Name Belles-lettres
Description

Prose compositions, remarks, critical reflections, or guides on any particular subject. Includes philosophy.

Titles

Displaying 76–100 of 110

ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
22599 Remarks upon the principles and reasonings of Dr. Rutherforth's Essay on the nature and obligations of virtue: in vindication of the contrary principles and reasonings, inforced in the writings of the late Dr. Samuel Clarke. Published by Mr. Warburton with a preface. Trotter (Cockburn) , Catharine
Warburton , William
James and Paul Knapton (London)
1747
22589 Sally Salisbury's letter to Frank Rig. Friday, May 10, 1723. Salisbury , Sarah
1723
15669 Six familiar essays upon marriage, crosses in love, sickness, death, loyalty and friendship by a lady. Astell , Mary
Thomas Bennet (London)
1696
24947 Solitude, written originally by J. G. Zimmerman. To which are added, the life of the author; notes historical and explanatory; a copious index; and seven beautiful engravings by Ridley. Zimmermann , Johann Georg
Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London)
John Cuthell [4 Middle Row] (London)
John Walker II [44 Paternoster Row, 1784-1814, 1818-1825] (London)
Lackington, Allen and Co. (London)
James Nunn (London)
David Ogilvy and Son (London)
William Darton and Joseph Harvey [Gracechurch] (London)
William Otridge and Son (London)
Richard Lea [Greek Street, Soho] (London)
1799
21883 Solitude, written originally by J.G. Zimmerman. To which are added, the life of the author; notes historical and explanatory; a copious index; and seven beautiful engravings by Ridley. Zimmermann , Johann Georg
Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London)
John Cuthell [4 Middle Row] (London)
John Walker II [44 Paternoster Row, 1784-1814, 1818-1825] (London)
Lackington, Allen and Co. (London)
James Nunn (London)
David Ogilvy and Son (London)
William Darton and Joseph Harvey [Gracechurch] (London)
William Otridge and Son (London)
Richard Lea [Greek Street, Soho] (London)
1798
166 The Animals' Friend. A collection of observations and facts tending to restrain cruelty, and to inculcate kindness towards animals, in prose and verse, original and selected, with engravings Watts , Susanna
1831
971 The Bee. Containing Letters from Mrs. Elizabeth Beverley, (comedian, professor of elocution, and authoress of the popular "Coronation Sermon," &c. &c.) in Town, to her friend, Poll Curious, in the Country Beverley , Elizabeth
1827
5534 The blossoms of virtue. A series of polite letters on important subjects. Written by a young lady, in the course of the last two years of her life. Revised and published by her brother. Unknown , [Woman]
Thomas Waters (London)
1775
22133 The character of the wisest men. Re-printed and published by the author's friends. Astell , Mary
s.n. [sine nomine]
1704
1753 The contrast; or, an antidote against the pernicious principles disseminated in the letters of the late Earl of Chesterfield; Being The Correspondence of an eminent Person, deceased, with the Editor, during a Course of Years. To which are added anniversary addresses from a father to his son. By the Rev. Sir Adam Gordon, Bart. M. A. Rector of Hinxworth, Herts. Berkeley , Ann
John Stockdale (London)
1791
15722 The Economy of Love, by Dr. John Armstrong. To which are added Love Elegies, by Mr. Hammond. Armstrong , John
Hammond , James
Ann Lemoine (London)
John Roe [Chiswell] (London)
1798
13898 The Economy of Love, by Dr. John Armstrong. To Which Are Added, Love Elegies, by Mr. Hammond. Armstrong , John
Hammond , James
Ann Lemoine (London)
1801
24941 The Essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral, of Sir. Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients. To this edition is added the character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English. Bacon , Francis
Timothy Childe (London)
1701
22505 The female advocate; or, A plea for the just liberty of the tender sex, and particularly of married women. Being reflections on a late rude and disingenuous discourse, delivered by Mr. John Sprint, in a sermon at a wedding, May 11th, at Sherburn in Dorsetshire, 1699. By lady of quality. Chudleigh , Mary Lee
Andrew Bell (London)
1700
23159 The female advocate: or, an answer to a late satyr against the pride, lust and inconstancy of women. Written by a lady in vindication of her sex. Egerton , Sarah Fyge
John Taylor (London)
1707
23949 The female orators: or, the courage and constancy of divers famous queens, and illustrious women, set forth in their eloquent orations, and noble resolutions: worthy the perusal and imitation of the female sex. English'd from the French edition of Monsieur de Scudery. de Scudéry , Madeleine
1714
23948 The female orators: or, the courage and constancy of divers famous queens, and illustrious women, Set forth in their Undaunted Defences and Noble Resolutions: Worthy the Perusal and Imitation of the Female Sex. English'd from the French edition of Monsieur de Scudery. de Scudéry , Madeleine
Thomas Tebb (London)
Arthur Bettesworth (London)
John Osborn and Thomas Longman (London)
John Jackson (London)
Samuel Illidge (London)
1728 The Third Edition adorn'd with Cuts Engraven by J. Sturt.
25891 The ladies tales: exemplified in the vertues and vices of the quality, with reflections. Ferdinando Burleigh (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
John Graves (London)
1714
21879 The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends. With remarks by William Melmoth, Esq. In three volumes. The fifth edition. To which is now added a general index. Cicero , Marcus Tullius
Melmoth , William
Lackington, Allen and Co. (London)
Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London)
Thomas Cadell and William Davies (London)
William Darton and Joseph Harvey [Gracechurch] (London)
John Walker II [44 Paternoster Row, 1784-1814, 1818-1825] (London)
Richard Lea [Greek Street, Soho] (London)
James Nunn (London)
Thomas Hurst [Paternoster] (London)
William Otridge and Son (London)
David Ogilvy and Son (London)
James and John Richardson (Cornhill)
1799 The Fifth Edition.
984 The Magic Lantern; or, Sketches of Scenes in the Metropolis. Gardiner , Marguerite
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1822
4797 The medley: consisting of thirty-one essays, on various subjects. Presented by the author to one of the governesses of the Lying-In Hospital, in Newcastle. To be printed for the benefit of that charity. Gomeldon , Jane
1766
5424 The monitor; or, letters from a lady to her friend; on the seven days in the week. Unknown ,
William Lane [Leadenhall Street] (London)
1796
2 The Monmouth-Street Cap. Being a Close Fit for Many Small Heads as well as Great Ones. By Mrs. R. Beverley, Comedian, author of "The Mirror," "Modern Times," "Poetical Olio," &c. Beverley , Elizabeth
1819
25741 The occasional writer reviv'd. With some seasonable recollections for the benefit of the people. Unknown ,
1729
13747 The œconomy of human life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. To which is prefixed, An account of the Manner in which the said manuscript was discover'd. In a letter from an English Gentleman, now residing in China, to the Earl of ****. Unknown ,
Mary Cooper [8 Paternoster Row] (London)
1751