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eBooks Odes on several descriptive and allegoric subjects: By William Collins. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5300
eBooks An easy way to prolong life: by a little attention to what we eat and drink: containing, a chemical analysis, or, an enquiry into the nature and properties, of all kinds of food; ... Collected from the authorities of some of our ablest physicians.... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4284
eBooks The British visions: or, Isaac Bickerstaff, Sen. Being twelve prophesies for the year 1711. Enter'd into the hall-book of the Company of Stationers. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3459
eBooks The ambassadors https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3145
eBooks Modern times: or the adventures of Gabriel Outcast. Supposed to be written by himself. In imitation of Gil Blas. ... [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4824
eBooks The shepherd of Salisbury-Plain. Part IIShepherd of Salisbury-Plain. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5422
eBooks The call of the wild https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3043
eBooks Mr. Pope's literary correspondence. Volume the fourth. With letters, &c. to, and from, Mr. Addison. Bishop Atterbury. ... To which are added, Muscovian letters: [pt.4] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3661
eBooks Letters to particular friends: by William Shenstone, Esq; from the year 1739 to 1763. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5425
eBooks Hypochondriasis. A practical treatise on the nature and cure of that disorder; commonly called the hyp and hypo. By Sir John Hill https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5517
eBooks The history of Great Britain, from the Restoration, to the accession of the house of Hannover: By James Macpherson, in two volumes. ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4422
eBooks Memorial concerning the Surgeons Hospital https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5543
eBooks The trial of Thomas Paine: for a libel, contained in The second part of rights of man, before Lord Kenyon, and a special jury, at Guildhall, December 18. With the speeches of the Attorney General and Mr. Erskine, at large. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3724
eBooks The lord of the manor, a comic opera: as it is performed at the Theatre Royal Drury-Lane, with a preface by the author. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4066
eBooks Remarks upon the eighth section of the second volume of Mr. Warton's History of English poetry https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4160
eBooks Incognita: or, love and duty reconcil'd. A novel. By Mr. Congreve. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3383
eBooks The perjur'd husband: or, the adventures of Venice. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's servants. Written by Mrs. Centlivre https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3874
eBooks The poetical works: of Thomas Gray. With the life of the author. Cooke's edition. Embellished with superb engravings. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4768
eBooks Kim https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3124
eBooks Tancred and Sigismunda. A tragedy: As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. By James Thomson. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4204
eBooks The substance of General Burgoyne's speeches: on Mr. Vyner's motion, on the 26th of May; and upon Mr. Hartley's motion, on the 28th of May, 1778. With an appendix, containing General Washington's letter to General Burgoyne. &c. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4872
eBooks Philosophy: A poem address'd to the ladies who attend Mr. Booth's lectures. By the bricklayer. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5097
eBooks A vindication of Sir Isaac Newton's principles of fluxions: against the objections contained in The analyst. By J. Walton. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4469
eBooks The rage: a comedy: As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. By Frederick Reynolds. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3804
eBooks New-market, a satire https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3392
eBooks A second letter to the Bishop of Bangor: wherein his Lordship's notions of benediction, absolution, and church-communion are prov'd to be destructive of every institution of the Christian religion. To which is added, a postscript, in answer to the... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3478
eBooks Elegies: I. On the death of Samuel Foote, Esq. II. On age. By Thomas Holcroft, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4898
eBooks The shepherd of Salisbury-Plain. Part IShepherd of Salisbury-Plain. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4177
eBooks Poems on various subjects: By William Hawkins, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3473
eBooks The South-Sea scheme examin'd: and the reasonableness thereof demonstrated. By a hearty well-wisher to publick credit. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5405
eBooks The songs, choruses, and serious dialogue of the masque called The institution of the garter, or, Arthur's round table restoredInstitution of the garter. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4199
eBooks Essays on the following subjects: I. On the reality and evidence of miracles, ... Written some years since, ... By an obscure layman in town: https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4440
eBooks International review (New York, N.Y. : 1874)The International review (1) https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3141
eBooks Historical law-tracts.: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4457
eBooks Camillus: a poem: humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth. By Aaron Hill, gent. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3319
eBooks An alarm without cause: or, the administration of peace supported by the sword of the spirit; ... Delivered in the High-bridge Meeting, Newcastle, by the Revd J. Murray. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3534
eBooks The state of the excise after the union, compared with what it is now https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4300
eBooks Gammer Gvrtons nedle https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3008
eBooks Ars amatoriaThe art of love https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3032
eBooks A Bickerstaff's burying: or, work for the upholders. A farce; as it is acted at the theatres, with applause. By His Majesty's servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre: ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3865
eBooks The Countess of Salisbury: A tragedy. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in the Hay-Market. By Hall Hartson, Esqr. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3954
eBooks The natural history of British shells: ... By E. Donovan, ... [pt.4] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3860
eBooks The love of gain: a poem. Imitated from the thirteenth satire of Juvenal. By M. G. Lewis, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3366
eBooks The vision of Piers Plowman: a critical edition of the B-text https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3261
eBooks An essay on the formation, structure, and use of the teeth: With a supplement, ... By Mayer Lewis, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5654
eBooks Heaven upon earth: or, the best friend, in the worst times. Being a legacy to London. By James Janeway. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4385
eBooks The beauties of biography: a selection of the lives of eminent men, carefully digested from correct and approved publications; ... Illustrated with several heads, ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5297
eBooks The rehearsal: or, bays in petticoats: A comedy in two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. Written by Mrs. Clive. The music composed by Dr. Boyce. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4153
eBooks Lady Anna https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3205
eBooks The riot; or, half a loaf is better than no bread. In a dialogue between Jack Anvil and Tom Hod. To the tune of "A cobler there was," &c https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5494