Letters of Henry Sidney Offer Fatherly Precepts
An 18th century reprint of Sir Henry Sidney advising his son Sir Philip Sidney. The letter urges pious daily prayer, disciplined study, humility, courteous conduct, measured diet, physical exercise, and restraint in speech, citing Shakespeare and Hamlet for moral guidance. Ends with book notices and a portrait of virtue.
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Sam, &c. CC
Sir Henry Sidney
Philip
Sidney
Tokye
Parlig
Henry Sidney
Shakespear
Printing by Subscription Proposals for The Statutes at Large
Proposals offer a three volume octavo set The Statutes at Large to be finished by Michaelmas 1763. Subscriptions cost five pounds per set or twelve shillings and sixpence per volume, with half a guinea paid at subscribe and further payments on delivery. Names of the subscribing booksellers and offices listed.
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Naanbee
Dat Register. of Commerce and Intelligence
London
Hercules
Mark Barkett
Robert Oposaha
E. Bafkett
C. Lintot
S. Richardson
Britain
Circe
Heber
John Worrall
Edward
Henry
William
George
Bell-Yard
Temple-Bar
Thomas Waller
Thone
Shuckburgh
Withers
Fleet-Street
Cours E
Tower-hill
George III
James's Powder for Fevers and Inflammatory Distempers
An advertisement declares James's Powder a sovereign remedy for fevers with convulsions and related inflammations. It promises quick cures when started early, and claims effectiveness against pleurisy and rheumatic pains. Sold by Newbery in London and Hoey in Dublin with charitable sale options.
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James
St. Anthony's
Newbery
Bible and Sun
St. Paul’s Church-yard
London
J. Hoey
Skinner-Row
Dublin
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