29 results filtered with: Great Britain - Social life and customs
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Fragmens sur l'histoire de France, règne de Louis XVI.
Date: 1788- Books
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A letter to the Right Hon. William Pitt, on the use of hair-powder, &c. &c.
Donaldson, John, active 1790-1795.Date: 1795- Books
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The citizen of the world; or letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the east. ...
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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The rambler. In three volumes. ...
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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The Tatler. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esquire. ...
Date: 1794- Books
Physical evidence for ritual acts, sorcery and witchcraft in Christian Britain : a feeling for magic / edited by Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol, UK).
Date: 2016- Books
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Music hall : the business of pleasure / edited by Peter Bailey.
Date: 1986- Books
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Antiquitates vulgares; or, the antiquities of the common people. Giving an account of several of their opinions and ceremonies. With Proper Reflections upon each of them; shewing which may be retain'd, and which ought to be laid aside. By Henry Bourne, M. A. Curate of the Parochial Chapel of All-Saints in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Bourne, Henry, 1696-1733.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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A letter from a gentleman to his friend, Concerning the Custom of giving and taking vails.
Gentleman.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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The citizen of the world; or, letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the east. ...
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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The great law of subordination consider'd; or, the insolence and unsufferable behaviour of servants in England duly enquir'd into. Illustrated With a great Variety of Examples, Historical Cases, and Remarkable Stories of the Behaviour of some particular Servants, suited to all the several Arguments made use of, as they go on. In ten familiar letters. Together with a Conclusion, being an earnest and moving Remonstrance to the House-Keepers and Heads of Families in Great-Britain, pressing them not to cease using their utmost Interest (especially at this Juncture) to obtain sufficient Laws for the effectual Regulation of the Manners and Behaviour of their Servants. As also a proposal, containing such heads or constitutions, as wou'd effectually answer this great end, and bring servants of every class to a just (and yet not a grievous) regulation.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1724]- Books
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A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England, from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time, illustrated by engravings Taken from the Most Authentic Remains of Antiquity. To which is Prefixed an Introduction, Containing a General Description of the Ancient Habits in Use Among Mankind, from the Earliest Period of Time, to the Conclusion of the Seventh Century. By Joseph Strutt. ...
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802.Date: MDCCXCVI. [1796]-99- Books
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An account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in England and Ireland. With a persuasive to Persons of all Ranks, to be zealous and diligent in promoting the execution of the laws against prophaneness and debauchery, for the Effecting A National Reformation. Published with the Approbation of a Considerable Number of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Honourable Judges of both Kingdoms.
Date: 1701- Books
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A brief and merry history of Great-Britain: containing an account of the religions, Customs, Manners, Humours, Characters, Caprice, Contrasts, Foibles, Factions, &c. of the people. Written originally in Arabick, by Ali Mohammed Hadgi, Physician to his Excellency, Cossem Hojah, late Envoy from the Government of Tripoli, in South-Barbary, to this Court. Faithfully render'd into English by Mr. Anthony Hilliar, Translator of the Oriental Languages.
Hilliar, Anthony.Date: 1730- Books
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Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of Mr. Bourne's Antiquitates vulgares, with addenda to every chapter of that work: as also, an appendix, containing such articles on the subject, as have been omitted by that author. By John Brand, A. B. Of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Brand, John, 1744-1806.Date: 1777- Books
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Original and genuine letters sent to the Tatler and Spectator, during the time those works were publishing. None of which have been before printed. ...
Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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A comparative view of the French and English nations, in their manners, politics, and literature. By John Andrews, LL. D.
Andrews, John, 1736-1809.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The citizen of the world; or letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the east. ...
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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The danger of masqueradess and raree-shows, or the complaints of the stage, against masquerades, opera's, assemblies, Balls, Puppet-Shows, Bear-Gardens, Cock-Fights, Wrestling, Posture-Masters, Cudgel-Playing, Foot-Ball, Rope-Dancing, Merry-Makings, and several other irrational Entertainments, as being the Ground and Occasion of the late Decay of Wit in the Island of Great-Britain. By C.R. of C.C.C. Oxford. Inscribed to Mrs. Oldfield.
C. R., of C.C.C., Oxford.Date: [1718]- Books
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Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. By various persons of rank of consequence; containing many curious anecdotes, relative to that turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, period of our history; and elucidating, not only public matters of state, but likewise the private manners of the age: digested in chronological order: with notes, historical and explanatory; and authenticated by engravings of autographs, fac similes, paper marks, and seals. In four volumes. By Sir John Fenn, knight, M.A. and F.A.S.
Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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An essay upon publick spirit; being a satyr in Prose upon the Manners and Luxury of the times, The Chief Sources of our present Parties and Divisions. By Mr. Dennis.
Dennis, John, 1657-1734.Date: 1711- Books
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The tatler. ...
Date: 1789- Books
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The conclusion of Bishop Burnet's History of his own time. Addressed to men of all orders and degrees. Being, as he himself calls it, a sort of testament or dying speech: In which he points out the several Grievances in Church and State, Errors in Education, Marriages, and several other things worthy of Notice; concerning which he gives most excellent Advice; and concludes with an exceeding good Address to our Princes, and a pathetic Exhortation to All to become truly Religious. The whole containing many alarming Truths, solemnly laid home to the Consciences of Men; in order to awaken them to a Sense of Religion, Virtue, and Public Spirit. The second edition. To which are added, his free, sincere, and remarkable letter to King Charles II. And the affecting, penitent letter of the Earl of Rochester to Doctor J. Peirce, President of Magdalen College Oxon, and afterwards Dean of Sarum.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: [1760]- Books
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Characters of the present most celebrated courtezans. Interspersed with a variety of secret anecdotes never before published.
Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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The ten plagues of England, of worse consequence than those of Egypt, Described Under the following Heads: I. Disregard to our own Productions. II. Luxury and Waste in great Families. III. Effeminacy. IV. Gaming. V. Love of Novelty. VI. Hypocrisy. Vii. Drunkenness. Viii. Avarice and Usury. IX. Pride. and, X. Idleness. The whole intended to shew, That whatever Crimes or Foibles infect the Minds of a People, are far more injurious to a Nation than bodily Plagues. By a well-wisher to Great-Britain.
Well-wisher to Great Britain.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]