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Unknown The wreath. A collection of all the favourite new songs sung by the most eminent performers, at the theatres, Ranelagh, Vauxhall, &c. &c. &c.
Unknown Three letters upon episcopacy; Publish'd in the weekly miscellany. Occasion'd by the Old Whig, or Consistent Protestant, who has lately attack'd the order.
Unknown The harlot's progress: or, The humours of Drury-Lane. In six cantos. Being the tale of the noted Moll Hackabout, in Hudibrastick verse, containing her whole life; which is a key to the six prints lately publish'd by Mr. Hogarth. I. Her coming to town in the York waggon; her being betray'd by an old baud into the arms of Colonel Ch-s; her early improvement in the sweets of fornication; and some dialogues, serious and comical, between a country girl in the waggon, and a parson. II. Her living with a Jew; some merry intrigues in the Jew's house; with satyrical pictures in the Jew's chamber. III. Her living in a baudy-house in Drury-Lane; her extravagance, company, baudy house equipage, pictures, and other Drury decorations; with her being detected by Sir J---n G---n. IV. Her usage at Tothil-Fields Bridewell; ... V. Her sickness and death; ... VI. Her burial; the funeral pomp of harlots in triumph; six mutes, sisters of the trade; the parson, a very wag; the clerk, a sly-boots; and the undertaker, one of the family of the sad dogs.
Unknown A vindication of Mary, Queen of Scotland, from the vile reflections and foul aspersions of Buchanan. Wherein the affairs of that unfortunate Queen are set in a true light; and supported from the authorities of Cambden, Spotswood, Sir James Melvill, &c. Together with the character of Buchanan and his writings, from the aforesaid authors.
Unknown The desolations of a Popish succession. A Discourse Shewing, I. That Popery would be the certain Ruin of all the valuable Branches of our Secular and Religious Happiness. II. That this compleat Ruin must come with any Branch of a Popish Succession, and gain an everlasting Settlement. III. That no Pretence of Indefeasible Right, allowing it in any tolerable Sense, will by any means vindicate us to pull so great a Ruin upon our selves. Written in Compassion to the disaffected Protestants, that they mayn't dash themselves against the Laws. By a Citizen of Exon.
Unknown The trial of Mrs. Branch, and her daughter, for the murder of Jane Buttersworth, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Chapple, at Somerset assizes, March 31, 1740. With a preface, containing an exact acount, taken from the persons who saw the lights in Hemington church-yard, the night before the corpse was taken up, and the true motives for taking up the corpse. To which are added, true copies of some very material informations, taken before Joseph Houlton, and Robert Smith, Esqrs. Justices of the Peace. With a just account of the prisoners behaviour at their trial; at, and after sentence; and at the place of execution.
Unknown London, what it is, not what it was: or, The citizen's complaint against publick nusances. To which is added, a remonstrance against the great number of shops, &c. that sell Geneva and other drams to the poor, and the evil consequences thereof; with some true causes of the increase of the poor.
Unknown The case of the revolution truly stated; or, full proof that the Pretender (if allow'd to be King James's son) has no more right to the crown of England, than King Saul's son had to the throne of Judah.
Unknown A letter to the free-holders of Great-Britain; Occasion'd by the cry of the Danger of the Church.
Unknown A full answer to Shepheard the assassine's speech. Wherein the falshood of all his traiterous calumnies against His Majesty are laid open, and the arguments put in his mouth to justify the hellish design of murdering his Majesty are confuted. To which is added an account of the treasonable sermon of Edward Bisse, Incumbent of St. George's Parish, in the County of Somerset, near Bristol, with proper remarks upon it.
Unknown Physic in danger: being the complaint of the Company of Undertakers, against the Doctors T-, C-, and D-. Addressed to the College of Physicians: Containing remarks upon the pamphlets lately published by those three gentlemen.
Unknown An essay for discharging the debts of the nation, by equivalents: In a letter to The Right Honble Charles, Earl of Sunderland. And the South-Sea scheme consider'd; In a Letter to the Right Honble Robert Walpole, Esq;
Unknown Various discourses of the town, concerning impeachments
Unknown A calculation of the new scheme for the disposing of the South-Sea property. Wherein is shewn what dividend the South-Sea Company can make on the old foot; What Dividend the New Scheme proposes, and what Dividend (if the Scheme takes Effect) the Three Companies can really make by their present Profits and the Interest of the New Ingrafted Stock. Being what was intended to have been publish'd in the White-Hall Evening-Post.
Unknown The Synod.
Unknown The finish'd rake; or, Gallantry in Perfection. Being the genuine and entertaining adventures, of a young gentleman of fortune. Faithfully extracted from memoirs written with his own Hand, and design'd by him to be publish'd, as is believed, had he not been prevented by Death. The whole being interspers'd with several Curious, Whimfical, and Uncommon incidents; particularly his intrigue with a fine coquette milliner, near one of our most noted Inns of Court, whilst he was a student.
Unknown The fatigues of a great man, or, the plague of serving one's country. A satire. The Second Edition.
Unknown A vindication of Mr. Ward, from the aspersions and reflections cast upon him by Doctor Turner's late letter to Doctor Jurin. In which the honesty, integrity, charity, candour and generosity of those worthy gentlemen call'd licensed physicians, is impartially examin'd and set forth. Also antimonial and mercurial medicines clear'd from the dangerous qualities they are charged with, and the use of them recommended as very prevalent in many obstinate and deplorable distempers and diseases incident to human bodies. Humbly inscribed to the Lord Chief Baron Reynolds. By Eugenius Philalethes.
Unknown Menander and Aurelia: or, the triumph of love, and constancy. A novel. ------- Enter'd according to the Act of Parliament.
Unknown A defence of the essay for a review of the Book of Common Prayer, so far as relates to the Athanasian creed. In answer to a letter in the Weekly Miscellany of Octob. 19th last. Wherein Every Argument made use of by the Letter-Writer, is fairly Considered, and clearly Refuted. And that the Nicene Creed is sufficient to secure the Christian Faith from all Heresies, especially the Arian, is fully demonstrated from Athanasius himself. By the author of the essay.
Unknown The limitation of the peerage, the security of the liberties of the people of England.
Unknown The occasional paper. Vol. III. Numb. III. Containing two letters. One, to the Reverend Dr. Prideaux, occasioned by some considerations which he has offered to the Dissenters, in his 1st Volume of the History of the Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations. Another to the autho r of this paper, in relation to a Passage in the Doctor's Preface to the IId Volume of his History.
Unknown A letter to Mr G-------k, Relative to His treble Capacity of Manager, Actor, and Author; With some Remarks on Lethe.
Unknown The devout Christian's companion. Being a compleat manual of devotions, fitted for most of the concerns of human life: With particular Offices For Sick and Dying Persons. To which is added, The Paschal Lamb, a Treatise explaining the Nature, Design, and Benefits of the Holy Sacrament; with suitable Devotions. Collected from the works of Abp. Tillotson, Bp. Taylor, Bp. Kenn, Bp. Beveridgf, Bp. Patrick, Dr. Scott, Dr. Harneck, Dr. Stanhope, &c. The Fifth Edition.
Unknown The laughter; or, The art of jesting: shewing every man in his humour, from the throne to the cottage; in particular of kings, queens and princes. Of noblemen and ambassadors. Of Gentlemen and Ladies. Of Gallants and Upstarts. Of Soldiers. Of Travellers. Of Politicians. Of Gamesters. Of Popes and Prelates. Of Poets and Musicians. Of Physick and Physicians. Of Lawyers. Of Love and Lovers. Of Husbands and Wives. Of Women. Of Dress. Of Jesters. Of Servants. Of Fools. Of Countrymen and Clowns. Of Thieves. Of Sharpers. Of Beggars. Of drunkards. Of noses, &c. &c. The Second Edition.

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