Reference: 35692i- Pictures
A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.
Lafrensen, Niklas, 1737-1807.Date: [1786]Reference: 15864i- Books
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Political arithmetick, or The Old and New Interest Numbers. April 23, 1754. The Poll was closed at the Election for the County of Oxford, which began the 17th, when the Numbers were as follows, viz. For Lord Viscount Wenman, - 2033 Sir James Dashwood, Bart. - 2014 Lord Viscount Parker, - 1919 Sir Edward Turner, Bart - 1890 Majority for Lord Wenman against Lord Parker 114 against Sir Edward Turner 143 Majority for Sir James Dashwood against Lord Parker 95 against Sir Edward Turner 124 The next Day, being the 24th, the Sheriff declared the Numbers, and a Majority in Favour of Lord Wenman and Sir James Dashwood; but a Scrutiny being demanded, the same began the 9th of May, and ended the 30th of the same Month, when the Sheriff thought fit to make a Double Return.
Oxfordshire (England)Date: 1755]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. De Vleyt, Claas Ehlers, Master. Joseph Wright, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Look-Out, and Jeremiah Major, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Prince of Orange, the Captors, - - - - Appellants. Anthony Songa, of London, Merchant, Claimant of all the Cargo on behalf of the Brothers Von Obwexer, and others, Imperial and Neutral Subjects, the pretended Owners thereof, - - - - - Respondent. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England. Appendix to the appellants Further case.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1788?]- Books
The seconde parte of William Turner's Herball : wherein are conteyned the names of herbes in Greke / Latin / Duche / Frenche / and in the Apothecaries Latin / and somtyme in Italiene / wyth the vertues of the same herbes wyth diuerse confutationes of no small errours / that men of no small learning haue committed in the intreatinge of herbes of late yeares. Here vnto is ioyned also a booke of the bath of Baeth in Englande / and of the vertues of the same wyth diuerse other bathes moste holsum and effectuall / both in Almany and Englande ... / set furth by William Turner Doctor of Physik.
Turner, William, -1568.Date: In the yeare of our Lorde 1562- Books
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Doctors of Samuel Johnson and his court / by James P. Warbasse.
Warbasse, James Peter, 1866-1957.Date: 1908- Books
Friends or foes? : doctors and their patients in early modern England / Ronald C. Sawyer.
Sawyer, Ronald C.Date: 1995- Books
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Englands monethly observations and predictions, for the yeare of our blessed Saviour, 1653 : Fore-told by those two famous astrologers of our age, Mr. William Lilly, and Mr. Culpeper. The tune is. Faire angel of England.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: [1653]- Books
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A demonstration of some eighteenth century obstetric forceps / by Alban Doran.
Doran, Alban H. G. (Alban Henry Griffiths), 1849-1927.Date: 1913- Books
William Hoare of Bath R.A., 1707-1792 : Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, November 3 - December 8 1990 / catalogue by Evelyn Newby.
Date: 1990- Books
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A copy of the poll for a knight of the shire for the county of Northampton. Taken at Northampton, On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 18th Days of April, 1748. Sir Thomas Drury, Bart. High Sheriff. Candidates. Valentine Knightley, Esq; 2228 William Hanbury, Esq; - 2082 Majority - - 146
Northamptonshire (England)Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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A sermon on the death of the Rt. Honorable Anthony Earl of Harold. Preached at the Church of St. Paul in Bedford the 29th of September 1723. Before the Corporation and Gentry of the County By Tho. Parne, M. A. Fellow of Trin. College Cambridge, Chaplain to his late Lordship.
Parne, Thomas, 1693 or 1694-1751.Date: 1724- Pictures
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A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Colour stipple engraving by J. Parker, 1783, after J. Northcote.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831.Date: [1783]Reference: 21778i- Books
The imposteress rabbit breeder : Mary Toft and eighteenth-century England / Karen Harvey.
Harvey, Karen, 1971-Date: 2020- Books
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The history of religion: particularly of the principal denominations of Christians, viz. Of the Church of Rome, --- England, --- Scotland, - Nonjurors, - Lutherans, - Presbyterians, Of the Independents, - Baptists in general, - Quakers, -- Antinomians, - Moravians, - Methodists in general. Containing a succinct and genuine account of their original and present constitution, discipline, doctrines, worship, and ceremonies: With a general Account of the various Sectaries of less Note, since the first Establishment of Christianity. Including a general History of the Reformation, and so much of Civil and Ecclesiastical History as is connected with, or necessary to explain and illustrate the Work. To which is added, A Dictionary of the principal Religious Orders, Offices, Days, Rites, Customs, Habits, and Characters; the most important Transactions of Ecclesiastical Councils, Synods, &c. explaining all such ambiguous Words and Phrases as have a proper Connexion with the Subjects of this History. By an impartial hand.
Murray, James, 1732-1782.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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A short answer to the queries of the cobler and his patrons. Did your old member Lord John Cavendish behave most honourably to you, when in the House of Commons he declared he had instructions from his constituents in his pocket - but he should pay no regard to them? ...
Cordwainer.Date: 1784]- Books
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Die Kenntniss von den Krankheiten des Herzens im achtzehnten Jahrhundert : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Medizin / von P.J. Philipp.
Philipp, P.J.Date: 1856