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Format Title Author/Contributor Source Date Published
eBook The habitable world described: or the present state of the people in all parts of the globe, from north to south; shewing the situation, extent, clima... Trusler, John, 1735-1820. https://ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/xmlui/ 07 Oct 2019
eBook The Scarlet Pimpernel / by Baroness Orczy Orczy, Baroness Emmuska, 1865-1947 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3216 30 Mar 2017
eBook The poetical calendar: Containing a collection of scarce and valuable pieces of poetry: ... by the most eminent hands. Intended as a supplement to Mr.... http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5361 30 Mar 2017
eBook The modish wife, a comedy: performed with uninfluenced applause at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket. To which is prefixed a summary view of the stage, as... Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4493 30 Mar 2017
eBook Reflections on the Revolution in France: and on the proceedings in certain societies in London relative to that event. In a letter intended to have be... Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4152 30 Mar 2017
eBook Priestcraft distinguish'd from Christianity. Shewing, I. That wicked priests are the real Antichrists mention'd in Scripture. Dennis, John, 1657-1734. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4121 30 Mar 2017
eBook Essays and treatises: on several subjects. By David Hume, Esq; In four volumes. ... [pt.3] Hume, David, 1711-1776. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3943 30 Mar 2017
eBook A sentimental journey through France and Italy Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3150 30 Mar 2017
eBook Poems by J. Donaldson, author of The elements of beauty Donaldson, J. (John), 1737-1801. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4102 30 Mar 2017
eBook The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland: to the time of Dean Swift. Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, ... by... Shiells, Robert, d. 1753. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4679 30 Mar 2017
eBook An essay on the suretiship of Christ. In two parts. Part I. The doctrine stated. Part II. Objections answered. By Samuel Richardson Richardson, Samuel, d. 1805. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5446 30 Mar 2017
eBook The chaplet: A musical entertainment. As it is perform'd by His Majesty's company of comedians at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. The music... Mendez, Moses, d. 1758. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4420 30 Mar 2017
eBook The answer of Philip Francis, Esq. to the charges exhibited against him, General Clavering, and Colonel Monson: By Sir Elijah Impey, Knight, when at t... Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5470 30 Mar 2017
eBook The lying valet: in two acts. As it is performed gratis, at the theatre in Goodman's-Fields. By D. Garrick. Garrick, David, 1717-1779. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4028 30 Mar 2017
eBook The history of Lady Barton: a novel, in letters, by Mrs. Griffith. In three volumes. ... [pt.2] Griffith, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720?-1793. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4535 30 Mar 2017
eBook The invasion: or, a trip to Brighthelmstone. A farce of two acts, as it is performed, with universal applause, at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent-Garden.... Pilon, Frederick, 1750-1788. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3928 30 Mar 2017
eBook The sublime and beautiful of scripture: being essays on select passages of sacred composition. By Courtney Melmoth. In two volumes. [pt.2] Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5080 30 Mar 2017
eBook The Sunday school More, Hannah, 1745-1833. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4197 30 Mar 2017
eBook Ode inscribed to John Howard: Esq. F.R.S. author of "The state of English and foreign prisons." By William Hayley, Esq. Hayley, William, 1745-1820. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4735 30 Mar 2017
eBook True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3165 30 Mar 2017
eBook Zenobia: a tragedy: As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By the author of The orphan of China. Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4250 30 Mar 2017
eBook The history of Sir George Warrington: or the political Quixote. By the author of The female Quixote. In three volumes. ... [pt.2] Lennox, Charlotte, ca. 1729-1804. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5477 30 Mar 2017
eBook The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3242 30 Mar 2017
eBook Alfred: a masque: Represented before Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Cliffden, on the first of August, 1740. Thomson, James, 1700-1748. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3828 30 Mar 2017
eBook Ebenezer Beriah Kelly: autobiography Kelly, Ebenezer Beriah, b. 1783 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3171 30 Mar 2017
eBook Poems to Thespia Downman, Hugh, 1740-1809. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5183 30 Mar 2017
eBook The Battiad. Canto the first Mendez, Moses, d. 1758. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4675 30 Mar 2017
eBook The prodigal son; an oratorio: written by Mr. Hull. Set to music by Mr. Arnold. Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4125 30 Mar 2017
eBook London: or, the progress of commerce. A poem. By Mr. Glover. Glover, Richard, 1712-1785. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4065 30 Mar 2017
eBook The absolute and indispensible duty of Christians: in this critical juncture, considered and enforced, in an affectionate address. By W. Mason. Mason, William, 1719-1791. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4795 30 Mar 2017
eBook The Irish mimic: or blunders at Brighton: a musical entertainment in two acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. With universal applau... O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4561 30 Mar 2017
eBook The capricious lovers: a comic opera. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Robert Lloyd. The music composed by Mr. Rush. Lloyd, Robert, 1733-1764. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3346 30 Mar 2017
eBook Two letters from the Right Honourable Mr. Burke, on the French Revolution: one to the translator of his Reflections on the revolution in France; the o... Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3443 30 Mar 2017
eBook AmoresThe loves Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3031 30 Mar 2017
eBook A journal of the plague yearA machine readable edition Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3148 30 Mar 2017
eBook An essay on slavery: proving from Scripture its inconsistency with humanity and religion; in answer to a late publication, entitled, "The African... Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5512 30 Mar 2017
eBook The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe: of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an un-inhabited island... Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4568 30 Mar 2017
eBook An essay on history: in three epistles to Edward Gibbon, Esq. with notes. By William Hayley, Esq. Hayley, William, 1745-1820. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3596 30 Mar 2017
eBook Coriolanus: A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. By the late James Thomson. Thomson, James, 1700-1748. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4847 30 Mar 2017
eBook An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations: By Adam Smith, ... In two volumes. ... [pt.2] Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4797 30 Mar 2017
eBook Homer's Battle of the frogs and mice. With the remarks of Zoilus. To which is prefix'd, the life of the said Zoilus http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4516 30 Mar 2017
eBook English readings; a comic piece, in one act. Inscribed to George Colman, Esq Cobb, James, 1756-1818. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3921 30 Mar 2017
eBook The legend of Sleepy Hollow Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3119 30 Mar 2017
eBook The arte of English poesie: contriued into three bookes : the first of poets and poesie, the second of proportion, the third of ornament Puttenham, George, d. 1590 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3181 30 Mar 2017
eBook Kilkenny: or, the old man's wish. By W. R. Chetwood Chetwood, W. R. (William Rufus), d. 1766. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3765 30 Mar 2017
eBook Natural history: general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional not... Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5062 30 Mar 2017
eBook Remarks on a play, call'd, The conscious lovers: a comedy. By Mr. Dennis. Dennis, John, 1657-1734. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3417 30 Mar 2017
eBook A treatise of human nature: being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects. ... [pt.1] Hume, David, 1711-1776. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3629 30 Mar 2017
eBook Remarks on medical jurisprudence: intended for the general information of juries and young surgeons. Dease, William, 1752?-1798. http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/5557 30 Mar 2017
eBook On Aerial Navigation Cayley, George, Sir, 1773-1857 http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3075 30 Mar 2017

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