Bibliotheca Americana: Or, A Chronological Catalogue of the Most Curious and Interesting Books, Pamphlets, State Papers, &c., Upon the Subject of North and South America, from the Earliest Period to the Present, in Print and Manuscript : for which Research Has Been Made in the British Museum, and the Most Celebrated Public and Private Libraries, Reviews, Catalogues, &c. : with an Introductory Discourse on the Present State of Literature in Those Countries |
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... England have efta- blished a society for the cultivation and promotion of arts and sciences , of which the intention and defign are stated in the Act of Incorporation , and are as fol- lows , viz . " To promote and encourage the ...
... England have efta- blished a society for the cultivation and promotion of arts and sciences , of which the intention and defign are stated in the Act of Incorporation , and are as fol- lows , viz . " To promote and encourage the ...
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... England . The middle and lower order of people do not read ; their time is neceffarily occupied in the cultivation of an obdurate and unpropitious foil . The fame obfervations apply to Canada . The French peafantry are all Catholics ...
... England . The middle and lower order of people do not read ; their time is neceffarily occupied in the cultivation of an obdurate and unpropitious foil . The fame obfervations apply to Canada . The French peafantry are all Catholics ...
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... England with their other goods , although the capital of each of the islands has one person who calls himself a book- feller , who binds , deals in stationary , and keeps a few books , fuch as he judges are most in demand , which he ...
... England with their other goods , although the capital of each of the islands has one person who calls himself a book- feller , who binds , deals in stationary , and keeps a few books , fuch as he judges are most in demand , which he ...
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... England's Territories in America . 1301 61 Excerpta ex Mag . Hist . Brit . Americana . Circa 1587 . 3339 Cotton Mather - Curiofa Americana . 20 Robert Gamble - fome Account of America . 3340 9 Farther Account ; 4164 12 William Jacobs ...
... England's Territories in America . 1301 61 Excerpta ex Mag . Hist . Brit . Americana . Circa 1587 . 3339 Cotton Mather - Curiofa Americana . 20 Robert Gamble - fome Account of America . 3340 9 Farther Account ; 4164 12 William Jacobs ...
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... England , & c . A true Relation concerning New England , with an Abstract of the Laws . 2505 20 Relation concerning New England . 2375 New England Money , or Exchequer Notes , one 2375 ( 30 ) 1447 ...
... England , & c . A true Relation concerning New England , with an Abstract of the Laws . 2505 20 Relation concerning New England . 2375 New England Money , or Exchequer Notes , one 2375 ( 30 ) 1447 ...
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