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eBooks An essay upon the trade to Africa, in order to set the merits of that cause in a true light and bring the disputes between the African Company and the separate traders into a narrower compass https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4811
eBooks An inquiry into the Copernican system respecting the motions of the heavenly bodies, wherein it is proved, in the clearest manner, that the earth has only her diurnal motion, and that the sun revolves round the world; ... By John Cunningham https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4004
eBooks Destroyers at Jutland https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3279
eBooks The history of Scotland from the accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. With appendixes of original papers. By John Pinkerton. In two volumes.: [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4786
eBooks Aboriginal America https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3062
eBooks Beggar's opera. Libretto.The beggar's opera John Gay's The beggar's opera https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3257
eBooks A philosophical, historical, and moral essay on old maids. By a friend to the sisterhood. In three volumes.: [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4728
eBooks The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman: ... [pt.1]Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3791
eBooks An essay on man: In epistles to a friend. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5486
eBooks An essay on the nature and method of treating the gout https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5528
eBooks The life of Sir Walter Ralegh: from his birth to his death on the scaffold: ... The whole compiled from the most approved authorities and curious manuscripts. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5248
eBooks Memoirs of the court of France, and city of Paris: containing the intrigues of that court, and the characters of the ministers of state, and other officers; together with the occurrences of the town. In two parts. Translated from the FrenchMémoire... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5019
eBooks A King or a Consul? A new song to the tune of Derry down https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5462
eBooks Sympathy: or, a sketch of the social passion. A poem. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5023
eBooks Some observations concerning the plague: occasioned by, and with some reference to the late ingenious discourse of the learned Dr. Mead, concerning pestilential contagion, and the methods to prevent it. By a well-wisher to the publick. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5682
eBooks The task: a poem, in six books. By William Cowper, ... To which are added, by the same author, An epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. ... To which are added, ... an epistle ... and the history of John Gilpin. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3795
eBooks An authentic narrative of the late extraordinary proceedings at Cambridge: against the W--------r Club. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3560
eBooks Peeping Tom, of Coventry: A comic opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Smock-Alley. By John O'Keefe, Esq;. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3404
eBooks Dissertation on first-principles of government: by Thomas Paine, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3712
eBooks The habitable world described: or the present state of the people in all parts of the globe, from north to south; shewing the situation, extent, climate, ... including all the new discoveries: ... With a great variety of maps and copper-plates, ..... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5050
eBooks Cibber and Sheridan: or, the Dublin miscellany. Containing all the advertisements, letters, ... Lately publish'd, on account of the theatric squabble. To which are added, several prologues and epilogues, spoke at the theatre in Smock Alley, ... by... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4657
eBooks The Briton: A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's servants. By Mr. Philips. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4351
eBooks Spring. A poem: By Mr. Thomson. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4109
eBooks Love and Freindship https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3064
eBooks The castle of Otranto: a story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. From the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4855
eBooks Catiline https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3253
eBooks Ode to Dragon, Mr. Garrick's house-dog, at Hampton https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5429
eBooks Clarissa: Or, the history of a young lady: comprehending the most important concerns of private life. ... Published by the editor of Pamela. ... [pt.5] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4362
eBooks A general history of the stage: from its origin in Greece down to the present time. ... Collected and digested by W. R. Chetwood, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4725
eBooks A dialogue upon the gardens of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham, at Stow in Buckinghamshire https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4480
eBooks Miscellanies in prose and verse: Containing candid and impartial observations on the principal performers belonging to the two Theatres-Royal; from January 1773, to May 1775. Likewise strictures on two favourite tragedies, viz. The orphan and The ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4964
eBooks Village memoirs: in a series of letters between a clergyman and his family in the country, and his son in town. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5145
eBooks A pindarique ode, humbly offer'd to the Queen, on the victorious progress of Her Majesty's arms, under the conduct of the Duke of Marlborough. To which is prefix'd, a discourse on the pindarique ode. By Mr. Congreve https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4090
eBooks Plain directions for the treatment of wounds in general: With methods of stopping violent bleedings in cases of large wounds ... to which are added remarks on suspended animation, ... By Bernard Ogden, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5693
eBooks Catharine and Petruchio: A comedy, in three acts. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Alter'd from Shakespear's Taming of the shrew. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3884
eBooks The opinion of a known Dissenter on the bill for preventing occasional conformity https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3397
eBooks The female Quixote: or, the adventures of Arabella. In two volumes. ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4543
eBooks An answer to some objections of a moderate enquirer https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5206
eBooks The history of Hester Wilmot; or, the second part of The Sunday schoolSunday school. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5421
eBooks A short tract concerning the doctrine of "Nullum tempus occurrit regi:": shewing the particular cases to which it is applicable; and that it cannot, according to law, be effectual for the recovery of manors, lands, or tenements, alienated from the... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3640
eBooks Observations on the use of bathing; warm and cold: and the diseases it will cure without a doctor. With an account of the cicer venereum, ... the celebrated restorative among the antient Greeks, ... Illustrated with its figure. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5545
eBooks The macaroni. A comedy: As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in York. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4466
eBooks Memoirs of a Magdalen: or, the history of Louisa Mildmay. Now first published from a series of original letters. In two volumes. ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4566
eBooks The auction a poem: a familiar epistle to a friend, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3853
eBooks The connoisseur: By Mr. Town, critic and censor-general. ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5408
eBooks The voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle: in several parts of the world. Intermix'd with the story of Mrs. Villars, an English lady with whom he made his surprizing escape from Barbary; the history of an Italian captive; and the life of ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5296
eBooks Observations on the mode of attendance of the surgeons of Edinburgh on the Royal Infirmary: in a letter addressed to the Royal College of Surgeons; by Benjamin Bell. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5540
eBooks The court of Alexander: An opera, in two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4467
eBooks An essay, at removing national prejudices, against a Union with England. Part III. By the author of the two firstEssay at removing national prejudices against a Union. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4549
eBooks Observations on the tussis convulsiva: or hooping cough, as read at the Lyceum Medicum Londinense. ... By John Gale Jones. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5591