Essays on several entertaining and useful subjects viz. 1. The origin of letters. 2. The Use of Glass among the Ancients. 3. On Augury or Divination. 4. On the Electricity of Human Bodies. 5. On the Office of Censor. 6. On Astronomy. 7. On Society. 8. On Insects. 9. On Christmas Day. 10. On Bees, with a Letter on the Production of other Insects. 11. On the Amazons. 12. On the Grandeur of the Great Mogul. 13. On a Burning Island in the Archipelago. 14. On the Doctrine of Expiation or Attonement among the Heathens. 15. On the Temples of the Ancients. 16. On uncommon vast Desarts, and barren Tracts of the World. 17. On the Levees of Prime Ministers of State. 18. On the Vulcano or burning Mountain Vesuvius. 19. On the vulcano of Ætna. By a society of gentlemen
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| Language: | English |
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London
printed for R. Adams, at Dryden's Head, Holborn-Bars; and H. Slater, at the Golden Key in Clare-Court, Drury Lane
1746, 1746
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | A reissue, with a cancel titlepage, of 'Essays on various subjects', London, 1738. - English Short Title Catalog, T223106. - Includes nineteen numbers of 'Weekly essay, or Middlesex journal', originally published between 5 November 1737 and 11 March 1738. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Titlepage in red and black |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (viii,167,[1]p) 8° |