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The young chevalier: or, A genuine narrative of all that befell that unfortunate adventurer, from his fatal defeat to his final escape, after wandering about the isles and highlands of Scotland ... : The whole interspersed with many curious anecdotes of the lives and characters of the chiefs who accompanied, as well as those who abandoned him in his distresses. In particular the characters of Lord Lovat, and some others ... / By a gentleman, who was personally acquainted not only with the scenes of action, but with many of the actors themselves.

London : Printed for the author, [1746?]

PML 19078.2

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Carolina; or, A description of the present state of that country. and the natural excellencies thereof, viz. The healthfulness of the air, pleasantness of the place, advantage and usefulness of those rich commodities there plentifully abounding, which much encrease and flourish by the industry of the planters that daily enlarge that colony. Pub. by T. A. gent. clerk on board His Majesties ship the Richmond, which was sent out in the year 1680. with particular instructions to enquire into the state of that country, by His Majesties special command, and return'd this present year. 1682.

Ash, Thomas.

London, Printed for W. C. and to be sold by Mrs. Grover in Pelican-court in Little Britain, 1682.

PML 3694

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The personal narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky, during an expedition from St. Louis, through the vast regions between that place and the Pacific ocean, and thence back through the city of Mexico to Vera Cruz, during journeyings of six years; in which he and his father, who accompanied him, suffered unheard of hardships and dangers, had various conflicts with the Indians, and were made captives, in which captivity his father died; together with a description of the country, and the various nations through which they passed. Ed. by Timothy Flint.

Pattie, James O. (James Ohio), 1804?-1850?

Cincinnati, E. H. Flint, 1833.

PML 3871

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The delight of the humourous : come then, my friend----my genius, come along. At Sadler's Wells booth, opposite the Cheese Fair in Stirbich Fair, will be exhibited the usual diversions of Sadler's Wells, consisting of several curious bodily performances. Likewise Miss Wakelin's amazing performances. ... By a company of fancy ticklers, some with heads right, and some with heels light. By the latter some tumbling a-la-mode a-flip-flop ... To which will be added an entertaining interlude, called The wife well managed: or a Cure for cuckoldom ...

Cambridge : Printed by Sarah James near the Senate-House, [between 1758 and 1766]

PML 19327, leaf 092

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New arrivals. Under the patronage of the royal family. Mr. Simnett [i.e. Simmett] begs leave to inform the ladies and gentlemen, and the inhabitants at large, of this town, that he has arrived with the greatest wonders of the present age in a large commodious caravan. The Canadian giantesses Miss Priscilla and Miss Amelia Weston, twin sisters, in their twentieth year of their age, and each standing nearly seven feet high ... These wonderful prodigies are contrasted by the Norfolk dwarf Mrs. Walpole, thirty-one years of age, and stands only thirty-five inches high ...

Simmett, Mr.

Romford [London] : S. Robinson, Printer, Essex Press, [1833?]

PML 146639, p. 491 (facing)

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Young Man Taking a Step, with a Basket and Balancing a Sack on His Head. Verso: An Additional Study of the Same Figure

Andrea del Sarto

1486-1530

I, 30 (recto), IV, 14 (verso)

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The joyner and cabinet-maker's darling, or, Pocket director : Containing, sixty different designs, entirely new and useful, forty of which are gothic, Chinese, mosaic and ornamental frets, proper for friezes, imposts, architraves, tabernacle frames, book-cases, tea tables, tea stands, trays, stoves, and fenders. And twenty new and beautiful designs for gothic, modern and ornamental fan-lights for over-doors, in the most elegant taste. / Calculated for the universal use of carpenters, joyners, cabinet-makers, masons, plaisterers, smiths, &c. &c. And intended to assist the nobility and gentry in their choice. The whole designed and engraved by John Crunden, architect.

Crunden, John, ca. 1745-1835.

London : Printed for the author: and sold by Henry Webley in Holborn, near Chancery-Lane, 1765.

PML 53039

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An enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest : and into the measures taken for recovering their friendship. Extracted from the public treaties, and other authentic papers relating to the transaction of the government of Pensilvania and the said Indians, for near forty years; and explained by a map of the country. Together with the remarkable Journal of Christian Frederic Post, by whose negotiations, among the Indians on the Ohio, they were withdrawn from the interest of the French, who thereupon abandoned the fort and country. With notes by the editor explaining sundry Indian customs, &c. Written in Pensylvania.

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.

London : Printed for J. Wilkie, 1759.

PML 3671

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To all people in all Christendom : concerning perfect love, pure wisdome and the holy faith and who they are that banisheth them, and who they are that entertains them, and how Christendome hath not received this love ... but hath received envy and wrath ... : also concerning Christs flesh which was offered and Adams flesh which was defiled, and concerning the outward offerings and sacifices ... and concerning the belief in Christ the offering and concerning Adam in the fall, and concerning Adam before he fell ... and concerning the eating of Christs flesh and drinking his blood, and who hath life and who hath not.

Fox, George, 1624-1691.

[London] : Printed for M.W., [1663]

PML 13001

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The Marvelous Land of Oz : being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the strange experiences of the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkin-head, the Animated Saw-Horse and the Gump, the story being a sequel to the Wizard of Oz / By L. Frank Baum, author of Father-Goose - his book; The Wizard of Oz; the Magical monarch of Mo; the Enchanted Isle of Yew; the Life and adventures of Santa Claus; Dot and Tot of Merryland etc. etc. Pictured by John R. Neill. The end-papers from life poses by the famous comedians, Montgomery and Stone.

Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919.

Chicago : The Reilly & Britton Co., 1904.

PML 57006

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