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Select essays: containing: The manner of raising and dressing flax, and hemp. Also, the whole method of bleaching or whitening linen-cloth. Likewise, observations on the management of cows and sheep. The manner of raising radishes, turnips, cabbage, and other such plants. And an enquiry, concerning the materials that may be used in making paper. With, valuable dissertations on other useful subjects. Collected from the Dictionary of arts and sciences, and from various modern authors. [One line in Latin from Virgil, with one line translation]
Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
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The manual exercise, as ordered by His Majesty, in the year 1764. Together with plans and explanations of the method generally practised at reviews and field-days. With copper plates.
Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
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The history of the reign of Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany; and of all the kingdoms and states in Europe, during his age. To which is prefixed, a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Confirmed by historical proofs and illustrations. In three volumes. By William Robertson, D.D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland. Author of the late elegant History of Scotland. ...
Robertson, William, 1721-1793.Date: M,DCC,LXX [i.e, 1770-1771]
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The complaint; or Night-thoughts on life, death, and immortality. By the Reverend Edward Young, LL.D. To which are added, a poetical paraphrase on part of the Book of Job; and his poem on the last day. [Six lines from Fleetwood]
Young, Edward, 1683-1765.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
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An Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England. Containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the city of London and dissenters.
Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
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The man of feeling: a novel, by Mr. Mackenzie, of Edinburg. Author of Julia de Roubigne, and The man of the world. With The sentimental sailor. A poem, originating from Rousseau's Eloisa. [Six lines of verse from Propertius]
Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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The Political duenna: a comic opera, in three acts, as it is performed by the servants of His Britannic Majesty, with Lord North's recantation. To which are added, I. A letter to Mr. John Wesley on his calm address to the Americans. Supposed to be written by the celebrated Junius. II. A letter from an Irish gentleman in London to his friend and countryman, in His Britannic Majesty's service, in America.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1778]
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The adventures of an East-India rupee. Wherein are interspersed, various anecdotes Asiatic, and European. [Five lines from Shakespeare] Price half a dollar.
Scott, Helenus, 1760-1821.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
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The Palladium of conscience; or, The foundation of religious liberty displayed, asserted, and established, agreeable to its true and genuine principles, above the reach of all petty tyrants, who atempt to lord it over the human mind. Containing Furneaux's Letters to Blackstone. Priestley's Remarks on Blackstone. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley. and Blackstone's Case of the Middlesex-elections; with some other tracts, worthy of high rank in every gentleman's literary repository, being a necessary companion for every lover of religious liberty. And an interesting appendix to Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.
Date: 1774
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Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of his country. Inscrib'd to His Excellency General Washington, commander in chief of the forces of the thirteen United States of America. [Four lines of verse] Written by Henry Brooke, Esq. Author of The fool of quality, of The history of Grenville, &c. &c. &c.
Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
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The sorrows and sympathetic attachments of Werter; a German story, by Mr. Goethe, Doctor of the Civil Law. Volume the first[-second]. [Six lines in praise of the author]
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV
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Lectures on the materia medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M.D. professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh. Now published by permission of the author, and with corrections from the collation of different manuscripts by the editors.
Cullen, William, 1710-1790.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]
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Three years travels, through the interior parts of North-America, for more than five thousand miles ... Together with a concise history of the genius, manners, and customs of the Indians ... and an appendix, describing the uncultivated parts of America that are the most proper for forming settlements. By Captain Jonathan Carver, of the provincial troops in America.
Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
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An Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England. Containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.
Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772-1773]
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The real and genuine school for scandal, a comedy; acted with bursts of applause, at the theatres in London and Dublin. Written by Brinsley Sheridan Esquire. [One line of quotation]
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]
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Common sense; with the whole appendix: the address to the Quakers: also, the Large additions, and A dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery, just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate in a wood, near Philadelphia: on the grand subject of American independancy.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
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The traveller; or, A prospect of society, a poem. Containing: a sketch of the manners, of Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, and Britain. To which is added True beauty, a matrimonial tale; likewise The adventures of Tom Dreadnought, who served as a soldier and also as sailor, in the late war. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. [i.e., M.D.?] Author of The vicar of Wakefield, &c.
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
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The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America: being an answer to the declaration of the general congress. Said to be written by Lord George Germaine [sic].
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
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A letter from an American, now resident in London, to a Member of Parliament, on the subject of the restraining proclamation; and containing strictures on Lord Sheffield's pamphlet, on the commerce of the American states. Said to be written by William Bingham, Esquire; late agent for the Congress of the United States of America, at Martinico. To which are added, Mentor's reply to Phocion's letter; with some observations on trade, addressed to the citizens of New-York.
Bingham, William, 1752-1804.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]
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Emma Corbett: exhibiting Henry and Emma, the faithful modern lovers; as delineated by themselves, in their original letters. Published by Courtney Melmoth, author of The pupil of pleasure, &c. &c. [Four lines from Pratt] Three volumes complete in one.
Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary: including the warriors gazetteer of places remarkable for sieges or battles. By Thomas Simes, Esq;
Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780.Date: M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]
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Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. [Eight lines from Thomson]
Milton, John, 1608-1674.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
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A letter from Phocion, to the considerate citizens of New-York, on the politics of the times, in consequence of the peace. Said to be written by Colonel Hamilton, late aid to His Excellency General Washington, and a member of the American Congress. [Five lines of text]
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]
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A rhetorical grammar of the English language, calculated solely for the purposes of teaching propriety of pronunciation, and justness of delivery, in that tongue, by the organs of speech. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M. author of the Lectures on elocution.
Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
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Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common sense. Wherein are shewn, that the scheme of independence is ruinous, delusive, and impracticable: that were the author's asseverations, respecting the power of America, as real as nugatory; reconcilliation with Great Britain, would be exalted policy: and that circumstanced as we are, permanent liberty, and true happiness, can only be obtained by reconciliation with that kingdom. Written by Candidus. [Four lines of quotations]
Chalmers, James, 1727?-1806.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

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The manual exercise, as ordered by His Majesty, in the year 1764. Together with plans and explanations of the method generally practised at reviews and field-days. With copper plates.

The complaint; or Night-thoughts on life, death, and immortality. By the Reverend Edward Young, LL.D. To which are added, a poetical paraphrase on part of the Book of Job; and his poem on the last day. [Six lines from Fleetwood]

The man of feeling: a novel, by Mr. Mackenzie, of Edinburg. Author of Julia de Roubigne, and The man of the world. With The sentimental sailor. A poem, originating from Rousseau's Eloisa. [Six lines of verse from Propertius]

The adventures of an East-India rupee. Wherein are interspersed, various anecdotes Asiatic, and European. [Five lines from Shakespeare] Price half a dollar.

Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of his country. Inscrib'd to His Excellency General Washington, commander in chief of the forces of the thirteen United States of America. [Four lines of verse] Written by Henry Brooke, Esq. Author of The fool of quality, of The history of Grenville, &c. &c. &c.

The sorrows and sympathetic attachments of Werter; a German story, by Mr. Goethe, Doctor of the Civil Law. Volume the first[-second]. [Six lines in praise of the author]

Lectures on the materia medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M.D. professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh. Now published by permission of the author, and with corrections from the collation of different manuscripts by the editors.

The real and genuine school for scandal, a comedy; acted with bursts of applause, at the theatres in London and Dublin. Written by Brinsley Sheridan Esquire. [One line of quotation]

Common sense; with the whole appendix: the address to the Quakers: also, the Large additions, and A dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery, just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate in a wood, near Philadelphia: on the grand subject of American independancy.

The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America: being an answer to the declaration of the general congress. Said to be written by Lord George Germaine [sic].

Emma Corbett: exhibiting Henry and Emma, the faithful modern lovers; as delineated by themselves, in their original letters. Published by Courtney Melmoth, author of The pupil of pleasure, &c. &c. [Four lines from Pratt] Three volumes complete in one.

A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary: including the warriors gazetteer of places remarkable for sieges or battles. By Thomas Simes, Esq;

Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With the life of Milton. By Thomas Newton, D.D. [Eight lines from Thomson]

A letter from Phocion, to the considerate citizens of New-York, on the politics of the times, in consequence of the peace. Said to be written by Colonel Hamilton, late aid to His Excellency General Washington, and a member of the American Congress. [Five lines of text]

A rhetorical grammar of the English language, calculated solely for the purposes of teaching propriety of pronunciation, and justness of delivery, in that tongue, by the organs of speech. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M. author of the Lectures on elocution.