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Luxury and pleasure in eighteenth-century Britain

by Berg, Maxine
Published 2007

Oxford University Press

Subjects: “...Consumption (Economics) / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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A new experiment for the prevention of crimes : addressed to the serious consideration of the legislatures of Great-Britain and Ireland. By J.Z. Holwell, F. R. S

by Holwell, John Zephaniah
Published 1786

printed by R. Cruttwell, for the author; and sold by L. Bull, Lower-Walks, Bath; T. Cadell, Strand, and C. Dilly, Poultry, London

Subjects: “...Crime / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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A principal cause of the miseries of the poor : and of their great expence to the public, shewn: in hopes of getting these evils In Some Measure obviated, and so rendering the poor...

Published 1787

printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, No 62, ST. Paul's Church-Yard

Subjects: “...Poor / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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Cursory remarks on inclosures : shewing the pernicious and destructive consequences of inclosing common fields, &c

by Country farmer
Published 1786

Printed and sold by John Abraham, also by J.Debrett

Subjects: “...Commons / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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A proposal for an application to Parliament, to take off the duties on cinders carried coastways : and to replace them by an alteration on the duties on cinders and culm exported

by Dalrymple, John
Published 1786

[s.n.]

Subjects: “...Coal / Taxation / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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Enquiry into the influence which enclosures have had upon the population of this kingdom : By the Reverend J. Howlett, Vicar of Great Dunmow, Essex. Second edition. To which is add...

by Howlett, John
Published 1786

printed for W. Richardson, Royal Exchange

Subjects: “...Agriculture / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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Quatrième suite des considérations sur quelques parties du méchanisme des sociétés. Par le marquis de Casaux, De La Société Royale De Londres, Et De Celie D'Agriculture De Florence...

by Casaux, Charles
Published 1788

de l'imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, Snow-Hill. Se trouve chez P. Elmsley, dans le Strand

Subjects: “...Debts, Public / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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An Account of the work-houses in Great Britain : in the year M,DCC,XXXII, shewing their original, number, and the particular management of them at the above period

Published 1786

Sold by W. Brown

Subjects: “...Almshouses / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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A Bill (as amended by the committee) for regulating the importation and exportation of corn : and the payment of the duty on foreign corn imported, and of the bounty on British cor...

Published 1790

s.n

Subjects: “...Grain trade / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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R-----'s on both sides : In which are the characters of some R---'s not yet describ'd; with a true description of an old Whig, and a modern Whig; an old Tory, and a modern Tory; hi...

by Defoe, Daniel
Published 1711

Printed for John Baker, at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row

Subjects: “...Tory Party (Great Britain) / History / 18th century...”

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Robert against Ferguson : Or A new dialogue between Robert an old independant Whig, and Ferguson a new Tory Jacobite: being a brief history of the infamous principles, and treacher...

Published 1704

Subjects: “...Tory Party (Great Britain) / History / 18th century...”

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Leases for lives : life contingent contracts and the emergence of actuarial science in eighteenth-century England

by Bellhouse, D. R.
Published 2017

Cambridge University Press

Subjects: “...Life insurance / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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Address to the stockholders : with a proposal for the amendment and better security of their funded property, earnestly recommended to their consideration

by Stock proprietor
Published 1785

Printed for J. Murray

Subjects: “...Debts, Public / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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A bill for explaining, amending, and reducing into one act of Parliament, the several laws now in being for preventing the exportation of live sheep the isles of Jersey, Guernsey,...

Published 1786

[s.n.]

Subjects: “...Sheep industry / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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An abstract of such acts of Parliament as are now in force, for preventing the exportation of wool : and other commodities, tools and implements used in the manufacture thereof

by Nicholson, William
Published 1786

[s.n.]

Subjects: “...Sheep industry / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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The little republic : masculinity and domestic authority in eighteenth-century Britain

by Harvey, Karen
Published 2012

Oxford University Press

Subjects: “...Households / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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The arbitrary punishments and cruel tortures inflicted on prisoners for debt represented and described : In several figures of the Uncommon and Dangerous Instruments used for that...

by W. R
Published 1729

printed by T. Watson, for T. Payne, in Pater-Noster-Row, and sold by A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar, at the pamphlet and picture-shops in town, and by the booksellers and printers in the country

Subjects: “...Debt, Imprisonment for / Great Britain / History / 18th century / Sources...”

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The policy of the tax upon retailers considered : or, a plea in favour of the manufacturers

by Gray, John
Published 1786

printed for T. Becket, Pall-Mall; and G. and T. Wilkie, St. Paul's Church-Yard

Subjects: “...Industrial policy / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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The second part of An argument against excises; in answer to the objections of several writers; especially with regard to that part of the subject, which relates to the power and c...

by Amhurst, Nicholas
Published 1733

printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Francklin's in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, in the Year

Subjects: “...Tobacco / Taxation / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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A letter from J. Webbe Weston : Francis Eyre, and William Sheldon, Esqrs. to the gentlemen at whose desire they accepted the office of mediators between the Vicars Apostolic and th...

by Weston, John Webbe
Published 1792

printed by J. P. Coghlan, No. 37. Duke-Street, Grosvenor-Square

Subjects: “...Catholic Church / Great Britain / History / 18th century...”

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