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An essay on painting written in Italian by Count Algarotti

The history of the late minority. Exhibiting the conduct, principles, and views, of that party, during the years 1762, 1763, 1764, and 1765.

Dialogues concerning education. By Mr. David Fordyce, Late Professor of Philosophy of Marishal College, in the University of Aberdeen.

An introduction to universal history. Translated from the Latin of Baron Holberg. With notes historical, chronological, and critical. By Gregory Sharpe, LL. D. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. The second edition corrected and enlarged. To which is prefixed A short system of geography, with maps, &c.

The life of Jane de St. Remy de Valois, heretofore Countess de la Motte. containing a circumstantial and exact Detail of the many extraordinary Events which have attended this unfortunate Lady from her Birth, and contributed to raise her to the Dignity of Confidante and Favorite of the Queen of France; Some further particulars relative to the Mysterious Transaction of the diamond necklace; Her Trial, Condemnation, and Imprisonment in the Salpetriere; her almost miraculous Escape from thence

The history of the war in America, between Great Britain and her colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1778. ... To which is added, a collection of interesting and authentic papers tending to elucidate the History. In two volumes. ...

The New-York magazine; or, Literary repository.

Sermons to young men. In two volumes. By William Dodd, LL. D. Prebendary of Brecon, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty.

A candid disquisition of the principles and practices of the most ancient and honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons; together with some strictures on the origin, nature, and design of that institution. Dedicated, By Permission, To the most Noble and most Worshipful Henry Duke of Beaufort, &c. &c. Grand Master. By Wellins Calcott, P.M.

A catalogue of medals, from Julius Cæsar to the emperor Heraclius; with an account in what sizes and metals they are rare or common; and their several legends, Latin and English.

A course of lectures

A father’s instructions to his children

A journey through Sweden, containing a detailed account of its population, agriculture, commerce and finances; to which is added an abridged history of the Kingdom, And Of The Different Forms Of Government, From The Accession Of Gustavus Vasa, In M,D,XXIII. With Some Particulars Relating To The History Of Denmark, And To The Life Of Count Struenzee. Written in French by a Dutch officer, and translated into English, by William Radcliffe, A. B. Of Oriel College, Oxford.

A review of the characters of the principal nations in Europe. In two volumes.

The beauties of magazines, reviews, &c.

Select essays on commerce, agriculture, mines, fisheries, and other useful subjects.

The history of Virginia, in four parts. I. The History of the First Settlement of Virginia, and the Government thereof, to the Year 1706. II. The natural Productions and Conveniencies of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Customs, in War and Peace. IV. The present State of the Country, as to the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land, the 10th of June 1720. By a native and inhabitant of the place.

Lydia, or filial piety. A novel. In two volumes.

The lives of the princes of the illustrious House of Orange, continued down to the present time. Collected from the best authorities, both printed and manuscript. Illustrated with copper plates and a genealogical table.

Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns.

Burton-Wood. In a series of letters. By a lady.

The history of Charles Mandeville. A sequel to Lady Julia, by Mrs. Brooke.

The narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. relative to his conduct during part of his command of the King’s troops in North America; particularly to that which respects the unfortunate issue of the campaign in 1781. With an appendix, containing copies an extracts of those parts of his correspondence with Lord George Germain, Earl Cornwallis, Rear Admiral Graves, &c. Which are referred to therein.

The fair Hibernian.

Hartly House, Calcutta.

Dr. Johnson’s table talk

Memoirs of Lady Woodford. Written by herself, and addressed to a friend. In two volumes.

Les liaisons dangereuses, ou, Lettres recueillies dans une société, & publiées pour l'instruction de quelques autres / Par M.C. ... de L. ...

Atlas geographus

Belisarius. By M. Marmontel, Member of the French Academy.

The elements of heraldry, containing the definition, origin, and historical account of that ancient, useful, and entertaining science. The divers sorts of coats-of-arms in use; with their essential and integral parts displayed separately. The several marks whereby bearers of the same coat-of-arms are distinguished from each other. The different kings of tinctures, lines, figures, charges, and ornaments used for coats-of-arms. The laws of heraldry; practical directions for marshalling coats-of-arms, and the order of precedence. The hatchments so clearly described, that the branch and title, the deceased was of, may be readily known. Embellished with several fine cuts, and twenty-four copper-pla...

Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. To which are added, letters and papers on philosophical subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and illustrated with copper plates.

Letters from Mons. Racine, the elder, to his son M. Racine, the younger, when a youth

A tour in Holland, in MDCCLXXXIV. By an American.

Love and madness a story too true. In a series of letters, between parties whose names would perhaps be mentioned were they less known or less lamented.

Every man his own lawyer

The young widow; or the history of Cornelia Sedley, in a series of letters.

Letters on Greece; being a sequel to Letters on Egypt, and containing travels through Rhodes, Crete, and other islands of the Archipelago; with comparative remarks on their Ancient and present State, and observations on the Government, Character, and Manners, of the Turks, and Modern Greeks. Translated from the French of M. Savary.

The life of Baron Frederic Trenck; containing his adventures; his cruel and excessive sufferings, during ten years imprisonment, at the fortress of Magdeburg, by command of the late King of Prussia; also, anecdotes, Historical, Political, and Personal. Translated from the German, by Thomas Holcroft.

Ethelinde, or, The recluse of the lake / by Charlotte Smith.

English liberties, or, The free-born subject's inheritance

Bélisaire. Par M. Marmontel

Dinarbas; a tale

Emma Corbett

Dangerous connections

Travels through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of the world

The annals of the world. Deduced from the origin of time, and continued to the beginning of the Emperour Vespasians reign, and the totall destruction and abolition of the temple and common-wealth of the Jews. Containing the historie of the Old and New Testament, with tha of the Macchabees. Also all the most memorable affairs of Asia and Egypt, and the rise of the empire of the Roman Cæsars, under C. Julius, and Octavianus. Collected from all history, as well sacred, as prophane, and methodically digested, by the most reverend James Ussher, Arch-Bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland.

Interesting letters of Pope Clement XIV (Ganganelli)

Honoria Somerville

Discourses on public occasions in America / by William Smith.

An account of the European settlements in America. In six parts. I. A short History of the Discovery of that Part of the World. II. The Manners and Customs of the original Inhabitants. III. Of the Spanish Settlements. IV. Of the Portuguese. V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish. VI. Of the English. Each Part contains An accurate Description of the Settlements in it, their Extent, Climate, Productions, Trade, Genius and Disposition of their Inhabitants

The adventures of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. By James White, ...

Juvenile indiscretions. A novel. In two volumes. By the author of Anna, or the Welch heiress. ...

Memoirs and travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky, Magnate of the Kingdom of Hungary and Poland, one of the chiefs of the Confederation of Poland &c., &c.

A voyage round the world

Travels in Spain

Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In five volumes. By James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq. F.R.S. ...

Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In five volumes. By James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq. F.R.S. ...

The adventures of Numa Pompilius, second King of Rome. Translated from the French of M. de Florian. In two volumes. ...

The power of sympathy

Retribution

Aminta, favola boscareccia di Torqvato Tasso / con le annotationi d'Egidio Menagio.

Art of Gunnery

Sermons on several occasions.

Stenography; or, Short-hand improved

Athenian sport, or, Two thousand paradoxes merrily argued, to amuse and divert the age

An account of a voyage for a discovery of a North-West Passage by Hudson's Streights, to the western and southern ocean of America

The annual register, or, A view of the history, politicks, and literature for the year ...

The works of the honourable Robert Boyle

The royal dictionary abridged. In two parts. I. French and English. II. English and French. Containing above five thousand words more than any French and English dictionary yet extant

An estimate of the manners and principles of the times / by John Brown.

Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux / Avec des éclaircissemens historiques donnés par lui-même, et la vie de l'auteur par Mr. Des Maizeaux.

New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. In three parts. I. Containing, a new system of vegetation. Explaining the motion of the sap, and generation of plants. Of soils, and the improvement of forest-trees. With a new invention, whereby more designs of garden plats may be made in an hour, than can be found in all the books of gardening yet extant. II. The best manner of improving flower-gardens or parterres

Letters of Baron Bielfeld

The elements of universal erudition, Containing an analytical abridgment of the sciences, polite arts, and belles lettres, by Baron Bielfeld, ... Translated from the last edition printed at Berlin by W. Hooper, ...

The British customs

Artium principia

Farriery improved

The British compendium

The beauties of Swift

Sentimental beauties and moral delineations

The British grammar

The beauties of Goldsmith, or, The moral and sentimental treasury of genius.

Lexicon Sermonis Hebraici et Chaldaici

Corps deplomatique of the right of nations, containing, 1st, a collection of treaties made in Europe, from the time of the emperor Charlemagne to the present time, in french, 16 vols; 2d, supplement to the corps deplomatique, containing the history of the ancient treaties, 5 vols; 3d, history of the treaties of peace and other negotiations of the 17th century, from the peace of Vervins to the peace of Nimegue, 2 vols; 4th, secret negotialions concerning the peace of Munster and D'Osnaburgh, 4 vols.

An essay on brewing

A concordance of parallels, collected from Bibles and Commentaries, which have been published in Hebrew, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, English, and other languages; with the authorities of each. By the Rev. C. Cruttwell, editor of Bishop Wilson’s works, &c

Homeri Ilias gr Dæce et Latine. Annotationes in usum serenissimi principis Gulielmi Augusti, Ducis de Cumberland, &c. Regio jussu scripsit atque edidit Samuelis Clarke, S.T.P. ...

Cicero’s epistles to Atticus. With notes historical, explanatory, and critical. Translated into English, by William Guthrie, Esq; In two volumes. ...

The mystery hid from ages and generations, made manifest by the Gospel-revelation

The Congressional register; or, History of the proceedings and debates of the first House of representatives of the United States.

The Universal asylum, and Columbian magazine.

The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends

The orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated into English, with notes historical and critical, and arguments to each; by William Guthrie, Esq; in three volumes.

Select works of Mr. A. Cowley. In two volumes

The works of the celebrated Mrs. Centlivre. In three volumes. Containing, Perjur’d Husband. Beaux’s Duel. Gamester. Basset Table. Love at a Venture. Love’s Contrivance. Busy Body. Marplot in Lisbon. Platonic Lady. Perplex’d Lovers. Cruel Gift. Wonder, a Woman keeps a Secret. Man’s Bewitch’d. Gotham Election. Wife well Managed. A Bickerstaff’s Burying. Bold Stroke for a Wife. Artifice. Stolen Heiress. With a new account of her life.

Memoirs of a clergyman; or, The character and ideas of the Rev. Mr. Clegg. A sentimental history founded upon facts.

The convent

The history of imbanking and draining of divers fens and marshes, both in foreign parts and in this kingdom, and of the improvements thereby. Extracted from records, manuscripts, and other authentic testimonies. By William Dugdale, Esq; Norroy King of Arms. Afterwards Sir William Dugdale, knt. Garter Principal King at Arms. The second edition, revised and corrected, by Charles Nalson Cole, Esq; of the Inner-Temple, barrister at law, and register to the Honourable Corporation of Bedford Level.

Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peters, Westminster

Dictionary (Dutch, English, and French).

Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de mm. de Montgolfier

The works of Virgil translated into English prose, ... With the Latin text and order of construction in the same page; and ... a very great number of notes entirely new. For the use of schools as well as of private gentlemen. In two volumes.

The complete dictionary of arts and sciences. In which the whole circle of human learning is explained, And the Difficulties attending the Acquisition of Every Art, Whether Liberal or Mechanical, are Removed, in the most easy and familiar manner. Among the various Branches of Literature explained in this Work are the following, viz. Agriculture Algebra Anatomy Architecture Arithmetic Astronomy Botany Catoptrics Chemistry Chronology Commerce Conics Cosmography Dialling Dioptrics Ethics Fluxions Fortification Gardening Gauging Geography Geometry Grammar Gunnery Handicrafts Heraldry History Horsemanship Husbandry Hydraulics Hydrography Hydrostatics Law Levelling Logic Maritime And Military Affairs Mathematics Mechanics Merchandize Metaphysics Meteorology Music Navigation Optics Painting Perspective Pharmacy Philology Philosophy Physic Pneumatics Rhetoric Sculpture Series Statics Statuary Surgery Surveying Theology, &c. The theological, philological, and critical branches, by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker....

Discourses on the publick revenues, and on the trade of England. In two parts. Viz. I. Of the use of political arithmetick, in all considerations about the revenues and trade. II. On credit, and the means and methods by which it may be restored. III. On the management of the King’s revenues. IV. Whither to farm the revenues, may not, in this juncture, be most for the publick service? V. On the publick debts and engagements. By the author of The essay on ways and means. Part I. To which is added, a discourse upon improving the revenue of the state of Athens. Writte originally in Greek, by Xenophon; and now made English from the original, with some historical notes; by another hand.

Dialogues concerning eloquence in general; and particularly, that kind which is fit for the pulpit

Chronological tables of universal history, sacred and profane, ecclesiastical and civil

The commentaries of Cæsar, translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse concerning the Roman art of war. By William Duncan, ... In two volumes. ...

Plays written for a private theatre. By William Davies.

The death of Cain, in five books; after the manner of the death of Abel.

The Sicilian tyrant, or, The life of Agathocles.

Letters from Edinburgh; written in the years 1774 and 1775

Practical discourses, on regeneration

Delia, a pathetic and interesting tale. In Four Volumes ...

Sermons to young persons, on the following subjects

Encyclopædia Britannica; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature

An enquiry whether a general practice of virtue tends to the wealth or poverty, benefit or disadvantage of a people? In which the pleas offered by the author of The fable of the bees, or private vices publick benefits, for the usefulness of vice and roguery are considered. With some thoughts concerning a toleration of publick stews.

The gardeners dictionary

A new medical dictionary; or, general repository of physic. Containing an explanation of the terms, and a description of the various particulars. Relating To Anatomy, Physiology, Physic, Surgery, Materia Medica, Chemistry, &c. &c. &c. Each Article, according to its Importance, being considered in every Relation to which its Usefulness extends in the Healing Art. By G. Motherby, M.D.

Minutes of agriculture, made on a farm of 300 acres of various soils, near Croydon, Surry. To which is added, a digest, wherein The Minutes are Systemized and Amplified; and elucidated by drawings of New Implements, a Farm-Yard, &c. The whole being published as a sketch of the actual business of a farm; as Hints to the Inexperienced Agriculturist; as a Check to the Present False Spirit of Farming; and as an overture to scientific agriculture. By Mr. Marshall.

An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting

A collection of several commissions, and other public instruments, Proceeding from his Majesty’s Royal Authority, and other papers, Relating to the State of the Province in Quebec in North America, since the Conquest of it by the British Arms in 1760. Collected by Francis Maseres, Esquire, His Majesty’s Attorney General in the said Province.

Mills Husbandry

The young trigonometer’s compleat guide. Being the mystery and rationale of spherical trigonometry made clear and easy. ... By Benjamin Martin, teacher of the mathematicks in Chichester, and author of the Philosophical grammar.

Poems on several occasions, with some other compositions. By Nathaniel Evans, A.M. late missionary (appointed by the Society for Propagating the Gospel) for Gloucester County, in New-Jersey; and Chaplain to the Lord Viscount Kilmorey, of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Matilda

Materia Medica

Essays on physiognomy; for the promotion of the knowledge and the love of mankind. Written in the German language by J. C. Lavater, and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. Illustrated by three hundred and sixty engravings. ...

The excursion, a novel, by Mrs. Brooke, Author of Julia Mandeville, Emily Montague, &c. In two volumes. ...

The history of Greece. By William Mitford, Esq. The first volume.

The englishman’s fortnight in Paris; or, the art of ruining himself there in a few days. By an observer. Translated from the French.

The natural history of England; or, a Description of each particular County, In regard to the curious Productions of Nature and Art. Illustrated by a Map of each County, and Sculptures of Natural Curiosities. ... . Containing, I. Cornwall, II. Devonshire, III. Dorsetshire, IV. Somersetshire, V. Wiltshire, VI. Hampshire, Vii. Surrey, Viii. Sussex, IX. Kent, X. Middlesex, XI. Berkshire, XII. Gloucestershire, XIII. Oxfordshire, XIV. Buckinghamshire. By Benjamin Martin.

A treatise of algebra, in three parts. ... To which is added an appendix, concerning the general properties of geometrical lines. By Colin Maclaurin, ...

Museum rusticum et commerciale

An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire.

The History of Emma

Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu. De l’esprit des loix.

Observations made during a voyage round the world, on physical geography, natural history, and ethic philosophy. Especially on

The matrimonial preceptor a collection of examples and precepts relating to the married state from the most celebrated writers ancient and modern.

Sophocleus hai hepta. Sophoclis tradgoediae septem. Cum versione latina & selectis guibusdam variis lectionibus...

The farmer’s guide in hiring and stocking farms. Containing an examination of many subjects of great importance both to the common husbandman, in hiring a Farm; and to a gentlemen on taking the Whole or Part of his Estate into his own Hands. Particularly, The Signs whereby to judge of Land. The Points to be attended to in hiring a Farm. The Quantity of Land of every Sort proportioned to a given Sum of Money. The most advantageous Method of disposing of any Sum from 50 l. to 20,000 l. in Husbandry on cultivated or uncultivated Soils. The Means of rendering Agriculture as profitable to Gentlemen, as to common Farmers; and as beneficial a Profession as any other. Hints to those Gentlemen who farm for Pleasure alone. Also, plans of farm-yards, and sections of the necessary buildings. In two volumes. By the author of the Farmer’s letters. ...

The farmer’s letters to the people of England

The man of feeling.

Letters on the manners of the French, and on the follies and extravagancies of the times. Written by an Indian at Paris.

The muse in good humour

Self knowledge

Opticks

The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, the laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin ... In two volumes.

Mathematical elements of natural philosophy, confirm’d by experiments

The nightcap

The negro equalled by few Europeans. Translated from the French. ...

An essay on the government of children, under three general heads

An essay on the art of war. Translated from the French of Count Turpin, by Captain Joseph Otway. In two volumes. ...

Dissertations on the history of Ireland. To which is subjoined, a dissertation on the Irish colonies established in Britain. With some remarks on Mr. Mac Pherson’s translation of Fingal and Temora. By C. O’conor, Esq.

The arguments of the books and chapters of the Old and New Testament, with practical observations. Written originally in French, by the Reverend Mr. Ostervald, Professor of Divinity, and one of the Ministers of the Church at Neufchatel, in Swisserland

A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg. Translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. To which are added, a faunula and flora Sinensis. In two volumes.

Ovid's Art of love, in three books, together with his Remedy of love / translated into English verse by several eminent hands ; to which are added, The court of love, a tale from Chaucer, and The history of love ; adorn'd with cuts.

Prange's (Christian Frederick) alterthumer; or, a collection of busts, statues, &c. in german.

An Act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for continuing, amending, and making perpetual, an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, (intituled, An Act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of His Majesty’s sugar colonies in America); for applying the produce of such duties, … and more effectually preventing the clandestine conveyance of goods to and from the said colonies and plantations, and improving and securing the trade between the same and Great Britain.

The carpenter’s and joiner’s repository; or, a new system of lines and proportions for doors, windows, chimnies, Cornices, and Mouldings, for Finishing Rooms, &c. &c. a Great Variety of Stair-Cases, on a Plan Entirely New, and Easy to be Understood. Circular Circular Soffits, Flewing and Winding, in Strait and Circular Walls, Groins, Angle-Brackets, Circular and Elliptical Sky-Lights, and the Method of Squaring and Preparing their Circular Bars, Shop. Fronts, &c. By W. Pain, joiner. A new edition. Engraved on sixty-nine copper plates.

The tragedies of Æschylus translated. By R. Potter.

The Pennsylvania chronicle, and universal advertiser. Containing the freshest advices, both foreign and domestic; with a variety of other matter, useful, instructive and entertaining.

Miscellanies in verse and prose. [Two lines of quotation].

The poetical miscellany, consisting of great variety of odes, epistles, Pastorals, Tales, Fables, Épigrams, &c. many of which are originals. To which are added, some select essays and letters in prose. Never printed before. By the author of the Progress of Physick. In two volumes.

Pious memorials; or, the power of religion upon the mind in sickness and at death

Posthumous works of Frederic II. King of Prussia.

Observations on reversionary payments; on schemes for providing annuities for widows, and for persons in old age; on the method of calculating the values of assurances on lives; and on the national debt. Also, essays on different subjects in the doctrine of life-annuities and political arithmetic; a collection of new tables, and a postscript on the population of the kingdom. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S. To which are added, algebraical notes, the solution of several new problems in the doctrine of annuities, and a general introduction. By William Morgan, F.R.S.

Thoughts on religion, and other curious subjects. Written originally in French by Monsieur Pascal. Translated into English by Basil Kennet, D. D. late Principal of Corpus Christi Coll. Oxon.

The original, and present state of man, briefly considered; wherein is shewn, the nature of his fall, and the necessity, means, and manner of his restoration, through the sacrifice of Christ, and the sensible operation of that divine principle of grace and truth, held forth to the world by the people called Quakers. To which are added, some remarks on the arguments of Samuel Newton, of Norwich. By Joseph Phipps. [Three lines from I. Timothy]

Political coffee-house of Amsterdam; or, familiar dialogues between a frenchman, englishman, hollander and a citizen of the world, upon the several civil and political interests of France, Spain and England, in french.

The pupil of pleasure by Courtney Melmoth / by Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson).

The historie of the world in five bookes. 1 Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same, from the creation unto Abraham. 2 Of the times from the birth of Abraham to the destruction of the Temple of Salomon. 3 From the destruction of Jerusalem, to the time of Philip of Macedon. 4 From the raigne of Philip of Macedon, to the establishing of that kingdome in the race of Antigonus. 5 From the settled rule of Alexanders successors in the East, untill the Romans (prevailing over all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight.

The history of England, as well ecclesiastical as civil. By Mr. De Rapin Thoyras. Vol XII. Containing the latter part of the Reign of Charles I; from the setting up of his standard at Nottingham in August 1642, to his death in January, 1648-9. Done into English from the French, with large and useful notes mark’d with an *, by N. Tindal, A.M. vicar of Great-Waltham in Essex.

The history of the Old and New Testament, interspersed with moral and instructive reflections, chiefly taken from the Holy Fathers. From the French. By J. Reeve.

A miscellany of poems, consisting of original poems, translations, pastorals in the Cumberland dialect, familiar epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams. By the late Reverend Josiah Relph of Sebergham, Cumberland. With a Preface and a Glossary.

Considerations on agriculture

The semi-Virgilian husbandry, deduced from various experiments

Three physico-theological discourses, concerning the primitive Chaos, and creation of the world.

The history of the American Revolution. By David Ramsay, M.D. In two volumes. ...

Rohault’s system of natural philosophy, illustrated with Dr. Samuel Clarke’s notes taken mostly out of Sr. Isaac Newton’s philosophy. With additions. ... . Done into English by John Clarke, D. D. Dean of Sarum.

Letters of the late Thomas Rundle, LL.D., Lord Bishop of Derry in Ireland, to Mrs. Barbara Sandys, of Miserden, Glocestershire / with introductory memoirs, by James Dallaway.

Oeuvres de Regnard

Religious courtship

Devout exercises of the heart

Recherches sur les causes particulières des phénomènes électriques et sur les effets nuisibles ou avantageux qu'on peut en attendre, par M. l'abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet ...

Philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Newly translated from the French by J. O. Justamond, with a new set of maps.

Religious correspondence

Oeuvres de J. Racine, de l'Académie françoise. Tome troisieme.

The revolution of America. By the Abbe Raynal, author of The philosophical and political history of the establishments, and commerce of the Europeans in both the Indies.

Geographica Classica. emmendata ex Graecorum Latinorumq Authoribus antiquis, ubi Tabellis XXXII. Veterum locorum Apellationer Geographiae recentissimae et Accuratissimae summa cum diligentia Accommandantur; Doctissimo Viro Wilhelmo Stukeley M. D. Collegii Medicorum Londinensium et Societatus Regiae ibidem Socio Humillime oblata ab.

A six weeks tour, through the southern counties of England and Wales. Describing, particularly, I. The present state of agriculture and manufactures. II. The different Methods of cultivating the Soil. III. The Success attending some late Experiments on various Grasses, &c. IV. The Prices of Labour and Provisions. V. The state of the working poor in those Counties, wherein the Riots were most remarkable. With descriptions and copper-plates, of such newly invented Implements of Husbandry as deserve to be generally known

The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener’s recreation

The expedition of Cyrus / translated from Xenophon with critical and historical notes by Edward Spelman Esq.

Sherwin’s mathematical tables, contriv’d after a most comprehensive method

A letter to the people of England, on the Present Situation and Conduct of National Affairs. Letter I.

The sportsman’s dictionary

Sermons translated from the original French of the late Revd. James Saurin, Pastor of the French Church at the Hague. ... . ON Various Subjects. By Robert Robinson.

The history of the Peloponnesian War, translated from the Greek of Thucydides. To which are annexed three preliminary discourses. ... By William Smith, ...

The philosophy of natural history. By William Smellie, member of The Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh. In two volumes. ...

Select dramatic pieces; some of which have been acted in provincial theatres, others written for private performance, and country amusement

Soirees du bois Bologne

Socrates out of his senses

Travels through France and Italy

The United States elevated to glory and honor. A sermon, preached before His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esq. L.L.D. governour and commander in chief, and the Honourable the General Assembly, of the state of Connecticut, convened at Hartford, at the anniversary election. May 8th, MDCCLXXXIII. By Ezra Stiles, D.D. L.L.D. president of Yale College. [Six lines from Jeremiah]

A tract on duelling

The farmer’s kalendar; or, a monthly directory for all sorts of country business

The modern improvements in agriculture; containing the principles of tillage and vegetation, and present practice of the most skilful husbandmen, in the Culture of Corn and Pulse, and of the Grasses, Plants, and Roots for feeding Cattle

The freeholder, or, Political essays / by Joseph Addison.

An account of the shipwreck and captivity of M. de Brisson; containing a description of the deserts of Africa, from Senegal to Morocco. Translated from the French.

Political, miscellaneous, and philosophical pieces

Reflections on the works of God, and of his providence, throughout all nature, for every day in the year. Translated first from the German of Mr. C.C. Sturm. By a Lady.

A voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan

Religion considered as the only basis of happiness and of true philosophy. A work written for the instruction of the children of his most serene highness the Duke of Orleans; ... By Madame the Marchioness of Sillery, ... In two volumes.

History of the voyages and discoveries made in the North / translated from the German of John Reinhold Forster, I.U.D. and elucidated by a new and original map of the countries situated about the North Pole.

Transactions of the American philosophical society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge First series.

The fortunate country maid. Being the entertaining memoirs of the present celebrated Marchioness of L.V. Who from a cottage, through a great variety of diverting adventures, became a lady of the first quality in the Court of France, by her steady adherence to the principles of virtue and honour. Wherein are displaid the various and vile artifices employ’d by men of intrigue, for seducing of young women, with suitable reflections. In two volumes. From the French of the Chevalier De Mouhy.

P. Terentii carthaginiensis Afri comoediæ sex. Interpretatione & notis illustravit Nicolaus Camus, J. U. D. Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.

Publii Terentii Comoediae sex, post optimas editiones emendatae.

Poems

Thoughts on trade, and a publick spirit. Consider’d under the following heads, viz. I. Companies in trade. II. Stock-Jobbers. III. Projectors. IV. Corruptions in the law and public offices. V. Of a public spirit. Humbly Dedicated to all Lovers of their Country.

Thoughts on education, tending chiefly to recommend to the attention of the public, some particulars relating to that Subject; which are not generally considered with the regard their importance deserves. By the author of Britain’s remembrancer.

Comedies of Plautus

Fables amusantes

The triumvirate

Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces.

The Assembly's shorter catechism explained

The fable of the bees

An essay on the advantages and disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great Britain, with regard to trade. With some proposals for removing the principal disadvantages of Great Britain. By Mr. Josiah Tucker, of Bristol

The free-thinker, or, Essays of wit and humour / written by Dr. Boulter [and others].

Fables choisies de la Fontaine.

Theodorus

Le théatre de P. Corneille ...

Geography anatomiz’d

The correspondence of two lovers, inhabitants of Lyons. Published from the French originals. In three volumes. ...

Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, in the year M.DCC.LXXXIX. And of the independence of the United States, the thirteenth. Being the acts passed at the first session of the First Congress of the United States.

Zeluco. Various views of human nature, taken from life and manners, foreign and domestic. In two volumes. ...

Zelia, in the desert. From the French. By the lady who translated "Adelaide and Theodore;" and "Anecdotes of Henry IV. of France." In two volumes.

The history of Louisiana, or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina

The history of the rebellion, MDCCXLV and MDCCXLVI. By Andrew Henderson.

The history of Sir George Ellison. In two volumes.

The practice of perspective

The theory and practice of gardening

De jure maritimo et navali

Gibbon’s history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. In six volumes octavo, abridged in two volumes. ...

An explanation of scripture prophecies, both typical and literal. In two volumes. ... . Containing, An Explanation of Christ’s Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia, of his Prayer and Beatitudes, together with St. Paul’s Panoply, or Whole Armour of God

The works of the reverend and pious Mr. Andrew Gray, late Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow.

Journals of Congress

The school of arts; or, an introduction to useful knowledge

George Bateman

The Grand tour; or, a journey through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and France. Containing, I. A description of the principal cities and towns, their situation, origin, and antient monuments. II. The public edifices, the seats and palaces of the princes and nobility, their libraries, cabinets, paintings, and statues. III. The produce of the countries, the customs and manners of the people, the different coins, their commerce, manufactures, learning, and present government. IV. An exact list of the post-routes, and of the different carriages by water and land, with their settled prices. By Mr. Nugent. The third edition, corrected, and considerably improved. To which is now added, the European itinerary. ...

Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D., during the last twenty years of his life / by Hesther Lynch Piozzi.

The Irish guardian. A pathetic story. In two volumes. By a lady. ...

Introduction to the history of America. ... Designed to instruct American youth in the elements of the history of their own country. With a correct map of the United States of America.

The gamesters

Indiculus universalis, ou, L'univers en abrégé

An easy and compendious system of shorthand; adapted to the arts and sciences, and to the learned professions. By Thomas Sarjeant. [Four lines of verse]

The adventures of George Maitland, Esq. In three volumes. ...

A new dictionary of the English language

Letters on education

Excerpta quædam ex Luciani Samosatensis operibus per N. Kent ...

The kalish revolution; containing observations on man and manners. By Durus, King of Kalikang; Who Was Born In The Reign Of The Emperor Augustus, Travelled Over Most Of The Globe, And Still Exists.

Eden

Codex juris gentium diplomaticus

The historie of the Councel of Trent. In eight bookes. In which (besides the ordinarie acts of the Councell) are declared many notable occurrences, which happened in Christendome, during the space of fourtie yeeres and more. And particularly, the practices of the Court o Rome, to hinder the reformation of their errours, and to maintaine their greatnesse. Written in Italian by Pietro Soaue Polano, and faithfully translated into English by Nathanael Brent.

The Lusiad, or, The discovery of India

London Chronicle

The history of the popes, from the foundation of the See of Rome, to the present time. ... . By Archibald Bower, Esq; Heretofore Public Professor of Rhetoric, History, and Philosophy, in the Universities of Rome, Fermo, and Macerata, And, in the latter Place, Counsellor of the Inquisition.

Lavater

Lettres physiques et morales fur l'histoire de la terre et de l'homme par de luc

Curious observations upon the manners, customs, usages, different languages, government, mythology, chronology, ancient and modern geography, ceremonies, religion, mechanics, astronomy, medicine, physics, natural history, commerce, arts and sciences of the several nations of Asia, Africa, and America / translated from the French of M. L'Abbé Lambert.

Two choice and useful treatises

Theophrastou tou Eresiou peri Ton Lithon biblion. Theophrastus’s history of stones. With an English version, and notes, including the modern history of the gems described by that author; and of many other of the Native Fossils. To which are added, two letters

The principles of bridges

The lives of the primitive fathers

The life of M. Turgot, Comptroller General of the Finances of France, in the years 1774, 1775, and 1776; written by the Marquis of Condorcet, of the French Academy of Sciences; and translated from the French. With an appendix.

The adventures of Mr. Loveill, interspers’d with many real amours of the modern polite world. ...

Lettres parsannes.

The history of the colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New Jersey

Love-Letters between a nobleman and his sister. With the history of their adventures. In three parts.

Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London. Containing the description of a capital town in that northern country; with An Account of some uncommon Customs of the Inhabitants

The history of the bucaniers of America from their first original down to this time written in several languages and now collected into one volume

Letters written by the late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone, Esq

The history of Greenland

The genuine works in verse and prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. In three volumes.

A treatise of all sorts of foods, both animal and vegetable

The history of the late revolutions of Persia

A treatise upon money, coins, and exchange, in regard both to theory and practice

Agriculture delineated

L'isle inconnue, ou, Mémoires du chevalier des Gastines / recueillis & publiés par m. Grivel, des Académies de Dijon & de la Rochelle.

Laws of New-York, from the 11th Nov. 1752, to 22d May 1762. Published according to an order of the General Assembly. The second volume, with a table common to both volumes. [Two lines of quotation in Latin] Digested by William Livingston, and William Smith, Jun.

Caroli a Linné ... Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium.

A natural and civil history of California

Hermes or a philosophical inqviry concerning vniversal grammar by Iames Harris Esq.

Philological inquiries in three parts by Iames Harris Esq. ...

Historical review of the constitution and government of Pennsylvania, from its origin, so far as regards the several points of controversy which have from time to time arisen between the several governors of that province and their several assemblies, founded on authentic documents.

The works of the late reverend James Hervey, A. M. Rector of Weston-Favell, in Northamptonshire. In six volumes. ... . Containing, Meditations among the Tombs; Reflections on a Flower-Garden; A Descant upon Creation; Contemplations on the Night; Contemplations on the Starry Heavens; and A Winter-Piece. To which is Prefixed, A particular Account of the Life, Character, and Writings of the Author.

Horæ Paulinæ, 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. By William Paley, M.A. Archdeacon of Carlisle.

Histoire de Mademoiselle Cronel, dite Fretillon, actrice de la Comédie de Rouen, ecrite par elle-meme. ...

Homer, in greek and latin, 2 vols.

A full and complete history of His R-l H- the D- of C--d and Lady G--r, the fair adultress, ...

A Concise historical account of all the British colonies in North-America, comprehending their rise, progress, and modern state; particularly of the Massachusets-Bay, (the seat of the present civil war) together with the other provinces of New-England. To which is annexed, an accurate descriptive table of the several countries; exhibiting, at one view, their respective boundaries, dimensions, longitudes, latitudes, divisions, or counties, chief towns, capes, harbours, bays, rivers, various productions, animals, &c. &c. Interspersed with particulars relative to the different soils and climates, capital cities, &c. &c.

Travels in Switzerland.

The history of Emily Montague. In four volumes. By the author of Lady Julia Mandeville. ...

The devil upon two sticks in England

The gentleman’s magazine

Poëmes dramatiques de T. Corneille ...

Supplément au Roman comique, ou, Mémoires pour servir a la vie de Jean Monnet, ci-devant directeur de l'Opéra-Comique à Paris, de l'Opéra de Lyon, & d'une Comédie Françoise à Londres / ecrits par lui-même.

Histoire de Thamas Kouli-Kan, roi de Perse.

A history and defence of Magna Charta. Containing a copy of the original charter at large, with an English translation; The Manner of its being obtained from King John, With its Preservation and Final Establishment in the Succeeding Reigns; with an introductory discourse, Containing a short Account of the Rise and Progress of National Freedom, From the Invasion of Caesar to the present Times. Also the Liberties which are confirmed by the Bill of Rights, &c. To which is added, An essay on Parliaments, Describing their Origin in England, And the extraordinary Means by which they have been lengthened from Half Yearly to Septennial ones.

The life of Dr. Nicholas Ridley

P. Virgilii Maronis opera. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolus Ruæus, ... jussu christianissimi regis, ad usum serenissimi Delphini. Juxta editionem novissimam parisiensem. Huic editioni accessit index accuratissimus, ..

The orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated into English, with notes historical and critical, and arguments to each. By William Guthrie, Esq; In three volumes

Letters upon divers subjects concerning religion and metaphysics. Written by the late Archbishop of Cambray. Translated from the Paris Edition in 1718.

Reflections on death. By William Dodd, M. A. Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of St. David’s

Astro-Theology

An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species. To which are added strictures on Lord Kaims’s discourse, on the original diversity of mankind. By the Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D. Vice-president, and professor of moral philosophy in the College of New-Jersey; and member of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge.

An interesting narrative of the travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile. Abridged from the original work. By Samuel Shaw, Esq.

An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue; in two treatises. I. Concerning beauty, order, harmony, design. II. Concerning moral good and evil.

A new chronological abridgement of the history of France, Containing The Publick Transactions of that kingdom, from Clovis to Lewis XIV. their wars, battles, sieges, &c. their laws, manners, customs, &c. Written in French by M. Henault, President of the Court of Inquests and Requests in the Parliament of Paris; and translated into English, with additional notes, relative chiefly to the History of England, by Mr. Nugent, from the fifth edition, corrected and improved by the author. ...

The travels of Edward Brown, esq.

The Second and Third parts of the Works of Mr Abraham Cowley

Codex juris gentium diplomaticus, in quo tabulæ authenticæ actorum publicorum, tractatuum, aliarumquererum majoris momenti per Europam gestarum, pleræque ineditæ vel selectæ, ipso verborum tenore expressæ ac temporum serie digestæ, continentur; a fine seculi undecimi ad nostra usque tempora aliquot tomis comprehensus

Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphère, contenant l'histoire critique du baromètre & du thermomètre, un traité sur la construction de ces instrumens, des expériences relatives à leurs usages, & principalement à la mesure des hauteurs & à la correction des réfractions moyennes ... par J.A. de Luc ... Nouvelle édition.

A compleat system of experienced improvements, made on sheep, grass-lambs, and house-lambs

Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu

Memoirs of the Bloomsgrove family. In a series of letters to a respectable citizen of Philadelphia. Containing sentiments on a mode of domestic education, suited to the present state of society, government, and manners, in the United States of America

Contes et nouvelles, en vers, par J. de La Fontaine. ...

A martyrologie, containing a collection of all the persecutions which have befallen the Church of England since the first plantation of the Gospel to the end of Queen Maries reign. Whereunto are added the lives of Jasper Coligni Admiral of France, who was slain in the massacre of Paris. And of Joane Queen of Navarre, who died of poyson a few dayes before that bloody massacre. Togeher [sic] with the lives of ten of our English divines, famous in their generations for learning, piety, parts, and for their sufferings in the cause of Christ. By Samuel Clarke, pasto of Bennet Fink London.

Hedendaagsche historie, of Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden.

C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quæ exstant, ex recensione et cum animadversionibus T. Ryckii.

A course of lectures in natural philosophy. By the late Richard Helsham, ... Published by Bryan Robinson, M.D.

A new discourse of trade

The first sett of catechisms and prayers

A course of chemistry, divided into twenty-four lectures, formerly given by the late learned Doctor Henry Pemberton, Professor of Physic at Gresham College, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of that at Berlin. Now first published from the author’s manuscript by James Wilson, M.D.

A six months tour through the North of England. Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several counties of this kingdom. Particularly, I. The nature, value, and rental of the soil. II. The size of farms, with accounts of their stock, products, population, and various methods of culture. III. The use, expence, and profit of several sorts of manure. IV. The breed of cattle, and the respective profits attending them. V. The state of the waste lands ... VI. The condition and number of the poor, with their rates, earnings, &c. VII. The prices of labour and provisions ... VIII. The register of many curious and useful experiments in agriculture, and general practices in rural occonomics …

Ἡσιοδου Ἀσκραιου τα εὑρισκομενα. Hesiodi Ascraei quæ extant. D. Heinsius interpretationem ... emendavit. Introductionem in Opera et Dies, in qua Hesiodi philosophia nunc primum exponitur, item notas addidit.

Lettres intéressantes du pape Clément XIV (Ganganelli)

Philosophical essays on various subjects, viz. Space, substance, body, spirit, the Operations of the Soul in Union with the Body, Innate Ideas, perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals; with some remarks on Mr. Locke’s Essay on the human understanding. To which is subjoined A brief scheme of ontology, or the Science of Being in general with its Affections. By I. W.

The works of Virgil, in Latin and English. The original text correctly printed from the most authentic editions, collated for this purpose. The Æneid translated by the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, the Eclogues and Georgics, with notes on the whole, by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton

The history of Scotland, from February 21. 1436, to March 1565; in which are contained, accounts of many remarkable passages, altogether differing from our other historians; and many facts are related, either concealed by some, or omitted by others. By Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie. To which is added, a continuation by another hand, till August 1604. The third edition, carefully compared and revised by the first edition. With a compleat index, historical, chronological, genealogical and biographical, not annexed to the two former editions.

The improvement of human reason, exhibited in the life of Hai ebn Yokdhan

The life and extraordinary history of the Chevalier John Taylor ...

An historical view of the English government, from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession of the House of Stewart. By John Millar, Esq.

The British Apollo, or, Curious amusements for the ingenious. To which are added the most material occurrences foreign and domestick. Perform’d by a society of gentlemen.

A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution

The life of the late John Elwes, Esq. ...

The philosophical dictionary. From the French of M. de Voltaire.

The virtuous Prince; or, Travels and adventures of Usong. An oriental history.

The American negotiator

Poems by Mr. Jerningham.

Le pornographe, ou idées d’un honnête-homme sur un projet de réglement pour les prostituées, ...

A new voyage, round the world, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken by order of his present Majesty, performed by, Captain James Cook, in the ship Endeavour, drawn up from his own journal, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. F.R.S. And published by the special direction of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Admiralty. By John Hawkesworth, L.L.D. and late director of the East-India Company. In two volumes

Le Philosophe Moderne, ou L'incredule condamné au tribunal de sa raison

Annual Register (New)

Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant / Daniel Heinsius interpretationem infinitis locis emendavit. Introductionem in Opera & Dies, in qua Hesiodi philosophia nunc primum exponitur, item Notas, addidit.

Sermons on the following subjects. Viz. Of the universal sense of good and evil. ... By James Foster.

Poems, Dramatic and. Miscellaneous, by Mrs. M. Warren [Two lines from Pope]

Virginia Laws, abridged.

Les Moeurs

The elements of natural philosophy. Chiefly intended for the use of students in universities. By Peter van Musschenbroek, M.D. Professor of Mathematicks and Philosophy in the University of Leyden. Translated from the Latin by John Colson, M. A. and F. R. S. Lucasian Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge. ...

Pamphlets on chemistry, &c.

The characters and properties of true charity display’d. Translated from the original French.