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Another surprise for London! : Important engagement of Pat O'Brien, the Great Irish Giant and his wife, the renowned German Giantess direct from Barnum's American Circus : the tallest married couple in the world ...
Date: 1886- Ephemera
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Look! Look! Startling attractions. Monday, December 6th, 1886, and every evening : Another surprise for London. Important engagement of Pat O'Brien, the great Irish Giant and his wife, the renowned German Giantess ... / Middlesex Music Hall, Mogul Tavern, 167 Drury Lane.
Date: 1886- Ephemera
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Look! Look! Startling attractions : Monday, December 6th, 1886, and every evening : another surprise for London. Important engagement of Pat O'Brien, the great Irish giant and his wife, the renowned German giantess direct from Barnum's circus / Middlesex Music Hall, Mogul Tavern, 167 Drury Lane.
Date: [1886?]- Books
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For the benefit of the Middlesex-Hospital. At Free-Masons-Hall, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, This present Wednesday, May 14, 1777, will be performed a New oratorio, called Providence. The Music composed by Mr. Fisher. The Principal vocal parts by Mr. Vernon, and Mr. Reinhold. Miss Brown, and Mrs. Farrel. Between Part I. and II. will be a Concerto on the Violoncello, By Mr. Crosdill. Between Part II. and III. a Concerto on the Violin, By Mr. Fisher. The Doors to be opened at Eleven O'Clock in the Forenoon, And to begin precisely at Twelve. books of the oratorio to be had at the Place of Performance. Tickets at Half a Guinea each, to be had at the Hospital; at the Bar of Tom's Coffee-House, Russel-Street; Covent-Garden; Tom's Coffee-House, Cornhill; Mr. Ridley's, Bookseller, in St. James's-Street; and at the Place of Performance.
Freemasons' Hall (Holborn, England)Date: 1777]- Books
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The trial of John Vestenburg, for forging a draught for 4500 l. upon the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in the Name of Sir Joshua Van Neck and Company, At the General Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Goal Delivery for the City of London, and also the Goal Delivery for the County of Middlesex, held at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, on Tuesday the 5th day of May, 1772, Before the Right Honourable William Nash, Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; Sir Henry Gould, Knight; Sir Richard Adams, Knight, and others his Majesty's Commissioners then and there present. Taken verbatim in short-hand by Joseph Gurney.
Vestenburg, John.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Pictures
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Crowds of people gathered at an entertainment at Basford, Staffordshire, including music and a balloon. Coloured wood engraving, 1859.
Date: 1859Reference: 36380i- Ephemera
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The hirsute Kostroma people from the primeval forests of central Russia : the first of their kind ever seen in England.
Date: [1874]- Pictures
Alexander Grantham Yorke. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1881.
Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922.Date: August 20 1881Reference: 820640iPart of: Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)- Ephemera
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For twelve nights only, commencing Monday, Feb. 23, 1874 : South London Palace, London Road / proprietors, Speedy & Poole.
Date: 1874- Books
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The progress of a rake: or, the Templar's exit. In ten cantos, in hudibrastick verse. Containing I. His coming out of the West of England, being put under the Care of his Uncle, a Middlesex Justice. II. His Learning at Westminster-School; and his creeping to Bed with the Maid, for fear of the Spirits. III. His going to Brasen-Nose College at Oxford; being expell'd for his Debaucheries; and Return into the Country; with his Whoring, Roaring, Ranting, Swearing, Fighting, &c. IV. His coming again to London; falling among Pettifoggers, and Solicitors; and the Disputes among his Friends, whether he should be a Priest, a Lawyer, or a Physician. V. His following all three successively; and his vast Improvement in each Faculty, especially that of a Cushion-Thumper. VI. His Natural Philosophy; other natural Parts, and natural Impudence. Vii. His Conversation with old Bauds, young Whores, and Town Sharpers. Viii. His ruining his Reputation, Estate, and Constitution. IX. His Pains, and Repentance; Sickness without Pity; and Misery without Mercy. X. His Death by a Halter; Burial by a Dunghil; and Funeral-Sermon by a converted Rake of Covent-Garden. The whole interspers'd with innocent Mirth, good Morals, and too much of the Author's own Experience. By the author of The harlot's progress.
Author of the Harlot's progress.Date: 1732- Books
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A complete and universal English dictionary: including not only I. An explanation of difficult words and technical terms in all faculties and professions whether in Algebra Anatomy Architecture Arithmetic Astronomy Botany Chymistry Dialling Divinity Gardening Geography Geometry Grammar Heraldry History Husbandry Hydrostatics Law Mathematics Mechanics Military art Music Natural history Navigation Optics Painting Perspective Philosophy Pneumatics Poetry Rhetoric Sculpture Surveying &c. But also II. A pronouncing dictionary in which the proper sounds of English words are so given, that both natives and foreigners may acquire a just pronunciation. III. The origin of each word; with its different meanings; illustrated by authorities, properly accented; and followed by initial letters denoting the part of speech to which it is appropriated. IV. The differences pointed out between words esteemed synonimous. V. An epitome of the history of England; from the time of Egbert to the year 1798, arranged alphabetically under every sovereign's name. VI. A description of the various states, provinces and chief towns of the known world. VII. A statement of the sects and divisions in the Christian church; together with a brief history of the prophets and apostles. VIII. An account of the counties, cities and market-towns in Great Britain, with their distances from London. To which are prefixed a free inquiry into the origin and antiquity of letters: an essay on and grammar of the English language, besides a sketch of the constitution, government and trade of Britain. To the whole is added a chronological series of remarkable events, from the creation to the present period together with a list of the Grecian, Roman and English classics. A new edition corrected and improved by the addition of nearly five hundred articles. By the Rev. James Barclay, curate of Edmonton in Middlesex, and many years master of an academy in Goodman's Fields and at Tottenham.
Barclay, James, Curate of Edmonton.Date: 1799- Pictures
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Actors pose as "The Wrestlers" at the London Pavilion. Photographic postcard, 193-.
Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]Reference: 2046166iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
Smoking concert : Queen's Hall, 4 Dec. 1925 / Middlesex Hospital ... ; [chairman: C.B. Cochran].
Date: 1925- Books
Language, music, and the brain : a mysterious relationship / edited by Michael A. Arbib.
Date: [2013]- Books
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The laws of the musical society, at Haberdashers'-Hall, in Maiden-Lane, in Wood-Street.
Castle-Society of Music (London, England)Date: Printed in the year MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
Life between islands : Caribbean-British art 1950s - now / edited by Alex Farquharson and David A. Bailey.
Date: 2021- Pictures
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An actor poses as a classical sculpture of a gladiator. Photographic postcard, 190-.
Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]Reference: 2046160iPart of: Rotary photographic series- Books
The medical muse : a lighthearted attempt at a social history of medicine in humour and music... with songs and verse about lotions, motions, potions, urges and purges : Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Saturday 8 June 1974 ... / devised and introduced by Fritz Spiegl.
Spiegl, Fritz.Date: 1974- Books
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The laws of the musical society, at Haberdashers-Hall, in Maiden-Lane in Wood-Street.
Castle-Society of Music (London, England)Date: Printed in the year MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
Smoker : Queen's Hall : Dec. 5th 1930.
Date: 1930- Books
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Midds. ss. Ad general' quarterial' session' pacis domini regis tent' pro com' Middlesexiae, apud Hicks-hall ... per adjorn' die sabbati scilt' tricessimo die Aprilis, anno regni domini Georgii, ... primo; ...
Middlesex (England). Quarter Session.Date: 1715]- Books
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The new and complete family prayer-book, or Church of England man's divine library: being An Universal Illustration, Commentary, Exposition, and Paraphrase on The Book of Common-Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments, And other Rites, Ceremonies, and Offices of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Plalms of David. Containing at Large, the whole Service (public and Private, for Sundays, Holidays, &c.) of our Church, with all the Rubricks, &c. complete: Namely, The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons-The Order for Morning Prayer-The Order for Evening Prayer-Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts throughout the Year-The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be Read-The Order how the Rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be Read-A Table of proper Lessons and Psalms-The Creed of St. Athanasius-The Litany-Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions-Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the Holy Communion throughout the Year-The Order of the Ministration of the Holy Communion-The Order of Baptism both Public and Private-The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years-The Catechism, with the Order for Confirmation of Children-The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony-Visitation of the Sick, and Communion of the Sick-The Order for the Burial of the Dead-Thanksgiving for Women after Child-Bearing-A Commination, or Denouncing of God's Anger and Judgment against Sinners-The Psalter, or Psalms of David-Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea-A Form of Prayer for the Fifth Day of November, for Deliverance from the Gunpowder Plot-A Form of Prayer for the Thirtieth Day of January-A Form of Prayer for the Nine and Twentieth Day of May, or Restoration of the Royal Family-A Form of Prayer for the Twenty-Fifth Day of October. Also, A Companion to and Preparation for the Altar, The New and Old Versions of the Psalms, The Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; The Acts for the Uniformity of the Common-Prayer-The Preface, as settled by the original Compilers of our excellent Liturgy-Directions concerning the Service and Ceremonies-The Articles of Religion-Constitutions and Canons of the Church-Ratification-Table of Kindred and Affinity-A Manual of Prayers for every Day in the Week, &c. &c. &c. Comprehending Likewise, The whole Substance of every Thing Liturgical in all former Expositors, Ritualists, Commentators, and other learned Divines who have wrote on any Part of the Subject, collected and inserted in their proper Order, and interspersed throughout with practical Observations; all the Material, Obscure, and Intricate Passages, Fasts, Festivals, Saints-Days, Apostolical and Canonical; Prayers, Epistles, Gospels, Psalms, Collects, Lessons, &c. throughout the Year, being faithfully fully, clearly, and comprehensively elucidated. With Notes, Theological, Critical, Moral, Historical, Systematical, Practical, and Explanatory, at the Bottom of each Page; Carefully extracted from the most eminent and pious Bishops and other Divines of our Church, such as Hoadley, Comber, Burnet, Warner, Beveridge, Nicholls, Burkitt, Saunderson, Wheatley, Clarke, Cave, Shuckford, Butler, Cosins, Wilkins, Wilson, Sparrow, Lowth, Barrow, L'estrange, Usher, Bennet, Mede, Atterbury, Hurd, Jortin, Kennicot, Lardner, Leland, Secker, Newton, Seed, Orr, Sherlock, South, Tillotson, Sharpe, Howard, Johnson, Porteus, Pearce, Hall, and others. Including a Comparison of our Liturgy with the Rituals of the Primitive Churches, wherein our established Form of Devotion is proved by Scripture, Reason, and Antiquity, both lawful and necessary, with an Account of such Alterations as have been made since it was first compiled in the Reign of King Edward VI. and the particular Reasons which occasioned them. The exact Method and Harmony of all the Offices are shown, together with Observations on Psalmody, Church-Music, Ornaments, &c. The Whole forming a valuable Work, very useful for all Christian Families, to excite Devotion, and enable every One to Pray with the Understanding. By Paul Wright, D. D. - F. S. A. Vicar of Oakley and Rector of Snoreham, in Essex, late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge; Author of The Complete British Family Bible, being a real New Exposition and Commentary on the Holy Scriptures-of The New and Complete Life of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus-Christ and his Apostles, &c. - and of the New and Complete Book of Martyrs, being Fox's Martyrs revised, corrected, and improved, the only perfect and elegant Work of the Kind. Embellished with a numerous Set of elegant Copper-Plate engravings, more highly and curiously finished than those given with any other Work of the Kind whatever. The Artists engaged in their elegant Executions are the justly celebrated Messrs. Grainger, Taylor, Rennoldson, Morris, Royce, Roberts, Seaco, Conder, Parker, Myles, Hawkins, Thornton, Page, and others, whose Ingenuity has done Honour to the English Nation; and who are taking this exquisite Set of Copper-Plates (which on Account of their superior Excellence, will cost the Proprietor upwards of One Thousand Pounds) from Original Designs made by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. West, Mr. June, Samuel-Wale, Esq. of the Royal Academy, and the finest Paintings of the most esteemed Masters, such as Raphael Urbin, Rubens, Vandyke, Picart, &c. and the Whole curiously ornamented by the ingenious Mr. Clowes and other Masters.
Church of England.Date: [1785?]- Ephemera
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Monday, October 8th, 1883 : special engagement of Captain Ureck, the Hungarian giant : the tallest man in the world / Raglan Music Hall, Charlotte St., Blackfriars, Star Music Hall, Abbey St., Bermondsey.
Date: 1883- Books
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Midds. ss. Ad general' session' pacis domini regis tent' pro com' Middlesexiae, apud Hicks Hall in St. John-Street, in com' praedict' per adjorn' die Jovis scilt' sexto die Decembris, anno regni domini Georgii ... tertio; ...
Middlesex (England). Quarter Session.Date: 1716]- Books
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To the Queen's most excellent Majesty. The humble address of the justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex.
Middlesex (England). Justices of the Peace.Date: 1712