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The court oracle: a new miscellany. In which are contained, amongst many other curious Things, the following, viz. I. The secret history of that most celebrated prude Skirrissa; wherein the various Stratagems used by Sir Sidrophel with her Father, and their Intrigues to this Time, are amply set forth. Cum multis aliis. II. The Sequel of Tit for Tat. In a Dialogue between a Country Blackbird and a C- Goldfinch. III. The Wife's Revenge; or the impertinent Cuckold; who on Account of his ill Usage became a Prostitute: With their Proceedings at Law, and Seperation by mutual Consent. IV. The Secret History of Montizeuta: Containing an Account of her Amours; particularly with Crackezuma, a grand Scribe: The Discovery of her indecent Behaviour with him; her comical Adventure with a Gentleman at a Country Village, who enjoy'd her by a Stratagem, when she thought to pass undiscover'd; her extravagant Gestures at the Sight of the Corpse of her Paramour, the Scribe, who died of a loathsome Distemper; and her dressing herself in a Widow's Apparel on Account of his Death. V. An Officer and no Soldier. A Poem. Inscribed to the D-s of B-n and A - le. VI. Verses most humbly inscribed to the Right Hon, the Earl of Scarborough, on his resigning his Post of Master of the Horse to his Majesty. Vii. The History of a Knight and no Gentleman. Inscrib'd to Sir R- F-. Viii. A dialogue between two Jews, concerning the bill depending in Parliament for preventing stockjobbing. To which is added, The fair Jewess triumphant: OR Jacob's Folly in Attempting to Wrestie with an Angel.
Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
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The humble address of the ... Lords ... presented to His Majesty on Wednesday the twenty eighth day of June, 1727. With His Majesty's most gracious answer. Right Honourable the Spiritual and Temporal, In Parliament Assembled, -
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1727- Books
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His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday the twelfth day of August, 1746.
Great Britain. Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)Date: 1746- Books
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His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Thursday the seventeenth day of October, 1745.
Great Britain. Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)Date: 1745- Books
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The humble address of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, In Parliament Assembled, presented to His Majesty On Wednesday the Eighteenth Day of January, 1726. With His Majesty's most gracious answer.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1726[1727]- Books
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The black box broke open. The Roguery's Discovered and Robin will be hang'd at last. In a letter from -P. - T. Esq; to his Friend in the Country.
P. T., Esq.Date: MDCCXXIX [i.e.1729]- Books
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The secret expedition impartially disclos'd: or, An authentick, faithful Narrative of all Occurrences that happened to the Fleet and Army commanded by Sir E - H - and Sir J - M, From its first sailing to its Return to England. With Apparent Reasons for not landing the Infantry, and many other interesting Particulars, not yet made publick. By a Commissioned Officer on Board the Fleet, and Graduate of the University, &c.
Commissioned Officer on Board the Fleet.Date: [1757?]- Books
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History of the late war. By the King's royal licence and authority. On Saturday July 16, 1785, will be published, (embellished with the Four following beautiful Copper-Plates, Drawn and Engraved by the first Artists, viz. - I. A whole Length of George III. in his Coronation Robes, from a Painting of Sir Joshua Reynolds. - II. A striking Likeness of Sir George Augustus Eliott, Governor of Gibraltar. - III. A Quarto Chart of the British Channel, beautifully Coloured. - IV. An Emblematical Vignette, and Engraved Title.) number I. To be continued weekly, and completed in twenty-eight numbers, at one shilling each, a History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland. Commencing in 1775, and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, L.L.D.
Andrews, John, 1736-1809.Date: [1785]- Videos
Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians.
Date: 2013- Videos
The Bomb.
Date: 1980- Books
Medical theory and therapeutic practice in the eighteenth century : a transatlantic perspective / edited by Jürgen Helm, Renate Wilson.
Date: 2008- Books
Fighting proud : the untold story of the gay men who served in two world wars / Stephen Bourne.
Bourne, Stephen, 1957 January 4-Date: 2018- Archives and manuscripts
Macintosh, Sir Robert (1897-1989)
Macintosh, Sir Robert, 1897-1989Date: 1937-1989Reference: PP/RRM- Pictures
Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [22 December 1726]Reference: 17342i