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Unknown The court and city register for the year 1750. ... The Eleventh Edition.
Unknown The compleatest collection of old and new English and Scotch songs, that have hitherto been published, with their respective tunes prefixed. Bound in Two Volumes.
Unknown The comic miscellany, containing, I. A select collection of only the best English and Scotch songs ... II. Humourous and diverting tales ... III. The most pointed epigrams. IV. Epitaphs, serious and ludicrous. V. Riddles. VI. Bon mots ...
Unknown The life and military history of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, prince of the Roman Empire, and generalissimo of the British forces, in the late reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne. Containing, A particular Description of all the principal Transactions of the War, and of all the Battles, Sieges, &c. in which that glorious and ever-successful General commanded. Letters of Correspondence between his Grace and the Court of Hanover; also Letters that passed between his Grace and other Great Men, which the Duke left among other Papers, designed to be published by Mr. Glover and Mr. Mallet, who were appointed by the late Dutchess of Marlborough, in her Will, to write his Life. Likewise Letters from Emperor, the States General, King Charles III. of Spain, &c. to the Duke, with his Grace's Answers. To which will be added, the last will and testament of the Duke of Marlborough, never before published. The whole embellished and illustrated with a large variety of whole sheet copper plates, taken from the original Designs, and engraved by the best Hands; representing all the Battles, and Sieges, in which that general was concerned.
Unknown A new lottery for the ladies: or, a husband and coach and six for three pounds. With a poem in favour of the said lottery, ...
Unknown An authentic history of the late revolution at Amsterdam. Comprehending A succinct Account of the Rise, Progress, and Principles of the contending Parties in Holland; the true Source of the Discontent of the Burghers of Amsterdam against their Magistrates; the Characters and Conduct of those who were at the Head of this Design, and the Steps taken to bring it to bear; interspersed throughout with Letters, Speeches, Placarts, &c. taking in all that passed to the Time of the Prince Stadtholder's leaving the City September 15, 1748.
Unknown The Great Shepherd. A sacred pastoral, in three parts.
Unknown An essay on celibacy.
Unknown An Address to the inhabitants of Great Britain; occasioned by the late earthquake at Lisbon. [...] The third edition.
Unknown A defence of Dr. Pocus and Dr. Malus, against the petition of the unborn babes to the censors of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Unknown The question, whether it be right to turn Methodist, considered. In a dialogue between two members of the Church of England.
Unknown Memoirs of the life of Lord Lovat.
Unknown Sophronia: a poem, in five books.
Unknown Address to a great man.
Unknown Impartial remarks upon the preface of the Reverend Dr. Warburton, wherein that author has taken some uncommon liberties with the character of the Revd Dr. Taylor, chancellor of Lincoln. Together with a fair review of the question, and some observations occasioned by the additional part of the divine legation.
Unknown The conduct of our officers, as well general as inferior, in the late battle near Tournay, examined; and the true causes of our defeat assign'd. In a new and more authentic account of the whole action, than any that has yet been publish'd.
Unknown The court and city register for the year 1747. Containing, I. An Almanack for the current Year. II. New and Correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament. III. The Court Register. IV. Lists of the Army and Navy. All Corrected to the present Time.
Unknown The history of London-Bridge from its first foundation in the year 994, to the destruction of the temporary bridge by fire, on the eleventh day of April 1758. Containing, I. Of the Foundation of London Bridge. II. Of the Building of the present Stone Bridge. III. Of the Custom of London-Bridge, and how it came into the Hands of the Citizens. IV. Of the Annual Charge of repairing and supporting the Bridge. V. Of the modern State of the Bridge. VI. Description of the Water Works under the Bridge, with the Quantity of Water it throws up. VII. Present State of the Buildings of the Bridge. VIII. Of the Resolution taken by the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of London, to take the House off London-Bridge, and to improve and widen the Passage under the said Bridge, with an Abstract of the Act of Parliament relating thereto. IX. Of the Erection of the Temporary Bridge; of is Destruction by Fire; and of the Proceedings of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons thereupon. To which is added, a brief history and description of the several bridges built over the River of Thames within the Memory of Man, viz. 1. Of Datchet-Bridge; 2 Of Fulham Bridge; 3. Of Walton-Bridge; 4. Of Hampton Court-Bridge. With copper-plates of Westminster and London Bridges; a large Map of London with a View of the River Thames; and one Plate of the View of London. And Also Of the following designed ones, viz. At Blackfriars, (with a Copper-Plate thereof) Kew, and Richmond.
Unknown The metamorphosis of a prude. A poem.
Unknown Balaam: or, the Antiquity of scandal.
Unknown The Northern Heroes; or, The Bloody Contest, Between Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden, and Peter the Great, Czar of Muscovy. With the loves of Count Gillensternia, and the Princess Elimira. With a Comic Interlude, call'd The Volunteers; Or, the Adventures of Roderick Random, and his Friend Strap. Also, the comical amours of Corporal Garbage, and Serjeant Slim, with Mrs. Vanspriggen, the Sutler's Widow; the merry Pranks of her Son Janny, and many other diverting incidents. A new Historical Drama. As it is now acting, by a company of comedians from both the Theatres, at the Great Booth in the George Yard, in West-Smithfield.
Unknown A letter of thanks to the Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, for the Ingenious Discourse which He delivered at that Church on Sunday, November 24, 1754. With a Word or Two of Advice concerning Mr. Jones, and Some short Remarks on the Rational and Candid Answer to his Sermon. Humbly recommended to the Perusal of Mr. Ashton's Parishioners. By Philologos.
Unknown The genuine memoirs and most surprising adventures of a very unfortunate goose-quill: with an introductory letter to Mrs. Midnight's tye-wig.
Unknown The full and final restoration of the Jews and Israelites, evidently set forth to be nigh at hand: with their happy settlement in their own land, when the Messiah will establish his glorious kingdom upon Earth and begin the millennium: with some hints, that the late act for the naturalization of the Jews, may contribute towards their more easy and speedy departure. Addressed to all Christians as well as Jews.
Unknown The contrast, also Further Considerations on the concern for trade. With proposals how to amend and render more effectual the Laws in Being for the reservation of the publick roads, and to preserve Trade. In Two Letters to a Member. By Phil'anglus.