A New Catalogue, for the Year 1797, of a Valuable Collection of Books Ancient and Modern, in Various Languages, and in Every Branch of Literature; ... to be Sold ... by Thomas Payne, ...

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Page 133 - Which if you do open, to cheapen and copen, You will be unwilling, for many a shilling, To part with the profit that you shall have of it...
Page 74 - Observations, Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients, and the Analogy between them and Modern Wines...
Page 109 - Topography, or an Hiftorical Account of what has been done for illuftrating the Topographical Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols.
Page 106 - Original Papers : containing the Secret Hiftory of Great Britain, from the Reftoration to the Acceffion of the Houfe of Hanover: To which are prefixed, Extracts from the Life of James II. as written by himfelf ; publifhed from the Originals ; 2 vols.
Page 259 - Eccttjiaftiques , contenant l'Hiftoire de leur Vie, le catalogue, la critique & la chronologie de leurs Ouvrages...
Page 149 - Pliilofophical and Political Hiftory of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the Eaft and Weft Indies, tranflated from the French of the Abbe Rcynall.
Page 29 - The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's Lynn and of Cambridge...
Page 104 - Actively pureuing this salutary and benevolent object, Mr. Howard took up his residence at the town of Cherson, a Russian settlement on the Black sea. A malignant fever prevailed there, and...
Page 88 - Voyages métallurgiques, ou recherches et observations sur les mines et forges de fer, la fabrication de l'acier, celle du fer-blanc, et...
Page 140 - THE SET AT TENNIS," a play mentioned by Henslowe as written by Mundy alone. 1604. "A TRUE AND ADMIRABLE HISTORIE, OF A MAYDEN OF CONFOLENS, in the Province of Poictiers: that for the space of three yeeres and more hath lived, and yet doth, without receiving either meate or drinke. Of whom, his Majestie in person hath had the view, and (by his commaund) his best and chiefest Phisitians, have tryed all meanes to find, whether this fast and abstinence be by deceit or no.

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