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eBooks A discourse delivered by Thomas Paine, at the Society of the Theophilanthropists, at Paris, 1798Atheism refuted https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3710
eBooks The decline & fall of the English system of finance: By Thomas Paine, author of Common sense, American crisis, Age of reason, &c. [One line of quotation] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5505
eBooks The fifteen comforts of a Scotch-man. Written by Daniel D'Foe in Scotland https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4298
eBooks Craigmillar Castle: An elegy. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3956
eBooks The romance of the forest: interspersed with some pieces of poetry. By the authoress of "A Sicilian romance," &c. In two volumes. ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3426
eBooks The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, reprinted with some additions and corrections from the Biographia Britannica; with his character, ... a description of the hospital, which he erected and endowed ... To which are added t... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4439
eBooks The rival candidates: a comic opera in two acts; as it is now performing at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By the Rev. Henry Bate. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4274
eBooks A charge to the poets: By William Whitehead, Esq; Poet Laureat. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3895
eBooks Black Giles the poacher: with some account of a family who had rather live by their wits than their work. Part I.Black Giles the poacher. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3450
eBooks Evenings at home; or, the juvenile budget opened: Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces, ... [pt.5] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4998
eBooks An oration on the utility of public infirmaries: Occasioned by the opening of the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford. By Joseph Bromehead, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5649
eBooks Poems. SelectionsSelected poems https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3069
eBooks A poetical epistle from the late Lord Melcombe to the Earl of Bute: with corrections, by the author of the Night thoughts https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3639
eBooks Retaliation, a farce, in two acts: as it is performed, with universal applause, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. By Leonard MacNally, Esq. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3607
eBooks Speech of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Esq. in the House of Commons of Great Britain, on Thursday, January 31st, 1799, in reply to Mr. Pitt's speech on the union with Ireland. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4308
eBooks Adagia. Selections. Lat.-EnglProverbes or adagiesAdagiesChiliades https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3132
eBooks Evenings at home; or, the juvenile budget opened: Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces, ... [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4996
eBooks An essay pointing out the cause, effects and method of treating the present epidemic fever: In a letter to a young physician. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5597
eBooks Observations relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776: on several parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-lands of Scotland. ... By William Gilpin, ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4842
eBooks Observations on some of the probable effects of Mr. Gilbert's bill; to which are added remarks deduced from Dr. Price's Account of the national debt. By the Reverend Mr. Brand, M.A https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4874
eBooks The evident advantages to Great Britain and its allies from the approaching war: especially in matters of trade. To which is added two curious plans, one of the port and bay of Havana; the other of Porto-Belo https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3619
eBooks Sober advice from Horace: to the young gentlemen about town. As deliver'd in his second sermon. Imitated in the manner of Mr. Pope. Together with the original text, as restored by the Rev'd. R. Bentley ... And some remarks on the version. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3699
eBooks A tour in Wales. MDCCLXX: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5179
eBooks Shenstone-Green: or, the new Paradise lost. Being a history of human nature. In three volumes. ... Written by the proprietor of the Green. The editor Courtney Melmoth. [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4348
eBooks An explanation of the duties of religion, for the use of Boldre School, in New Forest. N.B. The small paper prefixed, which is the ground-work of this explanation, is distributed in little books among the children of the parish, https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3771
eBooks Shenstone-Green: or, the new Paradise lost. Being a history of human nature. In three volumes. ... Written by the proprietor of the Green. The editor Courtney Melmoth. [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4349
eBooks The poetry of Anna Matilda https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4739
eBooks The hive of modern literature: a collection of essays, narratives, allegories, and instructive compositions; ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4925
eBooks Occasional stanzas, written at the request of the Revolution Society: and recited on their anniversary, November 4, 1788. To which is added, Queen Mary to King William, during his campaign in Ireland, 1690; a poetical epistle. By William Hayley, Esq. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3553
eBooks Elements of criticism: In three volumes. ... [pt.3] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3918
eBooks The confessions of James Baptiste Couteau: citizen of France, written by himself: and translated from the original French, by Robert Jephson, Esq. Illustrated with nine engravings. ... [pt.1] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5141
eBooks An additional dialogue of the dead, between Pericles and Aristides: being a sequel to the dialogue between Pericles and Cosmo https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3584
eBooks Advice to the people of Great Britain: with respect to two important points of their future conduct. I. What they ought to expect from the King. II. How they ought to behave to him. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4430
eBooks Every one has his fault: a comedy, in five acts, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. By Mrs. Inchbald. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4559
eBooks An essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. By Arthur Murphy, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4720
eBooks Susan Lenox: her rise and fall [sic] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3179
eBooks A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4087
eBooks The romance of the forest: interspersed with some pieces of poetry. By the authoress of "A Sicilian romance," &c. In two volumes. ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3427
eBooks A narrative of facts, relating to a prosecution for high treason: including the address to the jury, which the court refused to hear: ... and the defence the author had prepared, if he had been brought to trial. By Thomas Holcroft. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5262
eBooks Julia, a novel; interspersed with some poetical pieces. By Helen Maria Williams. In two volumes.: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4504
eBooks The lady's physician: A practical treatise on the various disorders incident to the fair sex. ... Written originally in French, by M. Tissot, ... Translated by an eminent physician. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5546
eBooks The fool of quality: or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland. In four volumes. By Mr. Brooke. [pt.4] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5624
eBooks Love in a mist: A farce now acting at the City-Theatre in Dublin, with great applause. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4024
eBooks An essay on the principle of population, as it affects the future improvement of society. With remarks on the speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and other writers https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4788
eBooks The life of David Hume, Esq: Written by himself. To which is added, a letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan, Esq. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4714
eBooks A letter to George Washington: on the subject of the late treaty concluded between Great-Britain and the United States of America, including other matters. By Thomas Paine, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3714
eBooks A simple story: In four volumes. By Mrs. Inchbald. [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5187
eBooks The dead alive: a comic opera: In two acts. As it is performed at the theatres in London and Dublin. By John O'Keeffe, Esq. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4263
eBooks A supplement to The State of the expedition from Canada: containing General Burgoyne's orders, respecting the principal movements, ... of the army to the raising of the siege of Ticonderoga.State of the expedition from Canada. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4938
eBooks Mr. Addison's fine ode to Dr. Thomas Burnet, on his sacred theory of the earth: Done into English by the author of a late tale call'd Coffee.Ad insignissimum virum, D. Thomam Burnettum. English https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5282