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King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
Dixon, E. H., active 1835-1859.Date: 1837Reference: 38709i- Books
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King George for England. A new ballad, To an Old Tune: Necessary to be sung by all True and Loyal Englishmen, upon all Occasions; more especially at the present Conjuncture. To the Tune of the second Part of St. George for England. By Humphry Chaunter, Esq; Poet Laureat to Mumpsimus the IIId, King of the Gipsies.
Chaunter, Humphrey.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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A letter to a minister of state, Concerning the Pretended Prince of Wales's Being Proclaim'd King of England, &c. in France. With some Thoughts on the Interest of England in this Critical Juncture. And of the Necessity of a Speedy and Vigorous War, in order to preserve the Liberties of Europe, and to restrain the Exorbitant Power of France.
Date: 1701- Books
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The unfortunate officer: or, the history of Monsieur Bertin, Marquis De Fratteaux, Knight of the Military Order of St. Louis, and Captain of Horse. who was, on Friday the 27th of March 1752, in a clandestine manner, forcibly carried from London to France by one Blasdel a Bailiff, his Follower, and other Accomplices; having been first arrested by the former for a suspicious Debt: Containing the Particulars relating thereto. Also, an account of all his sufferings ever since the age of sixteen; having been most cruelly persecuted by an Unnatural Father, by whose Contrivances he could neither live quietly in Spain or England; and at last fell a Sacrifice to his Malice.
H***, M. le comte d'.Date: [1755?]- Books
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The antient method of preaching; as delivered in a sermon, no less godly than learned, preach'd at St. Paul's Cross, in the reign of King Richard II. Anno 1389. By R. Wimbledon. Published from the original Mss. found in the Records of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Revised and corrected by a late eminent Preacher: And humbly inscribed to the Clergy of the Church of England.
Wimbledon, Thomas.Date: 1745- Books
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The Æquipoise, or The constitution ballanced.
Date: [1757]- Books
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The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, King William Street, Charing Cross, founded in 1816 ... for the relief of indigent persons afflicted with diseases of the eye : with a list of the governors, subscribers, &c. to April, 1871, and the treasurer's and surgeons' report to the end of the year 1870.
Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital.Date: [1871]- Books
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A sermon preach'd in the audience of His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; captain-general, governor and commander in chief, the Honourable His Majesty's coucil, and the Honourable House of Representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. May 29, 1754. Being the anniversary for the election of His Majesty's council for the province. By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. pastor of the West Church in Boston.
Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766.Date: [1754]- Books
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The natural frailty of princes consider'd in a sermon preach'd the 29th of March, 1702. upon the sad occasion of the death of the late High and Mighty Prince William the Third, King of England, &c. By John Piggott.
Piggott, John, -1713.Date: 1702- Books
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The present government of England in church and state asserted against the oppugners of the Lord Bishop of Chichester's sermon on King Charles's martyrdom; And all such Anarchical and Infidel Pretenders to more perfect Schemes. In a letter to the Reverend Mr. George Lavington, Canon-Residentiary of St. Paul's. By Titus Britannicus, formerly Member of the Constitution-Club at Oxford.
Titus, Britannicus.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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The Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, King William Street, Charing Cross, founded in 1816, for the relief of indigent persons afflicted with diseases of the eye : with a list of the governors, subscribers, &c. to April, 1860, and the treasurer's and surgeon's report to the end of the year 1859.
Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital.Date: 1860- Books
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The true and ancient hereditary right consider'd and explain'd: Being A Demonstration, that His present Majesty King George the Second receives from His Royal Father the best Hereditary Right to the Crown of England and Ireland of any Monarch that hath sat upon the Throne since Richard the First. Being an Answer to the Non-Jurors argument on Hereditary Right.
Date: 1729- Books
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British liberty in chains, and England's ruin on the anvil, in the Isle of Man, now commonly called Little-France. Addressed to all Free-Britons, zealous for the glory of the King, the liberties of the people, and safety of the realm; especially to the laudable association of Antigallicans. By John Baldwin, Esq;
Baldwin, John, active 1748-1755.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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Memoirs of a cavalier: or a military journal of the wars in Germany, and the wars in England; from the year 1632, to the year 1648. Written threescore years ago by an English gentleman, who served first in the Army of Gustavus Adolphus, the glorious King of Sweden, till his Death; and after that, in the Royal Army of King Charles the First, from the Beginning of the Rebellion, to the End of that War.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1720]- Books
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Memoirs of Sir John Berkley, containing an account of his negotiation with Lieut. General Cromwel, Commissary General Ireton, and other Officers of the Army, for restoring King Charles the First to the Exercise of the Government of England. In which the Ill Conduct of that Unfortunate Prince, and the Treachery and Hypocrisy of Oliver Cromwel, are plainly set forth.
Berkeley, John, Sir, -1678.Date: 1702- Books
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The royal ecclesiastical gazetteer; or, Clergyman's pocket kalendar. Containing an alphabetical list of all the livings in England, in the gift of the King, the Price of Wales, the lord high chancellor of England, and the chancellor of the Duchy Court of Lancaster, in each country separate. With the particular sum and certified value, according to which each living stands chargeable with, or is discharged from the payment of first fruits and tenths. To which is added an alphabetical index to the whole. By Tho. Bateman, A.M. chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Gordon, vicar of Whaplode, Lincolnshirs, &c.
Bateman, Tho. (Thomas), Vicar of Whaplode.Date: [1774]- Books
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The royal compendium: being a genealogical history of the monarchs of England, from the conquest to the present time: Treating distinctly of their Marriages, Children, and Collateral Branches; and shewing Their Titles, Offices, Births, Deaths, and Places of Birth and Burial; with a View of their Lives. Together with the descent of the several foreign princes now reigning, and of the several noble and eminent families in England, that are sprung from the blood royal of this kingdom, down to the present year.
Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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Princely excellency: or, regal glory. Being an exact account of the most glorious heroick, and matchless actions, of that most serene and potent prince, William the Third, Late King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. Wherein is contained, A true Relation of his Noble Birth and Parentage; His Magnanimous and Heroick Actions in Flanders; with the many Victories and Conquests he gained over the French in his younger Years; His first Arrival in England, with his happy Marriage to his Royal Consort Queen Mary of Blessed Memory; His Landing in England in 1688. His Proclamation and Coronation; with his glorious Atchievements in Ireland during the late Rebellions, to the time of its Reduction. As also, an exact Account of the late Wars in Flanders; the Sea-Fights; together with the several Conspiracies which have been acted against his Sacred Person; and other remarkable Passages from the time of his Birth, to that fatal Day of his ever to be lamented Death. Collected from the best authors, and humbly dedicated to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.
J. A.Date: 1702- Books
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The names of the Roman Catholics, nonjurors, and others, who refus'd to take the oaths to His late Majesty King George. Together with Their Titles, Additions, and Places of Abode; the Parishes and Townships where their Lands lay; the Names of the then Tenants, or Occupiers thereof; and the Annual Valuation of them, as estimated by themselves. Transmitted to the late Commissioners for the Forfeited Estates of England and Wales, after the unnatural Rebellion in the North, in the Year 1715. As appears by the returns of the Clerks of the Peace for the several Counties, pursuant to an Act of Parliament made for Registering their Estates, in the First Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty. Taken from an original manuscript of a Gentleman, who was the Principal Clerk to the Accomptant-General's Office, belonging to the said Commissioners. And now published with a Generous View to promote and serve the true Protestant Interest of these Kingdoms. by Charles Cosin.
Great Britain. Commissioners and Trustees for Forfeited Estates.Date: 1746- Books
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The great probability of a North West Passage: deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima on the discovery of a communication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; And to intercept some Navigators from Boston in New England, whom he met with, Then in Search of a North West Passage. Proving the authenticity of the Admiral's letter. With three explanatory maps . 1st. A Copy of an authentic Spanish Map of America, published in 1608. 2d. The Discoveries made in Hudson's Bay, by Capt. Smith, in 1746 and 1747. 3d. A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral de Fonte. By Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. With an appendix. Containing the account of a discovery of part of the coast and inland country of Labrador, made in 1753. The Whole intended for The Advancement of Trade and Commerce.
Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Verses on the coronation of their late Majesties King George II. and Queen Caroline, October 11, MDCCXXVII. Spoken by the scholars of Westminster School, (some of them now the ornaments of the nation) on January 15, following, being the day of the inauguration of Queen Elizabeth, their foundress. With a translation of all the Latin copies, the whole placed in the order of the transactions of that important day. Adorned with the coronation medals of the royal pair, and a bust of our present King. To which is subjoined the ceremonial of the august procession, very proper to be compared with the approaching one; and a catalogue of the coronation medals of the kings and queens of England.
Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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A list of the English, Scots, and Irish nobility: archbishops, and bishops; Chancellors, and Keepers of the Great Seal; Justiciars of England; Chief-Justices and Judges of the King's Bench and Common Pleas; Chief-Barons and Barons of the Exchequer; Masters of the Rolls; attornies, and sollicitors general. Specifying the dates in which they were severally created. Compiled by Charles Whitworth, Esq; Member of Parliament.
Whitworth, Charles, Sir, approximately 1721-1778.Date: [1765]- Books
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An historical account of the discipline and jurisdiction of the Church of England. Shewing I. The nature of the Christian church, as a Society endowed with Fundamental Rights, to preserve its own Being. II. A defense of our Reformation and the Two distinguishing Principles of it, the Superiority of Bishops, and the Supremacy of Kings. III. The affection of King James I. and King Charles I. to our church and clergy. And the Conduct of Archbishop Bancroft, and Archbishop Laud defended. IV. Of Ecclesiastical Courts. An Attempt to Support the Legal Constitution of them, and to promote the Peace of the Church under the constant Protection of King and Parliament. V. Ecclesiastical Synods, and Parliamentary Convocations; justly Vindicated from the Misrepresentations of Dr. Atterbury late Bishop of Rochester. By White Kennett, D. D. late Bishop of Peterborough.
Kennett, White, 1660-1728.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
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An historical account of the naval power of France, from its first foundation to the present time. With a state of the English fisheries at Newfoundland for 150 years past. And various computations, observations, &c. proper to be considered at this decisive juncture. To which is added, a narrative of the proceedings of the French at Newfoundland, from the reign of King Charles the First to the Reign of Queen Anne; shewing what measures were taken on the part of England, during that interval, in relation to the said French proceedings, &c.-first printed in the year 1712, and now reprinted for general information. Most humbly submitted to the consideration of the Parliament and people of Great Britain. By J. Massie.
Massie, J. (Joseph), -1784.Date: M,DCC,LXII. [1762]- Books
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The penny medley: or, Weekly entertainer.
Date: 1746