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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 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 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 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 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 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 New-market, a satire https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3392
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 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 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 Poems on various subjects: By William Hawkins, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3473
eBooks Historical law-tracts.: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4457
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 Gammer Gvrtons nedle https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3008
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 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 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 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 Ars amatoriaThe art of love https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3032
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 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 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 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 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 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
eBooks Lady Anna https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3205
eBooks Tales from two hemispheres https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3071
eBooks Genuine letters from a gentleman to a young lady his pupil: ... Written some years since. Now first revised and published with notes and illustrations, by Thomas Hull, ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4970
eBooks The wanderer: a poem. In five canto's. By Richard Savage, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5202
eBooks Dr Goldsmith's history of Greece, abridged, for the use of schoolsGrecian history. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5324
eBooks Zorinski: a play, in three acts: as performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market. By Thomas Morton, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4312
eBooks The martial review: or, a general history of the late wars; together with the definitive treaty, and some reflections on the probable consequences of the peace. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5348
eBooks The faerie queene: disposed into twelue bookes, fashioning XII morall vertues https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3200
eBooks The Artifice: A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's company of comedians. By Mrs. Cent-Livre. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3866
eBooks An answer to the L--d H----sham's speech: By Daniel D'Foe. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3338
eBooks Cecilia: or memoirs of an heiress. By the author of Evelina. In five volumes. ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4866
eBooks A true character of Mr. Pope https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5132
eBooks Prospects on the Rubicon: or, an investigation into the causes and consequences of the politics to be agitated at the meeting of Parliament. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3718
eBooks Love in a village; a comic opera: As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3347
eBooks Select letters between the late Duchess of Somerset, Lady Luxborough, ... and others; including a sketch of the manners, laws, &c. of the republic of Venice, ... The whole now first published from original copies, by Mr. Hull. In two volumes: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4863
eBooks An address to the subscribers for the History and antiquities of the county palatine of Durham: with a sketch of the materials from whence the intended publication is compiled. By William Hutchinson, F.A.S https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4833
eBooks Village politics: Addressed to all the mechanics, journeymen, and day labourers, in Great Britain. By Will Chip, a country carpenter. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4612
eBooks Pastorals: After the simple manner of Theocritus. By Mr. Purney. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5099