Octavo

Name Octavo
Abbreviation 8vo
Description

Each sheet is folded to make eight leaves and sixteen pages. 

Titles

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
23891 A present for a servant-maid: or, the sure means of gaining love and esteem. Under the following heads. Observance. Avoiding sloth. Sluttishness. Staying on Errands. Telling Family Affairs. Secrets among Fellow-Servants. Entring into their Quarrels. Tale-Bearing. Being an Eye-Servant. Carelessness of Children. Of Fire, Candle, Thieves. New Acquaintance. Fortune-Tellers. Giving saucy Answers. Liquorishness. Apeing the Fashion. Dishonesty. The Market Penny. Delaying to give Change. Giving away Victuals. Bringing in Chair-Women, Wasting Victuals Quarrels with Fellow-Servants. Behaviour to the Sick. Hearing Things against a Master or Mistress. Being too free with Men Servants. Conduct toward Apprentices. Mispending Time. Publick Shews. Vails. Giving Advice too freely. Chastity. Temptations from the Master. If a single Man. If a married Man. If from the Master's Son. If from Gentle men Lodgers. To which are Added, Directions for going to Market, Also. For Dressing any Common Dish, whether Flesh, Fish, or Fowl. With some Rules for Washing, &c. The Whole calculated for making both the Mistress and the Maid happy. Haywood , Eliza
 Thomas Gardner (London)
1743
23222 A present for a servant-maid. Or, the sure means of gaining love and esteem. Under the following heads: observance. Avoiding sloth ... With some rules for washing, &c. ... Haywood , Eliza
 George Faulkner I [Essex Street] (Dublin)
1743
25076 A present for an apprentice: Or, A sure guide to gain both esteem and estate. With rules for his conduct to his master, and in the world. Under the following heads, lying, dishonesty, fidelity, temperance, excess of all kinds, government of the tongue, other peoples quarrels, quarrels of one's own, affability, frugality, industry, value of time, company, friendship, bonds and securities, recreations, gaming, company of women, horse-keeping, proper persons to deal with, suspicion, resentment, complacency, tempers and faces of men, irresolution and indolence, caution in setting-up great rents fine shops, servants, choice of a wife, happiness after marriage, domestick quarrels, house-keeping, education of children, politicks, religion. By a late Lord Mayor of London. Barnard , John
 Francis Coggan [Cogan] (London)
1741
3035 A present for women addicted to drinking. Adapted to all the different stations of life, from a lady of quality to a common servant. Unknown , [Woman]
 William Owen (London)
1750
25915 A preservative against the principles, and practices of the dissenters. Wherein; I. The authority of bishops is vindicated, and their mission clearly proved from the Holy Scriptures, fathers and councils. II. Demonstrating, that the fanatical conventicles of Great Britain and Ireland are no true constituted Churches of Christ. From whence it naturally follows, that the members of such a community are no Christians, in a letter to a gentleman, formerly a dissenter, but now a member of the Church of England. By William Cowan, gent. To which is added, a short explanation of the festivals of the Church of England. Cowan , William
 Thomas Bickerton (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1720
25894 A proper answer to a late abusive pamphlet entitled, The Winchester converts, In a Letter to the Author. By a Member of the University. Ayscough , Francis
 Anthony Peisley (Oxford)
1735
26452 A proper answer to a late scurrilous libel, entitled, An apology for the conduct of a late celebrated second-rate minister. By the author of the Jacobite's Journal. Fielding , Henry
 Mary Cooper [The Globe] (London)
1747
23667 A proper reply to a late very extraordinary letter from the Hon. T----s H----y, Esq; to Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart. In a letter to the honourable author. By a lady. Douglas , Catherine
 W. Webb (London)
1742
23668 A proper reply to a late very extraordinary letter from the Hon. T----s H----y, Esq; to Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart. In a letter to the Honourable Author. By a lady. Douglas , Catherine
 W. Webb (London)
1742
25320 A proper reply to the anti-over-righteous Dr. Trapp's sermons against Mr. Whitefield; or, the doctrine and conduct of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield, vindicated, From the Aspersions, and malicious Invectives of his Enemies. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Publick. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
Anne Dodd I (London)
Anne Dodd II (London)
1739 The Second Edition.
23205 A prophecie of the destruction of popery, and all its supporters, contained in two visions of Christiana Poniatavia, a prophetess in Germany, ... Seen by her on the 13th. and 20th, days of January 1628. Exactly translated from the original. Poniatowská , Krystyna
 1706
14537 A proposal for erecting granaries in the City of Dublin, and other parts of the kingdom, to prevent any scarcity of corn for the future. Prior , Thomas
 1741
26120 A proposal for relief and punishment of vagrants, particularly such as frequent the streets and publick places of resort, within this kingdom. Unknown ,
Elizabeth Amey (London)
1748
22967 A proposal to determine our longitude. By Jane Squire. The Second Edition, in English only. Squire , Jane
 1743 The Second Edition, in English only.
25639 A rational account of the natural weaknesses of women, and of the secret distempers peculiarly incident to them. Plainly discovering their nature, true cause, and best method of cure, so as Women or Maids of the meanest Capacity may perfectly understand, and Cure their own Illnesses: With a clear and very particular Account of Conception and Generation; Also of Barrenness and Miscarriage, directing how to certainly Cure the Former, and absolutely prevent hte Latter. To which are added, Prescriptions in English of admirable and long Experienc'd Medicines, for the Cure of each Private Distemper Women and Maids are subject to, by which they may safely cure themselves, without Trouble, the Advice, or Knowledge of other Person. Shewing Also, The great Danger Women are in from the Slightest Weakness, if let alone, and the Imminent Hazard they run, or becoming incurably Barren, and of losing their lives by following the Advice of Ignorant Persons, Unskillful Widwives, &c. Undeniably proving, That the most difficult Indispositions Women labour under may be easily and quickly remedied, if rightfully managed according to the Method and Medicines herein Faithfully revealed. To whole Illustrated with Various Caese of Persons Cured, Proper Hints, Useful Cautions, Observations and Intractions; the like for General Benefit to the Female Sex, never before published. Necessary to be read by all Women, in order to prevent, as well as Cure, and Weaknesses and Distempers they are lyable to. By a physician. The second edition, with several additions, and amendments. Unknown ,
1716 The second edition, with several additions, and amendments.
11136 A rational and moral game, or, A method to accustom young people to reflect on the most essential truths of morality and reason on the remarkable events of history, by questioning them on what they would have said or done, had they been in the circumstances of the person mentioned; or, the reason why they approve or disapprove of a maxim or action proposed by the instructor. Translated from the French of the Abbé Gaultier. Gaultier , Aloisius Edouard Camille
 1791
5826 A rational primer. By the authors of Practical education. Edgeworth , Maria
 Joseph Johnson (London)
1799
26287 A remarkable cause, on a note of hand try'd in the Court of conscience, anno 1741. by a special jury; wherein B---n D-----n, Esq; was plaintiff, and W-----m H------t, defendant. With the pleadings on both sides at large, and the judge's learned recapitulation and excellent charge to the jury on his summing up the evidence. The whole faithfully taken down by an ingenious gentleman of the law present at the trial. Made publick by order of the court for general instruction: and address'd, in particular, to the worthy citizens of York. Unknown , [Man]
 1742
23745 A reply to John Atkinson's pretended answer to absolute predestination not scriptural. By Jane Fearon. Fearon , Jane
 1709
25624 A reply to Mr. Enty's late piece, intituled, Truth and liberty consistent, &c. As far as it relates to the controversy concerning the Trinity. By the author of the Propositions address'd to him. Peirce , James
 John Noon (London)
James Roberts [Warwick Lane] (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
1721
25340 A reply to Mr. Martin's examination of the answer to his dissertation on 1 John 5.7. There are three that bear Record in Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. By Thomas Emlyn. Emlyn , Thomas
 1720
26145 A reply to The vindication of the representation of the case of the planters of Tobacco. in Virginia. In a letter to Sir J. R. from the merchants or factors of London Unknown ,
Ruth Charlton [Charleton] (London)
1733
5515 A residence in France, during the years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795; described in a series of letters from an English lady: with general and incidental remarks on the French character and manners. Prepared for the press by John Gifford, Esq. author of the History of France, letter to Lord Lauderdale, &c. In two volumes. Biggs , Rachel Charlotte
 Thomas Norton Longman III (London)
1797
14640 A Residence in France, During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795; Described in a Series of Letters From an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners. Prepared for the Press by John Gifford, Esq. Author of the History of France, Letter to Lord Lauderdale, Letter to the Hon. T. Erskine, &c. First American Edition. Biggs , Rachel Charlotte
 Cornelius Davis [No. 94 Water Street] (New York City)
1798 First American Edition.
5526 A residence in France, during the years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795; described in a series of letters from an English lady: with general and incidental remarks on the French character and manners. Prepared for the press by John Gifford, Esq. Author of the History of France, Letter to Lord Lauderdale, Letter to the Hon. T. Erskine, &c. In two volumes. ... Biggs , Rachel Charlotte
 Thomas Norton Longman III (London)
1797

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