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That Jesus Christ is God by nature, of the same essence with the Father, proved to be the doctrine of Christianity. Two letters to a very eminent and learned gentleman; attempting to subvert the doctrine of the Arians. Being animadversions on a very famous Arian manuscript,--wrote by him, some years since, in India. By a country-gentleman.
Hanley.Date: M,DCC,LVI. [1756]- Books
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A short address to persons of all denominations, occasioned by the alarm of an intended invasion. By George Whitefield, Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon. [One line from Job]
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.Date: M.DCC.LVI. [1756]- Books
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A general collection of treatys of peace and commerce, manifestos, declarations of war, and other publick papers, from the End of the Reign of Queen Anne to the Year 1731. Vol.IV. Containing Several Treatys betwixt King George I. and the Emperor, 1715, 1716, 1718. His Treatys with France, Spain and Holland, 1715, 1717 1721. The Quadruple Alliance betwixt the Emperor, France, England, and Holland, 1718. Treaty betwixt King George as Elector of Hannover, and the Queen of Sweden, in relation to Bremen and Verden, 1719. Treaty at Hannover betwixt Great Britain, France, and Prussia, 1725. With some Articles relating to Thorn. Treaty betwixt King George II. and the Duke of Wolsembuttle, 1727. Several Papers relating to Don Carlos's Succession to Tuscany, &c. 1724, 1728, 1731. Treaty at Seville between Great Britain, France, and Spain; 1729. Two Treatys at Vienna between the Emperor, Great Britain, and Holland, 1731. With many others, to be seen in the Contents. Also, A Supplement of Treatys, &c. omitted in the preceding Volumes: particularly. King Charles II's Declaration of War against Holland, 1672. With the Answer of the States General thereto. Treaty betwixt Queen Anne and the House of Lunenburgh, 1702. Her Treaty of Commerce with Portugal, 1703. Her Declaration in favour of the Catalans, 1705. King George the First's, and the French King's Declarations of War against Spain, 1718, 1719. Treatys at Vienna between the Emperor and Spain, 1725. With divers more. To which is subjoin'd, a compleat list of all the treatys and publick papers in these 4 volumes, in an exact Chronological Order.
Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Books
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The life of His Serene Highness, Charles, Prince of Lorrain, Field-Marshal and Commander in Chief of Her Hungarian Majesty's Forces. Including, The History of the Illustrious House of Lorrain, with a short Account of the Princes thereof, from Charles the Bold, to His Most August Highness Francis, Grand Duke of Tuscany, now Emperor of Germany, and the Birth of Prince Charles in the Year 1712: Likewise, An Authentic Relation of the Affairs of Germany, Prussia, France, Spain, England, Holland, &c. so far as they have interfered with the Pragmatic Sanction, the Succession of the Queen of Hungary, and the controverted Election of an Emperor. With a Complete Narrative of all the Battles, Sieges, &c. from the Commencement of the War to this Time; exhibiting in a clear View the Rise of the Present Troubles, and the perfidious Schemes of the French Court to establish Universal Monarchy upon the Ruins of the Germanic Body, and the Liberties of all Europe.
Date: 1746- Books
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Old stories which were the fore-runners of the revolution in eighty-eight, reviv'd, Viz. I. A Dialogue between F. Peters, and Dr. Busby. II. The Hollanders Story of the Penal Laws and Test. III. William Penn holding forth among the Quakers. IV. Several Stories about the Birth of the Pretender. V. Queries about the Invitation. VI. The French were to Re-Establish Popery here. Vii. The Bishops feign'd Service to King James. Viii. The Scotch Woman's coming to St. Margaret's Westminst. IX. K. James his sending the Broad Seal to the French King. X. The Queen's sending away the Crown Jewels. XI. The Londoner's Loyalty. XII. The Story of Captain Tom. XIII. That of St. Mary Magdalen's. XIV. Of the Marquess of Arbevile, and Lord Sunderland. XV. Qu. Dowager's great Colour. XVI. About the Lord Sunderland's turning Papist. XVII. That of the Banquetting House. XVIII. That of Cauldrons, Grid-Irons, Knives, &c. XIX. That the P. of O. had Muster'd 20000 Men at Exeter. XX. Another of the Lord Lovelace. XXI. That the King had sent the Lord Dartmouth with our Fleet to France. XXII. That 40000 French and Irish were coming to England. XXIII. That Admiral Herbert had taken Three Million of Money of the French King. XXIV. That Queen Mary did give the Princess Anne a Box on the Ear, which caus'd her to Miscarry. With 500 more Stories, of the like Tendency. To which is added in a Post-Script. The Truest Account that ever was yet Publish'd of the Pretended Irish Massacre, which went through England and Scotland in one Night. With a Discovery of the Manager of that and another Intrigue, never before made Publick
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The london calendar, or court and city register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the year 1788; Including a Complete and Correct List of the present Parliament, more extensive and useful than in any other Book of the Kind yet published. Containing England. I. Correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament; the State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, at the Court, in the City of London, and different Parts of the Kingdom; the Army and Navy; Baronets, Universities, Seminaries, Medical Societies, Hospitals, &c. &c. Scotland. II. All the Peers, Baronets, State, Law, Revenue, and Public Offices, Universities, Physicians, &c. Ireland. III. Both Houses of Parliament, a complete List of the Baronets, all the Law, State, Revenue, and public Offices, Bankers, Deans, &c. &c. America. IV. The Military and Civil Establishments; Governors, Law and Revenue Officers, &c. &c. Carefully corrected at the Respective Offices.
Date: [1788]- Books
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Calendars of the ancient charters, and of the Welch and Scotish rolls, now remaining in the Tower of London: also calendars of all the treaties of peace entered into by the Kings of England with those of Scotland; and of sundry Letters and public Instruments relating to that Kingdom, now in the Chapter-House at Westminster. Together With Catalogues of the Records brought to Berwick from the Royal Treasury at Edinburgh: of such as were transmitted to the Exchequer at Westminster, and of those which were removed to different Parts of Scotland by Order of King Edward I. The Proceedings relating to the carrying back the Records of Scotland into that Kingdom; and the Transactions of the Parliament there from the 15th of May 1639, to the 8th of March 1650. To Which Are Added Memoranda concerning the Affairs Of AtIreland, Extracted From The Tower Records. With four copper plates, exhibiting all the various Hands in which the several Charters have been written, from the Reign of King William the Conqueror to that of Queen Elizabeth. To the Whole is prefixed an Introduction, giving some Account of the State of the Public Records from the Conquest to the present Time. By Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Bart. V. P. A. S. and F. R. S.
Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709-1781.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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A narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man,---servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; who returned to Boston, after having been absent almost thirteen years. Containing an account of the many hardships he underwent from the time he left his master's house, in the year 1747, to the time of his return to Boston. --How he was cast away in the Capes of Florida;--the horrid cruelty and inhuman barbarity of the Indians in murdering the whole ship's crew;--the manner of his being carry'd by them into captivity. Also, an account of his being confined four years and seven months in a close dungeon,--and the remarkable manner in which he met with his good old master in London; who returned to New-England, a passenger, in the same ship.
Hammon, Briton.Date: 1760- Books
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[Old] stories which were the fore-runners of the revolution in eighty-eight, reviv'd, viz. I. A dialogue between F. Peters, and Dr. Busby. II. The Hollanders story of the penal laws and test. III. William Penn holding forth among the Quakers. IV. Several stories about the birth of the pretender. V. Queries about the invitation. VI. The French were to re-establish popery here. VII. The bishops feign'd service to King James. VIII. The Scotch woman's coming to St. Margaret's Westminst. IX. K. James his sending the broad seal to the French King. X. The queen's sending away the crown jewels. XI. The Londoner's loyalty. XII. The story of Captain Tom. XIII. That of St. Mary Magdalen's. XIV. Of the Marquess of Albevile, and Lord Sunderland. XV. Qu. Dowager's great colour. XVI. About the Lord Sunderland's turning papist. XVII. That of the Banquetting House XVIII. That of cauldrons, gridIrons, knives, &c. XIX. That the P. of O. had muster'd 20000 men at Exeter. XX. Another of the Lord Lovelace. XXI. That the king had sent the Lord Dartmouth with our fleet to France. XXII. That 40000 French and Irish were coming to England. XXIII. The Admiral Herbert had taken three millions of mony of the French King. XXIV. That Queen Mary did give the Princess Anne a box on the ear, which caus'd her to miscarry. With 500 more stories, of the like tendency. To which is added in a post-script. The truest account that ever was yet publish'd of the pretended Irish Massacre, which went through England and Scotland in one night. With a discovery of the manager of that and another intrigue, never before made publick.
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King Charles II receiving the first pineapple cultivated in England. Engraving by R. Grave after S. Harding after H. Danckerts.
Danckerts, Hendrick, approximately 1625-1680.Date: May 1, 1823Reference: 2042905i- Books
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A catalogue of the choice library of Capt. William Long, Lately deceas'd: And of several Curious Libraries lately purchas'd. Containing a Large and Choice Collection of Books in English, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, &c. Among which are the following in Folio. Mariana's Hist. of Spain. Chaucer's Works, by Urry. Dugdale's Monasticon, l. pap. Burton's Itinerary. Torriano's Ital. Dictionary. Stevens's Spanish Dictionary. Inigo Jones's Designs. Bayle's Dictionary, 4 vol. Ditto, French. Wood's Athen. Oxon, 2 vol. l. p. Tillotson's Works, 3 vol. Echard's Hist. of England, 3 vol. Dryden's Virgil, cuts. Prideaux's Connection, 2 vol. Jones's Stone-Heng, l. pap. Dugdale's St. Paul's, cuts. Collier's Eccles. Hist. 2 vol. Montfaucon's Antiquit. & Supplement, 7 vol. l. pap. Ditto, small. Coker's Hist. of Dorsetshire. Wesley's Life of Christ. Boyer's Life of Queen Anne. Brent's History of Council of Trent. best. Thucydides a Hudsono. Thes. Graecae Linguae, 4 tom. a Stephano. Thuani Historia, 4 tom. Ashmole's Order of the Garter. Wood's Institutes. Calmet's Dictionary, 3 vol. Pope's Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, 9 vol. Garth's Ovid, lar. and sm. pap. Which will begin to be sold Cheap, the lowest Price being mark'd on the first Leaf of each Book, and in the Catalogue, on Tuesday the 11th Day of May 1736, by Samuel Baker, Bookseller, At the Angel and Crown in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden. Catalogues, with the Prices, to be had gratis, at Mr. Osborn's, at the Golden-Ball in Paternoster-Row, at Mr. Strahan's in Cornhill, and at the Place of Sale. N. B. Capt. Will. Long's Models and Designs, with several Mss. of Shipping, are to be Sold, and may be seen at Mr. Peter Thompson's Merchant, at his House near St. Saviour's Dock, Southwark.
Baker, Samuel, approximately 1711-1778.Date: 1736]- Pictures
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The Dispensary, Brighton: perspective view. Wood engraving, 1849.
Date: 1849Reference: 25164i- Books
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Anne, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Queen, defender of the faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: As the welfare and support of the Church of England, as by Law Established, have been always our greatest care, so We have since Our Accession to the Crown frequently reflected on the miserable Condition of Her Majesty reflecting on the mean Condition of a great Number of the Clergy, discharges the Arrears of Tenths due on small Livings not exceeding 30 l. per Annum. a very great Number of the Clergy of this Our Kingdom, by reason of the mean and insufficient Provision for their Maintenance in several Places, ... We were resolved to do as much as in Us lay, towards easing of the Clergy, and were graciously inclined to think, That the Ministers who served those Cures might, in respect of their Poverty, be true Objects of Our Royal Compassion; and that it would tend to the Honor and good Discipline of the Established Church, if those Benefices were filled with able Clerks, legally instituted and inducted: ... on Condition that the respective Churches were first filled with Institution and Induction; And Our Lord High-Treasurer signified Our said Bountiful Intention by Letters directed to Our Archbishops and Bishops accordingly: And in order to settle a Fond for increasing Her Majesties Message to the Commons, signifying, She was pleased to remit the Arrears of Tenths, and would make a Grant of Her Revenue of First-Fruits and Tenths for an Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy. the Maintenances of the Poor Clergy, ... That We having taken into Our Serious Consideration, the mean and insufficient Maintenance belonging to the Poor Clergy in divers Parts of this Kingdom, To give them some Ease, had been pleased to remit the Arrears of the Tenths to the Poor Clergy; And that for Augmentation of their Maintenance, We would make a Grant of Our whole Revenue arising out of First-Fruits and Tenths, as far as it then was or should become free from Incumbrances, to be applied to this purpose: And if the House of Commons could find any proper Method by which Our Good Intentions to the Poor Clergy might be made more effectual, it would be a great Advantage to the Publick, and very acceptable to Us.
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Puns, puppets of Shakespearian characters, fashions in bonnets, the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, etc., representing Albert Smith's performance 'Ascent of Mont Blanc'. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
Parry, John Orlando, 1810-1879.Date: 1850-1859Reference: 32508i- Books
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The history and progress of the four Indian kings, to the kingdom of England: giving a particular description of the country they came from their government, customs, religion, and manners. With their Habits, Feasts, Mirriages and Burials, and what else is remarkable this of strange People. Together with their effigies at large in the Habits they now wear. Their Business to to Her most Sacred Majesty Queen Anne. Also the four Indian King's Speech to her Majesty. With the Epilogue spoken to them at the Hay-house.
Date: 1710- Books
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An essay towards an union of Ireland with England. Most Humbly offer'd to the Consideration of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, and Both Houses of Parliament.
Date: MDCCIII. [1703]- Books
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By the Queen, a proclamation, Containing Her Majesties declaration, that it is expedient, that the Lords of Parliament of England and Commons of the present Parliament of England, should be the members of the respective Houses of the first Parliament of Great Britain, for and on the part of England.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1702-1707 : Anne)Date: MDCCVII. [1707]- Books
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The sentiments of the Western-Tories: address'd to the Londoners. With a recorder's charge given at the general quarter sessions of the peace held in a town corporate in the county of Cornwal, in the first year of the reign of Queen Anne, of happy memory. Plainly shewing, that the late entail of the Crown in Parliament after the demise of Her Majesty without issue, on the Princess Sophia, electoress and Dutchess Dowager of Hanover, and on the heirs of her body being protestants, is agreeable to the Constitution of England from the foundation of the monarchy; and that the Protestant Princes of that illustrious house have an hereditary and Parliamentary right to the Crown of Great-Britain, and all other the dominions thereunto belonging. With a proposal for a union between the Whigs and Tories, for the ease of His Majesty, and the s[afe]ty and prosperity of the Kingdom. By R.D. Jun. Gent. a true son of the Church of England.
R. D., Jun. Gent.Date: 1715- Books
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The court and country confectioner : or, the house-keeper's guide ; to a more speedy, plain, and familiar method of understanding the whole art of confectionary, pastry, distilling, and the making of fine flavoured English wines from all kinds of fruits, herbs, and flowers; comprehending near four hundred and fifty easy and practical receipts, never before made know. Particularly, Preserving. Candying. Icing. Transparent Marmalade, Orange, Pine-Apple, Pistachio, and other Rich Creams. Caramil. Pastils. Bomboons. Puff, Spun, and Fruit-Pastes. Light-Biscuits. Puffs. Rich Seed-Cakes. Custards. Syllabues. Flummeries. Trifles. Whips. Fruite, and other Jellies. Pickles, &c. &c. Also New and easy directions for clarifying the different degrees of sugar, together with several bills of fare of deserts for private gentlemen's families. To which is added, a dissertation on the different species of fruits, and the art of distilling simple waters, cordials, perfumed oils, and essences. By an ingenious foreigner, now head confectioner to the Spanish ambassador in England.
Borella, Mr.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- Books
Harriet Beecher Stowe : a spiritual life / Nancy Koester.
Koester, Nancy, 1954-Date: 2013- Books
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The last sale for this season. Being the most valuable part of the collection of Elihu Yale, Esq; (late governor of Fort St. George) deceas'd. Consisting of jewels, (particularly that celebrated diamond ring, on which is cut the arms of England, and Scotland, formerly belonging to Mary Queen of Scots) fine diamond and pearl necklaces, gold repeating and silver watches, and clocks with several motions, chas'd, philligrew and houshold plate, with several dozens of silver plates, and some dishes; a large collection of valuable pictures and limnings, among which is the capital picture of the samaritan woman, by the famous vander werf; a fine India skreen standing upwards of ten foot, with great variety of extraordinary India cabinets, and divers sorts of useful houshold goods; brass cannons, carious fire-arms, mathematical instruments, fine snuff boxes; swords and canes, several parcels of fine silks, linnens, muslins, &c. with many valuable curiosities in gold, silver, and agate. Which will be expos'd to view, at his late dwelling-house in Queens Square near Ormond Street, Lambs Conduit, on Saturday the 3d of March, and every day till the time of sale, which will begin on Thursday the 8th of March at eleven a-clock in the forenoon precisely. Catalogues to be had only at the place of sale, and at Mr. Cock's near the Vine Tavorn in Broad Street near Golden Square, St. James's. Conditions of sale at usual.
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720-1749.Date: 1722]- Books
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The humble address of the House of Commons to the Queen.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1703- Books
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An humble application to the Queen, And Her Great Council, the Parliament of England, To suppress Play-Houses and Bear-Baitings, With all Prophaness and Immorality. By John Feild.
Field, John, 1652-1723.Date: 1703- Ephemera
Queen Alexandra's speech to the Queen's Nurses at Marlborough House, 3rd July, 1901 / Alexandra.
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925.Date: [1901?]- Pictures
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The examination hall of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons: Queen Victoria laying the foundation stone. Wood engraving.
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