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THE MORGAN MOUNTS EXHIBITION OF EXTREMELY RARE COPPER FIGURES FROM ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

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A form of prayer : to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England, and Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed : on Friday the eighth day of December, being the day appointed by His Majesty for a general fast and humiliation, to be observed particularly for beseeching God to preserve us from the Plauge / by His Majesties special command.

London : Printed by John Baskett ... and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1721.

PML 7786

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Canterbury tales : Composed for the entertainment of all ingenious young men and maids, at their merry meetings at Christmas, Easter, Whitsuntide, or any other time, especially on the long winter evening, to keep his wits employed. Intermixed with pleasant stories, witty Jests, and delightful songs, very proper for either city, town, or country / By J. Chaucer, Junior.

Chaucer (Junior)

[London] : Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, London, [between 1770 and 1790?]

PML 8218.10

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The drawing school for little masters and misses : containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher. Embellished with a great variety of figures curiously designed : To which are added, the whole art of kite making; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours / By Master Michael Angelo.

Angelo, Michael, active 18th century.

London : Printed for T. Carnan ..., 1773.

PML 84690

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The history of the Holy Jesus : containing a brief and plain account of his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven; and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment : being a pleasant and profitable companion for children ; composed on purpose for their use : together with a number of songs / by a lover of their precious souls.

Lover of their precious souls.

Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : By Isaiah Thomas ..., 1794.

PML 80805

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A booke of sundry draughtes : principaly serving for glasiers: and not impertinent for plasterers, and gardiners: besides sundry other professions. Whereunto is annexed, The manner how to anniel in glas: and also the true forme of the fornace, and the secretes thereof. London, printed in Shoolane, at the signe of the Faulcon, by Walter Dight, 1615-[1616].

Gedde, Walter, active 1615-1616.

London : Leadenhall Press, ltd. [etc.] ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896.

PML 53081

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Chrestomathia : being a collection of papers, explanatory of the design of an institution, proposed to be set on foot, under the name of the Chrestomathic day school, or Chrestomathic school, for the extension of the new system of instruction to the higher branches of learning, for the use of the middling and higher ranks in life / by Jeremy Bentham, esq.

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.

London : Printed for Messrs. Payne and Foss, and R. Hunter, by J. M'Creery, 1815.

PML 78765

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Lessons in elocution, or, A selection of pieces in prose and verse : for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking : to which are prefixed, elements of gesture, illustrated by four plates, and rules for expressing with propriety the various passions, &c. of the mind. Also, an appendix, containing concise lessons on a new plan / by William Scott.

Scott, William, 1750-1804.

Baltimore [Md.] : Printed and sold by William Warner, 1814.

PML 87848

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