13 results filtered with: Human behavior - Early works to 1800
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The dignity of human nature. Or, a brief account of the certain and established means for attaining the true end of our existence. In four books. I. Of prudence. II. Of knowledge. III. Of virtue. IV. Of revealed religion. By J.B. Master of an academy at Newington-Green, Middlesex.
Burgh, James, 1714-1775.Date: MDCCLIV. MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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Remarks upon a book, entituled, A philosophical enquiry concerning human liberty. By Samuel Clarke, D. D. Rector of St. James's Westminster.
Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729.Date: 1717- Books
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Preceptive, moral, & sentimental pieces. On human pursuits. On human pursuits. On human life, from Goethe. On inconsistent expectations, by Mrs. Barbauld. Maxims and Reflections, by Stanislaus, the deposed King of Poland. Character of Antiope, from Fenelon, by Robertson. Character of a true friend, by Dr. Enfield. The secret of being always easy. from l'abbe Aubert.
Date: 1796- Books
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Remarks upon a book, entituled, A philosophical enquiry concerning human liberty. By Samuel Clarke, D.D. Rector of St. James's Westminster.
Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729.Date: [1717]- Books
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The satirical ambulator, by peeping Tim, for the year 1791. No.1. Wherein a truly ludicrous picture of modern vice and folly is exposed to public view, in a curious Display of the Characters of A Drunken Church-Warden, A Shrew, Captain Muggugg, A Female Hypocrite, Captain Cogg, An Old Beldam, A Dublin Volunteer, Lobcock and his Mother, An Attorney, A Bawd, A Bully, A Lip-Licking Lady, A Gauger, A Proud Lady, A Town Buck, A Lady of Quality, A Police Constable, Mrs. Prattlebox, Sir Felix O'Brolloughan, And a She Saint.
Peeping Tim.Date: 1791- Books
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The polite tutor: with reflections on the folly and absurdity of unpolite behaviour. Translated from the French of the Abbot de Bellegarde, by the lady who translated The lady's preceptor in the affair of love, &c.
Bellegarde, M. l'abbé de (Jean Baptiste Morvan), 1648-1734.Date: 1749- Books
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Every man entertained: or, select histories: giving an account of persons who have been most eminently distinguish'd by their virtues or vices, their Perfections or Defects, either of Body or Mind. The Whole collected from the best Authors, with the Addition of several curious Particulars never before published; and digested under the following Heads: Apparitions. Persons who have return'd to Life after they have been supposed to be dead. Great Sleepers, and Walkers in their Sleep. Great Eaters and Drinkers. Vast Strength of some Persons. Persons wonderfully preserv'd from Death. Extraordinary Longevity. Giants and Dwarfs. Monstrous and preternatural Births. Strange Discoveries of Murder. The Strength of Imagination. Great Memory. Singular Chastity. Pride and Ambition. Instance of Temperance and long Abstinence. Dreams, Presages, and Predictions. Magicians, Wizards, and Witches. Loving Husbands and Wives.
Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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Preceptive, moral, & sentimental pieces. Way to wealth, by Dr. Franklin. Advantages of Industry. Life endeared by age, by Dr. Goldsmith. On early times, and the evils of life, by Dr. Goldsmith. Mathematics, from the French of Ganganelli. A notion of honour, by Mr. Pratt. Advice to a Prince. Epitaph on a bird, by Mrs. Barbauld.
Date: 1796- Books
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Thoughts on education. By the late Bishop Burnet. Now first printed from an original manuscript.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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Unparallel'd varieties: or, the matchless actions and passions of mankind, displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent Effects; I. Of Love, Friendship, and Gratitude. II. Of Magnanimity, Courage, and Fidelity. III. Of Chastity, Temperance, and Humility. And, on the contrary, the tremendous Consequences, IV. Of Hatred, Revenge, and Ingratitude. V. Of Cowardice, Barbarity, and Treachery VI. Of Unchastity, Intemperance, Ambition Imbellished with pictures. By Robert Burton.
R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.Date: 1728- Books
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Select histories of human nature, under the following heads: I. Of giants, or such as have exceeded the common stature and bulk of mankind. II. Of dwarfs, or Those who have been remarkable for the lowness of their stature. III. Of the vast strength of some persons. IV. Of the swiftness of some persons, and their extraordinary expedition in journeys and other affairs. V. Of the extraordinary long life of some persons. VI. Of persons who have return'd to life after they have been supposed to be dead. The whole collected from the best authors in various languages. With miscellaneous notes.
Date: [1760?]- Books
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A discourse concerning the character of a man of genius. By Mr. Hepburn. With a poem on the young-company of archers, by Mr. Boyd.
Hepburn, Mr. (Robert), 1690-1716.Date: MDCCXV. [1715]- Books
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A new theory of human nature, with a correspondent system of education: together with a preface. By Counsellor Baumgarten. Translated from the German.
Engel, Friedrich, active 18th century.Date: M.DCC.LV. [1755]