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Treaty of Peace and Friendship concluded by his Excellency William Henry Lyttleton,
Efq. with Antakullakulla, &c.

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An Account of the Life of George Frederick Handel, Efq.

· from Mr. C. of Lancafler to the Rev. Mr. B.
- from Mr. W.

CHARACTERS.

Account of the Lacedemonians, from the celebrated Prefident Goguet's Origin of Laws,
Arts, and Sciences, among the Nations of Antiquity

A letter to Mr.

The Answer

Remarkable Narrative of Mr. Preber

P.

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ibid.

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The Life of Theodore King of Corfica, published in Bibliotheca Biographica, or
Synopfs of univerfal Biography; a new work. In this account we must objerve,
that the Baron's character is reprefented in the most favourable light
Some Anecdotes of the celebrated Thurot, taken from a pamphlet published by John
Francis Durand, a clergyman of good character

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The Bybop of Mayfeilles's letter to the Bishop of Soiffons, Sept. 27, 1720, N. S.
when the plagu raged at Mayfeilles

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The conduct of a late unfortunate nobleman, tending to reflect on the marriage-

flate

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A copy of an original letter, written by Mr. Solomon Da Cofta, and fent 19 ite
Truflees of the British Mufcum, with a prefent of near two hundred curious
manufcript

manuscript volumes in the Hebrew language, which were originally intended by
the fews as a prefent 10 King Charles II.

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Milton's Apology for himself, against the charge of frequenting brothel-boufes
Some Account of the Right Hon. Laurence, late Earl Ferrers, and a circumftantial
and authentic narrative of the murder of Mr. Johnjon, and the fatal confequences
of that fact

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An abstract of the life and heroic actions of Balbe Berton, Chevalier de Grillon
An account of the origin, customs, manners, &c. of the Affaffins of Syria
Some account of Francis David Stirn, who was convicted for the murder of Mr.
Mathews; and a particular relation of the fact

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NATURAL

HISTORY.

A remarkable nervous cafe

An extraordinary phænomenon tranfmitted from Paris

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A remarkable flory of a gentleman walking in his fleep, as related by a foreigner 72
An account of the cafe of a boy troubled with convulfive fits, cured by the discharge
of worms

An account of the remarkable alteration of colour of a negro-woman

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Account of a Polifb dwarf now at Paris

An account of the cafe of William Carey, aged nineteen, whofe tendons and muscles
are turning into bones

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Account of the Irish giant

Account of the Oflrich, from Mr. Adamfon's defcription of Senegal
Experiments on the evaporation of ice, by Mr. Baron

An effay to explain the reason why the Atlantic Ocean conftantly runs into the
Mediterranean through the Straits of Gibraltar
Obfervations upon the North Sea, commonly called the Ice Sea; and upon the
communication of feveral rivers with it

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ibid.

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An account of the heat of the weather in Georgia
Remarks on the different temperature of the air at Edyftone, from that observed at
Plymouth, between the 7th and 14th of July, 1757

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An account of the havoc made by a water-spout, which happened in the village of
Brackenthwaite, about fix miles from Cockermouth
Obfervations upon the Lime-fone quarries in Fife, in the neighbourhood of
Kirkaldy

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An effay upon fchirrous tumours and cancers
Method for the speedy recovering of the use of the foot, or hand, that has been violently
Sprained

A remedy for a lameness produced by a fixed contraction of the parts affected
A remedy against the palfy

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A propofal to preserve persons from the perniciousness of the great dews in bat

climates

An account of the diftilling water fresh, from fea-water, by wood afbes
Account of the Nettle thread invented at Leipfic

On dying purple

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Maxims for the improvement of wind and water-mills, and other machines that

work with a circular motion

An account of fome experiments, relating to the prefervation of feeds
An account of a particular species of cocoon or filk pod from America
Experiments on feveral pieces of marble flained, by Mr. Robert Chambers
Experiments concerning the encaustic painting of the ancients

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A letter concerning the fuccefs of the preceding experiments
Improvements and favings in inland navigations, exemplified in the river Stread,
in the county of Gloucefler

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Remarks on a paper, intituled, Improvements and Savings in Inland Naviga-
tions, &c.

A new contrivance to prevent the firing of coal or other mines

ANTIQUITIES.

An account of an essay to prove, that the Chinese are an Egyptian colony
Objections to the foregoing elay, &c.

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Adefcription of the first theatre that ever was built, called the theatre of Bacchus,

at Athens

Extract of a letter, relating to some remarkable antiquities lately discovered in
Italy

Some acccount of the first volume of gravings from the paintings that have been
difcovered among the ruins of Herculaneum

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Some account of the medallic biftory of Marcus Aurelius Valerius Caraufius, Emperor
of Britain

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An account of the origin of Chivalry

Some account of Tboulouse; and the rife of the Inquifition, which first took place in
that city

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A true copy of an original lodged in the Tower of London

An abstract of the numbers of every fort of the armed men in the counties through the
kingdom, taken anno 1588

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The rates for the entertainment of the officers of the companies appointed for the fervice
in the year 1588

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MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

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Tranflation of a letter from the late Prefident Montefquieu, to the author of the View

An humble reprefentation to thofe who are to fit upon the throne
Of the great fores of learning in the English language

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Extract from a piece written in Pennsylvania, in 1751, &c.

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Various Thoughts on various fubjects
Advice from a Father to a Son, Sc.
On the prevailing rage of Dog-killing
Character of the Times
Of the Affemblies of Raffia

POETRY.

The Alor

Elegy written at the approach of Spring

To Sickness; an Elegy

Ode for the New Year 1760

Verfification of two Highland Fragments

Extract from the first of two Burlefque Odes lately published

Of the ufe and office of the Chorus in Dramatic Performances

Epigram on the Subfcription Books opened at Bath for Prayers and Gaming

Epilogus ad Phormionem, and Tranflation

Prologue to the Siege of Aquileia

Song in the Way to Keep tiim

The Fisherman and the little Fißß

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ibid.

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'ibid.

The Ship and the Wind

Poems extracted from an account of the works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Mofchus,

and Mufæus

The Female Wrangler

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An Epigram on the Marquis of Granby

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On the Marquis of Granby's long bis Hat, charging the French lines bare-

beaded

The Cafile of Time. An Allegory. In three Parts.

The difcontented Lawyer's Clerk, Ec

An Account of Books published in the Year 1760.

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Ec.

ibid.

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An enquiry into the Beauties of Painting

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Fragments of ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland, &c.

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