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The virtue, honour and ingenuity, of retracting an error: and The Invalidity of pretended Constancy or Honesty; and of all other Excuses for Delaying it. With Some sure Signs, and ill Effects of Obstinacy. By Elisha Smith, M. A. Lecturer of Wisbech in the Isle of Ely.
Smith, Elisha, 1683?-1740.Date: MDCCXVIII. [1718]- Books
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The virtue, honour and ingenuity, of retracting an error: and the invalidity of pretended constancy or honesty ; and of all other Excuses for Delaying it. With Some sure Signes, and ill effects of Obstinacy. By Elisha Smith, M. A. Lecturer of Wisbeech in the Isle of Ely; And Rector of Castle ... in Norfolk.
Smith, Elisha, 1683?-1740.Date: 1717- Books
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An answer to Mr. Chubb's enquiry concerning redemption. Wherein The Necessity of a Redeemer is fully proved; the Christian Religion is particularly proved to be a Divine Revelation; and the Folly, and Obstinacy of Infidelity is endeavoured to be exposed, &c. Being The Substance of Nine Sermons preached at the Parish Church of Layham, in the County of Suffolk. By Samuel Hardy, A. B. Curate of Layham.
Hardy, Samuel, 1719 or 1720-1793.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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Plain-Dealing: or, an essay for the conviction of the seceding brethren, and the information of others. Containing A Foundation of the Charge against the Seceders laid in the Holy Scriptures, our Standards, and Acts of Assembly: Their Obstinacy in continuing their secession, and Presumption in erecting themselves in a Presbytery: Animadversions on their Act, Declaration and Testimony: Instances of their Divisive Courses: Enlargement of the Commission's Libel, collected from the Reports of Synods and Presbyteries: Fair State of the Expediency of further Lenity, or present Procedure against them: And through the Whole, The seasonable Testimony continued, and confirmed. By Mr. John Williamson Minister of the Gospel at Inveresk and Musseburgh.
Williamson, John, -1740.Date: 1739- Pictures
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An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27620i- Books
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A true account of the voyage of the Nottingham-Galley of London, John Dean commander, from the River Thames to New-England, Near which Place she was cast away on Boon-Island, December 11, 1710. by the Captain's Obstinacy, who endeavour'd to betray her to the French, or run her ashore; with an Account of the Falsehoods in the Captain's Narrative. And a faithful Relation of the Extremities the Company was reduc'd to for Twenty-Four Days on that desolate Rock, where they were forc'd to eat one of their Companions who died, but were at last wonderfully deliver'd. The whole attested upon oath, by Christopher Langman, Mate; Nicholas Mellen, Boatswain; and George White, Sailor in the said Ship.
Date: [1711]- Books
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Mr. St. George, a true story. Giving an Account of this eminent Merchant's Quarrel with a celebrated House in France, for devising a new System of Book-Keeping-His Endeavours to suppress it in every Part of Europe-His prosecuting his junior Clerks for favouring the Innovation-His Liberality in paying the Reckoning for Foreign Merchants, the bad Return he has met with for his Services-His Connections with a House at Turin-His regulating the Balance of Trade-His Endeavours to prevent a late Bankruptcy in Flanders-The Decline of his Interest in the Bank of Amsterdam-His being humbugged by a Prussian Swindler-His Purchase of Rhenish Wine-The Dissentions in his own Family-His immense Debts-Approaching Bankruptcy-And incurable Obstinacy in still opposing French Book-Keeping. By John Bull.
Bull, John.Date: [1795?]- Books
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On exfoliations from the bones of the pelvis as causing the obstinacy of sinuses in this situation / [James Syme].
Syme, James, 1799-1870Date: [1829]- Books
History and obstinacy / Alexander Kluge, Oskar Negt ; edited with an introduction by Devin Fore ; translated by Richard Langston, with Cyrus Shahan, Martin Brady, Helen Hughes, and Joel Golb.
Kluge, Alexander, 1932-Date: 2014- Books
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A new form of worship, for the 27th of July, which is ever to be held as a day of fasting and humiliation; being the anniversary of that battle, in which the British flag ... was tarnished, owing to the obstinacy or wickedness of the marine minister and commander, ...
Date: 1782?]- Books
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The dissenters vindicated from the violent aspersions cast on their principles and doctrine. Proving Their separation is not occasion'd thro' obstinacy; but by Convincing Evidence from Scripture and Right Reason. Inscrib'd to Dr. H. Sacheverell. Letter the First, Setting forth the Nature of Schism, and that the Dissenters cannot be charg'd therewith.
Date: 1713- Pictures
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A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.
Baptiste, Sylvestre, 1791-1859.Date: [1828]Reference: 29888i- Books
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A New form of worship, for the 27th of July, which is for ever to be held as a day of fasting and humiliation, being the anniversary of that battle, in which the British flag (formerly the pride of England and terror of all other ... [tar]nished, owing to the obstinacy or wickedness of the marine minister and commander, ... different political principles, but are now linked together for the destruction of the ... total ruin of their debased country.
Date: 1782?]- Pictures
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A youth whose physiognomy attests to unrefinability and obstinate weakness. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.Date: c. 1789Reference: 29021i- Books
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The Gentleman's practical farrier: Or, The traveller's pocket companion. In which I. Short and concise rules are laid down for the choice of a horse. II. The proper management of him on a journey is clearly pointed out. III. The easiest, cheapest, and most expeditious method of remedying the several accidents and disorders that may befal him on the road, is given. And, IV. The mistaken notions and injudicious practices of professed farriers are fully exposed. The whole intended to enable every person to judge for himself of the disorders of his horse, on a journey more especially; and to prevent his being imposed upon by the ignorance or obstinacy of common farriers. A work founded on thirty years experience.
Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Pictures
The brain, sectioned vertically; showing the sites of some phrenological faculties. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
Date: 1901Reference: 28020i- Pictures
A figure walking with a hat in its hand. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31563i- Pictures
Italy: a man tries to pull a reluctant donkey across a narrow wooden bridge over a stream. Etching by M. Ricci.
Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729.Date: [1730?]Reference: 2925107i- Books
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The union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and Yorke / beyng long in continuall discension for the croune of this noble realme, with all the acts done in both the tymes of the princes, both of the one linage and of the other, beginnyng at the tyme of Kyng Henry the fowerth, the first aucthor of this deuision, and so successiuely proceading to the reigne of the high and prudent prince Kyng Henry the eight, the indubitate flower and very heire of both the saied linages. Whereunto is added to euerye Kyng a seuerall table.
Hall, Edward, 1497-1547Date: 1550- Pictures
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The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.
Date: 1810Reference: 573795i