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The new and complete book of martyrs, or, an universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected with Additions and great Improvements. Containing Not only a New, Copious, Complete, Universal and Authentic Account of the Lives, Actions, Characters, Trials, Religious Principles, Sufferings, Tortures, and Triumphant Deaths, of the English Protestant Martyrs, In the Reign of Queen Mary the First. But also a Genuine, Full, and Circumstantial History of all the many dreadful and cruel Persecutions against the Church of Christ, in all Parts of the World, by Papists, Pagans, Jews, Turks, and Others, From the very Earliest Ages of the Church, to the Present Period. Comprehending the Life, Meritorious Sufferings, and Martyrdom of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with the Martyrdoms of the Apostles, Evangelists, Disciples, and other Primitive Martyrs. - And including the Ten Great Persecutions, under the Roman Emperors, and many other Particulars under the following General Heads: An Ecclesiastical History of the Persecutions in Persia, under Sapores: and the Persecutions under the Arian Vandals. - The horried Persecutions under the Papacy; particularly the Martyrdoms of the Waldenses and Albigenses in France. - The Persecutions in Germany and Poland. - The Cruelties exercised in Bohemia and Lusatia. - The Martyrdoms in Italy. - The shocking Barbarities practised by the Inquisitions of Spain, Portugal, Goa, &c. and the Popish Persecutions of the Protestants during the Massacre of Paris. - A full Account of all the English Martyrdoms, particularly those in the Times of King Henry Viii. and Queen Mary I. wherein are amply displayed all the Butcheries, Tortures, and Cruelties exercised by the Roman Catholics against the Protestants, in the Reign of that tyrannical King and bloody Queen. - The Persecutions of the Quakers, &c. - Persecutions in the West of England by Judge Jeffreys. - Persecutions in Holland, Flanders, Scotland, &c. - The bloody Irish Massacre. - The great Spanish Invasion. - The dreadful Fire of London. - The shocking Gunpowder Plot. - The horrid Conspiracies in 1678. - The barbarous Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, and the Designs of Perkins, Friend, and Fenwick, for the Re-Establishment of Popery, and the Extirpation of Protestantism. - The Martyrdoms of the Missionaries in China. - The Persecutions in the East-Indies. - The Barbarities exercised in America. - The Cruelties practised on the Christians of Abyssinia and Georgia. - The late Persecutions in France against the Calas Family. - Also the final Establishment of the Reformed Religion in the various Protestant Countries. - With a great Number of other Cruelties exercised against the Christian Martyrs, not related in any other Work of the Kind. Together with the Martyrdoms of The Faithful and Virtuous in the first Ages of the World; the Persecutions of the Maccabees by the Greeks; of the Hebrews by the Egyptians; and of the Children of Israel by the Philistiries, and other barbarous Nations. Throughout this Work will be Interspersed Accounts of several singular Judgments against Persecutors, a great Variety of Original Anecdotes, the Letters which passed between the Martyrs, Letters from Bishop Bonner, and other Papists, to the Magistrates, &c. concerning the Methods of Indictment and Treatment, Translations of Popish Bulls, and other Deeds of Destruction, levelled against the Protellants, in England, Scotland, Ireland, &c. &c. suitable Notes and practical Reflections adapted to the various Subjects, and many curious Lives and Memoirs; to which will be added; an Account of the Life and Death of the original Author, the Rev. Mr. John Fox. The Whole Forming At Once A General Christian Martyrology, and Complete History of Persecutions. A Work Calculated to promote the Protestant Religion, and expel Romish Superstition, and by giving a pious and Christian Turn to the Mind, be general Use and Advantage to Mankind. The whole originally composed by the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M. A. formerly of Magdalen College, Oxford, And Prebendary in the Church of Balisbury; And now revised, corrected and improved, with many necessary additional Articles relating to the Acts and Monuments of the Church, not to be found in any other Publication of this Sort, and written in a clear intelligible Stile, free from that Obscurity of Language, and Tediousness of Diction, as well as that impertect Brevity and Coheiseness, which have been so much complained of in former Works of this kind. By Paul Wright, D. D. F. S. A. Vicar of Oakley and Rector of Snoreham in Essex. late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge; and Author of the Complete British Family Bible, and of the New and Complete Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, elegantly printed in Folio; both of which Works (with the inimitable Sets of fine Copper-Plates) have met with universal Approbation, as the best and most perfectly complete Works of the Kind, for the Use of all Christian Families. Embellished with a great variety of copper-plates, representing the various Modes of cruelly torturing the Christian Martyrs for their Constancy.
Foxe, John, 1516-1587.Date: [1800?]- Books
Anathomia Gydo / edited by Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair.
Guy, de Chauliac, approximately 1300-1368Date: 2014- Books
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Archæologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hithert to publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: From collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. By Edward Lhuyd M.A. of Jesus College, keeper of the Ashmolean museum in Oxford. Vol. I. Containing Tit. I. A comoparative etymolog; or, remarks on the alteration of languages. Page 1 Tit. II. A latin-celtick dictionary; of, a vocabulary of the original languages of Britin and Ireland. 41 Tit. III. An armoric grammar. 180 Tit. IV. An Armoric-English vocabulary. 195 Tit. V. Some Welsh words omitted in Dr. Davies's dictionary. 213 Tit. VII. A cornish grammar. 222 Tit. VII. A catalogue of British manuscripts. 254 Tit. Viii. An essay towards a British etymologicon. 266 Tit. IX. A brief introduction to the rish or ancient Scottish language. 299 Tit. X. An Irish-English dictionary 310
Lhuyd, Edward, 1660-1709.Date: MDCCVII. [1707]- Books
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Focaloir gaoidhilge-sax-bhearla or An Irish-English dictionary. Whereof the Irish part hath been compiled not only from various Irish vocabularies, particularly that of Mr. Edward Lhuyd; but also from a great variety of the best Irish manuscripts now extant; especially those that have been composed from the 9th & 10th centuries, down to the 16th: besides those of the lives of St. Patrick & St. Brigit, written in the 6th & 7th centuries.
O'Brien, John, -1767.Date: M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Focalóir gaoidhilge-sax-bhéarla or an Irish-English dictionary. Whereof the Irish part hath been compiled not only from various Irish vocabularies, particularly that of Mr. Edward Lhuyd; but also from a great variety of the best Irish manuscripts now extant; especially those that have been composed from the 9th & 10th centuries, down to the 16th: besides those of the lives of St. Patrick & St. Brigit, written in the 6th & 7th centuries.
O'Brien, John, -1767.Date: [1768]- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: HEA-HEY
Date: 1765-1910Reference: MS.8854- Books
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Some observations upon the Greek accents. By Arthur Browne, Esq. S. F. T. C. D. and M. R. I. A.
Browne, Arthur, 1756?-1805.Date: 1800- Books
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The English Irish dictionary. An focloir bearla Gaoidheilge. Ar na chur a neagar le Conchobar o Beaglaoich mar don le congnamh Aodh bhridhe mac Cuirtin agus fós.
Date: MDCCXXXII [1732]- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: GO
Date: 1680-1922Reference: MS.9142- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: FA-FE
Date: 1695-1911Reference: MS.9160- Books
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The irish spelling-book; or, instruction for the reading of English, fitted for the youth of Ireland. In which are set forth many useful observations in spelling, alterations, and amendments in the sounds of letters, both single and double; exact formations of both sorts by the several organs of voice; - a discourse on prosody: a large chapter about various quantities of vowels, change, and loss of letters and syllables in pronunciation; - rules for the right reading of prose and verse; - a new method of parsing, according to orthography and prosody; - a method of teaching, useful both to scholars and their teachers; - and many other necessary things, interspersed in each part of the book.
Date: 1740- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: Kidd-Kramer
Date: 1794 - 1953Reference: MS.8898- Books
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The new pocket-dictionary of the English and German languages. In two parts, I. English and German - II. German and English. Composed chiefly after the dictionaries of Adelung, Johnson, and others of the best authorities. In which the parts of speech, and the Genders of the German Nouns, are properly distinguished; each Word accented according to its just and natural Pronunciation; and the Irregularities of the English and German Verbs duly marked. With an alphabetical list of the most usual Christian and proper names, and of the most remarkable Places in the known World.
Date: 1800- Books
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The pentaglot preceptor; or elementary institutes of the English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Irish, languages. Vol.I. Containing a complete grammar of the English tongue For the Use of Schools, and peculiarly calculated for the Instruction of such Ladies & Gentlemen, as may wish to learn without the help of a Master. By Patrick Lynch.
Lynch, Patrick, 1757-approximately 1830.Date: M,DCC,XCVI. [1796]- Books
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A new royal French grammar: containing rules for the pronouncing and writing of the French tongue, some familiar phrases, dialogues, fables, and three vocabularies. By John Palairet, French and Writing - Master to their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cumberland, the Princess of Hesse, and the Queen of Denmark.
Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774.Date: M.DCC.LXI. [1761]- Books
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Irish wake. Written and sung by Mr. Dibden [sic].
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.Date: [1791 - 1803]- Books
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Grammaticæ quæstiones: or a grammatical examination, by question only: for the use of schools; particularly those where the Eton grammar is taught. Humbly offered to the Public, as the most effectual Way of laying a solid classical Foundation; and obviating the many Inconveniences arising from a supersicial Knowledge of the Grammar. By the Rev. N. Morgan, Late Fellow of King's-College, Cambridge, and now Master of the Grammar-School, in the City of Bath.
Morgan, Nathaniel, 1740-1811.Date: 1794- Books
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Grammaticæ quæstiones; or a gramatical examination, by question only: for the use of schools; particularly those where the Eton grammar is taught. Humbly offered to the Public, as the most effectual Way of laying a solid, classical Foundation; and obviating the many Inconveniances arising from a superficial Knowledge of the Grammar. By the Rev. N. Morgan. Late Fellow of King's-College, Cambridge, and now Master of the Grammar-School, in the City of Bath.
Morgan, Nathaniel, 1740-1811.Date: [1785?]- Books
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Cours de thêmes libres, où, par gradation, les difficultés, les Tournures, & les Idiomes de la Composition, sont notés, expliqués, & raisonnés, suivant les principes de la grammaire, & le vrai génie de la langue italienne. Par M. Peretti, Professeur DE Langue Italienne.
Peretti, Vincenzo.Date: [1796]- Books
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French rudiments: consisting of a grammar of the language, every-way better than any, and more comprehensive than All; - A Vocabulary of the most usual Words; - A Sententiae of the most familiar Phrases; - A Dictionary of the most beautiful Idioms; and - A Florilege of the most celebrated Pieces, from the best Writers, both Ancient and Modern. To which are added tables of corresponding terminations, and words of similar sound; in English, French, Latin, Greek, &c. by way of Key to the Etymology. A List of Words, the same (or nearly so) in Sound; but different in Sense, and Spelling; cast into short Sentences, for the Ease of the Memory. AN Explanation of Idioms; with divers other Curious and Useful Particulars. The whole dispos'd in the most easy and instructive method; and Printed in the most Commodious Manner; as well to strike the Eye and Imagination, by a proper Distinction of Letter and Situation; as for the readier Turning to, or Learning of any Particular: And, SO, Fitted for the Use of Ladies as well as Gentlemen (whether French, or English) and even brought-down to the Capacities of little Children. By Solomon Lowe.
Lowe, Solomon, -1750.Date: [1740]- Books
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Nouvelle grammaire françoise. A l'usage de la jeunesse angloise. ... Par H. Gratte.
Gratte, Henri.Date: [1790?]- Books
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A parsing or grammatical resolution of some of the Colloquies of Cordery. Proper to be used with Clarke's English Translation. For the Use of young Beginners in the Latin Tongue, especially those of the Free-Grammar-School in Southampton. In which is shewn,---What Part of Speech every Word is. - --What Conjugation, Mood, Tense, Number, and Person every Verb is. - --What Declension, Case, Gender, or Number every other declinable Part of Speech is,---the Agreement and Government of each, with two or three Words of the Rules for such Agreeement and Government, and Reference to the Pages in which they are to be found in the Common Accidence published either by John Ward or Richard Mant; the Letter W. distinguishing the former, M. the latter. Every Latin Word of more than two Syllables is accented; and an Index is added, shewing in what Manner the Verbs are to be conjugated. M. A. Master of the Free-Grammar-School, Southampton.
Mant, Richard, 1744 or 1745-1817.Date: [1800?]- Books
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Discours sur l'article. Composé pour l'école de Messieurs Strahans à Enfield, et lu dans une société de gens de lettres. Par M. L'Abbé de Lévizac.
Levizac, Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de, -1813.Date: 1797- Books
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An introduction. to the English tongue; designed for a spelling book suited to all ages and capacities of children: (adorned with cuts) Containing A great Number of instructive Lessons, from the most easy possible, to the hardest; disposed in a Way so facilitating, that Children learn with Pleasure, and are excellently sirted for the Testament, or any other Book. - Large Tables of Words. - Fables. - Extracts from History. - Tables of Arithmetic. - Exercising Questions in Verse. - The Church Catechism. - Scripture Institutes and Examples. - Rules for Good Behaviour. - And other useful Instructions. The fifth edition. With additions and improvements. By the Rev. C. Marshall, Vicar of Brixworth, Northamptonshire.
Marshall, Charles, -1818.Date: [1780?]- Books
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An introduction to the English tongue; designed for a spelling book, suited to the tender capacities of children: (adorned with cuts.) Containing, A great Number of instructive Lessons, from the most easy possible, to the hardest; disposed in a Way so facilitating, that Children learn with Pleasure, and are excellently, fitted for the Testament, or any other Book. - Large Tables of Words - Fables. - Extracts from History. - The Church Catechism. - Graces and Prayers. - Rules for Good Behaviour. - An Introduction to Grammar, &c. The sixth edition: By the Rev. C. Marshall, Vicar of Brixworth, Northamptonshire.
Marshall, Charles, -1818.Date: [1785?]