Results
|
|
|
A discourse of ancient and modern learning. Where, among other things, a new system of the human mind is propos'd; and in Pursuance and Confirmation thereof, a General History of Learning, from the Earliest Ages of the World, Trac'd and Deduc'd down to the present. With Critical Remarks on the Greek and Roman Learning; particularly their Eloquence and Dramatick Poetry, as compar'd with the Modern. The Famous Controversy about the Ancients and Moderns; their respective Merits and Excellencies Discuss'd and Determin'd. Mr. Boileau and Madam Dacier's Errors and false Reasonings on this Head Resuted, and the Original and Source of them Discover'd. Lastly, The great Use and happy Influences of the Mathematicks, not only for the Improvement of Natural Philosophy, but also in all Polite Learning, and the Belles Lettres; and the great and infinite Excellence and Superiority of the Modern above the Ancient Geometry, Shew'd and Demonstrated. By Abbe Terracon, A Member of the Academy of Sciences. Translated from the French; with additional improvements and authorities from Dr. Bently, Mr. Collier, Mr. Rosel Beaumon of Berlin, &c. wanting in the Original [electronic resource].
by Terrasson, Jean, 1670-1750. Material type:  Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
 Publisher: MDCCXVI. [1716]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The lives of the ancient philosophers, containing an account of their several sects, doctrines, Actions, and Remarkable Sayings. Extracted from Diogenes, Laertius, Causabon, Menagins, Stanley, Gassenaus, Charleton, and others, the best Authors upon that Subject. With an appendix containing the lives of several later philosophers not confined to particular Sects; Taken from Eunapius. And an Account of the Women Philosophers, Written originally in Latin by Aeg. Menagius to Madam Dac[i]er. And an Introduction representing the state of Learning and Philosophy in the Eastern part of the World, before it flourished in Greece. Illustrated with several cutts [electronic resource]. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: 1702Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An universal etymological English dictionary [electronic resource] : comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law, and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Counties. Also a Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous throughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. The twenty first edition. To which are added, above 3000 Words, Interspersed in their proper Places, none of which are to be found in any former Edition. By N. Bailey.
by Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
Philosophical, literary, and historical pieces, [electronic resource] : viz. Elements of the Newtonian philosophy Letter concerning Roger Bacon The Dream of Plato Dissertation on the Changes which have happened on our Globe On the Manner the Globe might be inundated Dialogues Between an Advocate and his Client Between Madame de Maintenon and Mademoiselle de L'enclos Finances Between Marcus Aurelius and a Recollet Between a Savage and a Bachelor Lucian, Erasmus and Rabelais in the Elysian Fields On the Education of Daughters The Ancients and the Moderns, or the Toilet of Madame de Pompadour Between an Indian and a Japanise Epictetus's last Words to his Son Concerning Hobbes, Grotius and Montesquieu Whether Man is born wicked and and a Child of the Devil Of the Law of Nature, and Curiosity Of three Kinds of Government, and a Thousand ancient Errors That Modern Europe is superior to ancient Europe Of the Slavery of the Mind On Religion Of the Right of War That every State ought to be independent On Curious Subjects Life of Moliere, &c. Translated from the last edition of M. de Voltaire. By W. S. Kenrick.
by Voltaire, 1694-1778. Edition: Second edition.Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: MDCCLXXX. [1780]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
An universal etymological English dictionary [electronic resource] : Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters: And Also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By N. Bailey, [Greek] The four-and-twentieth edition, carefully enlarged and corrected by Edward Harwood, D.D.
by Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: [1782?]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An universal etymological English dictionary [electronic resource] : comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great-Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compil'd and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. The sixteenth edition, with considerable improvements. By N. Bailey.
by Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: M.DCC.LV. [1755]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An universal etymological English dictionary [electronic resource] : comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words derived from any of the aforesaid Languages; and Terms of Art relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases us'd in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes at Law; and the Etymology and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and Remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Counties. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips Kersey, or any English Dictionary before Extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compil'd and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant, and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thorowly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. The seventh edition, with considerable improvements. By N. Bailey.
by Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A compendious abstract of the history of the church of Christ, [electronic resource] : from its first foundation to the eighteenth century. With a faithful and circumstantial account of the Acts of the Apostles; of the Lives of the Primitive Christians; of the general Persecutions raised against them by the Pagan Emperors; of the Oecumencial Councils; of the Chief Pastors; of the Condemnation of ancient Heresies; of the defective Systems of Pagan Philosophy; of the Dispersion of the Jews, the Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, and the vain Attempt of the Emperor Julian to rebuild it; of the Downfal of Idolatry; of the Suppression of Schisms; of the Conversion of Nations; of the Rise of Mahometanism; of the Crusades; With Several Other Remarkable Events And Occurrences. Illustrated With A brief Detail of the eminent Virtues and Apostolic Labours of the holy Fathers, learned Doctors, ecclesiastical Writers, renowned Martyrs, and other great Saints, who have flourished in every Age down to the present, &c. By the Rev. William Gahan, O. S. A.
by Gahan, William, 1730-1804. Edition: Second edition, with very considerable additions.Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: MDCCXCV. [1795]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
A catalogue of books, containing many valuable articles, in ancient and modern literature. Among them are Antiquities of Herculaneum, 7 vols. Dalton's Manners of the Egyptians, plain or coloured Carter's Ancient Sculpture, 24 Nos. Gilpin's Tour, complete, 7 vols. Watt's Views, ditto Surveys of Essex, Kent, Surrey, &c. Antiquarian Society Prints Worlidge's Prints, old impressions D'auteroche Siberie, 4 vols grand papier Portraits des Hommes Illustres de Dannemarck Habits of the Levant, coloured Salvator's Roza's Etchings Picart's Temple of the Muses, l. p. Gower de Confessio Amantis, MS. on vellum La Roman de la Rose, ditto Rules of Winchester College, ditto Stuart's Athens, vol. 1. Dugdale's Monasticon Fuller's Worthies Harris's Voyages, 2 vols. best Hackluyt's ditto, 2 vols. best Barlow's Aesop Johnson on Gerarde Swammerdam's Insects Hudson's Dionysius, 2 vols. Dion Cassius Reimarii Justin - Venetiis, 1479 Rei Rusticae Edit. Princeps H. Stephens Thesaurus, Gr. 4 vols. l. p. Chinese Dictionary Sti. Basilii Opera, 3 vols. edit. opt. Sti. Bernardi Opera, 2 vols. edit. opt. Critici Sacri, et Thesaurus Philologicus, 12 vols. edit. opt. Pennant's Tours Phillips's Shrewsbury Vicar's Parliamentary Chronicle, fine copy Shaw's Travels, lest edit. Cook's Last Voyage, first impressions The Myrrour of Knighthood, 4 vols. Don Quixote, by Jarvis, 2 vols. with additional plates by Hogarth Thomson's Works, 2 vols. Swift's Works, 14 vols. Desagulier's Experim. Philosophy, 2 vols. Snelling's Coins Lavater's Physiognomy, 3 vols. Walpole's Royal and Noble Authors, 2 vols. Strawberry Hill, Rabbit Woman (tracts relative to) with prints by Hogarth, &c. Gentleman's Magazines from 1731 to 1772, 42 vols. They are now selling, this day, 1792, for ready Money only, at the low Prices marked in the Catalogue, and on the first Leaf of each Book, by Thomas King, Book Seller, No. 25, New Broad-Street. Catalogues may be had of the following Booksellers, Messrs. Sewell, Cornhill; Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Chapman, Chandos-Street; Fletcher, Oxford; Merrills, Cambridge; at T. King's Great Room, King-Street, Covent-Garden; and at the Place of Sale [electronic resource].
by King, Thomas. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: 1792]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An universal etymological English dictionary [electronic resource] : comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great-Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compil'd and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. The thirteenth edition, with considerable improvements. By N. Bailey.
by Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: MDCCXLIX. [1749]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
A general history of all voyages and travels throughout the old and new world, from the first ages to this present time. [electronic resource] : Illustrating both the ancient and modern geography. Containing An Accurate Description of each Country, its Natural History and Product; the Religion, Customs, Manners, Trade, &c. of the Inhabitants, and whatsoever is Curious and Remarkable in any Kind. An Account of all Discoveries hitherto made in the most Remote Parts, and the Great Usefulness of such Attempts, for Improving both Natural and Experimental Philosophy; with a Catalogue of all Authors that have ever describ'd any Part of the World, an Impartial Judgment and Criticism on their Works for discerning between the Reputable and Fabulous Relaters; and an Extract of the Lives of the most considerable Travellers. By Monsr. Du Perier of the Royal Academy. Made English from the Paris edition. Adorn'd with cuts.
by Bellegarde, abb�e de (Jean Baptiste Morvan), 1648-1734. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: 1708Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An universal etymological English dictionary [electronic resource] : Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great-Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work complied and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. Twentieth edition, with considerable improvements. By N. Bailey,.
by Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
print
available online
Publisher: 1763Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
|
