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The case of riches under the Gospel dispensation consider'd: in a spittal sermon preach'd before ... the Lord Mayor of London, the Court of Aldermen, and the governours of the several hospitals of the City; at the parish church of St. Bridget on April 13, 1726 / [John Landon].
Landon, John, 1674?-1729.Date: 1726- Books
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The case of riches under the gospel dispensation consider'd: in a spittal sermon preach'd before the ... mayor of London, ... at the parish-church of St. Bridget, on April 13. 1726. ... By John Landon, ...
Landon, John, active 1726.Date: 1726- Books
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A discourse against transubstantiation. By His Grace, John, late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.Date: [1728]- Books
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The history of the revolutions in the Empire of Morocco, upon the death of the late Emperor Muley Ishmael; being a most exact journal of what happen'd in those parts in the last and part of the present year. ... Written by Captain Braithwaite, ... With a map of the country, engraven by Mr. Senex.
Braithwaite, John, 1700?-1768?.Date: 1729- Books
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Cassandra, a romance. In five parts. Written originally in French, and faithfully translated into English, by Sir Charles Cotterell, Master of the Ceremonies to King Charles I. and King Charles II. ...
La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste, seigneur de, -1663.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]- Books
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A persuasive to frequent communion in the holy sacrament of the Lord's-Supper. By his Grace John, late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.Date: 1730- Books
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The illustrious French lovers; being the true histories of the amours of several French persons of quality. In which are contained A great Number of excellent Examples, and rare and uncommon Accidents; Shewing The Polite Breeding and Gallantry of the Gentlemen and Ladies of the French Nation. Written originally in French, and translated into English by Mrs. P. Aubin. In two volumes.
Challes, Robert, 1659-approximately 1720.Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]- Books
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The philosophical transactions and collections, to the end of the year 1720. Abridged and disposed under general heads. In five volumes. By John Lowthorp, ... and Henry Jones, ...
Royal Society (Great Britain)Date: 1732- Books
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Britannia: or A chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the adjacent islands. Written in Latin by William Camden, clarenceux, King at Arms. And translated into English, with additions and improvements. Revised, digested, and published, with large additions, by Edmund Gibson, D.D. rector of Lambeth; and now bishop of London, and dean of His Majesty's Chapel-Royal.
Camden, William, 1551-1623.Date: [1730?]- Books
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The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forest-trees: With directions how to plant, make, and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. Also rules and tables shewing how the ingenious planter may measure superficial figures, divide woods or land, and measure timber and other solid bodies, either by arithmetick or geometry: with the uses of that excellent line, the line of numbers, by several new examples; and many other rules, useful for most men. Illustrated with figures, proper for avenues, walks, and lawns, &c. By Moses Cook, gardiner to the earl of Essex at Cashioberry.
Cook, Moses.Date: M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]- Books
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A commentary upon the historical books of the Old Testament, viz. Genesis. Exodus. Leviticus. Numbers. Deuteronomy. Joshua. Judges. Ruth. I. Samuel. II. Samuel. I. Kings. II. Kings. I. Chronicles. II. Chronicles. Ezra. Nehemiah. Esther. In two volumes. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Symon Patrick, late Lord Bishop of Ely.
Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]- Books
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The christian life, from its beginning to its consummation in glory. In four parts, compleat. Which contains the whole five volumes as printed in the octavo editions. Part I. Of the Practice of the Christian Virtues; and of the Use of the Instrumental Duties of Christianity. Part II. Wherein the Fundamental Principles of Christian Duty, and in particular the Doctrine of Our Saviour's Mediation, are Assign'd, Explain'd and Prov'd. Part III. Treating of the great Duties of Justice, Mercy and Mortification. Part IV. Wherein is shew'd, I. The Worth and Excellency of the Soul. II. The Divinity and Incarnation of our Saviour. III. The Authority of the Holy Scriptures. IV. The Obligation of the People to read the Scriptures. V. A Dissuasive from Apostacy. By John Scott, D. D. Late Rector of St. Giles in the Fields. With proper and useful indexes.
Scott, John, 1639-1695.Date: M.DCC.XXIX. [1729] [i.e. 1730]- Books
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Micro-Techne; or, a methodical introduction to the art of chirurgery: in which every branch thereof is handled in a most natural, compendious and perspicuous manner; and constant References are made, under each Head, to the Best Authors who have treated on that Subject more largely. Together with a Critique on the most Eminent Writers in the Art. Written in Latin by Johannes van Horne, Professor of Anatomy and Chirurgery in the University of Leyden. Translated with additions, by Henry Banyer, surgeon.
Horne, Johannes van, 1621-1670.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
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The procession and ceremonies observed at the time of the installation of the knights companions of the Most Honourable Military order of the Bath: Upon Thursday June, 17, 1725. With the arms, names, titles, &c. of the knights companions, and of their esquires, as they are fix'd up in Henry VIIth's chapel in Westminster Abbey. By John Pine, engraver. N.B. The portraits of most of the knights companions and officers of the order are done from original pictures painted for that purpose.
Pine, John, 1690-1756.Date: MDCCXXX. [1730]- Books
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The scripture chronology demonstrated by astronomical calculations, The scripture chronology demonstrated by astronomical calculations,and also by the year of jubilee, and the sabbatical year among the Jews: or, an account of time from the creation of the world, to the destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be proved from the writings of the Old and New Testament. In a method hitherto unattempted; and which was first proposed by the learned Archbishop Usher. In which the Hebrew text is vindicated; and the objections against it, as consisting of many mutilations, and numerical alterations, are occasionally considered; and the authority of the Samaritan and Septuagint versions, in opposition to the original copy, is confuted. Together with the history of the world, from the Creation, to the time when Dr. Prideaux began his Connexion. Illustrated with a great variety of tables, maps, and copper plates. By Arthur Bedford, M. A. Rector of Newton St. Loe in the county of Somerset, and chaplain to the Haberdashers-Hospital at Hoxton near London.
Bedford, Arthur, 1668-1745.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
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A commentary upon the larger and lesser prophets: being a continuation of Bishop Patrick. By William Lowth, B. D. Prebendary of Winchester.
Lowth, William, 1660-1732.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
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The compleat measurer; or, the whole art of measuring. In two parts. The first part teaching decimal arithmetick, with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. And also the Multiplication of Feet and Inches, commonly call'd Cross-Multiplication. The second part teaching to measure all sorts of superficies and solids, by Decimals, by Cross-Multiplication, and by Scale and Compasses. Also the Works of several Artificers relating to Building; and the Measuring of Board and Timber: Shewing the common Errors. And some Practical Questions. The second edition; to which is added, an appendix, 1. Of Gauging, 2. Of Land-Measuring. Very useful for all tradesmen, especially Carpenters, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Painters, Joyners, Glasiers, Masons, &c. By William Hawney, Philomath. Recommended by the Rev. Dr. John Harris, F.R.S.
Hawney, William, active 1710-1750.Date: 1721- Books
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The young mathematician's guide: being a plain and easy introduction to the mathematicks. In five parts. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal, with all the useful Rules; And a General Method of Extracting the Roots of all Single Powers. II. Algebra, or Arithmetick in Species; wherein the Method of Raising and Resolving, Aequations is rendered Easy; and Illustrated with Variety of Examples, and Numerical Questions. Also the whole Business of Interest and Annuities, &c. perform'd by the Pen. III. The Elements of Geometry, Contracted, and Analytically Demonstrated; With a New and Easy Method of finding the Circle's Periphery and Area to any assigned Exactness, by one Aequation only; Also a New Way of making Sines and Tangents. IV. Conick-Sections, wherein the Chief Properties, &c. of the Ellipsis, Parabola, and Hyperbola, are clearly Demonstrated. V. The Arithmetick of Infinites Explain'd, and render'd Easy; with its Application to superficial and solid Geometry. With an appendix of practical gauging. The fifth edition, carefully corrected; and new tables of compound interest at five per cent. Calculated, and added by the author, John Ward.
Ward, John, active 1698-1709.Date: 1728- Books
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A commentary upon the historical books of the Old Testament, viz. Genesis. Exodus. Leviticus. Numbers. Deuteronomy. Joshua. Judges. Ruth. I. Samuel. II. Samuel. I. Kings. II. Kings. I. Chronicles. II. Chronicles. Ezra. Nehemiah. Esther. In two volumes. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr Symon Patrick, late Lord Bishop of Ely.
Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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A new dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish, much more copious than any other hitherto extant. Laying down The true Etymology of Words, with their various Significations; Terms of Arts and Sciences, Proper Names of Men and Women, Surnames of Families, Titles of Honour, the Geography of Spain and the West Indies, and principal Plants growing in those Parts. To all which are added, Vast Numbers of Proverbs, Phrases, and Difficult Expressions, all literally explained, with their Equivalents. By Captain John Stevens. = Dicionario nuevo Español y Ingles, y Ingles y Español; mucho mas copioso que quantos hasta aora han salido à luz. En el qual se pone la Etymologia de las Palabras, con sus varias Significaciones; Terminos de Artes y Sciencias, Nombres propios de Hombres y Mugeres, Apellidos de Casas o Familias, Titulos de Nobleza, la Geographia de Espana y de las Indias Occidentales, y las principales Plantas que se crian en dichas partes. A lo qual se ha anadido una immensidad de Refranes, Phrases, y Modos de hablar Obscuros, Todos explicados a la Letra, con sus Equivalentes. Por el Capitan Don Juan Stevens.
Stevens, John, -1726.Date: M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]- Books
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A rational illustration of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. Wherein liturgies in general are proved lawful and necessary, and an Historical Account is given of our own: The several Tables, Rules, and Kalendar are considered, and the seeming Differences reconcil'd: All the Rubricks Prayers, Rites, and Ceremonies are explained, and compared with the Liturgies of the Primitive Church: The exact Method and Harmony of every Office is shew'd, and all the material Alterations are observed, which have at any time been made since the first Common-Prayer-Book of King Edward VI. with the particular Reasons that occasioned them. The whole being the substance of every thing liturgical in Bishop Sparrow, Mr. L'estrange, Dr. Comber, Dr. Nichols, and all former Ritualists, Commentators, or others, upon the same Subject; collected and reduc'd into one continued and regular Method, and interspersed all along with new Observations. The fourth edition, printed from the folio. By Charles Wheatly, M. A. Late Fellow of St. John Baptist's College in Oxford.
Wheatly, Charles, 1686-1742.Date: M.DCC.XXII. [1722]- Books
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The compleat measurer; or, the whole art of measuring. In two parts. The first part teaching decimal arithmetick, with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. And also the Multiplication of Feet and Inches, commonly call'd Cross-Multiplication. The second part teaching to measure all sorts of superficies and solids, by Decimals, by Cross-Multiplication, and by Scale and Compasses. Also the Works of several Artificers relating to Building; and the Measuring of Board and Timber: Shewing the common Errors. And some Practical Questions. The third edition; to which is added, an appendix, 1. Of Gauging, 2. Of Land-Measuring. Very useful for all tradesmen, especially Carpenters, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Painters, Joiners, Glasiers, Masons, &c. By William Hawney, Philomath. Recommended by the Rev. Dr. John Harris, F. R. S.
Hawney, William, active 1710-1750.Date: M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]- Books
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The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: containing fifty four sermons and discourses, on several occasions. Together with The rule of faith. Being all that were published by his Grace himself, and now collected into one volume. To which is added, An alphabetical table of the principal matters.
Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.Date: 1728- Books
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The antiquities of Italy. Being the travels of the learned and reverend Bernard de Montfaucon, from Paris through Italy, in the years 1698. and 1699. Containing I. An Account of several Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nismes, and Marseilles in France. II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Ancient Monuments, Libraries, Statues, Paintings, Tombs, Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Temples, Monasteries, Churches, Palaces, and other Curious Structures, most of them unobserv'd by all other Travellers. III. Collections of Rarities, wonderful Subterraneous Passages and Burial-Places, Old Roads, Gates, &c. with the Description of a Noble Monument found under Ground at Rome, in the Year M.DCC.II. Made English from the Paris edition, of the Latin original. Adorn'd with cuts. The second edition, revis'd throughout with large improvements, and Corrections, communicated by the Author to the Editor John Henley, M. A.
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]- Books
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Silva: or, a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions: As it was delivered in the Royal Society the 15th of October, 1662, upon Occasion of certain Quaeries propounded to that Illustrious Assembly, by the Honourable and Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. In two books. Together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves. Terra, a philosophical essay of earth; being a Lecture in Course. To which is annex'd, Pomona: or an appendix concerning fruit-trees, in relation to cyder; the Making, and several Ways of Ordering it. Publish'd by express Order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarium hortense; Or, The Gardener's Almanack; Directing what is to do Monthly throughout the Year. By John Evelyn, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.Date: M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]