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1.AVoyage toGuinea,Brasil, and theWest-Indies, in His Majesty’s Ships theSwallowandWeymouth. Describing the several Islands and Settlements,Madeira, theCanaries,Cape de Verd,Sierraleon,Sesthos,Cape Apollonia,Cabo Corso, and others on theGuineaCoast;Barbadoes,Jamaica, &c. in theWest Indies. The Colour, Diet, Languages, Habits, Manners, Customs and Religions of the respective Natives, and Inhabitants. With Remarks on the Gold, Ivory, and Slave-Trade; and on the Winds Tides and Currents of the several Coasts. ByJohn Atkins, Surgeon in theRoyal Navy.Illi Robur & Æs triplexCirca Pectus erat qui fragilem truciCommisit Pelago RatemPrimus——.Horat.2. An Enquiry into the Contents, Virtues, and Uses of cold and hot mineral Springs, particularly the Waters ofScarborough; in a Letter toRobert RobinsonofLincoln’s-Inn, Esq; Recorder of that Corporation. Price 1s.3. TheChristian Turk, or, the instructive and entertaining Adventures of PrinceJakaya, Son toMahometIII. Emperor of theTurks: Who lost his Succession to theOttomanEmpire, by being privately bred up in the Christian Religion. The whole intermix’d with several delightful Histories of the most illustrious Personages, and containing the greatest Variety of Events ever yet published. In two Volumes12mo.Price 4s.The Second Edition. Translated from the OriginalFrench.4. The Life ofOsmanthe Great, Emperor of theTurks, who first attempted the Conquest ofPoland, and the uniting that Kingdom to the Dominions of theOttomanPorte. Compiled from the Memoirs of three successive Ambassadors from the King ofFrance, to the Grand Signior, byMadam de Gomez; Author ofLa Belle Assemblée. The whole comprizing the greatest Variety of extraordinary Incidents and surprizing Revolutions that ever happen’d in so short a space of Time, even in that fluctuating Empire. Faithfully Translated from theFrench, byJohn Williams, Esq; in two neat Pocket Volumes. Price 4s.5. The Vocal Miscellany; a Collection of above 800 celebrated Songs, many of which were never before Printed; with the Names of the Tunes prefixed to each Song, in two Pocket Volumes. Price Six Shillings.N. B.Either Volume may be had alone, Price Three Shillings.6. The Platonick Lovers: Consisting of original Letters in Prose and Verse, that pass’d between anEnglishLady and anEnglishGentleman inFrance, (under the borrow’d Names ofClioandStrephon;) who took an Affection to each other, by reading accidentally their occasional Compositions. With a Critical Essay, containing some Remarks upon the Nature of Epistolary and Elegiac Poetry; and on the most beautiful Passages in these Epistles. By the ingenious Mr.John Porter. The Third Edition corrected. In a neat Pocket Volume. Price 2s.“But oh! encroaching Mortal as thou art,Let still thy Spirit have the greatest Part;You may admire me all the Ways you can;Give me the Lover, but keep back the Man.”CliotoStrephon,p.79.7.Poemson several Occasions,viz.TheProgress of Musick. AHymnto Sleep.MiraandColin, aSong. TheBee. The lostMuse. TheGirdle. ToMira; with the Miscellaneous Works of Mr.Pope. AnOdetoLycidas. The Candle.CORVUSa very common Case. TheFlea. ToFulviasinging. TheConstant Shepherd. ASupportable Misfortune. TheGift.Mira’s Picture.Cupid’s Reply. TheAdvicetoMira. ToLycidasin the Country. A Paraphrase on some of theOdesofAnacreon, being anEssaytowards the Translation of thatPoet. OnHappiness. ToApollo, between the Author and his Friend, in the Manner ofHorace’s first Satire, second Book. AnOdeon his Majesty’s Birth-Day. ThePlague of Wealth; or, the Poet’sDiary: Occasion’d by the Author’s receiving 50l.as a Premium for the foregoingOde. ByMatthew Pilkington, A. M. Revised and Corrected by the Rev. Dr.Swift. Octavo. Price 3s.6d.8.Letters: Containing an Account of what seemed most remarkable in travelling throughSwitzerland,Italy, and some Parts ofGermany, &c. in the Years 1685 and 1686. Written by Dr.Gilbert Burnet, late Lord Bishop ofSarum.8vo.Price 4s.6d.9.C. Julius Cæsar’s Commentaries of his Wars inGaul, and Civil War withPompey. To which is added, a Supplement to hisCommentaryof his Wars inGaul; as alsoCommentariesof theAlexandrian,African, andSpanishWars; with the Author’s Life. Adorned with Sculptures from the Designs ofPalladio. MadeEnglishfrom the originalLatin, by ColonelMartin Bladen, one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations.8vo.Price 6s.10. The Adventures ofProteus, or Love in several Shapes,&c.Being a most diverting Sett of Novels, never before published. By Mrs.Herbert. The Second Edition.8vo.Price 4s.6d.11. The Frauds ofRomishMonks and Priests, set forth in eight Letters, lately written by a Gentleman in his Journey toItaly, and published for the Benefit of the Publick. The Fifth Edition in 2 Vol.12mo.Pr. 5s.12. Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, five Syllabus Etymologicus Antiquitatum veteris Britanniæ atque Iberniæ, temporibus Romanorum. AuctoreWillielmo Baxter, Cornavio, Scholæ Merciarium Præfecto. Accedunt Viri Cl. D.Edvardi Lhuidii, Cimeliarchæ Ashmol. Oxon. de Fluviorum, Montium, Urbium, &c. in Britanniâ Nominibus, Adversaria posthuma. Editio Secunda.8vo.Price 6s.13. TheEnglish Pleader: Being a select Collection of variousPrecedentsofDeclarationsonActionsbrought in the Courts ofKing’s-BenchandCommon-PleasatWestminster, inCase,Debt,Covenant,Trespass,Trespass and Assault,Ejectment,Replevin,Prohibition,&c.Taken from the Rolls in the Treasury of the said Courts, and Forms settled byCounselandSpecial Pleaders, since the Commencement of the Act of Parliament for the Laws being in theEnglishLanguage. To which are added, The Forms ofPleasandIssues, both General and Special, with Replications thereto: As alsoJudgmentsin both Courts on the several Actions: And likewiseFormsandPrecedentsofRecoveriesandConcordsofFines; with the Method of suffering and passing the same. By an EminentAttorneyofLincoln’s-Inn.8vo.Price 5s.14. TheEnglish Clerk’s Instructorin the Practice of the Courts ofKing’s-BenchandCommon-Pleas, viz. in filling up and suing out Writs of the first Process; in drawing Declarations, Pleas, and Demurrers; making up Issues and Paper Books; entering Judgments; suing out Writs of Execution; Writs of Error, Originals, Outlawries,&c.and in passing of Fines; and several other Matters necessary for the Practice of an Attorney. To which are added, several Choice Precedents of Declarations never before printed. ByDaniel Reading, Attorney at Law. In 2 Vol.8vo.Pr. 10s.15. AGuidetoJustices: Being modernEnglishPrecedents, for the Direction ofJustices of the Peace, in making outWarrants,Mittimus’s,Recognizances,Supersedeas’s,Affidavits,Informations,Inquisitions,Summons,Precepts,Certificates for the Poor,and Warrants for their Removal,Bonds, &c. Necessary for allJustices of the Peace,Deputy-Lieutenants,Commissioners of Sewers, &c. to assist them in the Execution of their several Offices. Approved by, and published at the Request of SirJohn Dutton, SirRobert Cann, SirWilliam Codrington, BartsRobert Kendal,William Blathwaite,Giles Earle,John Stephens,John Temple,Thomas Cooke,John Small, Esqrs; and others his Majesty; Justices of the Peace for the County ofGloucester. ByJoseph HiggsGent. who has been Clerk to the Commission of the Peace, from the Reign of KingCharlesII. to the present time.8vo.Price 3s.6d.16. TheJustice’s Case-Law: Or, A concise Abridgment of all the Cases of Crown Law relating to Justices of Peace and their Business and Proceedings; with References to the Reports, and other Law-Books. Digested in a new Alphabetical Method, very necessary for Justices of the Peace, as a Direction how to proceed in their Offices. By a Gentleman, who hath many Years filled the Chair of the Quarter-Sessions.8vo.Price 4s.17.Lex Mercatoria: Or, The Merchant’s Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes relating to Merchandize, wherein our Trade with foreign Nations, and amongst ourselves, is concisely treated of, under the Heads of Merchants and Owners of Ships, Masters, Mariners, Pilots,&c.with Precedents of Instruments and Writings made use of in all Cases relating to Trade. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.8vo.Price 5s.18. The Laws ofEnglandconcerning theGame: OfHunting,Hawking,Fishing, andFowling, &c. and ofForests,Chases,Parks, &c. And also concerningSetting-Dogs,Greyhounds,Lurchers,Nets,Tunnels,Low bells,Guns, and all Manner of Engines and Instruments mentioned in the several Statutes to destroy theGame: Shewing who are qualified by Law to keep and use them; the Punishments of those who keep them, not being qualified. The whole being a summary Collection of all the Statute-Law concerning theGame; and of all the Cases, Resolutions, and Judgments in the several Courts of Record atWestminsterrelating thereunto. Together with two Precedents of Declarations; the one in an Action of Trespass against an idle and dissolute Person for Hunting,&c.in which the Plaintiff (if he recover) is to have full Costs; and the other in an Action of Debt upon the Statute of 8Geo.I. for a pecuniary Penalty, forfeited by that Law, in which the Plaintiff (if he recover) shall have double Costs. Continued down to the present Time. ByWilliam Nelson, of theMiddle-Temple, Esq; The Second Edition.12mo.Price 2s.6d.19. An exact and compleat Collection of all the Laws relating to Elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons, fromMagna Charta, down to the Year 1734. Digested under the Heads of the Electors, the Elected, and the Returning Officers. To which is added, An Alphabetical Index, referring to the several Sections; whereby may be seen, at one View, the Care of the Legislature to preserve the Freedom of Elections. Price 2s.bound.20. TheNavy Surgeon: Or,A Practical System of Surgery. Illustrated with Observations on such remarkable Cases as have occurred to the Author’s Practice in theRoyal Navy. To which is added, A Treatise on theVenereal Disease, the Causes, Symptoms, and Method of Cure byMercury. An Enquiry into the Origin of that Distemper; in which the Dispute between Dr.Dover, and Dr.Turner, concerningCrude Mercury, is fully considered; with Useful Remarks thereon. Also anAppendix, containingPhysical Observationson the Heat, Moisture, and Density of the Air on the Coast ofGuinea; the Colour of the Natives; the Sicknesses which they and theEuropeanstrading thither are subject to; with a Method of Cure. Address’d to the Surgeons of theNavy Royal. ByJohn Atkins, Surgeon in theRoyal Navy.12mo.Pr. 3s.21.Prosodia Chirurgica: Or, AMemoria Technica, calculated for the Use of old Practitioners, as well as young Students in Surgery. Being a Lexicon, wherein all the Terms of Art are accounted for, their most received Sense given, and an exact Definition of them from the bestGreekAuthors: Also their Pronunciation, as to Quantity, determined by proper Marks over each Syllable. The Second Edition. Price 2s.22. TheGardener’s Universal Calendar: Containing an Account of the several Monthly Operations in the Kitchen-Garden, Flower-Garden, and Parterre, throughout the Year; and also Experimental Directions for performing all Manner of Works in Gardening, whether relating to Sowing, Planting, Pruning, Herbs, Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Ever-greens,&c.with the Products of each Month, in a Method wholly new, taking in the whole Business of Gardening and Husbandry.12mo.Price 2s.23. TheCompleat Fruit and Flower-Gardener: Containing Directions for raising the most curious Flowers, and cultivating the choicest Fruits. ByJ. Cowell, Gardener atHoxton. To which are added, Two new and curiousEssaysconcerning the best Method of Pruning Fruit-Trees, sewing the great Disadvantage of the Knife. II. A Discourse concerning the Improvement of the Potatoe, and the various Ways of preparing and dressing it for the Table. ByR. Bradley, F. R. S. The Third Edition. Adorned with curious Figures.8vo.Price 3s.6d.bound.24. APractical Grammarof theEnglishTongue: Or, A Rational and easyIntroductionto Speaking and WritingEnglishcorrectly and properly. Peculiarly adapted to the Nature and Genius of the Language, and free from the hard and unnecessary Terms of theLatin Rudiments. The whole treated of in expressive Terms and familiar Style, and in the most natural and instructive Method,viz.That ofQuestionandAnswer. Designed for the Use ofSchools: And though calculated for such as require only anEnglishEducation, may yet be a useful Foundation to those who are designed for higher Studies. ByWilliam Loughton, Schoolmaster atKensington. Price 1s.6d.or 15s.a Dozen, for the Use of Schools.The ingenious Author of the Republick of Letters, for September 1734, has this Character of Mr.Loughton’s Grammar. “The Author(says he)in his Preface, gives his Reasons for compilingA Practical English Grammar,which, it must be own’d, he has done in such a Manner, as to render it the best of the Kind: His Rules are plain and easy, concise and clear; he has laid aside the old Terms, and made use of such as are more expressive of the several Parts of Speech; his way of Question and Answer renders it intelligible to young Capacities.—I heartily wish it more generally introduc’d into our English Schools, since it would give all those whose Education is confin’d to their Mother Tongue, an adequate Notion of it; teach the Fair Sex to write more correctly; and expedite the Studies of such who are design’d for theLearned Languages,by furnishing themwith a proper Idea of the several Parts ofGrammarbefore their Entrance upon theLatin Rudiments.”25. AGeneral Dictionary, Historical and Critical, in which anewandaccurateTranslation of that of the Celebrated Mr.Bayle, with the Corrections and Observations printed in the late Edition atParis, will be included, and interspers’d with several thousand Lives, never before publish’d. The Whole containing the History of the most Illustrious Persons of all Ages and Nations; particularly those ofGreat-BritainandIreland, distinguished by their Rank, Actions, Learning, and other Accomplishments. With Reflections on those Passages of Mr.Bayle, which seem to favourScepticismand theManichee System. By the Rev. Mr.Bernard, the Rev. Mr.Birch, F. R. S. Mr.John Lockman, and other Hands; and the Articles relating to Oriental History by Mr.George Sale, Editor of the late Edition of theAlcoranin4to.N. B.This Work is publish’d Monthly at3s.perNumber, containing 20 Sheets each. Two Volumes are already finish’d, and the Remainer will be publishied in the same Manner, till the Whole is completed.Proposalsfor the said Work, with aSpecimenannex’d, may be had ofC. WardandR. Chandler, at theShipbetween theTemple-GatesinFleet-Street; and at their Shop atScarborough: At both which PlacesSubscriptionsare taken in.
1.AVoyage toGuinea,Brasil, and theWest-Indies, in His Majesty’s Ships theSwallowandWeymouth. Describing the several Islands and Settlements,Madeira, theCanaries,Cape de Verd,Sierraleon,Sesthos,Cape Apollonia,Cabo Corso, and others on theGuineaCoast;Barbadoes,Jamaica, &c. in theWest Indies. The Colour, Diet, Languages, Habits, Manners, Customs and Religions of the respective Natives, and Inhabitants. With Remarks on the Gold, Ivory, and Slave-Trade; and on the Winds Tides and Currents of the several Coasts. ByJohn Atkins, Surgeon in theRoyal Navy.
Illi Robur & Æs triplexCirca Pectus erat qui fragilem truciCommisit Pelago RatemPrimus——.Horat.
Illi Robur & Æs triplexCirca Pectus erat qui fragilem truciCommisit Pelago RatemPrimus——.Horat.
Illi Robur & Æs triplex
Circa Pectus erat qui fragilem truci
Commisit Pelago Ratem
Primus——.
Horat.
2. An Enquiry into the Contents, Virtues, and Uses of cold and hot mineral Springs, particularly the Waters ofScarborough; in a Letter toRobert RobinsonofLincoln’s-Inn, Esq; Recorder of that Corporation. Price 1s.
3. TheChristian Turk, or, the instructive and entertaining Adventures of PrinceJakaya, Son toMahometIII. Emperor of theTurks: Who lost his Succession to theOttomanEmpire, by being privately bred up in the Christian Religion. The whole intermix’d with several delightful Histories of the most illustrious Personages, and containing the greatest Variety of Events ever yet published. In two Volumes12mo.Price 4s.The Second Edition. Translated from the OriginalFrench.
4. The Life ofOsmanthe Great, Emperor of theTurks, who first attempted the Conquest ofPoland, and the uniting that Kingdom to the Dominions of theOttomanPorte. Compiled from the Memoirs of three successive Ambassadors from the King ofFrance, to the Grand Signior, byMadam de Gomez; Author ofLa Belle Assemblée. The whole comprizing the greatest Variety of extraordinary Incidents and surprizing Revolutions that ever happen’d in so short a space of Time, even in that fluctuating Empire. Faithfully Translated from theFrench, byJohn Williams, Esq; in two neat Pocket Volumes. Price 4s.
5. The Vocal Miscellany; a Collection of above 800 celebrated Songs, many of which were never before Printed; with the Names of the Tunes prefixed to each Song, in two Pocket Volumes. Price Six Shillings.
N. B.Either Volume may be had alone, Price Three Shillings.
6. The Platonick Lovers: Consisting of original Letters in Prose and Verse, that pass’d between anEnglishLady and anEnglishGentleman inFrance, (under the borrow’d Names ofClioandStrephon;) who took an Affection to each other, by reading accidentally their occasional Compositions. With a Critical Essay, containing some Remarks upon the Nature of Epistolary and Elegiac Poetry; and on the most beautiful Passages in these Epistles. By the ingenious Mr.John Porter. The Third Edition corrected. In a neat Pocket Volume. Price 2s.
“But oh! encroaching Mortal as thou art,Let still thy Spirit have the greatest Part;You may admire me all the Ways you can;Give me the Lover, but keep back the Man.”CliotoStrephon,p.79.
“But oh! encroaching Mortal as thou art,Let still thy Spirit have the greatest Part;You may admire me all the Ways you can;Give me the Lover, but keep back the Man.”CliotoStrephon,p.79.
“But oh! encroaching Mortal as thou art,
Let still thy Spirit have the greatest Part;
You may admire me all the Ways you can;
Give me the Lover, but keep back the Man.”
CliotoStrephon,p.79.
7.Poemson several Occasions,viz.TheProgress of Musick. AHymnto Sleep.MiraandColin, aSong. TheBee. The lostMuse. TheGirdle. ToMira; with the Miscellaneous Works of Mr.Pope. AnOdetoLycidas. The Candle.CORVUSa very common Case. TheFlea. ToFulviasinging. TheConstant Shepherd. ASupportable Misfortune. TheGift.Mira’s Picture.Cupid’s Reply. TheAdvicetoMira. ToLycidasin the Country. A Paraphrase on some of theOdesofAnacreon, being anEssaytowards the Translation of thatPoet. OnHappiness. ToApollo, between the Author and his Friend, in the Manner ofHorace’s first Satire, second Book. AnOdeon his Majesty’s Birth-Day. ThePlague of Wealth; or, the Poet’sDiary: Occasion’d by the Author’s receiving 50l.as a Premium for the foregoingOde. ByMatthew Pilkington, A. M. Revised and Corrected by the Rev. Dr.Swift. Octavo. Price 3s.6d.
8.Letters: Containing an Account of what seemed most remarkable in travelling throughSwitzerland,Italy, and some Parts ofGermany, &c. in the Years 1685 and 1686. Written by Dr.Gilbert Burnet, late Lord Bishop ofSarum.8vo.Price 4s.6d.
9.C. Julius Cæsar’s Commentaries of his Wars inGaul, and Civil War withPompey. To which is added, a Supplement to hisCommentaryof his Wars inGaul; as alsoCommentariesof theAlexandrian,African, andSpanishWars; with the Author’s Life. Adorned with Sculptures from the Designs ofPalladio. MadeEnglishfrom the originalLatin, by ColonelMartin Bladen, one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations.8vo.Price 6s.
10. The Adventures ofProteus, or Love in several Shapes,&c.Being a most diverting Sett of Novels, never before published. By Mrs.Herbert. The Second Edition.8vo.Price 4s.6d.
11. The Frauds ofRomishMonks and Priests, set forth in eight Letters, lately written by a Gentleman in his Journey toItaly, and published for the Benefit of the Publick. The Fifth Edition in 2 Vol.12mo.Pr. 5s.
12. Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, five Syllabus Etymologicus Antiquitatum veteris Britanniæ atque Iberniæ, temporibus Romanorum. AuctoreWillielmo Baxter, Cornavio, Scholæ Merciarium Præfecto. Accedunt Viri Cl. D.Edvardi Lhuidii, Cimeliarchæ Ashmol. Oxon. de Fluviorum, Montium, Urbium, &c. in Britanniâ Nominibus, Adversaria posthuma. Editio Secunda.8vo.Price 6s.
13. TheEnglish Pleader: Being a select Collection of variousPrecedentsofDeclarationsonActionsbrought in the Courts ofKing’s-BenchandCommon-PleasatWestminster, inCase,Debt,Covenant,Trespass,Trespass and Assault,Ejectment,Replevin,Prohibition,&c.Taken from the Rolls in the Treasury of the said Courts, and Forms settled byCounselandSpecial Pleaders, since the Commencement of the Act of Parliament for the Laws being in theEnglishLanguage. To which are added, The Forms ofPleasandIssues, both General and Special, with Replications thereto: As alsoJudgmentsin both Courts on the several Actions: And likewiseFormsandPrecedentsofRecoveriesandConcordsofFines; with the Method of suffering and passing the same. By an EminentAttorneyofLincoln’s-Inn.8vo.Price 5s.
14. TheEnglish Clerk’s Instructorin the Practice of the Courts ofKing’s-BenchandCommon-Pleas, viz. in filling up and suing out Writs of the first Process; in drawing Declarations, Pleas, and Demurrers; making up Issues and Paper Books; entering Judgments; suing out Writs of Execution; Writs of Error, Originals, Outlawries,&c.and in passing of Fines; and several other Matters necessary for the Practice of an Attorney. To which are added, several Choice Precedents of Declarations never before printed. ByDaniel Reading, Attorney at Law. In 2 Vol.8vo.Pr. 10s.
15. AGuidetoJustices: Being modernEnglishPrecedents, for the Direction ofJustices of the Peace, in making outWarrants,Mittimus’s,Recognizances,Supersedeas’s,Affidavits,Informations,Inquisitions,Summons,Precepts,Certificates for the Poor,and Warrants for their Removal,Bonds, &c. Necessary for allJustices of the Peace,Deputy-Lieutenants,Commissioners of Sewers, &c. to assist them in the Execution of their several Offices. Approved by, and published at the Request of SirJohn Dutton, SirRobert Cann, SirWilliam Codrington, BartsRobert Kendal,William Blathwaite,Giles Earle,John Stephens,John Temple,Thomas Cooke,John Small, Esqrs; and others his Majesty; Justices of the Peace for the County ofGloucester. ByJoseph HiggsGent. who has been Clerk to the Commission of the Peace, from the Reign of KingCharlesII. to the present time.8vo.Price 3s.6d.
16. TheJustice’s Case-Law: Or, A concise Abridgment of all the Cases of Crown Law relating to Justices of Peace and their Business and Proceedings; with References to the Reports, and other Law-Books. Digested in a new Alphabetical Method, very necessary for Justices of the Peace, as a Direction how to proceed in their Offices. By a Gentleman, who hath many Years filled the Chair of the Quarter-Sessions.8vo.Price 4s.
17.Lex Mercatoria: Or, The Merchant’s Companion. Containing all the Laws and Statutes relating to Merchandize, wherein our Trade with foreign Nations, and amongst ourselves, is concisely treated of, under the Heads of Merchants and Owners of Ships, Masters, Mariners, Pilots,&c.with Precedents of Instruments and Writings made use of in all Cases relating to Trade. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.8vo.Price 5s.
18. The Laws ofEnglandconcerning theGame: OfHunting,Hawking,Fishing, andFowling, &c. and ofForests,Chases,Parks, &c. And also concerningSetting-Dogs,Greyhounds,Lurchers,Nets,Tunnels,Low bells,Guns, and all Manner of Engines and Instruments mentioned in the several Statutes to destroy theGame: Shewing who are qualified by Law to keep and use them; the Punishments of those who keep them, not being qualified. The whole being a summary Collection of all the Statute-Law concerning theGame; and of all the Cases, Resolutions, and Judgments in the several Courts of Record atWestminsterrelating thereunto. Together with two Precedents of Declarations; the one in an Action of Trespass against an idle and dissolute Person for Hunting,&c.in which the Plaintiff (if he recover) is to have full Costs; and the other in an Action of Debt upon the Statute of 8Geo.I. for a pecuniary Penalty, forfeited by that Law, in which the Plaintiff (if he recover) shall have double Costs. Continued down to the present Time. ByWilliam Nelson, of theMiddle-Temple, Esq; The Second Edition.12mo.Price 2s.6d.
19. An exact and compleat Collection of all the Laws relating to Elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons, fromMagna Charta, down to the Year 1734. Digested under the Heads of the Electors, the Elected, and the Returning Officers. To which is added, An Alphabetical Index, referring to the several Sections; whereby may be seen, at one View, the Care of the Legislature to preserve the Freedom of Elections. Price 2s.bound.
20. TheNavy Surgeon: Or,A Practical System of Surgery. Illustrated with Observations on such remarkable Cases as have occurred to the Author’s Practice in theRoyal Navy. To which is added, A Treatise on theVenereal Disease, the Causes, Symptoms, and Method of Cure byMercury. An Enquiry into the Origin of that Distemper; in which the Dispute between Dr.Dover, and Dr.Turner, concerningCrude Mercury, is fully considered; with Useful Remarks thereon. Also anAppendix, containingPhysical Observationson the Heat, Moisture, and Density of the Air on the Coast ofGuinea; the Colour of the Natives; the Sicknesses which they and theEuropeanstrading thither are subject to; with a Method of Cure. Address’d to the Surgeons of theNavy Royal. ByJohn Atkins, Surgeon in theRoyal Navy.12mo.Pr. 3s.
21.Prosodia Chirurgica: Or, AMemoria Technica, calculated for the Use of old Practitioners, as well as young Students in Surgery. Being a Lexicon, wherein all the Terms of Art are accounted for, their most received Sense given, and an exact Definition of them from the bestGreekAuthors: Also their Pronunciation, as to Quantity, determined by proper Marks over each Syllable. The Second Edition. Price 2s.
22. TheGardener’s Universal Calendar: Containing an Account of the several Monthly Operations in the Kitchen-Garden, Flower-Garden, and Parterre, throughout the Year; and also Experimental Directions for performing all Manner of Works in Gardening, whether relating to Sowing, Planting, Pruning, Herbs, Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Ever-greens,&c.with the Products of each Month, in a Method wholly new, taking in the whole Business of Gardening and Husbandry.12mo.Price 2s.
23. TheCompleat Fruit and Flower-Gardener: Containing Directions for raising the most curious Flowers, and cultivating the choicest Fruits. ByJ. Cowell, Gardener atHoxton. To which are added, Two new and curiousEssaysconcerning the best Method of Pruning Fruit-Trees, sewing the great Disadvantage of the Knife. II. A Discourse concerning the Improvement of the Potatoe, and the various Ways of preparing and dressing it for the Table. ByR. Bradley, F. R. S. The Third Edition. Adorned with curious Figures.8vo.Price 3s.6d.bound.
24. APractical Grammarof theEnglishTongue: Or, A Rational and easyIntroductionto Speaking and WritingEnglishcorrectly and properly. Peculiarly adapted to the Nature and Genius of the Language, and free from the hard and unnecessary Terms of theLatin Rudiments. The whole treated of in expressive Terms and familiar Style, and in the most natural and instructive Method,viz.That ofQuestionandAnswer. Designed for the Use ofSchools: And though calculated for such as require only anEnglishEducation, may yet be a useful Foundation to those who are designed for higher Studies. ByWilliam Loughton, Schoolmaster atKensington. Price 1s.6d.or 15s.a Dozen, for the Use of Schools.
The ingenious Author of the Republick of Letters, for September 1734, has this Character of Mr.Loughton’s Grammar. “The Author(says he)in his Preface, gives his Reasons for compilingA Practical English Grammar,which, it must be own’d, he has done in such a Manner, as to render it the best of the Kind: His Rules are plain and easy, concise and clear; he has laid aside the old Terms, and made use of such as are more expressive of the several Parts of Speech; his way of Question and Answer renders it intelligible to young Capacities.—I heartily wish it more generally introduc’d into our English Schools, since it would give all those whose Education is confin’d to their Mother Tongue, an adequate Notion of it; teach the Fair Sex to write more correctly; and expedite the Studies of such who are design’d for theLearned Languages,by furnishing themwith a proper Idea of the several Parts ofGrammarbefore their Entrance upon theLatin Rudiments.”
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