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- "Compensation"
- "There's no free lunch" : six essays on modern Anglo-American proverbs
- "de preclaris mulieribus, that is to say in Englyshe, Of the ryghte renoumyde ladyes". Translated from "bocasse", and Dedicated to King Henry Viii. By h̀̀enry Parcare, Knight, Lord Morley.'' From a Manuscript on Vellum, Which appears to have been the Presentation-Copy to that Monarch
- ... And its deep too
- ... and turn it again : theme and sacred variations
- 1 way 2 C the world : writings 1984-2006
- 100 essays I don't have time to write : on umbrellas and sword fights, parades and dogs, fire alarms, children, and theater
- 100 things we've lost to the internet
- 12 bytes : how we got here, where we might go next
- 2:12 a.m. : essays
- 97,196 words : essays
- A Croce reader : aesthetics, philosophy, history, and literary criticism
- A Devonshire hospital : being a treatise, shewing how the poor of the county of Devon may be maintained and provided for, ... in a better and more plentiful manner than now they are, ... By a Philo Devonian.
- A bavin of bays: containing various original essays in poetry. By a minor poet
- A beat beyond : selected prose by Major Jackson
- A bestiary
- A brief essay on the chronology of some passages contained in the Holy Scriptures : viz. I. Of the seventy weeks in the prophecy of Daniel. II. Of the Time of Christ's Birth, III. Of the Time when John Baptist began to preach, &c. IV. Of the Time of Christ's Baptism. V. Of the Time when our Blessed Saviour began his Sacred Ministry, of Preaching, working Miracles, &c. VI. of the time of John Baptist's imprisonment
- A campo traviesa : antología
- A candid and impartial account of the very great probabiliy [sic] that there is discovered a specific for the gout : in which several circumstances are laid open necessary to be known by every gouty person
- A casuistical essay upon the Lord's prayer : wherein divers important cases, relative to the several petitions, are succinctly stated and answered. To which is subjoin'd, A letter to a friend, In Answer to Sir Hugh Campbel of Colder, and Monsieur D'Espagae, Concerning the Use Thereof
- A catholick catechism, in an explanation of the creed, : the ten commandments, the Lord's prayer, and the two sacraments; In the express Words of Scripture only: An Essay to Promote Scripture-Religion, and to heal the Unchristian Divisions among Protestants, occasion'd by their different Explications of it. Dedicated to the Protestant Clergy of all Denominations. By a British protestant divine
- A century of philosophical paradoxes in two parts, : I. An essay towards the probable solution of the forty-five surprising paradoxes, in that excellent geographical grammar, writ by the judicious P. Gordon, A. M. and F. R. S. II. Contains fifty-five new and amazing paradoxes, some in Verse, some in Prose, extracted from various Authors, as Varemus, Brown, Boyle, Rohault, &c. and the Writers of the Diaries, both in Great-Britain and Ireland. To which is added an appendix, containing Answers to the Hundred Arithmetical Problems, left unanswer'd in Hill's Arithmetick and Alexander's Algebra. For the Use and Diversion of both Sexes. By a lover of the mathematicks
- A chemico-medical essay to explain the operation of oxigene, or the base of vital air on the human body : By Benjamin De Witt, M.P.M.S. Citizen of the state of New-York. [Eight lines from Darwin]
- A chronological essay on the sacred history : from the creation of the world to the birth of Christ: being a defence of the computation of the Septuagint. With tables, wherein the Greek and Hebrew Accounts are compared together and adjusted to the Julian Period. To which is added, An Essay on the Confusion of Languages, and a Discussion of that Question, Whether the Primitive Language be any where remaining? By Thomas Brett, LL.D
- A chronological essay on the sacred history, : from the creation of the world to the birth of Christ: being a defence of the computation of the Septuagint. With Tables, wherein the Greek and Hebrew Accounts are compared together and adjusted to the Julian Period. To which is added An Essay on the Confusion of Languages, and a Discussion of that Question, Whether the Primitive Language be any where remaining? By Thomas Brett, LL.D
- A collection of essays and fugitiv [sic] writings : On moral, historical, political and literary subjects. By Noah Webster, Jun. Attorney at law. [Three lines of quotations in French]
- A collection of fugitive essays, in prose and verse. : Written by Charles Prentiss. [One line from Johnson] Published according to act of Congress
- A collection of letters, in which the imperfection of learning, even among Christians, and a remedy for it, are hinted. : The Usefulness of the Celtick is instanced, in illustrating the Antiquities of the British Isles, in pointing out the Errors of Mr. Innes, and the most ancient People and Language; some Elements of which are set down. The Affinity betwixt the Language of the Americans of the Terra Firma, and these of the ancient Britains, is proved. The Scripture-Account of Things is confirm'd. An Objection against Revealed Religion, heretofore not fully answered, is removed. A Specimen of a Dictionary, English-Celtick, and Celtick-English, is given. As also, a collection of papers, In which the Proceedings of the Honourable Society of Improvers, the Honourable and Learned Faculty of Advocates, some General Assemblies, their Commissions and Committees, and the Testimonies of some learned Men about this affair, are represented
- A collection of strange histories
- A companion to Pietro Aretino
- A compendium of midwifery, : under the three general heads of theory, practice, and diseases; with an appendix, containing, a short essay on the virtues and operations of uterine medicines, and on the powers of opium and musk, and a formula of prescriptions, or pharmacopoe obstetricaria. By Thomas Cooper, M. D. Accoucheur and Physician to the Lying-In-Wards of the Middlesex Hospital, and Teacher of Midwifery in London
- A compendium of social religion, : or the nature and constitution of Christian churches, with the respective qualifications and duties of their officers and members represented in short propositions, confirm'd by Scripture, and illustrated with occasional notes. Designed a an essay towards reviving the primitive spirit of evangelical purity, liberty, and charity, in the Churches of the present Times. By Daniel Turner
- A critical analysis of the new operation for a cataract. : By Mr. O'Halloran, of Limerick, Surgeon and Man-Midwife. - Author of a New Treatise on the Cataract
- A defence of the Essay of human understanding, : written by Mr. Lock. Wherein its principles with reference to morality, reveal'd religion, and the immortality of the soul, [sic] are consider'd and justify'd: in answer to some remarks on that Essay
- A defence of the essay for a review of the Book of Common Prayer, : so far as relates to the Athanasian creed. In answer to a letter in the Weekly Miscellany of Octob. 19th last. Wherein Every Argument made use of by the Letter-Writer, is fairly Considered, and clearly Refuted. And that the Nicene Creed is sufficient to secure the Christian Faith from all Heresies, especially the Arian, is fully demonstrated from Athanasius himself. By the author of the essay
- A directory physico-medical, : compos'd for the use and benefit of all such as design to study and practise the art of physick. Wherein proper methods and rules are prescrib'd for the better understanding of that Art; and Catalogues of such Authors exhibited, as are necessary to be consulted by all young Students. By Peter Paxton, M.D
- A dissertation on the errors of marksmen and gunmakers, : and a tract upon the art of shooting flying with an essay On pointers and flushers, and remarks Upon riffle guns and Methods of Shooting with them. By that most able Park and Game-Keeper and famous Marksman, Mr. Lemon
- A dissertation upon roast pig : Detached thoughts on books and reading
- A dynamic balance : social capital and sustainable community development
- A final warning to the public to avoid the detected poison : being an exposure of the many dangerous falsities, base Assertions and gross Impositions industriously propagated from a venal Pen, in an infamous pamphlet, called, An essay on bread, wherein the Millers and Bakers are said to be vindicated, &c. By P. Markham, M. D. Author of Syhoroc
- A final warning to the public to avoid the detected poison : being an exposure of the many dangerous falsities, base assertions and gross impositions industriously propagated from a venal pen, in an infamous pamphlet, called, An essay on bread, wherein the millers and bakers are said to be vindicated, &c. By P. Markham, M. D. Author of Syhoroc
- A friendly and charitable legacy to the world : or essays for the better promoting of all Christian and moral duties, and to prove that Faith without Works is Dead; with some Remarks on a late Pamphlet intitled Justification by Faith alone, &c. &c. &c. The second edition. By Hamon L'Estrange Esq;
- A glorious espousal. : A brief essay, to illustrate and prosecute the marriage, wherein our great Saviour offers to espouse unto himself the children of men. And thereupon to recommend from that grand pattern a good carriage in the married life among them. An essay proper and useful in the hands of those who travel on the noble design of espousing the souls of men unto their Saviour. But more particularly and seasonably to be presented, where a marriage is upon a celebration
- A grammar of the French tongue, : with a prefatory discourse, containing an essay On the Proper Method for teaching and learning that language. By Lewis Chambaud
- A grammar of the French tongue. : With a prefatory discourse, containing an essay on the proper method for teaching and learning that language. By Lewis Chambaud
- A grammar of the French tongue. : With a prefatory discourse, containing an essay on the proper method for teaching and learning that language. By Lewis Chambaud. The ninth edition, revised and corrected, agreeably to the dictionary of the French Academy
- A grammar of the French tongue. : With a prefatory discourse, containing an essay on the proper method for teaching and learning that language. By Lewis Chambaud. The tenth edition, revised and corrected, agreeably to the dictionary of the French Academy
- A grammar of the French tongue. : with a preface, containing An essay on the proper method for teaching and learning that language. By Lewis Chambaud
- A great effusion of blood? : interpreting medieval violence
- A historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan. : To which is added A brief enquiry into the genealogy and present state of ancient Scotish surnames, and more particularly of the Highland Clans. By William Buchanan of Auchmar
- A las mujeres de mi vida
- A letter to the Right Honourable grocer. : To which is prefixed, an essay on the origin of pensions in England. Inscribed to A Newly created Baroness. By a liveryman and grocer
- A little book of nature thoughts
- A little book of nature thoughts
- A measure of belonging : twenty-one writers of color on the new American South
- A modest defence of publick stews : or, an essay upon whoring. As it is now practis'd in these kingdoms. By the late Colonel Harry Mordaunt
- A monitor for communicants : An essay to excite and assist religious approaches to the table of the Lord. Offered by an assembly of the New-English pastors, unto their own flocks, and unto all the churches in these American colonies; with a solemn testimony to that cause of God, and religion, in them. [Two lines from Malachi]
- A moral discourse on the attributes of God: or, a short review of the Christian religion, on the principles of reason. By a layman. Occasioned by a small book, intitled An essay on spirit. Which was published about two Years ago, by a certain Right Reverend Prelate, in a neighbouring Kingdom
- A new essay by the Pennsylvanian farmer on the constitutional power of Great-Britian over the colonies in America : with the resolves of the committee for the province of Pennsylvania,
- A new essay on the Roman history : from the foundation of the city, to the division of the empire. With reflections moral and political
- A new essay on the venereal disease, : and methods of cure; accounting for the nature, cause, and symptoms of that malady. By J. Becket, M.D
- A new essay on the venereal disease, : and methods of cure; accounting for the nature, cause, and symptoms, of that malady. By J. Becket, M.D
- A panegyrical essay, or a few serious arguments, irrefragably proving that the present times are, of all times that ever were, the most heroic, wise, and virtuous: with Some Occasional Encomiums on a Late Apology for the Life and Writings of David Hume, Esq
- A philosophical and critical essay on Ecclesiastes. : Wherein the author's design is stated; his doctrine vindicated; his method explained in an analytical paraphrase annexed to a new version of the text from the Hebrew; and the differences between that new translation and the received version accounted for in Philological Observations. By A. V. Desvoeux, Chaplain to his Majesty's Regiment of Carabineers
- A philosophical essay on musick. Wherein is explained the nature of sound, both in its essence and regulation, &c. ... Together with a thorough explanation of all the different moods used in musick, ... The third edition. By William Turner
- A philosophical essay upon actions on distant subjects. Wherein are clearly explicated, according to the principles of the new philosophy, ... all those actions usually attributed to sympathy and antipathy: ...
- A philosophical essay upon the celebrated anodyne necklace, : recommended To the World by Dr. Chamberlen, for Childdrens teeth: Women in Labour: And Distempers of the Head. Published by reason of the great increase of late Years in the Bills of Mortality, by which it appears that in and about London, (the same may be said of Paris, or any other great City, above 12000 Children have Yearly Died of their teeth, and Convulsions and Fevers caused thereby: Besides the great Numbers of Women that are Daily Lost in Child-Bed: And the Multitudes of Persons that Dye of Distempers of the Head. In this essay therefore is clearly shewed from the Principles of the New Philosophy, how by the Wearing only of this necklace Children will easily Breed and Cut their Teeth, without any Pain, Convulsions, or Fever at all: Women in Labour be Easily, Presently, and Safely Delivered: And most Distempers of the Head Cured without ever taking in any thing at the Mouth. Dedicated to Dr. Chamberlen, and the Royal Society. Entred in the Hall-Book
- A physical essay on the senses. : Translated from the French of M. Le Cat. Illustrated with copper-plates
- A poetical essay on death. : By Beilby Porteus, M. A. Now Bishop of London
- A political essay upon the English and French colonies in northern and southern America, considered in a new light. By a patriot
- A practical essay concerning the small pox : By William Douglass, M.D. [One line in Latin from Publius Syrus]
- A practical essay on a cement and artificial stone, : justly supposed to be that of the Greeks and Romans, lately re-discovered by Monsieur Loriot, Master of Mechanics to His Most Christian Majesty, For The Cheap, easy, expeditious and durable Construction of all Manner of Buildings; And The Formation of all Kinds of Ornaments of Architecture, even with the commonest and coarsest Materials. Translated from the French original, lately published, by the express Orders of the Above-Mentioned Monarch
- A practical essay on a cement and artificial stone, : justly supposed to be that of the Greeks and Romans, lately re-discovered by Monsieur Loriot, Master of Mechanics to His Most Christian Majesty, for the Cheap, easy, expeditious and durable construction of all manner of buildings; and the formation of all kinds of ornaments of architecture, even with the commonest and coarsest Materials. Translated from the French original, lately published, by the express Orders of the above Monarch
- A practical essay on a cement, and artificial stone, : justly supposed to be that of the Greeks and Romans, lately re-discovered by Monsieur Loriot, Master of Mechanics to His Most Christian Majesty, for the Cheap, easy, expeditious and durable Construction of all Manner of Buildings, and Formation of all Kinds of Ornaments of Architecture, even with the commonest and coarsest Materials. translated from the French original, lately published, by the Express Orders of the above Monarch
- A practical essay on a certain disease of the bones, termed necrosis. : Illustrated with six plates. By James Russell, F. R. S. Edin. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and one of the Surgeons to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- A practical essay on diseases of the viscera : particularly those of the stomach and bowels, the liver, spleen, and urinary bladder: in which their nature, treatment, and cure, are clearly pointed out and explained. By John Leake, M. D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and Physician to the Westminster Lying-in Hospital; at his House in Parliament-Street
- A practical essay on the Lord's Prayer. : By John Handasyde
- A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases. By William Oliver, ...
- A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases. By William Oliver, M. D. F. R. S. Of Bath
- A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases. By William Oliver, M. D. Of Bath
- A practical essay on the venereal disease : To which are subjoined observations on the causes and cure of tabes dorsalis. By J. Smyth, M.D
- A practical essay on the venereal disease : to which are subjoined, observations on the causes and cure of tabes dorsalis, by J. Smyth, M.D
- A practical essay on the venereal disease. : To which are subjoined, observations on the causes and cure of tabes dorsalis. By J. Smyth, M.D
- A practical essay, : Proving the Christian Religion To be from God. Wherein blind and misguided zeal is expos'd, as being destructive to Christianity, and one great occasion of the growth of atheism and irreligion among us. The Nature of true Christian Zeal laid open; with a Direction how to Exercise and Employ it. Together with An Apology for the Episcopal Church in Scotland. A sermon preach'd in one of the Meeting-House of the city of Edinburgh, on Thursday the 28th of October, being St. Simon and St. Jude's Day. By W. M. Episcopal minister
- A present of summer-fruit : A very brief essay to offer some instruction of piety, which the summer-season more particularly and emphatically leads us to; but such also as are never out of season. Being the short entertainment of an auditory in Boston, on a day distinguished with the heat of the summer; 5 d. 5 m. 1713. By Cotton Mather, D.D. [One line from Psalms]
- A rational grammar : with easy rules in English to learn Latin, Compared with the best Authors In most Languages on this Subject. By J.T. Philipps, Preceptor to his Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
- A rationale of the literal doctrine of original sin : or a vindication of God's permitting the fall of Adam, and the subsequent corruption of our human nature. Leading to a brief View and Defence of the Grand Scheme of Redemption, Placed in a New Light; And built on a Rational Exposition of the Principal Parables, And many other important Passages of Scripture, that have been hitherto much misunderstood. Occasioned at first, by some of Dr. Middleton's writings. By James Bate, M. A. Rector of Deptford, Formerly Fellow of St. John's, And Fellow Elect of Corpus Christi, Colleges in Cambridge
- A report on the afterlife of culture
- A review of An essay upon gospel and legal preaching : In several letters to a friend:
- A review of an essay upon prayer, : intitled, Some thoughts on religious worship, particularly in publick. By a moderate Protestant dissenter
- A seasonable reply to a scurrilous pamphlet, : called An essay on political lying. By a citizen of London
- A second essay on the medicinal virtues of hemlock. : In which its efficacy in the cure of many desperate disorders is fully confirmed by a great variety of remarkable cases, where this Remedy has been administered by several eminent Physicians and Surgeons in different Parts of Germany and Flanders, as well as by the author, Dr. Antony Störck, Aulic Councellor and one of the Principal Physicians to Her Most Sacred Majesty the Empress Queen, and Physician to the Pazmarian City-Hospital at Vienna. Together with corollaries and cautions. Translated from the original Latin, by a physician
- A second volume of the writings of the author of The true-born Englishman. : Some whereof never before printed. Corrected and enlarged by the author
- A sermon from Psalm LXXXIV. 10. : To which is added, An essay. By Robert Foote, A. M. Minister at Fettercairn
- A short essay on the Christian religion, : descriptive of the advantages which have accrued to society by the establishment of it, as contrasted with the manners and customs of mankind before that happy period. To which are added a few occasional remarks on philosophers In General, AS Also ON Some Of The Objections Started Against The Chkistian Religion BY The Fashionable Writers Of The Present Age. The whole proposed as a preservative against the pernicious doctrines which have overwhelmed France with misery And Desolation. By a sincere friend of mankind
- A short essay on the general resurrection : wherein it is proved, that we shall rise with those same bodies that we now have; and the Objections to this Opinion are candidly examined and answered. By the Revd. A. Fleury, A. M. Rector of Coolbannagher in the Queen's-County
- A short essay on the operation of lithotomy : as it is performed by the new method above the os pubis. By John Middleton, M. D. To which is added, a letter relating to the same subject, from Mr. Macgill of Edinburgh, to Dr. Douglas
- A short essay on the publick judgments of the Romans
- A short essay on the singular virtues of an highly exalted preparation of antimony : or, Dr. Norris's antimonial drops, by authority of His Majesty's royal letters patent. To which is added, a catalogue of cures, incontestibly proving the sovereign efficacy of this great medicine in fevers, and many other disorders
- A short essay on the virtues of Dr. Norris's antimonial drops. The second edition. To which is added, a catalogue of cures, incontestibly proving their sovereign efficacy in fevers
- A short essay on the virtues of Dr. Norris's drops for fevers. : To which are added, letters and certificates of many extraordinary cures, among a great number of others not made public, incontestibly proving their sovereign efficacy in fevers, &c
- A short essay on the virtues of Dr. Norris's drops for fevers. : To which are added, letters and certificates of many extraordinary cures, among a great number of others not made publick, incontestibly proving their sovereign efficacy in fevers, &c
- A short essay to answer the arguments moved to promote carrying on separation from the true Associate Synod. : Together with plain reasons given, why the Separate Brethren, which first met in Mr. Gib's house, April 10. 1747. cannot be submitted unto as the lawful Associate Synod. By the Praying Society at Belsises in the community of Midlem
- A short essay upon free-thinking. : By J. Addenbrooke, M.D
- A solemn warning to the secure world, from the God of terrible majesty. Or, The presumptuous sinner detected, his pleas consider'd, and his doom display'd : Being an essay, in which the strong proneness of mankind to entertain a false confidence is proved; the causes & foundations of this delusion open'd and consider'd in a great variety of particulars; the folly, sinfulness and dangerous consequences of such a presumptuous hope expos'd, and directions propos'd how to obtain that scriptural and rational hope, which maketh not ashamed. In a discourse from Deut. XXIX. 19, 20, 21. By Gilbert Tennent, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at N. Brunswick N. Jersey. [Three lines of quotations]
- A specimen of an essay for to find out and ascertain the true or original reading of the Hebrew text, : in all places where it now differs, either from the Septuagint version, or from the Samaritan Pentateuch. By Edward Wells, D.D. Rector of Cotesbach in Leicester-Shire
- A struggle for life : selected essays of Llewelyn Powys
- A third essay shewing, that the Christian morality is agreeable to the nature and end of the Christian revelation. : By Christopher Robinson, M.A and rector of Welby in Lincolnshire
- A treatise concerning the use and abuse of the marriage bed: shewing I. The nature of matrimony, its sacred original, and the true meaning of its institution. II. The gross abuse of matrimonial chastity, from the wrong notions which have possessed the world, degenerating even to whoredom. III. The diabolical practice of attempting to prevent child-bearing by physical preparations. IV. The fatal Consequences of clandestine or forced Marriages, thro' the Persuasion, Interest, or Influence of Parents and Relations, to wed the Person they have no Love for, but oftentimes an Aversion to. V. Of unequal Matches, as to the Disproportion of Age; and how such, many ways, occasion a Matrimonial Whoredom. VI. How married persons may be guilty of conjugal lewdness, and that a man may, in effect, make a whore of his own wife. Also, many other particulars of family concern
- A treatise of maritim surveying, : in two parts: with a prefatory essay on draughts and surveys. By Murdoch Mackenzie, Senior; Late Maritim Surveyor in his Majesty's Service
- A treatise of the use of flogging in venereal affairs : also of the office of the loins and reins. Written to the famous Christianus Cassius, Bishop of Lubeck, and privy-councellor to the Duke of Holstein. By John Henry Meibomius, M.D. Made English from the Latin original by a physician. To which is added, a treatise of hermaphrodites
- A treatise on pasturage. : In two parts. I. - On the history thereof, and Advantages arising therefrom. II. - On the practice of it, or Method of Managing Sheep-Farms. With observations on the Woolen Manufacture. To which is added, an Essay on the general oeconomy and management of black cattle farms, under a breeding stock, and methods of curing and preventing diseases to which such Cattle are subject, including the management of the dairy. As also a short essay on the inclosures proper and expedient, on farms under a breeding stock, and the best and quickest method of executing them
- A treatise on the crime of Onan; illustrated with a variety of cases, together with the method of cure. : By M. Tissot, M.D. author of advice to the people in general with regard to their health. Translated from the third edition of the original
- A treatise on the cure of ulcerated legs without rest, : and ulcers of various parts, arising from scorbutic and other impurities in the blood, &c. By William Rowley, M. D. Member of the University of Oxford, Royal College of Physicians in London, &c
- A treatise on the nature of aliments, : or Foods, in General; shewing Their good and bad Qualities; and which of them are most proper in the different Stages of Life. To which is Added, An essay on the nature of digestion, And the Vital Powers by which it is performed. By Frederick Hoffman, M.D. Physician to his present Majesty the King of Prussia
- A treatise on the putrid constitution of 1777 and the preceding years, : and the Pestilential One of 1778: Of the Obstinate Disorders that appeared in the Former, and the Malignant and Pestilential fevers that arose in the latter, Their Causes, and the best Method of preventing them; the Due Administration of Medicine, especially in the former, And the general Method of their cure. Also of The causes of disease in general; With some peculiar Remarks on some common Errors and dangerous Mistakes in the Use of the bark and other Medicines. By John Barker
- A true church-man set in a just and clear light : or, an essay towards the right character of a faithful son of the establish'd church
- A true church-man, set in a just and clear light : or, an essay towards the right character of a faithful son of the establish'd church. To which is added, the learned Mr. Chillingworth's demonstration of the apostolical institution of episcopacy: written by him, about th beginning of the war of 1641
- A woman looking at men looking at women : essays on art, sex, and the mind
- About us : essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times
- Abrege de l'essay de Mr. Locke. Sur l'entendement humain, : Traduit de l'Anglois par Monsieur Bosset
- Academe degree zero : reconsidering the politics of higher education
- Addresses
- Adventurer (Cumulation).
- Advice to the fair : an Epistolary essay, in three parts: on dress, converse, and marriage: address'd to a sister
- Afro-Caribbean women's writing and early American literature
- After marriage equality : the future of LGBT rights
- Against everything : essays, 2004-2015
- Agnes Denes : absolutes and intermediates
- Ai Weiwei
- Akzentfrei
- Albrecht Dürer
- Alex. Popes Essay on man
- Alexander Calder : radical inventor
- Alibis : essays on elsewhere
- Alice Munro country : essays on her works I
- All the fierce tethers : essays
- All we can save : truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis
- Allegorizings
- Allen Ruppersberg : intellectual property 1968-2018
- Along the archipelago : essays and observations from Maine's islands and working waterfronts
- Als Gottfried Keller im Nebel den Weg nach Hause nicht mehr fand
- Als das Reisen noch geholfen hat : von Büchern und Orten
- American audacity : in defense of literary daring
- American originality : essays on poetry
- An Afrocentric pan Africanist vision : Afrocentric essays
- An Essay concerning divine prescience. : or, A modest enquiry, whether all things that ever should be in time, considered in every state, were centainly fore-known to God from eternity. In which the author's reasons for the affirmative are humbly propos'd. To which is added, a brief dissertation on the eternity of God, &c
- An Essay concerning the nature, origin, and progress of the human affections : Tending to shew they are not innate but acquired. In which the power of association is particularly displayed. Drawn up for the use of young gentlemen, especially those educated in the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland
- An Essay on hunting. By a Country Squire
- An Essay on preaching : Wherein is considered the expediency of using or of laying aside a written preparation for the Pulpit
- An Essay on revealed religion: and the great truths discovered to us by Christianity. : Viz. I. Of the creation and fall, and the state of mankind before the coming of Jesus Christ. II. Of the great essentials of the Christian religion. III. Of the two Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's-Supper; of the resurrection, and the rewards of the righteous and the wicked in the next world
- An Essay towards a general index and abridgment of the principal matters contained in the eleven volumes of the journals of the Honourable House of Commons of Ireland
- An Essay towards an easy, plain, practical, and extensive explication of the assembly's shorter catechism. By the Late Mr. John Brown, minister of the Gospel at Haddington
- An Essay upon idleness or, Chusing to live without business
- An Essay upon modern gallantry. Address'd to men of honour, men of pleasure, and men of sense. : With a seasonable admonition to the young ladies of Great Britain
- An Essay upon trade, and publick credit : Shewing the advantages of the East-India prohibition, bankrupts affidavits, &c. Dedicated to Mr. T.S. an eminent citizen, and an universal merchant; and submitted to the consideration of all fair traders, manufacturers, artificers, &c. both in city and country
- An abstract of an essay on tillage and vegetation, : being the horse-hoing husbandry explained, and made easy to be understood by the practising farmer: Containing Many Useful Observations in Husbandry, which Very greatly increase the Product of the Corn-Fields, and at the same time very much lessen the common Expences. By Peter Vallavine, Vicar of Preston, near Wingham, in Kent
- An abstract of the Essay of human understanding
- An abstract of the Essay of human understanding. : By the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert
- An abstract of the most curious and excellent thoughts in Seigneur de Montaigne's essays: very useful for improving the mind, and forming the manners of men. Done into English from the French original
- An anatomical and mechanical essay on the whole animal oeconomy : in one view. Wherein is shewn the most wonderfull conduct of nature in all the phænomena attending human bodies, with many curious Subjects not commonly treated of. Necessary For all Lovers of Knowledge, particularly Young Students in Anatomy, Physick and Surgery. With An Alphabetical Catalogue of Authors Names referred to on several Occasions in the following Treatise. By John Cook, Student in Physick, and late of the College in Edenburgh
- An anatomical and mechanical essay on the whole animal oeconomy : in one view. Wherein is shewn, the most wonderful conduct of nature in all the phænomena attending humam [sic] bodies; ... Vol.II. By John Cook,
- An anatomical essay, : in two discourses, I. Pointing at many things curious, and remarkable in the structure of the viscera, with which are intermixt, some plain reflections, subversive of atheism. II. An anatomical explcation, of the first six verses of the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes; being more agreeable to the Modern Anatomy than any heretofore published
- An anatomical essay, : in two discourses, I. Pointing at many things curious, and remarkable in the structure of the viscera, with which are intermixt, some plain reflections, subversive of atheism. II. An anatomical explication, of the first six verses of the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes; being more agreeable to the Modern Anatomy than any heretofore published
- An answer to A short essay on the scheme lately set on foot for lighting and keeping clean the streets of the city of Exeter. : Demonstrating the pernicious and fatal effects with which it would have been attended
- An answer to An essay on spirit : wherein is shewn, that the author's interpretation of scripture is imperfect; and his representation of the opinions of the antient fathers, unfair. By Thomas Knowles, M. A. Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Lady Hervey
- An answer to An essay on spirit : wherein it is shewn, that the author's interpretation of Scripture is imperfect: and his representation of the opinions of the antient Fathers, unfair. By Thomas Knowles
- An apology for idlers : and other essays
- An apology for idlers, and other essays
- An appendage to the toilet : or an essay on the management of the teeth. Dedicated to the ladies. By Hugh Moises, M.D
- An appendix to An essay on design in gardening, by George Mason, which was printed in MDCCXCV
- An e.s.s.a.y intended to establish a standard for an universal system of stenography, : or short hand writing; ... By Saml. Taylor,
- An e.s.s.a.y intended to establish a standard for an universal system of stenography, : or short hand writing; ... By Saml. Taylor,
- An easy introduction to algebra, : with notes; Wherein the Rules are Demonstrated, and the Operations Explained, Adapted to the Use of Schools, and Those who study without a Tutor. To which is prefixed, an essay on the uses of the mathematics, with directions, To assist the Learner in their Attainment. By Charles Butler, Teacher of the Mathematics at Cheam School
- An elegiac essay on the death of the Reverend Mr. John Noble, : who deceased the 12th of June, 1730. in the 71st year of his age. ... By Sayer Rudd
- An elementary treatise, by way of essay, on the quantity of estates, : &c. By Richard Preston, of Ashburton
- An epitome of astronomy, with a concise history of its origin and progress : Being a companion to the lectures given on the dioastrodoxon, or, New transparent orrery, twenty-one feet diameter, By R.E. Lloyd. To which is added, an essay on the nature and appearence of Comets, (with an attempt to point out the errors of the present theory) and an apology for an enquiry into a new and more rational hypothesis. Price one shilling
- An epitome of the controversy amongst the general baptists concerning mixt marriages, with brief animadversions on the same. Being an essay to promote truth and union. By Philalethes, a member of the Society
- An ess[ay] i[n] defe[nce] of the female sex. : Interspersed with reflections upon love and taste. Written for the honour of the fair sex. By a lady
- An essay : to demonstrate that contingent debts, cannot, by law, be ranked on estates sequestrated in terms of the statute, 23. Geo. III. cap. 18. Entitled, ̀̀An Act f̀̀or Rendering the Payment of Creditors more è̀qual and Expeditious, in that part of Great b̀̀ritain Called Scotland, &c.'' By James Mcnayr, Writer
- An essay against too much reading. : With The whole Lives and Proceedings of Sancho and Peepo, at Aix la Chapelle in Germany. And A true account and design of the Proceedings this last Year in so many Processions at Bath
- An essay against uncharitableness. : Wherein the Secret Springs of that Vice are traced, and the Mischeivous Effects of it briefly survey'd. Written To expose that most Unchristian Iniquity of Censures, Revilings and Church-Anathemas, onthe Account of doubtful Disputables in Christianity
- An essay concerning blood-letting. : Shewing the various effects and Peculiar Advantages of Bleeding in different Parts of the Human Body, Particularly in the foot. With Proper Directions how to make such a Choice, as will best answer the End, in all the Variety of Cases whatever. By R. Butler, M D
- An essay concerning infant baptism. : Wherein is consider'd, the nature of the Abrahamick covenant, and the use of signs. Humbly offered to the Consideration of both Jews and Gentiles. By a layman of the Church of England
- An essay concerning pestilential contagion : occasion'd by the distemper now raging among the cattle. With a method proposed to prevent its progress. By Iater
- An essay concerning pestilential contagion : occasioned by the distemper now raging among the cattle. With a method proposed to prevent its progress. By R. Davies, M.D
- An essay concerning the body of man, : wherein its changes or diseases are consider'd, and the operations of medicines observ'd. By P. Paxton, M. D
- An essay concerning the books commonly called Apocrypha, : and the publick reading of them in the church. By a lover of truth
- An essay concerning the generation of heat in animals. By Robert Douglas, M.D
- An essay concerning the human rational soul. : In three parts. ... With an introduction in defence of reveled [sic] religion
- An essay concerning the human rational soul. : In three parts. Shewing, I. The origin, II. The nature, III. The excellency of this soul, upon natural as well as reveled principles. With an introduction In defence of reveled religion
- An essay concerning the human rational soul. : In three parts. Shewing, I. The origin, II. The nature, III. The excellency of this soul. Upon natural as well as reveled [sic] principles. With a Dedication and an Introduction In defence of reveled Religion
- An essay concerning the mortality, : Now prevailing among the Horned Cattle, in several Parts of Europe, and chiefly about London. Wherein a plain and successful Method is laid down to treat the diseased Cattle, and to prevent, in a good Measure, the rapid Progress of this fatal Disorder. By Richard Brocklesby, M. D
- An essay concerning the outward and salutary application of oils on the human body. : By the Rev. William Martin Trinder, MD
- An essay concerning the propriety and the manner of cultivating in children and youth a disposition to, : and of inspiring them with, an inclination for, any particular office, profession, trade, or employment, which parents may think proper to make choice of for them. By William Pettman, of Sandwich, in Kent
- An essay concerning the true original extent and end of civil government. : By the late learned John Locke, Esq
- An essay concerning truth and charity. : In two parts. Containing, I. An Enquiry concerning Fundamental Articles of Faith, and the Necessity of adhering to them, in Order to Church-Communion. II. Some Historical Remarks on the Behaviour of the Jews and Primitive Christians, towards those who had either departed from the Faith, or by any other Offences render'd themselves liable to Excommunication. Shewing Also, What is that Uncharitableness which discovers it self in the Conduct of Men towards one another. By Thomas Ridgley
- An essay explaining the mode of executing a useful work, entitled, A new description of England and Wales, as a continuation and illustration of Camden
- An essay for a general regulation of the law, and the more easy and speedy advancement of justice : In which the great corruptions and expences of law controversies are exposed, and effectual methods proposed to redress such great national grievances. Address'd to the Right Honourable Peter Lord King, lord high chancellor of Great Britain. By Christopher Tancred, of Whixley in the county of York, Esq,
- An essay for composing a harmony between the Psalms, and other parts of the Scripture; but especially the New Testament : Wherein the supplicatory and prophetick part of this sacred book, are disposed under proper heads
- An essay for illustrating the Roman poets. For the use of schools. By Tho: Jaffray, M.A
- An essay for regulating and making more useful the militia : of this kingdom, on the foot they now stand. With an abstract of the statutes now in use, relating to them: and a scheme for the distributing musters and exercise. By an officer formerly of the army, now a deputy-lieutenant and field officer of the militia
- An essay humbly offer'd, for an act of Parliament to prevent capital crimes, and the loss of many lives; and to promote a desirable improvement and blessing in the nation. By George Ollyffe, M.A
- An essay in praise of knavery. : Whether it be in c----ers, politicians, or lawyers; priests; p--lates, or church dignitaries; L--ds, merchants, or stock-jobbers; national plunderers, or pick-pockets; thieves, highway-men, or thief-takers; Turks, Jews, or infidels. Of all nations and countries
- An essay in the Socratick way of dialogue, on the existence of a divine being, in imitation of Tully's Tusculan questions. With notes. By Roger Davies, master of the free-school in Carmarthen
- An essay in two discourses on the advantages and necessity of mortification, : shewn from the connection between soul and body. Addressed to Christians, Jews, and Gentiles, Of all Sects and Denominations. By a minister of Christ's universal catholick church
- An essay in vindication of scripture, : Reformation and Salvation doctrines, which have always been counted new and strange doctrines as thay are now by the most part of mankind. By W. Carter
- An essay in vindication of the use and advantage of prayer. : Wherein objections raised from the attributes and degrees of God, and the settled course and order of things, are considered and answered. Being the substance of two sermons preach'd at Tunbridge in June 1729. By John Archer. Printed at the request of several gentlemen that heard them
- An essay of human actions. By Joseph Keble, Esq
- An essay of humane nature, or, The creation of mankind
- An essay of the ancient and present state of Stamford. : Its situation, erection, dissolution, and re-edification: Ancient and Present Sports, Endowments, Benefactions, Churches, Monuments, and other Curiosities; Monasteries, Colleges, Schools, and Hospitals: Some Account of a Monastick Life; when the Monks first appeared in the World; what Orders of them were settled here, and the Time of their coming into England. The whole gathered from the best printed accounts, as well as original manuscripts, particularly the Registers of Durham, and Peterborough; the Rolls in the Tower, and the Cotton Library; Old Writings belonging to Brown's Hospital, the Corporation Books, Mr. Foster's Papers, Stevens's Supplement to Dugdale's Monasticon, and many other private Repositories. By Francis Howgrave
- An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout, : written for the use of Richard Tennison, Esq; Together with An account of the Nature and Quality of Bath-Waters, the Manner of using them, and the Diseases in which they are proper. As also, Of the Nature and Cure of most Chronical Distempers: Not Publish'd before. By Geo. Cheyne, M.D. & F.R.S
- An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout, : written for the use of Richard Tennison, Esq; together with An account of the Nature and Quality of Bath-Waters, the Manner of using them, and the Diseases in which they are proper: As also, Of the Nature and Cure of most Chronical Distempers, not publish'd before. By Geo. Cheyne, M.D. & F.R.S
- An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout, : written for the use of Richard Tennison, Esq; together with an account of the nature and Quality of Bath-Waters, the Manner of using them, and the Diseases in which they are proper. AS Also, Of the Nature and Cure of most Chronical Distempers: Not Publish'd before. By Geo. Cheyne, M. D. & F. R. S
- An essay on British isinglass : wherein its nature and properties are compared with the foreign sorts; with the best methods of converting them into fining, glue and starch, For the Use of the Brewer, Vintner, Paper-Stainer, &c. Comprehending A succinct Analysis of Isinglass, and Rationale of its Action in clarifying Liquors. Interspersed with Hints for the further Improvement of Malting, Brewing, Fermenting, and for preventing the Wooden Apparatus in the Brewery from speedy Decay. By H. Jackson
- An essay on British liberty : addressed to both Houses of Parliament
- An essay on Parliament, : and the causes of unequal representation. Also, a specimen of some necessary regulations, with a prospect of General Reform
- An essay on Prince Eugene's success in Italy : By way of epistle to the Honourable G. G. esq;
- An essay on Scripture-prophecy, : wherein it is endeavored to explain the three periods contain'd in the XII chapter of the Prophet Daniel. With some arguments to make it probable, that the first of the periods did expire in the year 1715. [Three lines in Latin from Claudian]
- An essay on Virgil's Æneid. : Being a translation of the first book. By Christopher Pitt, A. M. Late Fellow of New-College in Oxford
- An essay on a passage of St. Paul, 1 Cor. 11th ch. 10th verse. : Addressed to the Lord Bishop of Exeter. And published by his Lordship's request. By John Hayter, A.M. chaplain to the Right Honourable Earl of Clarendon
- An essay on acting : in which will be consider'd the mimical behaviour of a certain fashionable faulty actor, and the Laudableness of such unmannerly, as well as inhumane Proceedings. To which will be added, a short criticism on his acting Macbeth
- An essay on aerostation : Wherein is exhibited the easiest method of constructing and directing aerostats, a plan for reconnoitering balloons, and a new hint for aerostatical telegraphs. with plates. By Francis Oliveri, professor of modern languages and mathematics
- An essay on an analytical course of studies, containing a complete system of human knowledge, by J. B. Florian, A.M
- An essay on bigotry, religious innovation and infidelity, as respectively supported by Doctors Burke, Priestley, and Toulmin, in a letter to John Mitford, Esq. By Falkland
- An essay on calumny. Humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
- An essay on chimney fire-places : with proposals for improving them, to save fuel; ... Illustrated with engravings. By Benjamin Count of Rumford,
- An essay on civil government : in which the Right of chusing Officers and Members of Parliamnt, for the City and Corporation of London, is shewn to be anciently and unalienably vested in the Freemen at large, or the Whole Commonalty of Citizens; from whom it has been Unconstitutionally taken and transferred to the Livery. Inscribed to Sir William Withers, Lord Mayor of London; By Dr. William King, late Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, Keeper of the Records, and Vicar-General, to the Lord Primate, of Ireland, &c. To which is added A Remonstrance with the Court of Common-Council, On their presenting the freedom of the City to Dr. Price, for his Observations on Civil Liberty; Setting forth the inconsistency of their concern for the Liberties of the Americans, while they trample on the Rights and Privileges of their Fellow-Citizens
- An essay on civil liberty : or, the principles of the revolution vindicated. Delivered before the University of Cambridge, on Wednesday, May 29, 1776. By Richard Watson, D.D. F.R.S.
- An essay on coin. By Bryan Robinson, M.D
- An essay on combustion, with a view to a new art of dying and painting. ... By Mrs. Fulhame
- An essay on comedy. : By B. Walwyn
- An essay on confirmation. By William Jones, Rector of Pluckley, in Kent
- An essay on constitutional liberty : wherein the necessity of frequent elections of Parliament is shewn to be superseded by the unity of the executive power
- An essay on contagious diseases : More particularly On the Small-Pox, Measles, Putrid, Malignant, and Pestilential Fevers. By Clifton Wintringham
- An essay on contentment. In which this important subject is treated after a new manner. By a gentleman of Glasgow
- An essay on criticism. : In the course of which the theory of light, and the gravity of the earth, are particularly considered. By Thomas Kirby
- An essay on cutaneous diseases, : and all impurities of the skin. Proposing a specific, and, method of cure. By John Gowland, apothecary to his Royal Highness Frederick, Late Prince of Wales, the Princess Dowager of Wales, and also to his present Majesty
- An essay on cutaneous diseases, : impurities o[f] the skin. And eruptions of the face. In two parts. Part I. In which is recommended an approved method of cure, by Robert Dickinson, sole proprietor and preparer of Gowland's Lotion, No. 55, Long-Acre
- An essay on death-bed-charity, : Exemplify'd in the Life of Mr. Thomas Guy, Late Bookseller in Lombard-Street, Madam Jane Nicholas, Of St. Albans. And Mr. Francis Bancroft, Late of London Draper: Proving that great Misers giving large Donatives to the Poor in their last Wills is no Charity, To which is added the last Will of Mr. Francis Bancroft. Now publish'd as a necessary Appendix to the Hazards of a Death-Bed-Repentance, of which the Tenth Edition was lately Published