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eBooks Anne of the island https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3244
eBooks Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the year 1793: By the author of Wieland; and Ormond, or The secret witness. Copy-right secured. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5501
eBooks Synopsis of quadrupeds https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4225
eBooks Curious, if true https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3098
eBooks The chapter of accidents: a comedy, in five acts, as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market. Written by Miss Lee. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3894
eBooks An invitation to peace: or, Toby's preliminaries to Nestor Ironsides, set forth in a dialogue between Toby and his kinsman. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4871
eBooks The Chelsea pensioner: a comic opera. In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3931
eBooks Pharmacopœia pauperum: or, the hospital dispensatory. Containing the medicines used in the hospitals of London, by the direction of Dr. Coatsworth, Dr. Mead, Dr. Cade, Dr. Wadsworth, Dr. Hales, &c. With suitable instructions for their common use. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4766
eBooks Answers for John and William Cuninghams and Company, brewers in Glasgow; James Hotchkis and Company, brewers in Edinburgh; and James Graham vintner in Glasgow; for themselves, and as trustees for the other creditors of William MʻGregor late tenant... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5483
eBooks The spy who came in from the cold https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3016
eBooks Everyman https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3034
eBooks An inquiry into the connection between the present price of provisions, and the size of farms. With remarks on population as affected thereby. ... By a farmer https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4343
eBooks A vindication of natural society: or, a view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society. In a letter to Lord **** By a late noble writer. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3641
eBooks A third letter to a Member of the present Parliament: on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. By the late Right Hon. Edmund Burke. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4210
eBooks Autobiography https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3240
eBooks Hermione, or the orphan sisters: A novel. In four volumes. ... [pt.4] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5266
eBooks Tarzan of the Apes https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3060
eBooks Memoirs of the present state of the court and councils of Spain: In two parts. With the true reasons why this vast monarchy, which in the last century made so considerable a figure in the world, is in this so feeble and paralytick. Done into Engli... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3423
eBooks The children in the wood: an opera, in two acts, as performed at the Royal Theatres of Drury-Lane and the Hay-Market. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5452
eBooks A commendatory sermon preach'd November the 4th, 1709. Being the birth-day of King William, of glorious memory. By Daniel de Foe https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4322
eBooks The history of Newcastle upon Tyne: or, the ancient and present state of that town. By the late Henry Bourne, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5244
eBooks The Spanish descent. A poem. By the author of The true-born Englishman https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3488
eBooks The apprentice: A farce, in two acts, as it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Murphy. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4632
eBooks The East Indian: a comedy. In five acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. By M. G. Lewis, ... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3911
eBooks Poems: by the late George-Monck Berkeley, Esq. ... With a preface by the editor, consisting of some anecdotes of Mr. Monck Berkeley and several of his friends. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5280
eBooks A discourse on antient and modern learning: By the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; Published from an original manuscript of Mr. Addison's, prepared and corrected by himself. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3905
eBooks A view of Northumberland with an excursion to the abbey of Mailross in Scotland. By W. Hutchinson: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4837
eBooks An history of the earth: and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ... [pt.4] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5337
eBooks The dramatic history of Master Edward: Miss Ann, Mrs. Llwhuddwhydd, and others. The extraordinaries of these times. Collected from Zaphaniel's original papers. Illustrated with copper-plates. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5000
eBooks An historical, physiological and theological treatise of spirits: apparitions, witchcrafts, and other magical practices. Containing an account of the genii ... With a refutation of Dr. Bekker's World bewitch'd; and other authors ... By John Beaumo... https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4931
eBooks Arundel: By the author of The observer. ... [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3764
eBooks Observations on respiration, and the use of the blood. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, Jan. 25, 1776 https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5602
eBooks Half-brothers https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3093
eBooks The history of Tom Fool: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4537
eBooks The platonick lady. A comedy. As it is acted at the Queens Theatre in the Hay-Market. By the author of The gamester, and Love's Contrivance https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3869
eBooks New thoughts on medical electricity: Or, an attempt to discover the real uses of electricity in medicine. In two letters to a friend. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5547
eBooks The life of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4923
eBooks A compendious history of the British churches in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America. By John Brown.: [pt.2] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5136
eBooks An elegy written among the ruins of an abbey: By the author of The nun. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4584
eBooks The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ... [pt.5] https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4643
eBooks Aerostation: or, the Templar's stratagem. A farce. In two acts. Written by F. Pilon, ... As it is performed with applause at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5417
eBooks Ode to the naval officers of Great Britain: Written, immediately after the trial of Admiral Keppel, February the eleventh, 1779. By W. Mason, M.A. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4083
eBooks The history of Tom Jones: a foundling. In three volumes. ... By Henry Fielding, Esq;. [pt.2]History of Tom Jones https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3601
eBooks Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds's painted window at New-College Oxford https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4218
eBooks Speech in the House of Commons, on Tuesday the 7th of March, 1786. By Philip Francis, Esq https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3627
eBooks Herland https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3235
eBooks The noble peasant: a comic opera, in three acts; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, in the Haymarket. By Thomas Holcroft. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/5177
eBooks An elegy on the ancient Greek model. Addressed to the Right Reverend Robert Lowth, Lord Bishop of London. By William Hayley, Esq https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4751
eBooks The war of the worlds https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/3055
eBooks The school for wives: A comedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. https://llds.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/llds/xmlui/handle/20.500.14106/4165