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The present state of the unhappy sufferers of the Charitable Corporation, consider'd. With reasons humbly offer'd for their relief.
Date: Printed in the Year 1733- Books
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The present state of the literati: a satire.
Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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The present state of the British credit consider'd. In a letter to W----m Sl----r, Esq; Member of Parliament.
Date: M.DCC.XX. [1720]- Books
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The present state of the British court: or, an account of the civil and military establishment of England. Containing new and exact lists of all the officers of His Majesty's court and houshold, the army, and navy; and also of the several branches of the Revenue, with the Nature, Duty, and Business of every particular Office and Officer therein; their Attendance, Salaries, Fees, &c. To which is added, a List of their Highnesses, the young Princesses Houshold. To be published annually.
Date: 1720- Books
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The history of the English stage, from the Restauration to the Present Time. Including the Lives, Characters and Amours, Of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses. With Instructions for Public Speaking; wherein The Action and Utterance of the Bar, Stage, and Pulpit are Distinctly considered. By Mr. Thomas Betterton. Adorned with Cuts.
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]- Books
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The present state of the London brewery, recommended to the perusal of those concerned in, or with the trade, and to the publicans in particular.
Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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The Present state of the West-Indies: Containing an accurate description of what parts are possessed by the several powers in Europe; together with an authentick account of the first discoveries of those Islands, and the parts adjacent; their situation, extent, boundaries, soil, product, trade, commerce, inhabitabts, strength, government, religion. Also their principal bays and harbours. The materials for which was collected on the spot during the last war by some of the officers of his majesty's forces, and diligently compared with all the authentick narrators. Illustrated with a complete map of the West Indies, done from the latest observations.
Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The present state of the British sugar colonies consider'd: in a letter from a gentleman of Barbadoes to his friend in London.
Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]- Books
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Theophilus clibber, to David Garrick, Esq; With dissertations on theatrical subjects. I. Of poets and actors, their antiquity, and estimation;- particularly among the Greeks and Romans:- acting of plays encouraged by the greatest men in all ages. II. Socrates, Epaminondas, Cs̆ar, Scipio, Brutus, Ciceso, &c. promoters of dramatic compositions, encouragers of actors, &c. III. The apostles no enemies to plays: quotations form Holy Writ, and of some modern divines in their favour. History of patents and licences, from Queen Elizabeth's time to the present, chiefly granted in favour of the actors. IV. Good conduct of Patentees: pantomimes exploded;- the ill usage of authors considered. V. Some new and revived pieces reviewed. The new manner of acting pointed out. An account of drolls, farces, mock opera's, &c. Extracted from Shakespear's multilated and macerated remains, by the Little Charlatan of the present stage. VI. The rehearsal versed,- mimicry an abuse; specimens of modern genteel comedy. Ditto of modern tragedy. VII. The new manner of acting the chances, - and the morals of that play enquired into. VIII. Seneca,- callipedes, - and a reigning actor, compared. The cause of spouters, &c. Adorn'd wtih a frontpiece, and curious copper-plate.
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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The present state of the British and French trade to Africa and America consider'd and compar'd; with some propositions in favour of the trade of Great Britain.
Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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The present state of the Crown-Inn, for the first three years under the new landlord. Wherein are characters of some of the chief servants on both sides. By the author of The history of the Crown-Inn.
Date: [1717]- Books
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The players turn'd academicks: or, a description (in Merry Metre) Of their Translation from the Theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields, to the Tennis-Court in Oxford. With a preface Relating to the Proceedings of the University the last act: As also the Wadhamite Prologue that was Spoken there, with a Prologue and Epilogue, by way of Answer to it, at the Theatre Royal.
Date: Printed in the Year MDCCIII. [1703]- Books
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A defence of The short view of the profaneness and immorality of the English stage, &c. Being a reply to Mr. Congreve's Amendments, &c. and to the Vindication of the author of the Relapse. By Jeremy Collier, M.A.
Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.Date: 1705- Books
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The present state of the stage in Great-Britain and Ireland. And the theatrical characters of the principal performers, in both kingdoms, impartially considered.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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The present state of the court of France, and city of Paris: in a letter from Monsieur M***, to the Honourable Matthew Prior Esq; one of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's customs. Made English from the original French.
Date: [1712]- Books
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Thoughts on the entertainments of the stage.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The Children of Apollo: a poem. Containing an impartial review of all the dramatic works of our modern authors and authoresses. Particularly Lady Wallace. Margravine of Anspach. Honourable Major North. Honourable John St. John. Sheridan. Colman. Holcroft. Jackman. O'Keeffe. Coob. Cumberland. Lorris. Bate. Miss Lee. Mrs. Cowly. -Inchbald. Rose. Dibdin. Andrews. Morton. Stuart. Murphy. Macklin. Jephson. M'Nally. Reynolds. Jemingham. Hoare. Hurlstone. Topham. &c. &c. To which are added, occasional notes. By - - -, Esq. agent to the Sun.
Date: [1794?]- Books
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A comparison between the two stages, with an examen of The generous conqueror; and some critical remarks on The funeral, or Grief alamode, The false friend, Tamerlane and others. In dialogue.
Date: Printed in the Year MDCCII. [1702]- Books
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The present state of the game law, and the question of property, considered.
Date: 1772- Books
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The Present state of the tobacco plantations in America.
Date: 1709]- Books
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Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. Interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries. The whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years. By Thomas Davies. ...
Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The present state of the island of Jersey. Wherein is set forth the causes of the discontents and troubles among the people, and what has occasioned so many disorders, greatly destructive to the peace and safety of the island. Humbly offered in a letter, to the Right Honourable Sir *****[.]
Date: M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]- Books
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The buskin and sock; being controversial letters between Mr. Thomas Sheridan, tragedian, and Mr. Theophilus Cibber, comedian; just published in Dublin.
Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788.Date: 1743- Books
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The present state of the Crown-Inn, for the first three years under the new landlord. Wherein are characters of some of the chief servants on both sides. By the author of The history of the Crown-Inn.
Date: [1717]- Books
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The present state of the British interest in India: with a plan for establishing a regular system of government in that country.
Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]