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The hanover-Spy: or, secret history of St. James's. From the reign of Queen Robin, down to the late misunderstanding in the royal palace. Publish'd by order of that person of honour who detected those Jacobite secrets that furnish'd out Neck or nothing; and consists only of such State Secrets as this Spy was privy to, or can prove by Persons now living at Court. The whole discoveries ascrib'd to that true Englishman and generous patriot, Benjamin Childe, Esq; late High-Sheriff for the County of Berks. By Mr. John Dunton, (author of Neck or Nothing) And is his Tenth successful Attempt to detect the Enemies to King George, and His Illustrious House, at the Hazard of his Life and Fortune, as is prov'd in-A Secret History of Whiggish Ingratitude, Inscrib'd to the King - And in - A Most Humble Petition to His Majesty-That he might be Presently Hang'd or Rewarded. - Both which are prefix'd to these New Discoveries.
Dunton, John, 1659-1733.Date: [1718]- Books
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A catalogue of a large and curious collection of books, In all Branches of Learning. Containing Several Libraries lately purchased. The Books are in fine Condition, Among which are the following, viz. State Trials, 8 vol. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Gibson's Cambden, 2 vol. Campbell's Vitruvius Britan. 3 vol. Heads of illustrious Persons of Great Brit. and Ireland, large and small paper Ld Strafford's Letters, large paper, 2 vol. Tanner's Notitia Monastica Blomefield's Norfolk, 3 vol. Dugdale's Monasticon, and Stevens's Continuation, 3 vol. - Warwickshire Wood's Palmyra and Balbee Montfaucon's Antiquities, 7 vol. Mariana's Hist. of Spain, large paper Giannone's Hist. of Naples, 2 v. lar. paper Boyle, 5 vol. Locke, 3 vol. Bacon, 3 vol. Temple, 2 vol. Barlow's Aesop, with cuts, first impression Orlando Furioso, by Harrington, lar. pap. Harris's Voyages, 2 vol. Norden's Travels, 2 vol. Pocock's Travels, 2 vol. Le Brun's Travels, 2 vol. Wheler's Travels Ainsworth's Dictionary, 2 vol. Postlethwayte's Dictionary, 2 vol. Johnson's Dictionary, 2 vol. Miller's Gardener's Dict. Chambers's Dict. 2 vol. Bayle's Dict. 5 vol. The same, large pap. in Turkey leather, 5 v. James's Medicinal Dict. 3 vol. Calmet's Dict. 3 vol. Collier's Dict. 4 vol. Somner's Saxon Dictionary Davis's Welch Dict. Du Fresne Glossarii, 6 tom. Constantini Lexicon, 2 tom. Golii Lexicon Arab. Hoffmanni Lexicon, 4 tom. Diccionario Espanola, 6 tom. Dict. de Martinniere, 10 tom. Dict. de Bayle, 5 tom. Clarke's Caesar, large paper, and finely bound in Turkey, 2 vol. Herodotus Gronovii, cha. max. Louvre's Classics, 4 vol. in Turky leather Dugdale's Monasticon, 3 vol. Religious Ceremonies, 6 vol. Dr. Clarke's Works, 4 v. 1. pap. Russia leath. The same, 4 vol. small paper Tillotson's Works, in Russia leather, 3 v. Patrick, Louth, and Whitby, 6 vol. Sloane's Jamaica, 2 vol. in Russia Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. colour'd Which will begin to be Sold very cheap, for Ready Money only, On Monday the 6th of August, 1759, and continue till all are sold, By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, In Castle-Street, next the Upper Mews-Gate, near St. Martin's Church. Catalogues, with the Prices printed, Price 6d. to be had at the following Places, viz. Mr. Ward's, Cornhill; Child's Coffee-House, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Mr. Owen's, Temple-Bar; Mr. Lewis, Covent Garden; Mr. Robson's, New Bond-Street; Mr. Jackson, St. James's-Street; J. Merril, at Cambridge; and at the Place of Sale. Where may be had the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books.
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799.Date: 1759]- Books
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The household oracle : a popular referee on subjects of household enquiry : including: - house building, buying and renting; house furnishing and decoration; housekeeping and domestic cookery; plain and fancy needlework; home farming, gardening, medicine; law; an epitome of the history of the world and the growth of the human family; the formation of our mother tongue and the rules of English grammar; a dictionary of religions; stepping stones of English history and a sketch of the English constitution setting forth the rights, privileges and duties of the English householder parochial, municipal, imperial; the story of the calendar, standards of weights and measures; arithmetical tables and tables of interest and a ready reckoner; household amusements, games, chess, cards and other indoor games, dancing, swimming, etiquette, ... / edited by Alfred H. Miles ; assisted by a staff of specialists.
Date: [1897?]- Books
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The grand gazetteer, or topographic dictionary, both general and special, and antient as well as modern, &c. Being A succinct but comprehensive Geographical Description of the various Countries of the habitable known World, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; more especially of Great-Britain and Ireland, and all the British Settlements abroad, or where we have Trade, Commerce, or Correspondence. Shewing The situation, Extent, and Boundaries, of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, Provinces, Cities, Chief Towns, &c. with their several Climates, Soils, Produces, Animals, Plants, Minerals, &c. the Government, Traffick, Arts, Manufactures, Customs, Manners, and Religion, of the divers Nations; and the vast many admirable (some of them stupendous) Curiosities both Natural and Artificial; the most remarkable Events, Accidents, and Revolutions, in all past Ages; &c. &c. Aptly and requisitely interspers'd with many Thousands of uncommon Passages, strange Occurrences, critical Observations (as well sacred as prophane), and proper Relations; which most agreeably surprize, and delightfully inform. Diligently extracted, and as accurately as possible compiled, from the most esteemed Voyagers, Travellers, Geographers, Historians, Criticks, &c. extant. A Work in its Form entirely New, very necessary for Numbers, and serviceable to all Degrees of Readers. - (not excepting the most Learned, and with Libraries best Furnish'd)-Readers not only of News-Papers, Magazines, &c. &c. &c. but of Histories of former Ages or the present, the Classicks, and even the Sacred Writ itself; the Antique Articles being collected either from Original Authors or the best Translators, and divers Learned Commentators on the Bible, &c. &c. By Andrew Brice, of Exeter.
Brice, Andrew, 1690-1773.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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Of persons on a journey cureing themselves of the secret disease, Or a gleet, whilst they bait, or set up at their inn, without the knowledge of any one, In above a Fourth Part of the Time, and with far less Trouble, than they ever possibly Can, by taking Physick at Home. Dr, Cockburn speaking of this Method of Cure of this Distemper and A Gleet, expresly says, This Book is Given Gratis, Up One Pair of Stairs at the Sign of Dr. Chamberlen's famous Anodyne Necklace For Children's Teeth, Fits, Fevers, Convulsions, &c. over against Devreuz-Court without Temple - Bar. And by the Authors Servant R. Bradshaw, Whose Business is Purposely to Furnish Persons at a Distance Off, with any of the Things in this Book they shall Send Letters to him for, -To his House, The Golden Key in Bell-Ally Lombard Street. Which is the Great Continual Thorough-Fare from Lombard street into George Yard, Birchin Lane, and Cornhill, Over against the Royal Exchange.
Date: 1733