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eBooks Independence: an ode. By the late T. Smollet, M.DOde to independence https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3643
eBooks Love's frailties: a comedy in five acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. By Thomas Holcroft. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4143
eBooks The male-coquette: or, seventeen hundred fifty-seven. In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4032
eBooks Fontainbleau; or, our way in France: A comic opera, in three acts. As performed at the Theatres-Royal in Covent-Garden. and Smock-Alley. Written by J. O'Keefe, Esq. The music selected and composed by William Sheild. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3376
eBooks Reasons why David Garrick, Esq; should not appear on the stage, in a letter to John Rich, Esq https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4149
eBooks Poems by Mr. Gray https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4287
eBooks Fair payment no spunge: or, some considerations on the unreasonableness of refusing to receive back money lent on publick securities. And the necessity of setting the nation free from the insupportable burthen of debt and taxes. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4332
eBooks An abridgment of the History of England: from the invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith.History of England. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5459
eBooks The poetical calendar: Containing a collection of scarce and valuable pieces of poetry: ... by the most eminent hands. Intended as a supplement to Mr. Dodsley's collection. Written and selected by Francis Fawkes, M. A. and William Woty. In twelve ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5365
eBooks Speech of Philip Francis, Esq. in the House of Commons, on Friday, February 26, 1796: on the motion, "that it appears to this House, that the principle of making loans for the public service, by free and open competition, ... has been very general... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3484
eBooks The poetical works: of Will. Shenstone. In two volumes. With the life of the author, and a description of the Leasowes. ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5259
eBooks The Magdalens: an elegy: By the author of The nunnery. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4594
eBooks The natural history of British shells: ... By E. Donovan, ... [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3859
eBooks Two letters on the conduct of our domestick parties, with regard to French politicks: including "Observations on the conduct of the minority, in the session of M.DCC.XCIII." By the late Right Hon. Edmund Burke. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4238
eBooks Wieland; or The transformation: An American tale. [Four lines of verse] Copy-right secured. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5502
eBooks The golden verses of Pythagoras: Translated from the Greek, by N. Rowe, Esq; With A poem on the late glorious successes, &c. and an Ode for the New-Year, MDCCXVI. By the same hand. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3984
eBooks The Carolina housewife or, House and home : by a lady of Charleston https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3182
eBooks Odes on various subjects: By Joseph Warton, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5100
eBooks Margery: or, a worse plague than the dragon: a burlesque opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Altered from the original Italian of Signor Carini. Set to musick by Mr. John-Frederick Lampe. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4353
eBooks Annus mirabilis: or, the wonderful effects of the approaching conjunction of the planets Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. By Abraham Gunter, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4983
eBooks Anglo-Saxon poetic records https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3009
eBooks The Athenaid: a poem, by the author of Leonidas. [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4812
eBooks The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq. By himself https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3571
eBooks The recruiting serjeant: a musical entertainment as it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4150
eBooks The poetical calendar: Containing a collection of scarce and valuable pieces of poetry: ... by the most eminent hands. Intended as a supplement to Mr. Dodsley's collection. Written and selected by Francis Fawkes, M. A. and William Woty. In twelve ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5370
eBooks An essay on the force of imagination in pregnant women: Addressed to the ladies. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5520
eBooks An account of a surprizing meteor: seen in the air March 19. 1718/19. at night. Containing, I. A description of this meteor, from the original letters of those who saw it in different places. ... By William Whiston, M.A. ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3809
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/20.500.14106/4851
eBooks Shakespear illustrated: or the novels and histories, on which the plays of Shakespear are founded, collected and translated from the original authors. With critical remarks. In two volumes. By the author of The female Quixote. [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5233
eBooks Adventures of Huckleberry Finn https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3225
eBooks The Rambler.: [pt.5] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3434
eBooks A new method for discovering the longitude both at sea and land: humbly proposed to the consideration of the publick. By William Whiston, ... and Humphry Ditton, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4047
eBooks Proceedings in the House of Commons on the slave trade, and state of the negroes in the West India islands. With an appendix. By Philip Francis, Esq https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4123
eBooks Mr. Pope's literary correspondence. Volume the third. With letters to, and, from the Duke of Shrewsberry, Lord Lansdowne,: [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3660
eBooks Practical rules of diet in the various constitutions and diseases of human bodies: By John Arbuthnot, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5173
eBooks The captive of Spilburg in two acts: as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, altered from the favourite French drama called Le souterrain, with a preface by the translator. The music by Dussek. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3815
eBooks The wives revenged: a comic opera, in one act. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3930
eBooks The musical tour of Mr. Dibdin: in which ... previous to his embarkation for India ... he finished his career as a public character. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5355
eBooks The ladies elegant jester, or fun for the female sex; being a chaste and delicate selection of good things, ... together with many originals, by Ann Sophia Radcliffe https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4398
eBooks A full and true account of a horrid and barbarous revenge by poison: on the body of Mr. Edmund Curll, bookseller; with a faithful copy of his last will and testament. Publish'd by an eye witness. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3680
eBooks The natural history of birds: From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ... [pt.4]Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. English https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5243
eBooks Paine's address to the republic of France; September 25, 1792 https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3707
eBooks Oculus Britanniæ: an heroi-panegyrical poem on the university of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful similes, and useful digressions. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4778
eBooks A collection of original papers and material transactions, concerning the late great affair of the union between England and Scotland: Also an exact journal of the proceedings of the treaty as well at London as in Edinburgh. Wherein the privilege ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5455
eBooks The last will and testament of Alexander Pope: of Twickenham, Esq; to which is added, an inscription wrote by himself. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3467
eBooks Rebellion extinguished: a thanksgiving-sermon, preached at Barton under-Neewood, in the county of Stafford, October the 9th, 1746. On account of the deliverance of these kingdoms from the calamities of an intestine war. By Thomas Vaughan, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4877
eBooks The rivals: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4130
eBooks The necessity and usefulness of the dispensaries lately set up by the College of Physicians in London, for the use of the sick poor. Together with an answer to all the objections rais'd against them by the apothecaries, or others https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5633
eBooks Neck or nothing, a farce: In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4045
eBooks The ghost: Book IV. By C. Churchill. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3752