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Adagia in Latine and English containing five hundred proverbs : very profitable for the vse of those who aspire to further perfection in the Latine tongue.

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A sermon preached on Sunday, April 4, 1742. Before the University of Oxford. / By Charles Wesley, M.A. student of Christ-Church.

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The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the iles adioyning: with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes, within ye kingdome of England, divided and described by Iohn Speed.

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Truth vindicated, or, A detection of the aspersions and scandals cast upon Sir Robert Clayton and Sir George Treby, Justices, and Slingsby Bethell and Henry Cornish, Esquires, sheriffs of the city of London, in a paper published in the name of Dr. Francis Hawkins, minister of the Tower, intituled, The confession of Edward Fitz-Harris, Esq., &c. the coppy of which paper is herewith printed for the readers clearer judgment in the case.

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A copy of two letters which Richard Stafford had intended to have delivered unto the King and Queen but not being admitted by the yeomen of the guard, he left them on the rails of the back- stairs at White-Hall, on January 26, 1689/90 : in each of which was inclosed a printed paper, entituled, A supplemental tract of government, referred to the consideration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, January 4, in the year aforementioned.

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His Majesties proclamation in Scotland: with an explanation of the meaning of the Oath and Covenant. By the Lord Marquesse, his Majesties high commissioner. Set forth by the Kings speciall licence

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By authority. By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation. ... to set apart and observe Thursday the nineteenth day of February next, as a day of public thanksgiving ... Done at the city of Philadelphia, the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five ...

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Some account of the tryals and condemnation of five notorious Jesuits, popish priests, & traytors (viz.) Thomas White, alias Whitebread, William Harcourt, John Fenwick, John Gavern, alias Gawen, Anthony Turner, and Mr. Langhorn the councellor, found guilty of high treason for conspiring to murder the King, subvert the government, root out of the Protestant religion, and establish popery &c. : on a fair tryal by virtue of a commission of Oyer and Terminer at the Old-Baily, June the 13th and 14th, 1679.

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The mighty destroyer displayed, in some account of the dreadful havock made by the mistaken use as well as abuse of distilled spirituous liquors. / By a lover of mankind. ; [Two lines from Ecclesiastes]

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The chearful husband: or, The despairng [sic] wife. In a dialogue between a loving couple, about the cares and crosses of these troublesome times. To the tune of, The jealous lover.

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The Holy time of Christmas defended against non-conformists and all others its prophaners and opposers, or, A discourse shewing that a religious observation of Christmas is apostolical and worthy every good Christian

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Official letters to the Honourable American Congress, written during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental forces, now president of the United States. ; Copied, by special permission, from the original papers preserved in the office of the secretary of state, Philadelphia. ; Vol. I[-II].

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To the inhabitants of the city and county of New-York. My friends and fellow citizens, It has frequently given pain to every well-wisher of his country, when it has been observed, that in many of our public assemblies, party-zeal, instead of public-good, has evidently biased the minds of those who have constituted these assemblies. ...

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Observations on a late pamphlet, entituled, "Considerations upon the Society or order of the Cincinnati," clearly evincing the innocence and propriety of that honourable and respectable institution. In answer to vague conjectures, false insinuations, and ill-founded objections. / By an obscure individual. ; [Six lines of quotations]

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Bacchus festival, or, A new medley being a musical representation at the entertainment of his excellency the Lord General Monck. At Vinters-Hall, April 12. 1660.

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Burnings bewailed: in a sermon, occasioned by the lamentable fire which was in Boston, Octob. 2. 1711. In which the sins which provoke the Lord to kindle fires, are enquired into. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]

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Memorials of early piety. Occurring in the holy life & joyful death of Mrs. Jerusha Oliver. : With some account of her Christian experiences, extracted from her reserved papers: and published, for the service of Christianity; but especially to serve the intentions of early religion. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]

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Ientaculum iudicum: or, A breake-fast for the bench prepared, presented, and preached in two sacred seruices, or sermons, the morning sacrifice before the two assises: at Thetford, at Norwich: 1619. Containing monitory meditations, to execute iustice and law-businesse with a good conscience. By Samuel Garey, preacher of Gods word in Win-farthing in Norff.

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A representation of the Popish Plott in 29 figures, as ye manner of killing Sr. Edmond bury Godfry, & their horid designes to kill the King, and the manner of the plotters execution

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A new system of philosophy, or The Newtonean hypothesis examined. By an American.

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Large additions to Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. The American patriot's prayer. II. American independancy [sic] defended, by Candidus. III. The propriety of independancy [sic], by Demophilus. [Two lines from Thompson] IV. A review of the American contest, with some strictures on the King's speech. Addressed to all parents in the thirteen united colonies, by a friend to posterity and mankind. V. Letter to Lord Dartmouth, by an English American. VI. Observations on Lord North's conciliatory plan, by Sincerus. : To which is added, an appendix to Common sense: together with an address to the people called Quakers, on their testimony concerning kings and government, and the present commotions in America.

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The Christian divinitie, contained in the divine service of the Church of England summarily, and for the most part in order, according as point on point dependeth, composed; and with the holy Scriptures plainly and plentifully confirmed: written for the furtherance of the peoples understanding in the true religion established by publike authoritie, and for the increase of vnitie in that godly truth eternall. By Edmund Reeve Bachelour in Divinitie, and vicar of the parish of Hayes in Middlesex.

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Some short but necessary animadversions on the paper delivered to Dr. Hawkins together with a copy of the paper it self, entituled, The confession of Edward Fitz-Harris, Esq. written by his own hand and delivered &c. / reprinted from the copy published by the doctor, and these animadversions added to prevent the deluding of Protestants by it.

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God's sovereign government among the nations asserted in a sermon preached before His Excellency the governour, the Honourable Council, and representatives of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, on May 28. 1712. Being the day for election of Her Majesties Council for that province. / By Samuel Cheever, Pastor of the church in Marblehead. ; [Six lines from Psalms]

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The only vvay to rest of soule in religion here, in heaven hereafter: shewed plainly and succinctly by pure scripture, in three treatises: demonstrating, I. That the church was left by Christ, as the means to teach us his gospel. 2. Which is she that was left in that office. 3. What it is, she teacheth for gospel. By I.L. Bach of Div. Licensed by the university of Oxford, to preach throughout Engalnd, and late rector of L. in the county of S. now a Catholike.

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