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The antient and modern stages survey'd, or, Mr. Collier's view of the immorality and profaness of the English stage set in a true light wherein some of Mr. Collier's mistakes are rectified, and the comparative morality of the English stage is asserted upon the parallel.
The history of physick, or, An account of the rise and progress of the art, and the several discoveries therein from age to age with remarks on the lives of the most eminent physicians / written originally in French by Daniel Le Clerc, M.D. ; and made English by Dr. Drake and Dr. Baden ; with additional notes and sculptures.
The sham-lawyer, or, The lucky extravagant as it was damnably acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical, in prose and verse.
"A character of Mr. Tho. Brown ... written by James Drake" ([11] p.) prefixed to v. 1.Vol. 5 has title: "The remains of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical, in prose and verse ... collected from scarce papers and original mss., which makes his works compleat", with additional special t.-p.Vol. 1-4 have additional title-pages dated 1719; v. 3-4, 4th ed.; main t.-p. of v. 1 only bears note of 5th ed. This appears also on additional title-pages of v. 1-2.v.1. [Essays, poems, satires, and epigrams] A collection of original letters on several occasions. Aristaenetus's epistles, translated from the original Greek. Epistles out of Pliny junior. M. Tully Cicero's epistles. Letters from the best French authors.--v.2. Letters from the dead to the living and from the living to the dead...--v.3. Amusements serious and comical; calculated for the meridian of London. Letters serious and comical. Diverting letters and billetdoux.--v.4. The Odes of Horace translated. Martial's translated Epigrams. Fables. Miscellanies. Dialogues of the dead, in imitation of Lucian. A supplement...v.5. Prophesies...Legacy for the ladies, or characters of the women of the age...Mode of access: Internet.Book-plate: Ernest Hamilton Sharp