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... view rather to deprecate severity of criticism on whatever defects may be found in this work , than , with un- seemly presumption , to exaggerate the merit of its compilation . No one can be insensible to the errors which are incidental ...
... view rather to deprecate severity of criticism on whatever defects may be found in this work , than , with un- seemly presumption , to exaggerate the merit of its compilation . No one can be insensible to the errors which are incidental ...
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... View of the Parish Church of Ecton , ' and plate 12 , ' Lilford , the seat of Thomas Powis , Esq . ' is erroneously sometimes Faden's four - sheet map of placed at 241 of vol . i . instead of vol . ii . Northamptonshire , 1779 , is ...
... View of the Parish Church of Ecton , ' and plate 12 , ' Lilford , the seat of Thomas Powis , Esq . ' is erroneously sometimes Faden's four - sheet map of placed at 241 of vol . i . instead of vol . ii . Northamptonshire , 1779 , is ...
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... View of Legal Bibliography . 1807 . 8vo . 6s . A Synthesis of the Law of Nisi Prius . 1809. 8vo . Part I. William . Translations from the Greek , viz . Aristotle's Synopsis of the Virtues and Vices , the Simi- litudes of Demophilus ...
... View of Legal Bibliography . 1807 . 8vo . 6s . A Synthesis of the Law of Nisi Prius . 1809. 8vo . Part I. William . Translations from the Greek , viz . Aristotle's Synopsis of the Virtues and Vices , the Simi- litudes of Demophilus ...
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... View of picturesque Anatomy . Lond . 1769. fol . 18s . This work contains Albinus ' six Tables , the Anatomy of Celsus , with notes , and the Physiology of Cicero . LARGE PAPER , 17.8s . BRISSON , M. de . Account of the Shipwreck and ...
... View of picturesque Anatomy . Lond . 1769. fol . 18s . This work contains Albinus ' six Tables , the Anatomy of Celsus , with notes , and the Physiology of Cicero . LARGE PAPER , 17.8s . BRISSON , M. de . Account of the Shipwreck and ...
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... View of the Behaviour of the States Ge- neral of the United Provinces to- wards the Kings of Great Britain . Lond . 1672. 4to . Reprinted in the third volume of the Harleian Miscellany . Britannia . The Description of Britain , folio ...
... View of the Behaviour of the States Ge- neral of the United Provinces to- wards the Kings of Great Britain . Lond . 1672. 4to . Reprinted in the third volume of the Harleian Miscellany . Britannia . The Description of Britain , folio ...
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Page 263 - Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature. Containing an Account of Rare and Curious BOOKS published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing, with Biographical Notices and Prices, by WT Lowndes.
Page 513 - The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke. With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt. Diuided into two Parts : And newly corrected and enlarged. Written by William Shakespeare, Gent. Printed at London, for TP" A small quarto, containing 64 leaves, A to Q in fours.
Page 426 - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, compared with the Former Editions and many valuable MSS. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed ; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon, Deceased : Together •with a Glossary, By a Student of the same College.
Page 545 - English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order. With copious Illustrations and Examples drawn from the Best Writers.
Page 321 - News from France : in a letter, giving a relation of the present state of the difference between the French king and the court of Rome...
Page 328 - Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
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Page 532 - THE SEPULCHRAL BRASSES IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, tending to illustrate the Ecclesiastical, Military, and Civil Costume of former ages, as well as to preserve Memorials of the most ancient Families in those Counties ; with letter-press Descriptions, an Introductory Essay on Sepulchral Memorials, by several eminent Antiquaries, and a General Index.
Page 316 - Crests, and Mottoes, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, including the late Grants by the College of Arms.
Page 403 - The LIFE of MARY, QUEEN of SCOTS. Drawn from the State Papers With Six subsidiary Memoirs: 1.