George Robinson and John Roberts

ID 1239
Name George Robinson and John Roberts
Gender Unknown
Street Address Addison's Head, No. 25 Paternoster Row
City London
Start Date 1765
End Date 1776
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Publisher The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as the Closet; with a view to form the rising Minds of the Youth of both Sexes to Virtue, and destroy in the Bud, those Vices and Frailties, which Mankind, and Youth in particular, are addicted to. The Fifth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. Fisher Slack , Ann (Author)
Hawes , Lacy (Publisher)
1766
Bookseller The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent housewife. Being an entire new collection of the most general, yet least expensive receipts in every branch of cookery and good housewifery. With directions for roasting, boiling, stewing, ragoos, soups, sauces, fricaseys, pies, tarts, puddings, cheese-cakes, custards, jellies, potting, candying, collaring, pickling, preserving, made-wines, &c. Together with Directions for placing Dishes on Tables of Entertainment: and many other things equally necessary. The whole made easy to the meanest Capacity, and far more useful to young Beginners than ny Book of the Kind extant. By Ann Peckham, of Leeds, Who is well known to have been for Forty Years past one of the most noted Cooks in the County of York. Peckham , Ann (Author)
1767
Bookseller The history of Alicia Montague. By the Author of Clarinda Cathcart. In Two Volumes. Marishall , Jean (Author)
1767
Publisher A practical new grammar, with exercises of bad English: or, an easy guide to speaking and writing the English language properly and correctly. Containing, I. Orthography; or True Spelling, which treats of the Sounds and Uses of the several Letters in all Positions; of the Division of Words into Syllables, and the Use of Points. II. Prosody; Or the Art of Pronouncing Syllables in Words truly, with Tables of Words properly accented. III. Etymology; or the Kinds of Words, which explains the several Parts of Speech; their Derivations and different Endings; Change and Likeness to one another. IV. Syntax; or Construction, which teaches how to connect Words aright in a Sentence, or Sentences together. To which is added, a Curious and Useful appendix. The tenth edition, enlarged and much improved. By A. Fisher. Fisher Slack , Ann (Author)
1767
Publisher Loose remarks on certain positions to be found in Mr. Hobbes' Philosophical rudiments of government and society. A democratical form of government, in a letter to Signior Paoli. Macaulay , Catharine (Author)
1767
Bookseller The History of England from the accession of James I. to the elevation of the House of Hanover. Vol. IV. By Catharine Macaulay. Macaulay , Catharine (Author)
1768
Publisher A practical new grammar, with exercises of bad English: or, an easy guide to speaking and writing the English language properly and correctly. containing, I. Orthography; or true spelling, which treats of the sounds and uses of the several letters in all positions; of th divisions of words into syllables, and the use of points. II Prosody; or the art of pronouncing syllables in words truly, with tables of words properly accented. III. Etymology; or the kinds of words, which explains the several parts of speech; their derivations and different endings: change and likeness to one another. IV. Syntax; or construction, which teaches how to connect words aright in a sentence, or sentences together, to which is added, a curious and useful appendix. The eleventh edition, enlarged and much improved. by A. Fisher. Fisher Slack , Ann (Author)
1768
Publisher The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as the Closet; with a view to form the rising Minds of the Youth of both Sexes to Virtue, and destroy in the Bud, those Vices and Frailties, which Mankind, and Youth in particular, are addicted to. The Sixth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. Fisher Slack , Ann (Author)
1768
Publisher Hortensia: or, The Distressed Wife. A Novel. By a Lady. Bonhote , Elizabeth (Author)
1769
Publisher The art of cookery, made plain and easy; which far exceeds any thing of the kind yet published. Containing, I. How to Roast and Boil to Perfection every Thing necessary to be sent up to Table. II. Of Made-Dishes. III. How expensive a French Cook's Sauce is. IV. To make a Number of pretty little Dishes for a Supper or Side-Dish, and little Corner-Dishes for a great Table. V. To dress Fish. VI. Of Soops aud Broths. Vii. Of Puddings. Viii. Of Pies. IX. For a Lent Dinner; a Number of good Dishes, which you may make use of at any other time. X. Directions to prepare proper Food for the Sick. XI. For Captains of Ships; how to make all useful Things for a Voyage; and setting out a Table on board a Ship. XII. Of Hogs Puddings, Sausages, &c. XIII. To pot and make Hams, &c. XIV. Of Pickling. XV. Of making Cakes, &c. XVI. Of Cheese-Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Whipt. Syllabubs, &c. XVII. Of made Wines, Brewing, French Bread, Muffins, &c. XVIII. Jarring Cherries and Preserves, &c. XIX. To make Anchovies, Vermicella, Catchup, Vinegar, and to keep Artichokes, French Beans, &c. XX. Of Distilling. XXI. How to market; the Seasons of the Year for Butchers Meat, Poultry, Fish, Herbs, Roots, and Fruit. XXII. A certain Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog. By Dr. Mead. XXIII. A Receipt to keep clear from Buggs. To which are added, by way of appendix, one hundred and fifty new and Useful receipts, And a Copious Index. By a lady. A new edition. Glasse , Hannah (Author)
1770
Publisher The Pleasing Instructor: Or, Entertaining Moralist. Consisting Of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories, Collected From The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on Education. A New Edition. Fisher Slack , Ann (Author)
1770
Bookseller The complete English cook; or, prudent housewife. Being, An entire New Collection of the most general, yet least expensive receipts in every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery. With directions for Roasting, Boiling, Stewing, Ragoos, Soups, Sauces, Fricaseys, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Cheese-Cakes, Custards, Jellies, Potting, Candying, Collaring, Pickling, Preserving, Made-Wines, &c. Together with Directions for placing Dishes on Tables of Entertainment: And many other Things equally necessary. The whole made easy to the meanest Capacity, and far more useful to young Beginners than any Book of the Kind extant. By Ann Peckham, of Leeds, Who is well known to have been for Forty Years past one of the most noted Cooks in the County of York. The Second Edition. Peckham , Ann (Author)
1771
Publisher A New General English Dictionary; Peculiarly Calculated for the Use and Improvement of such as are unacquainted with the Learned Languages. Wherein the difficult Words, and Technical Terms made use of in Anatomy, Architecture, Arithmetick, Algebra, Astronomy, Botany, Chymistry, Divinity, Gardening, Grammar, Hawking, Heraldry, History, Horsemanship, Hunting, Husbandry, Law, Logick, Mathematicks, Mechanicks, Milit. Affairs, Musick, Navigation, Painting, Poetry, Rhetorick, Sculpture, Surgery, &c. Are not only fully explained, but accented on their proper Syllables, to prevent a vicious Pronunciation; and marked with Initial Letters, to denote the Part of Speech to which each Word peculiarly belongs. To which is prefixed, A Compendious English Grammar, with general Rules for the ready Formation of one Part of Speech from another; by the due Application whereof, such as understand English only, may be able to write as correctly and elegantly as those who have been some Years conversant in the Latin, Greek, and other Languages. Together with a Supplement of the proper Names of the most noted Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Rivers, &c. throughout the known World. As Also of the most celebrated Emperors, Kings, Queens, Priests, Poets, Philosophers, General, &c. whether Jewish, Pagan, Mohametan, or Christian; but more especially such as are mentioned either in the Old or New Testament. The Whole Alphabetically digested, and accented in the same Manner, and for the same Purpose, as the preceding Part; being collected for the Use of such as have but an imperfect Idea of the English Orthography. Originally begun by the late Reverend Mr. Thomas Dyche, School-Master at Stratford-le-Bow, Author of The Guide to the English Tongue, The Spelling-Dictionary, &c. And finished by the late William Pardon, Gent. The Fourteenth Edition, with the Addition of the several Market Towns in England and Wales, giving a general Description of the Places, their Situations, Market Days, Government, Manufactures, Number of Representatives sent to Parliament, Distance from London, both in computed and measured miles, &c. Ware , Catherine (Publisher)
1771
Publisher Barford Abbey, a novel: in a series of letters. The second edition. In two volumes. Gunning , Susannah (Author)
1771
Bookseller An accurate new spelling dictionary and complete English expositor : containing a much larger collection of words than any book of the kind and price extant, the adverbs in ly only excepted. And shewing how the same are to be written correctly, and pronounced properly; with the various meanings and significations of each word. To which is annexed an entire new dictionary of all the heathen gods and goddesses: and also of the most illustrious heroes treated by Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and other antient poets: with a summary account of their origin, descent, exploits, &c. To the whole is prefixed, a compendious, valuable grammar of the English language Fisher Slack , Ann (Author)
1772

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