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... History of Rippon , brawn calf , extra , 155 128 Gilpin's Life of Archbishop Cranmer , neat , 6s 129 Grafton's Chronicle , with the Tables , fol . 130 Defence of the honourable Sentence paffed on the late King by the High Court of ...
... History of Rippon , brawn calf , extra , 155 128 Gilpin's Life of Archbishop Cranmer , neat , 6s 129 Grafton's Chronicle , with the Tables , fol . 130 Defence of the honourable Sentence paffed on the late King by the High Court of ...
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... History of England , with Tindal's Continuation , Heads , Monuments , Medallic History , and Summary , 5 vol . fol . fine old copy , elegantly bound in russia , 16 16s 1732 , & c . 34 Rapin's History of England , 2 vol . fol . very neat ...
... History of England , with Tindal's Continuation , Heads , Monuments , Medallic History , and Summary , 5 vol . fol . fine old copy , elegantly bound in russia , 16 16s 1732 , & c . 34 Rapin's History of England , 2 vol . fol . very neat ...
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... History , 4to . b . l . 16s 1653 40 Cox's History of Ireland , from the Conquest thereof to this Present Time , 2 vol . in 1 , fol . 1 16s * 1689 41 Life of Ambrosius Merlin , his Prophecies and Predictions interpreted , and their Truth ...
... History , 4to . b . l . 16s 1653 40 Cox's History of Ireland , from the Conquest thereof to this Present Time , 2 vol . in 1 , fol . 1 16s * 1689 41 Life of Ambrosius Merlin , his Prophecies and Predictions interpreted , and their Truth ...
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... History of Women , fol . £ 1 is - - 1644 1602 1624 A general scholar and linguist , and a most voluminous Au- thor . It is said he wrote a sheet every day . A contem- temporary writer describes him , as Heywood sage , Th ' Apologetick ...
... History of Women , fol . £ 1 is - - 1644 1602 1624 A general scholar and linguist , and a most voluminous Au- thor . It is said he wrote a sheet every day . A contem- temporary writer describes him , as Heywood sage , Th ' Apologetick ...
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... History of Marine Architecture , with a View of the Nau- tical Regulations , and Naval History of all Nations , especially Great Britain , and from the Earliest Period , many fine plates , 3 vol . 4to . very neat , £ 5 5s 1800 This very ...
... History of Marine Architecture , with a View of the Nau- tical Regulations , and Naval History of all Nations , especially Great Britain , and from the Earliest Period , many fine plates , 3 vol . 4to . very neat , £ 5 5s 1800 This very ...
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Page 97 - OH , wearisome condition of Humanity ! Born under one law, to another bound : Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity, Created sick, commanded to be sound: What meaneth Nature by these diverse laws?
Page 77 - Historic of Cambria, now called Wales: A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language above two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd, gentleman: Corrected, augmented, and continued out of Records and best approoved Authors, by David Powel, Doctor in Divinitie.
Page 98 - The Gentleman's Academie, or the Booke of St. Albans : containing three most exact of excellent Bookes : the first of Hawking, the second of all the proper termes of Hunting, and the last of Armorie : all compiled by Juliana Barnes, in the yere from the incarnation of Christ, 1486. And now reduced into a better method by GM (Gervase Markham), London : printed for Humfrey Lownes, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-Yard 1595.
Page 16 - When this answer was brought, the king said in a great passion, " Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Page 27 - He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort- of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper ; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command that the time required.
Page 46 - Legation/ you are always entertained. He carries you round and round, without carrying you forward to the point but then you have no wish to be carried forward." He said to the Reverend Mr. Strahan, " Warburton is perhaps the last man who has written with a mind full of reading and reflection.
Page 47 - Sano, and his report of the houses covered with Gold, and other strange observations for the good of our countrey.
Page 3 - ... foreigners, must have perceived, that, even in the minds of those who condemn the act, the impression made by it has been far more that of respect and admiration, than that of disgust and horror. The truth is, that the guilt of the action, that is to say, the taking away...
Page 47 - An inquiry into the share, which King Charles i. had in the transactions of the Earl of Glamorgan...