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Newbery, Elizabeth A Choice Collection of Riddles, Charades, Rebusses, &c. Part Third. By Peter Puzzlewell, Esq.
Newbery, Elizabeth Youthful recreations, containing many amusements of a day, as spent by Master Freelove and his companions. Interspersed with stories, suitable observations, verses, and other matters of instruction and entertainment.
Newbery, Elizabeth A new book for the improvement of young gentlemen and ladies. Filial duty, recommended and enforc'd, by a variety of instructive and entertaining stories, of children who have been remarkable for affection to their parents; also an account of some striking instances of Children, who have behaved in an undutiful, and unnatural manner to their parents. The whole founded on historical facts.
Newbery, Elizabeth The History of Tommy Titmouse, a Little Boy, who became a great man by minding his learning, doing as he was bid, and being good-natured and obliging to every body. Together with the adventures of the old man of the woods, and other stories equally pleasing and instructive. Embellished with cuts.
Newbery, Elizabeth The Life of Rolla: A Peruvian Tale. With Moral Inculcations for Youth. Including, A Description of the Temple of the Sun. The Mysteries of the Golden Leaf. The seven Springs in the Valley of Nanasca. The Story of the Tree with one Branch. The Story of the Inca who wept Blood. The Speech of Rolla. The Battle of Quito. The Death of Rolla. With a frontispiece, representing Rolla tearing from the Rock the Tree which supports the Bridge. By the author of The Siamese Tales. To which are added, Six Peruvian Fables: The Humming-Bird. The Man who gained by a Loss. The Peruvian Archer. The Daughter of the Moon. The Lizard. The laden Lama. By the same author.
Newbery, Elizabeth Jachin and Boaz; or, An authentic key to the door of free-masonry, both ancient and modern. Calculated not only for the instruction of every new made mason; but also for the information of all who intend to become brethren. Containing, I. A circumstantial account of all the proceedings in making a mason, with the several obligations of an entered apprentice, fellow-craft, and master; the prayers, and also the sign, grip, and password of each degree, with the ceremony of the mop and pail. II. The manner of opening a lodge, and setting the craft to work. .... VII. A safe and easy method proposed, by which a man may obtain admittance into any lodge, without passing through the form required, and thereby save a guinea or two in his pocket. VII. Anthems, odes, songs, &c. Illustrated with a beautiful frontispiece of the regalia, jewels, and emblematical ornaments belonging to masonry, and an accurate plan of the drawing on the floot of a lodge, interspersed with variety of notes and remarks, necessary to explain and render the whole clear to the meanest capacity. To which is now added, a new and accurate list of all the English regular lodges in the world, according to their seniority, with the dates of each constitution, and days of meeting. By a gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge; a frequent visitor at the Queen's Arms, St. Paul's Church-Yard; the Horn, in Fleet-street; Crown and Anchor, Strand; and the Salutation, Newgate-street.
Newbery, Elizabeth The Little Moralists; or, the History of Amintor and Florella, The Pretty Little Shepherd and Shepherdess of the Vale of Evesham. Embellished with cuts.
Newbery, Elizabeth The Royal guide; or, An easy introduction to reading English: embellished with a great variety of cuts. Most humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness Prince Edward.
Newbery, Elizabeth A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England: with Collects and Prayers for each Solemnity. By Robert Nelson, Esq. The Twenty-Sixth Edition.
Newbery, Elizabeth The Curiosities of London and Westminster described: In four volumes. Embellished with elegant Copper-Plates. Volume IV. Containing a Description of Westminster-Abbey, Westminster-Bridge, Westminster-Hall, House of Lords, House of Commons, Buckingham House, or the Queen's Palace, Banquetting House, Horse Guards, Admiralty Office.
Newbery, Elizabeth Biography for girls: or, moral and instructive examples, for young ladies. By Mrs Pilkington.
Newbery, Elizabeth The traveller's pocket-book; or, Ogilby and Morgan's book of the roads, improved and amended, in a method never before attempted. Containing, I. A new whole sheet map of the roads in England and Wales, as also those in Scotiand, fitted to bind with the Book. II. The Distances in measured Miles from London to all the Cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales, according to the new erected Mile Stones: And an account of such Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats as lie near the Road Side. III. The Cross Roads in England and Wales. IV. The High Roads in Scotland, measured from Edinburgh, with the principal Cross Roads, in English Miles. V. The Circuits of the Judges. VI. The Post Master-General's Account of the Nights that Post-Letters are dispatched to the several trading Towns. Vii. A List of the Fairs in England and Wales, regulated according to the New Stile. Viii. An alphabetical list of all the cities, Towns, and remarkable Villages, showing in what Road they are situated.
Newbery, Elizabeth Rural felicity; or, the history of Tommy and Sally. Embellished with cuts.
Newbery, Elizabeth Moral Sketches for Young Minds.
Newbery, Elizabeth The Entertaining Traveller; Giving a Brief Account of the Voyages and Travels of Master Tommy Columbus, in search of the Island of Wisdom; with a description of that island; as also of the Rock of Curiosity, the Court of Ambition, the Field of Luxury, and the Desert of Famine.
Newbery, Elizabeth Mother Bunch's fairy tales: published for the amusement of all those little masters and misses who, by duty to their parents, and obedience to their superiors, aim at becoming great lords and ladies.
Newbery, Elizabeth The history of Sindbad the sailor; containing an account of his several surprising voyages and miraculous escapes.
Newbery, Elizabeth Juvenile Rambles through the Paths of Nature; in which many parts of the wonderful works of the creation are brought forward, and made familiar to the capacity of every little miss and master, who wishes to become wise and good. Embellished with cuts.
Newbery, Elizabeth Geography for Children: or, A Short and Easy Method of Teaching and Learning Geography. Designed principally for the use of schools. Divided into lessons, by way of question and answer: Translated from the French of Abbot Lenglet du Fresnoy, and now greatly augmented and improved throughout the whole. The nineteenth edition. And a table of the latitude...
Newbery, Elizabeth A compendious system of husbandry. Containing the chemical, philosophical, and mechanical elements of agriculture; illustrating I. The properties of different soils. II. The properties of manures, and their effects. III. The most advantageous method of applying manures on the different soils. IV. The improvement of lands. V. The great superiority of, and the numerous advantages resulting from the drill, to the common mode of husbandry, clearly pointed out. VI. Experiments on grain of different sorts. Vii. Experiments on turnips, with the most effectual recipe for preventing the ravages of the fly. Viii. Experiments on fruit trees, with an account of a new, cheap, & effectual manure. IX. Experiments on fattening of hogs. X A copper-plate, and description of a patent drill machine, for planting all sorts of seed, grain, and pulse. XI. The application of substances for the analysis of soils and manures. To which is added, XII. The cause of and cure, for the rot in sheep. XIII. The most advantageous method of cultivating land without summer fallows XIV. The cause of; and cure for the smut in wheat. XV. A sure and safe recipe, for gentlemen, who farm their own estates, to get money rapidly. By George Winter, who was a practical farmer, twelve years.
Newbery, Elizabeth The Cries of London, as they are daily exhibited in the streets; with an epigram in verse, adapted to each. Embellished with sixty-two elegant cuts. To which is added, a description of the metropolis in verse.
Newbery, Elizabeth New description of Blenheim, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough. Containing a full and accurate account of the Paintings, Tapestry, and Furniture; a picturesque tour of the Gardens and Park; And a general Description of the China Gallery, &c. With a preliminary essay on landscape gardening. The fourth edition, enlarged. Embellished with an elegant plan of the park, &c.
Newbery, Elizabeth The Hermit of the Forest, and the Wandering Infants. A rural fragment. Embellished with cuts.
Newbery, Elizabeth The New Children's Friend: or, Pleasing Incitements to Wisdom and Virtue; conveyed through the medium of anecdote, tale, and adventure. Calculated to entertain, fortify, and improve the juvenile mind. Translated chiefly from the German.
Newbery, Elizabeth The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Abridged from the works of H. Fielding, Esq.

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