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eBooks The voyages, dangerous adventures and imminent escapes: of Captain Richard Falconer: containing the laws, customs, and manners of the Indians in America; ... Intermix'd with the voyages and adventures of Thomas Randal, of Cork, pilot; ... Written ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4558
eBooks Additions to the works of Alexander Pope: Esq. Together with many original poems and letters, of cotemporary [sic] writers, never before published. In two volumes. ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3652
eBooks Poems, by a gentleman https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5079
eBooks Pharnaces: an opera. Altered from the Italian. By Thomas Hull. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3566
eBooks Remarks on the composition, use, and effects of the extract of lead of Mr. Goulard, and of his vegeto-mineral water. By G. Arnaud, https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5605
eBooks Letter from David Hume, Esq. to the author of The delineation of the nature and obligation of morality https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3361
eBooks King Stephen's watch: A tale, founded on fact. By the author of the Heroic epistle to Sir William Chambers, Knt. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3415
eBooks The peerage of Great Britain and Ireland: including the extinct, with a genealogical and historical account of each noble family. Embellished with a series of historical prints ... By Robert Pollard, F.S.A. .Vo 1.1. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4883
eBooks A letter from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his constituents: upon his late resignation; with the correspondences between the Secretaries of War and him, relative to his return to America. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3342
eBooks London and the vanity of human wishes https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3199
eBooks A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands: [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5154
eBooks The shepherdess of the Alps: a comic opera, in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3609
eBooks A General history of trade: and especially consider'd as it respects the British commerce, as well at home, as to all parts of the world. With essays upon the improvement of our trade in particular. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3543
eBooks Athelstan: A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3569
eBooks Songs in the comic opera of Tom Thumb the Great. As it is now performing at the Microcosm near Stephen's-StreetTom Thumb. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4200
eBooks The school for lovers: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By William Whitehead, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4164
eBooks Evenings at home; or, the juvenile budget opened: Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces, ... [pt.6] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4999
eBooks Works. EnglishPliny's epistles in ten books/ done into English by several hands https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3180
eBooks The roguish miller; or, nothing got by cheating: A true ballad https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5468
eBooks Lucius Junius Brutus: or, the expulsion of the Tarquins: an historical play. By Hugh Downman. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4604
eBooks A description of the Lake at Keswick: (and the adjacent country) in Cumberland. Communicated in a letter to a friend. By a late popular writer. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5460
eBooks The battle of Lora: A poem. With some fragments written in the Erse, or Irish language, by Ossian, the son of Fingal. Translated into English verse by Mr. Derrick. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3457
eBooks An English accidence: or, abstract of grammar; for the use of those who, without making grammar a study, wish to speak and write correctly. With rules for reading prose and verse. By the Rev. Dr. John Trusler. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4386
eBooks Clementina: a tragedy, as it is perform'd with universal applause at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5106
eBooks A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands: [pt.5] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4978
eBooks Liberty asserted: A tragedy. As it is acted at the New Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Dennis. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4059
eBooks The rights of infants; or, the imprescriptable right of mothers to such a share of the elements as is sufficient to enable them to suckle and bring up their young in a dialogue between the aristocracy and a mother of children. To which are added, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4495
eBooks The observer: being a collection of moral, literary and familiar essays. ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5007
eBooks The four seasons, and other poems. By James ThomsonSeasons https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3549
eBooks An historical view of the Irish stage: from the earliest period down to the close of the season 1788. Interspersed with theatrical anecdotes, ... In two volumes. ... By Robert Hitchcock, ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4478
eBooks The coffee-house politician: or, the justice caught in his own trap. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. Written by Mr. Fielding.Rape upon rape https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3320
eBooks An essay of health and long life: By George Cheyne, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4355
eBooks An account of the ancient division of the English nation into hundreds and tithings: the happy effects of that excellent institution; ...Intended as an appendix to several tracts on national defence, &c. By Granville Sharp. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5391
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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