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An almanack for the year of Christian account 1698, but by Bishop Usher's account 1702, by the account of others 1700 : being the second after bessextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5665, but by Dove's computation 5702 : containing a general ephemerides of the planets motions, with many other matters useful & necessary : chiefly accomodated to the latitude of 40 degrees north and longitude of about 73 degr. west from London, but may without sensible error serve the adjacent places even from Newfound-land to the Capes of Virginia / by Daniel Leeds.

Leeds, Daniel, 1652-1720.

New-York : Printed and sold by William Bradford at the Bible, 1698.

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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]

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Mechanical exhibition. Sun Inn Fisherton. For four nights ... Middleton's Theatre du Petit Lazara les Anglais. A new and interesting variety of elegant and pleasing entertainments, on Monday, April 30th, 1832, and 3 following evenings. The Royal Automaton Figures, which are habited in strict costume, and move, speak, and act with fidelity equal to human beings ... The performance will commence with a comic play, called The review; or, Wags of Windsor ... To which will be added, the automaton tight rope dancer ... Scene, enchanted cave, in which will be introduced the mechanical skeleton ...

Sarum [i.e. Salisbury] : Gilmour, County Printing Office, [1832]

PML 146639, p. 328 (facing)

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Evidences in proof of the Book of Mormon, being a divinely inspired record, written by the forefathers of the natives whom we call Indians, (who are a remnant of the Tribe of Joseph) and hid up in the earth, but come forth in fulfilment of prophesy for the gathering of Israel and the re-establishing of the Kingdom of God upon the earth. Together with all the objections commonly urged against it, answered and refuted--to which is added a proclamation and warning to the gentiles who inhabit America by Charles Thompson.

Thompson, Charles.

Batavia, N.Y., D. D. Waite, 1841.

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An essay on fortification: or, An enquiry into the causes of the great superiority of the attach over the defence. Into the means of determining the disposition and construction of the works by the operations of the attack. Into the changes this observation has produced in the method of fortifying. And, Into the advantages which may be drawn from it, for the defence. With a supplement, containing Marshall Sace's New system of fortification, and construction of wooden forts. The whole illustrated with sixteen copper plates. From the French [,] / By Captain Charles Vallancey ...

Dublin : Printed by Richard James, in Dame-street, 1757.

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An analysis of the true principles of security against forgery : exemplified by an enquiry into the sufficiency of the American plan for a new bank note : with imitations of four of the most difficult specimens of those notes, made by ordinary means; by which it is proved that there is no adequate security to be achieved in one colour, in the present state of the arts, and that the true basis of security is in the due application of relief engraving, and printing in two or more colours / by William Congreve.

Congreve, William, Sir, 1772-1828.

[S.l. : s.n.], 1820 (London : Printed by J. Whiting)

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A letter to a friend : Giving a concise, but just, representation of the hardships and sufferings the town of Boston is exposed to, and must undergo in consequence of the late act of the British-Parliament; which, by shutting up it's [sic] port, has put a fatal bar in the way of that commercial business on which it depended for it's [sic] support. Shewing, at the same time, wherein this edict, however unintended, is powerfully adapted to promote the interest of all the American colonies, and even of Boston itself in the end / By T. W. a Bostonian.

Chauncy, Charles, 1705-1787.

Boston, N.E. : Printed and sold at Greenleaf's printing-office, 1774.

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The union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and Yorke : beeyng long in continual discension for the croune of this noble realme, with all the actes done in bothe the tymes of the princes, bothe of the one linage and of the other, begynnyng at the tyme of kyng Henry the fowerth, the first aucthor of this deuision, and so successiuely proceadyng to the reigne of the high and prudent kynge Henry the eight, the undubitate flower and very heire of both the sayde linages.

Hall, Edward, 1497-1547.

London : Imprinted by Richard Grafton, 1548.

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The whole booke of Psalmes / collected into English meter by Tho. Sternhold, John Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall. Newly set forth, and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer, and also before and after sermons: moreover, in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort: laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which may tend onely to the nourishing of vice and corrupting of youth.

Sternhold, Thomas, -1549.

London : Imprinted by M.F. for the Company of Stationers, 1641.

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An answer to Thomas Tillams book called The seventh-day-sabbath : wherein it is shewed how the Christian sabbath is Christ who is the Lord of the day, who was before any day was made and is the rest for man-servants and maid-servants and strangers, Jewes and Gentiles that believe in him who gives rest unto the creation : and how the Jews sabbath was a day given to them since the fall ... and this sabbath was a shadow and sign of rest to them all ... / by G.F.

Fox, George, 1624-1691.

London : Printed for Thomas Simmons, 1659.

PML 12946

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