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The lama sabachthani. Or, cry of the son of God. Set forth in all his agonies, with a Crown of Thorns on his Head, and his Crucifixion between Two Thieves. Useful at all Times, (especially Passionweek) for a Devout and Pious Soul, in its nearest Addresses to its Saviour, before and after it comes to be an actual Partaker of the Body and Blood of its Redeemer, in the Blessed Sacrament. Together with The Death of Pilate, some Serious Reflections and Animadversions concerning the Body, Soul and Resurrection: With pertinent Meditations and Contemplations upon Death, and a Suitable Prayer against the Suddenness of it. To which is added, several select hymns upon the Crucifixion of our Saviour.
Anonymus.Date: 1708- Books
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A Curious piece of antiquity, on the crucifixion of our Saviour and the two thieves.
Date: [1765?]- Books
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A curious piece of antiquity, on the crucifixion of our Saviour and the two thieves.
Date: 1765?]- Books
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The third volume of the compleat history of the lives, robberies, piracies, and murders committed by the most notorious rogues, &c. From the Time of Edward the Confessor. With the Famous Sermon Preach'd by Bernard Sympson a Monk, to a Gang of High way-men in a Wood near Maidenhead-Thicket. Printed from the Original M. S. out of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Together with The Continuation of the wicked Lives of highway-men, murderers, foot-pads, house-breakers, shoplipts, water-pads, kid-lays, hook-pole-lays, molly-lays, bumming-lays, and the surprizing Adventures of several famous pirates, down to the present Time. With the Thieves grammar whereby the Art of Thieving, is fully detected. A Key to the Art of Thieving; newly discovered, whereby several secret Mysteries are unlocked, for the good of the Publick. Never before Printed. Written by Capt. Alex. Smith. Adorn'd with cuts.
Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.Date: 1720- Books
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The lama sabachthany: or cry of the Son of God. Set forth in all his agonies, with a crown of thorns upon his head, and his Crucifixion between Two Thieves; usefull at all Times (especially Passion Week) for a devout and pious Soul, in its nearest Addresses to its Saviour, before and after it comes to be an actual Partaker of the Body and Blood of its Redeemer in the blessed Sacrament. Together with The Death of Pilate; some serious Reflections and Animadversions concerning the Body, Soul, and Resurrection; With pertinent Meditations and Contemplations upon Death, and a suitable Prayer against the suddenness of it. With several Select Hymns, upon the Crucifixion of our Saviour. To which is added, the duty incumbent on all Christians,
Anonymus.Date: 1755- Books
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Crimes against nature : squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation / Karl Jacoby.
Jacoby, Karl, 1965-Date: 2003, ©2001- Books
Sleep thieves : an eye-opening exploration into the science and mysteries of sleep / Stanley Coren.
Coren, Stanley.Date: [1996], ©1996- Books
Pandemic, Inc. : chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick / J. David McSwane.
McSwane, J. DavidDate: 2022- Books
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The court and city medley; or, political shaver; being a curious collection of satirical originals, in prose and verse; adapted to the present times: Containing, among a Variety of other Oddities, I. Fire and Faggot, or the City Mob. II. Newgate Triumphant. III. Liberty Pistol'd. IV. Prison and Pillory. V. The Sons of Gomorrah. VI. The Rich Bastards. Vii. The Picture of Peace. Viii. The Murdered Apple-Tree. IX. Scalping in England. X. Dying Groans of a Devonshire Cyder-Mill. XI. Treason in Town. XII. The Paper Thieves. XIII. An Alphabet suitable to the Times. XIV. An odd Epistle to Ld Bible from the West of England. XV. The Farmer's Prayer, &c. &c. &c. Ornamented with a suitable Copper-Palte. Humbly addressed to the County of Bucks. By Sir Daniel Downright.
Downright, Daniel, Sir.Date: 1764- Books
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The lovers petition to Parliament against the thieves. By a noble lord. With the thieves answer. By a lady. To which is added, A gallant adventur upon it. Handed about in a late Reign, and now publish'd as a Satire upon Advertising Lovers.
Date: 1743- Archives and manuscripts
Aji ginjung or aji habonaran, magic against thieves, with a figure which should be drawn on a winnowing-basket.
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Extracts from sermons preached in K- Abbey, Isaiah, Chap. I. Verse 23. Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves.
Date: 1792- Books
The red market : on the trail of the world's organ brokers, bone thieves, blood farmers, and child traffickers / Scott Carney.
Carney, Scott M., 1969-Date: [2011], ©2011- Pictures
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Policemen entering the study of a medical student in search of thieves shoot at a pair of skeletons by mistake Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1811?-1886.Date: [1844]Reference: 29541i- Books
The geography of madness : penis thieves, voodoo death, and the search for the meaning of the world's strangest syndromes / Frank Bures.
Bures, FrankDate: [2016]- Books
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Thieving detected: being a true and particular description, of the various methods and artifices, used by thieves and sharpers, to take in and deceive the public; With proper Cautions to guard against such destructive Measures. Addressed (by permission) to Sir John Fielding, And very necessary to be read by all Magistrates, Merchants, Tradesmen, Inn-Keepers, Book-Keepers, Proprietors of Waggons, Machines, &c. and those in private Life.
Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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The honest thieves: a farce. In two acts. Altered from The committee. By T. Knight. First acted at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden May 9, 1797.
Knight, T. (Thomas), -1820.Date: 1797- Books
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A groatsworth of wit for a penny. Or, the interpretation of dreams. Shewing, I. How a Man or Maid by their Dreams may know whether they shall have them they love. II. How a Man may obtain the Love of his Mistress. III. How a Man may obtain Money in hard Times. IV. How a Man may make Choice of a loving Wife. V. How they may continue in Amity, and not be poor. VI. How to know an honest Woman from a Whore. Vii. How young Men and Maids may discover the Reality of their Lover. Viii. How they may know what Planet they were born under, what their Fortunes be, and which shall die first, the Man or the Wife. IX. How a Man may know each Day in every Month, whether himself, Wife, Child, or friend that is sick, shall live or die. X. What the Appearance of a Comet or blazing Star signifies. XI. How you may contrive a Night-Spell to catch Thieves. By Mr. Lillie.
Date: [1780?]- Books
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A present for a servant-maid. Or, the sure means of gaining love and esteem. Under the following heads: observance. Avoiding sloth. Sluttishness. Staying on Errands. Telling Family Affairs. Secrets among Fellow-Servants. Entering into their Quarrels. Tale-Bearing. Being an Eye-Servant. Carelesness of Children. Of Fire, Candle, Thieves. New Acquaintance. Fortune-Tellers. Giving saucy Answers. Liquorishness. Apeing the Fashion. Dishonesty. The Market-Penny. Delaying to give Change. Giving away Victuals. Bringing in Chair-Women. Wasting Victuals. Quarrels with Fellow-Servants. Behaviour to the Sick. Hearing Things against a Master or Mistress. Being too free with Men-Servants. Conduct towards Apprentices. Mispending Time. Publick Shews. Vails. Giving Advice too freely. Chastity. Temptations from the Master. If a single Man. If a married Man. If from the Master's Son. If from Gentlemen Lodgers. To which are added, Directions for going to Market: Also, For Dressing any Common Dish, whether Flesh, Fish or Fowl. With some Rules for Washing, &c. The whole calculated for making both the Mistress and the Maid happy.
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.Date: 1744- Books
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A present for a servant-maid: or, the sure means of gaining love and esteem. Under the following heads. Observance. Avoiding sloth. Sluttishness. Staying on Errands. Telling Family Affairs. Secrets among Fellow-Servants. Entring into their Quarrels. Tale-Bearing. Being an Eye-Servant. Carelessness of Children. Of Fire, Candle, Thieves. New Acquaintance. Fortune-Tellers. Giving saucy Answers. Liquorishness. Apeing the Fashion. Dishonesty. The Market Penny. Delaying to give Change. Giving away Victuals. Bringing in Chair-Women, Wasting Victuals Quarrels with Fellow-Servants. Behaviour to the Sick. Hearing Things against a Master or Mistress. Being too free with Men Servants. Conduct toward Apprentices. Mispending Time. Publick Shews. Vails. Giving Advice too freely. Chastity. Temptations from the Master. If a single Man. If a married Man. If from the Master's Son. If from Gentle men Lodgers. To which are Added, Directions for going to Market, Also. For Dressing any Common Dish, whether Flesh, Fish, or Fowl. With some Rules for Washing, &c. The Whole calculated for making both the Mistress and the Maid happy.
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.Date: [1743]- Archives and manuscripts
Medico-magical prescriptions for a variety of things including for a good journey, for causing love and for causing emnity, for undoing charms, against thieves and against a variety of ailments and diseases
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Directions for prosecuting thieves without the help of those false guides, the Newgate sollicitors, With a great deal of Ease, and little Expence: wherein is laid down the manner of indicting a felon at Guild-Hall, Hicks's-Hall, or the Old Bailey. To which is added a lesson, very necessary to be perus'd by those Gentlemen who serve as Jurors in any of His Majesty's Courts of Judicature. Dedicated to Sir William Thompson, Knt. Recorder of the City of London.
Date: 1728- Books
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Satyrical reflections on clubs: in twenty nine chapters. 1 Of Clubs in General. 2 The Vertuoso's Club. 3 The Knights of the Golden Fieece. 4 The No-Nose Club. 5 The Man-Killing Club. 6 The Surly Club. 7 The Atheistical Club. 8 The Club of Ugly-Faces. 9 Of the Split-Farthing Club. 10 The Club of Broken Shop-Keepers. 11 The Man-Hunters Club. 12 The Yorkshire Club. 13 The Mock-Heroes Club. 14 The Beaus Club. 15 The Wrangling, or Hussel-Farthing Club. 16 The Quacks Club; or, the Physical Society. 17 The Weekly Dancing Club; or the Buttock-Ball in St. Giles's. 18 The Bird-Fanciers Club; and of their Annual Feast. 19 The Lying Club; and how it came to be establish'd. 20 The Scatter-Wit Club. 21 The Florists Club. 22 Bob Weden's Cellar Club. 23 The Mollies Club. 24 The Bawds Initiating Club. 25 Sam Scot's Smoaking Club. 26 The Thieves Club. 27 The Small-Coal Man's Musick Club. 28 The Kit-Cat Club. 29 The Beef-Stake Club. By the author of the London-Spy. Volume IV.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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The life of Jonathan Wild, from his birth to his death. Containing his rise and progress in roguery; his first acquaintance with thieves; by what arts he made himself their head, or governor; his discipline over them; his policy and great cunning in governing them; and the several classes of thieves under his command. In which all his intrigues, plots and artifices are accounted for, and laid open. Intermix'd with variety of diverting stories, by H.D. late clerk to Justice R-
H. D.Date: 1725- Ephemera
The spider and fly : the advertiser takes this opportunity of informing his friends and a discerning public, that he continues the trade of making drunkards, paupers, thieves, beggars, adulterers, and murderers, on the most reasonable terms, and without notice.
Date: [between 1820 and 1829?]