• Wilkes's jest book; or the merry patriot. Being a collection of all the choicest bons-mots, puns, Epigrams, Drolle Ries, Songs, and other witticisms. said or written from the year 1764, to the present time, respecting John Wilkes, Esq; and the Ever Memorable No. 45. Together with Many Valuable Original Pieces, Written on purpose for this Work, and never before published. While you read our Patriot's Page, Scorn the Tory's Idle Rage; And with Loyal Whigs combine To read, and smile at ev'ry Line. Sons of Freedom laugh away; Honest Hearts are always Gay.

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  [1770?]

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• The polite politician: or, entertaining correspondent. Being, a collection of original essays, on the most beautiful and entertaining subjects, in prose and verse, (viz.) On Virtue. On Death. An Account of a monstrous Ceyloneze-Serpent, call'd the Anocondo. An Abridgment of that Part of the History of England that relates to the Reformation. The Origin of Love. An Account of a burning Well, at Broseley, in Shropshire. Curious Political Extracts from various Authors, relating to the History of Europe. Mr. Dawke's Account of the Willingham Boy, that had all the Signatures of Manhood, before he was three Years old. A curious Treatise of Birds of Passage, taken from the late Mr. Catesby, F. R. S. Recipes for various Disorders, with some Account of Tar-Water. A remarkable Letter from a Country School-Master to his Mistress. An Abstract of the mechanical Practice of Physic. Cupid's Riddle. A Wish for a Wife. Extracts from Dean Swift, with other curious and entertaining Pieces, never before publish'd. ...

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  1751

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• Ethic amusements. By Mr. Bellamy. Revised by his son D. Bellamy, M. A. Chaplain Of Petersham and Kew, in Surry.

  • Bellamy, D. (Daniel), 1687-

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  MDCCLXVIII. [1768]

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• The candid philosopher: or, free thoughts on men, morals, and manners. ...

  • Lewis, Richard, corrector of the press.

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  1778

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• The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, containing a collection of the most curious and remarkable pieces of natural and civil history, Poetry, Voyages, Fables, Lives, Travels, Wars, Battles, Sieges, &c. &c. A Compendious History of the Bible, with the Live and Death of Jesus Christ. Accounts of some of the most stupendous Works of Art. Collected from the most eminent Authors, both antient and modern. To which is prefixed, a plan of education, From the Chevalier Ramsay, Author of the Travels of Cyrus. And An Appendix, Containing Rules for Reading and Study, with a Catalogue of such Books as are proper to form the Library of the Gentleman, Lady, Tradesman, &c. From the Learned Mr. Locke. The whole designed not only for the Use of Schools, but also for those who have neither Time to read, nor Money to purchase the larger Works from which those ingenious and instructing Pieces are extracted. By D. Burgess, A.M.

  • Burgess, D., A.M.

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  MDCCLIX. [1759]

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• The beauties of Fielding: carefully selected from the works of that eminent writer. To which is added, some account of his life.

  • Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.

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  Oct. 27, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]

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• Miscellanies. The last volume.

  • Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

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  MDCCXXVIII. [1728]

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• Miscellanea. The second volume. I. An essay upon gibing. With a project for its improvement. II. The praise of women. Done out of French. III. An essay on the mischief of giving fortunes with women in marriage. IV. Swifteana: ... V. Laus ululae. ... Translated from the Latin, by a canary bird.

  • Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

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  1727 [i.e.1726]

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• The gentleman's miscellany: consisting of essays, characters, narratives, anecdotes, and poems, moral and entertaining. Calculated for the improvement of gentlemen in every relation in life. By George Wright, Esq. Editor of The lady's miscellany, Pleasing melancholy, Rural Christian, &c. [One line in Latin from Horace]

  • Wright, George, Esq.

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  1797

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• The new foundling hospital for wit. Being a collection of fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection. With several pieces never before published.

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  1784

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• Hush the mouse off the hob. To which are added, 2. The Lake of Kilarney. 3. Sheela na Guira. 4. The Elegy of Sir J. Colthurst.

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  [1788?]

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• A selection of curiosities of literature, consisting of wonders of nature and art; remarkable characters; entertaining anecdotes, letters, &c. &c. &c. By William Jefferson.

  • Jefferson, William.

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  M,DCC,XCV. [1795]

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• The foundling hospital for wit. Intended for the Reception and Preservation of such Brats of Wit and Humour whose Parents chuse to Drop them. Number IV. to be Continued Occasionally. Containing, 1. Ode to H-y F-x, on the Marriage of the Duchess of M-r. 2. Ode to the Author of the Conquer'd Duchess. 3. Rural Reflections of a Welch Poet. 4. W--d--m and P-tn--y; or the Vision at Bath. 5. Tar-Water: A Ballad. 6. The Highlanders Flight. 7. The Fire-Side. 8. Ode to Stephen Poyntz, Esq; 9. Epilogue to Tamerlane. 10. Ode to Sir C. H. W. 11. Austria's Deliverance. 12. The Sweet William. 13. The Appeal of Morgan's Ghost. 14. Mons. D'Argenson's Letter, and the Burlesque. With many Curious Pieces never before printed, and a General Table of Contents to the Whole. By Timothy Silence, Esq;

  • Silence, Timothy.

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  1763

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• The miscellaneous works of the late reverend and learned Conyers Middleton, D.D. principal librarian of the Univeristiry of Cambridge. In five volumes. ...

  • Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750.

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  MDCCLV. [1755]

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• Tracts in divinity. By W. Hawkins, M. A. Rector of Little Casterton in Rutlandshire, late Poetry Professor in the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Pembroke College. ...

  • Hawkins, William, 1722-1801.

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  MDCCLVIII. [1758]

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• Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, designed for the improvement of youth. To which are added, a few original pieces.

  • J. N.

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  M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]

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• The pleasing moralist: or, Polite philosopher. Consisting of essays, poems, histories, and dialogues, serious and comic. By R. Lewis, corrector of the press, author of the Candid Philosopher. In two volumes.

  • Lewis, Richard, corrector of the press.

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  [1780?]

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• The secret plot; a tragedy, of three acts. Written at the age of eight years and eleven months, December the 30th, 1776. An abstract of the history of England; from the landing of Julius Caeser, to the death of George the Second. In a series of letters, written in the Course of the Year 1777. And an abstract of the history of Rome; from the landing of Aeneas, to the death of Julius Caeser. Written in the year 1778. By Rupert Green.

  • Green, Rupert, 1768-1804.

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  1779

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• An asylum for fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection: with several pieces never before published.

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  MDCCLXXXV. [1785]

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• Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, of Mr. William Cartaret. Consisting of odes, songs, &c. sacred to love, friendship, and devotion. Tales and fables, humorous, moral, and satirical. Epistles, ethic, amorous, and familiar. Epigrams, and other occasional poems. Essays in literature, theology, and criticism. Adorned with sculptures, and illustrated with notes.

  • Bancks, John, 1709-1751.

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  MDCCXLVIII. [1748]

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• Little master's miscellany, Or, Divine and moral essays in prose and verse, adapted to the capacities, and design'd for the improvement of the youth of both sexes. Containing, dialogues on the following subjects (viz.) on lying, on prayer, on fishing, on fowling, on death, on deformity, on the sagacity of the ewes and lames, on detraction, on the tulip. A ramble thro' the town, in a dialogue between Master Joseph, and Miss Patty. To which is added, select fables, moral songs and useful maxims.

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  M,DCC,XLVIII. [1748]

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• Miscellanies. The last volume.

  • Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

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  MDCCXXXVI. [1736]

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• A Collection of prose and verse, from the best English authors. For the use of schools. By Arthur Masson, M.A. late teacher of languages in Edinburgh and Aberdean.

  • Masson, Arthur, teacher of languages.

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  M,DCC,XC [1790]

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• Farrago. Containing essays, moral, philosophical, political, and historical: on Shakespeare, truth, boxing, kings, Kings, Religion, Commerce, Governments, Politeness, Ennui, Ingratitude, Fortune, Politics, &c. &c. Abstracts and selections on various subjects. In two volumes. Published for the Benefit of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts. ...

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  M,DCC,XCII. [1792]

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• Miscellanies in prose and verse, mostly written in the epistolary style: chiefly upon moral subjects, and particularly calculated for the improvement of younger minds. By Mrs. M. Deverell, Gloucestershire. ...

  • Deverell, Mary, 1737?-

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  [1781]

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