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... interesting and useful , as containing descriptions of a variety of rare works , with the prices attached , and critiques on many of them , collected from our own most celebrated , as well as from Foreign , Biblio- graphers . The ...
... interesting and useful , as containing descriptions of a variety of rare works , with the prices attached , and critiques on many of them , collected from our own most celebrated , as well as from Foreign , Biblio- graphers . The ...
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... interesting accounts . " On this immortal work the voice of criticism has been uniformly favou . rable : no praise can transcend its merits . " 6 Biblia Hebraica , cum Vers . Lat . ac Not . Munsteri , 2 vols . a few leaves in the first ...
... interesting accounts . " On this immortal work the voice of criticism has been uniformly favou . rable : no praise can transcend its merits . " 6 Biblia Hebraica , cum Vers . Lat . ac Not . Munsteri , 2 vols . a few leaves in the first ...
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... interesting notes in English , by Dunster , 4s . 6d . Lond . 1719 429 Horace , with an English translation and notes , by Watson , 2 vols . good copy , scarce , bds . 15s . Lond . 1747 " The English notes of Watson are called by Dr ...
... interesting notes in English , by Dunster , 4s . 6d . Lond . 1719 429 Horace , with an English translation and notes , by Watson , 2 vols . good copy , scarce , bds . 15s . Lond . 1747 " The English notes of Watson are called by Dr ...
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... interesting work : it forms a large volume of upwards of 1200 pages . 482 Memoires Historiques et Politiques de la Grand Bretagne , et de l'Irlande , sous les regnes de Charles II . , Jaques II .. Guillaume III . , et Marie , trad . du ...
... interesting work : it forms a large volume of upwards of 1200 pages . 482 Memoires Historiques et Politiques de la Grand Bretagne , et de l'Irlande , sous les regnes de Charles II . , Jaques II .. Guillaume III . , et Marie , trad . du ...
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... interesting account of all the public Institutions in Paris , which concern the Arts , Sciences , or Letters , including those of the National Institute , the Institution for the deaf and dumb , conducted by the Abbé Sicard , & c . & c ...
... interesting account of all the public Institutions in Paris , which concern the Arts , Sciences , or Letters , including those of the National Institute , the Institution for the deaf and dumb , conducted by the Abbé Sicard , & c . & c ...
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Page 352 - A History of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity...
Page 341 - Bibliotheca Spenceriana ; or a Descriptive Catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions in the library of George John, Earl Spencer, KG ac.&c.&c.
Page 472 - Cromwelliana. A Chronological Detail of Events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged from the year 1642 to his Death 1658 : with a Continuation of other Transactions to the Restoration.
Page 173 - A Collection of the Sufferings of the people called Quakers, for the testimony of a good conscience...
Page 284 - POWER OF RELIGION on the Mind, in Retirement, Affliction, and at the approach of Death; exemplified in the Testimonies and Experience of Persons distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue. " 'Tis immortality,— 'tis that alone, Amidst life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill.
Page 199 - Human Longevity: Recording the Name, Age, Place of Residence, and Year of the Decease of 1712 Persons, who Attained a Century, and Upwards, from AD 66 to 1799, Comprising a Period of 1733 Years. With Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable (Salisbury: James Easton, 1799), p.
Page 143 - TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES; or, THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, containing Memoirs of our Ancient Printers, and a Register of the Books Printed by them...
Page 498 - The Entertainment of his most excellent majestie Charles II., in his passage through the city of London to his Coronation...
Page 197 - FAMILY EXPOSITOR; Or, a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament : with Critical Notes, and a Practical Improvement of each Section.
Page 127 - HENRY'S BIBLE, wherein each Chapter is summed up in its Contents ; the Sacred Text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs ; each Paragraph reduced to its proper heads ; the sense given, and largely illustrated ; with Practical Remarks and Observations...