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Count Piper's packet [electronic resource] : being a choice and curious collection of manuscript papers, in prose and verse; that were found bundled under a bench upon Duke Humphry's Walk in St. James's Park, on Tuesday the first of August 1732, by a pensioner of Chelsea-Hospital. Containing (among many other Valuable Pieces, never before Published) viz. An Epistle to the Ladies at O-xb-gh in Nfolk, written by a Knight of the Bth. An Ode upon the E. of Snd-d's Marriage. Another upon Lady, Rch's Singing at the D-ss of M-'s. Capt. J-n to Miss Tw-n A Poem occasion'd by an Apothecary in Pall-Mall, his extravagant Bill to a Celebrated Poet. The Welch Gentleman, a famous Ballad, sung before the Society of the Antient Britons, at their Annual Feast held at Leatherseller's-Hall on the first of March last. A small Number of the most refin'd Jests and Witticisms of the first Wits of Quality and others, carefully collected and compiled by the Ingenious and Facetious Mr. Brtt. Verses by the Hon. Miss Sl--p--r. A Dialogue between Mrs. Ellit at St. James's, and Poet G--rd--n. A Dialogue between a Man and his Wife, to be set to Musick. The Humours of Somerset - House Bowling-Green. A merry Description of a Sunday. An admirable Poem on a Lady's Favourite Cat. A Satyrical Description of the present terrible Vacation throughout London and Westminster, address'd to all disconsolate Lawyers, Shop-Keepers, Vintners, and others. By Mr. Lawrence Roy-r. Material type:  Book; Language:English; Format:
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 Publisher: M.DCCXXXII. [1732]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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A new and complete collection of interesting romances and novels [electronic resource] : translated from the French, by Mr. Porney, Teacher of the French Language at Richmond, Surry. Designed For Instruction as well as Entertainment, being calculated to convey a general Knowledge of the World; and consisting of the most valuable and important Romances, Novels, Fables, Allegories, Memoirs, Adventures, Histories, Anecdotes, &c. Not to be found in any other Work whatever in English. Embellished with an elegant set of copper-plate prints, designed by the celebrated Mr. Dodd and the ingenious Mr. Dighton, and engraved in a superior Style of Excellence by those eminent Artists, Messrs. Wells, How, and Mears-The Impressions of which being all exceedingly fine, and executed in the best Manner on French Paper.
by Porny, Mr [tr.]. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: [1780?]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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Sententi� select�. [electronic resource] : Or, a collection of miscellaneous sentences, divine, moral, and historical, in prose and verse, English and Latin. Excerpted from the works of many learned and judicious authors. And digested into alphabetical order, for the use of schools. By Edward Curray. Teacher of a private School at Stourton-Caundle, near Sherborn, in the County of Dorset.
by Curray, Edward. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: 1732Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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A new and complete collection of voyages and travels [electronic resource] : comprising whatever is valuable of this kind in the most celebrated English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, and Danish writers; great part of which has never appeared in the English language. The Whole being a General Survey of Europe; Exhibiting The Commerce, Produce, Manufactures, &c. together with the Method of Living, Customs, Manners, Arts and Sciences of the Inhabitants. Illustrated with Fifty-Two Elegant Copper-Plates. By the King's Authority. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLX. [1760]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The amusing instructor [electronic resource] : or, a key to the Italian classics: containing a choice collection of remarkable sayings, and anecdotes, in Italian and English. Wherein the genuine pronunciation of the Italian is rendered obvious at sight, by means of proper characters. Also, an obe on liberty, ascribed to petrarch; and elegant sonnet, hitherto unpublished, on the suppression of the celebrated academy Della Crusca with an lmitation of each in English verse, by a distinguished Pen. The whole preceded by a copious and critical treatise on the pronunciation of the Italian tongue, by the editor, Antonio Montucci, LL.D. A native of Sienna, and graduate of the University of that city. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, [electronic resource] : 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.
by Burgess, D., A.M. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLIX. [1759]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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