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eBooks The natural history of British birds: or, a selection of the most rare, beautiful, and interesting birds which inhabit this country: the descriptions from the Systema naturæ of Linnæus; with general observations, either original, or collected ... ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4850
eBooks An essay on painting: in two epistles to Mr. Romney. By William Hayley, Esq. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3597
eBooks The shadows of Shakespeare: a monody, occasioned by the death of Mr. Garrick. Being a prize poem, written for the vase at Bath-Easton. The second edition. By Courtney Melmoth. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3479
eBooks The traveller: or a prospect of society. A poem. Inscribed to the Rev. Mr. Henry Goldsmith. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5351
eBooks Infancy, or the management of children: a didactic poem, in six books. The fifth edition. By Hugh Downman, M.D.Infancy. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4764
eBooks A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands: [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5152
eBooks Free thoughts on the most probable means of reviving the dissenting interest: Occasion'd by the late enquiry into the causes of its decay. Address'd to the author of that enquiry. By a minister in the country. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4048
eBooks Passive obedience: or, the Christian doctrine of not resisting the supreme power, proved and vindicated ... In a discourse deliver'd at the College-chapel. By George Berkeley, M.A. Fellow of Trinity-College, Dublin. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4115
eBooks A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands: With notes. [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4990
eBooks A discourse on the nature, causes, and cure of corpulency. Illustrated by a remarkable case, read before the Royal Society, November 1757. And now first published, by Malcolm Flemyng, M.D https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5615
eBooks New poems on several occasions: I. A short essay on the progress of English poetry. ... XXI. To Mr. Stanley, apothecary. By Henry Jones. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3533
eBooks The young widow; or the history of Cornelia Sedley: in a series of letters. ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5123
eBooks The history of Hindostan: from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A dissertation on the origin and nature of despotism in Hindostan. II. An enquiry into the state of Bengal; ...... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4758
eBooks The magic of Orosmanes: or, harlequin slave and sultan: a pantomime, drawn from the Arabian legends. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3356
eBooks The history of English poetry: from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed, two dissertations. ... By Thomas Warton, ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5309
eBooks The royal garland, a new occasional interlude, in honour of his Danish Majesty: Set to music by Mr. Arnold, and performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4133
eBooks Longsword, Earl of Salisbury: An historical romance. In two volumes. ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5662
eBooks The contract: a comedy. Of two acts. As it was performed at the Theatre Royal, in the Hay-Market. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5130
eBooks A letter to the most insolent man alive https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3469
eBooks The birth-day: or, the Prince of Arragon. A dramatick piece, with songs. In two acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. Written by J. O'Keeffe. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4270
eBooks The history of the most noble Order of the Garter: Wherein is set forth an account of the town, castle, chappel, and college of Windsor; ... To which is prefix'd, a discourse of knighthood in general, ... Collected by Elias Ashmole, ... The whole ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5268
eBooks An epistle to William Hogarth: By C. Churchill. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3926
eBooks Speech of Mr. Sheridan, in the House of Commons, on Friday the 21st of April, 1798: on the motion to address His Majesty, on the present alarming state of affairs. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4749
eBooks A compendium of useful knowledge: containing a concise explanation of every thing a young man ought to know, to enable him to converse on all general topics. ... By the Rev. Dr. John Trusler, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3348
eBooks The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell: a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight; with their future contingencies of fortune. ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4501
eBooks The first Part of Henry the Sixt. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5695
eBooks The duellist, a comedy: As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Written by W. Kenrick, LL.D. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3970
eBooks The history of Sir Charles Grandison: In a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In seven volumes. ... [pt.5]Sir Charles Grandison https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3526
eBooks The law of retribution: or, a serious warning to Great Britain and her colonies, founded on unquestionable examples of God's temporal vengeance against tyrants, slave-holders, and oppressors. ... By Granville Sharp. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5212
eBooks Euphemia. By Mrs. Charlotte Lennox. In four volumes.: [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4578
eBooks The captives a tragedy: as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane by the author of The royal suppliants. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3816
eBooks Gotham. A poem. Book III. By [blank] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3588
eBooks The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4640
eBooks Dialogues concerning natural religion: By David Hume, Esq;. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5283
eBooks An appendix to the second edition of Mr. Lofft's 'Observations on a late publication, entitled "A dialogue on the actual state of Parliaments;" ... By Granville Sharp https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3878
eBooks What we must all come to: A comedy in two acts, as it was intended to be acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4242
eBooks The history and misfortunes of the famous
Moll Flanders, etc. 		https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3017
eBooks Anecdotes of Philip, late Earl of Chesterfield, and Dr. Johnson: a comparative view of their lives, characters, and merit, ... By a student at Cambridge.Two dialogues https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5397
eBooks Lodoiska: an opera, in three acts, perfomed, for the first time, by His Majesty's Servants, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, on Monday, June 9th. 1794. Written by J. P. Kemble. ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3746
eBooks Love at first sight: a ballad farce: of two acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3466
eBooks A pair of blue eyes https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3114
eBooks The following observations on the method of curing burns and scalds. are offered by the author, for the benefit of the public https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5653
eBooks The life and death of King Iohn. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5709
eBooks An appendix in answer to the Reasons for not replying to Mr. Walton's full answer https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4482
eBooks The miniature picture: a comedy, in three acts : performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5029
eBooks Paine's four letters. Letters on government: including both his letters to Mr. Dundas; with two letters to Lord Onslow, and two from Paris. By Thomas Paine, ... to which are prefixed anecdotes of his life https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3705
eBooks The doom of the Griffiths https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3099
eBooks Pictures from Italy https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3084
eBooks Next door neighbours; a comedy: in three acts. From the French dramas L'indigent & Le dissipateur. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. By Mrs. Inchbald. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3824
eBooks Enthusiasm: a poem. In two parts. By Mr. Jerningham https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3750