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... principles the best calculated to diffeminate knowledge : the books were not , as in many of the public libraries of Europe , confined to the apartments , but the subscribers were allowed to carry them home for a reasonable space of ...
... principles the best calculated to diffeminate knowledge : the books were not , as in many of the public libraries of Europe , confined to the apartments , but the subscribers were allowed to carry them home for a reasonable space of ...
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... principles . But as it appeared more con- ducive to the interefts of literature , to be possessed of one large , than of several smaller collections of books , coalitions gradually took place among them , till the Amicable , the ...
... principles . But as it appeared more con- ducive to the interefts of literature , to be possessed of one large , than of several smaller collections of books , coalitions gradually took place among them , till the Amicable , the ...
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... principles of anatomy and physiology ; with plates . By John Aikin . 2 vols . London , 1786 . 282 , Q. Poems . By Anna Lętitia Aikin . London , 1773 . 2053 , 0 . View of the character and public services of the late John Howard . By ...
... principles of anatomy and physiology ; with plates . By John Aikin . 2 vols . London , 1786 . 282 , Q. Poems . By Anna Lętitia Aikin . London , 1773 . 2053 , 0 . View of the character and public services of the late John Howard . By ...
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... principles of taste . By Archibald Alison . Edinburgh , 1790 . Alken , 2402 , and 2539 , O. See Maton . Allen , 537 , O. A summary view of the whole practice of physic ; being the sentiments of the most celebrated authors in all ages ...
... principles of taste . By Archibald Alison . Edinburgh , 1790 . Alken , 2402 , and 2539 , O. See Maton . Allen , 537 , O. A summary view of the whole practice of physic ; being the sentiments of the most celebrated authors in all ages ...
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... principles of oratory . London , 1686.-P. 1111 , Q. See Ellis . 806 , Q. See Gillies . 424 , F. See Val , Du . 1228 , Q. See Segni . 1113 , Q. See Twining . Armachanus , 366 , F. Annales veteris testamenti , Jacobo Usserio Armachano ...
... principles of oratory . London , 1686.-P. 1111 , Q. See Ellis . 806 , Q. See Gillies . 424 , F. See Val , Du . 1228 , Q. See Segni . 1113 , Q. See Twining . Armachanus , 366 , F. Annales veteris testamenti , Jacobo Usserio Armachano ...
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Page 225 - THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA ; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.
Page 134 - The Present State of New England. Being a Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England, from the First Planting thereof in the year 1607 to this present year, 1677.
Page 143 - IRWIN (EYLES). A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red Sea, on the coasts of Arabia and Egypt ; and of a route through the Deserts of Thebaļs, hitherto unknown to the European travellers, in the year 1777...
Page 263 - Tables of Logarithms of all Numbers, from 1 to 101000, and of the Sines and Tangents to every Second of the Quadrant...
Page 413 - Plan offered by the EARL of CHATHAM, to the HOUSE OF LORDS, entitled, A Provisional Act, for settling the Troubles in America, and for asserting the Supreme Legislative Authority and Superintending Power of Great Britain over the Colonies.
Page 197 - Paulina; or the Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul evinced, by a Comparison of the Epistles which bear his Name with the Acts of the Apostles and with one another (London, 1790; subsequent editions are by J.
Page 140 - A General History of the Pyrates, from their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence to the Present Time.
Page 256 - A Geographical, Historical And Political Description Of The Empire Of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia; With A Gazetteer Of Reference To The Principal Places In Those Countries.
Page 82 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Page 15 - The Italian Library ; containing an account of the lives and works of the most valuable authors of Italy ; with a preface exhibiting the change of the Tuscan language from the barbarous ages to the present time,