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Grace abounding to the chief of sinners: or, A brief and faithful relation of the exceeding mercy of God in Christ, to his poor servant John Bunyan : Wherein is particularly shewed, the manner of his conversion, his fight and trouble for sin, his dreadful temptations; also how he despaired of Gods mercy, and how the Lord at length through Christ, did deliver him from all the guilt and terrour that lay upon him. All which was written by his own hand, and now published for the support of the weak and tempted people of God.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.

London : Printed for F. Smith at the Elephant and Castle near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, at 1s bound, [1672-1679]

PML 17498

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The Mvses-Teares for the losse of their hope : heroick and ne're-too-mvch praised, Henry, Prince of Wales : &c. together with times sobs for the vntimely death of his glory in that his darling : and, lastly, his epitaphs : consecrated to the high and mighty prince, Frederick the fifth Count-palatine of Rheyn &c. : where-vnto is added, consolatory straines to wrest natvre from her bent in immoderate mourning : most loyally, and humbly wisht to the king and qveenes most excellent maiesties / by Iohn Davies of Hereford, their Maiesties poore Beadsman, and Vasall.

Davies, John, 1565?-1618.

At London : Printed by G. Eld, for Iohn Wright; and are to be sould at his shop neere Christ-Church Dore, 1613.

PML 38873

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A sorrowful spectacle. : In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on a miserable woman, for the murder of a spurious offspring. : The one declaring, the evil of an heart hardened, under and against all means of good. : The other describing, the fearful case of such as in a suffering time, and much more such as in a dying hour, are found without the fear of God. : With some remarkable things, relating to the criminal; proper for all to be informed of. / by Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [One line from Acts].

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.

Boston: : Printed by T. Fleet & T. Crump, for Samuel Gerrish, on the north side of the Town-House, in King-Street,, 1715.

PML 3590.1

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The fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders. Who was born in Newgate : And during a life of continued variety for sixty years was 17 times a whore, 5 times wife, whereofonce [sic] to her own brother, 12 years a thief, 11 times in Bridewell, 9 times in New-Prison, 11 times in Wood-street compter, 6 times in the Poultry Compter, 14 times in the Gate-house, 25 times in Newgate, 15 times whipt at the Cart's arse, 4 times burnt in the hand, once condemned for life and 8 years a transport in Virginia. At last grew rich, lived honest, and died penitent.

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

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

PML 8218.12

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Letter from Mildred D. Johnson, Chicago, Illinois, to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981 September 27 : typescript signed.

Johnson, Mildred D. (Mildred Dawes)

Chicago, Illinois, 1981 September 27.

PML 198542.1

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to George Thomson, [1796 Feb.].

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.

[1796 Feb.].

MA 50.20

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The coalman's courtship to the creel-wife's daughter, or, A dialogue between an old woman and her son, wherein she instructs him in the real art of courtship.

Edinburgh : Printed by J. Morren, [18--]

PML 136637

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The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. : comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order : a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons : and various original pieces of his composition, never before published : the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished / by James Boswell.

Boswell, James, 1740-1795.

Boston : W. Andrews and L. Blake, 1807.

PML 136678-80

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Veneration of the Eucharist. Verso: Nude Female Figures

Jacob Jordaens

1593-1678

III, 169

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Oh, rest thee babe : the celebrated ballad sung by Miss Stephens at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. In Guy Mannering : to which is added the stanza sung by Miss Carew, in the scene of the Gypsie's haunt, in the same play, by D. Terry, Esq. / composed with an accompaniment for the piano forte by John Whitaker ...

Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), Sir, 1786-1855.

London : Printed by Button, Whitaker & Co., 75 St. Paul's Church Yard, [1816-1818]

PML 44369G

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