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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of (1694-1773)34
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)26
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Bellegarde M. L'Abbe De (1648-1734)13
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)12
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Little foxes, or, The little failings which mar domestic happiness

Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)

1866

Originally published in the Atlantic monthly, February to September 1865, as part of the author's series "The chimney-corner."

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The cottage in the chalk-pit

Mant, Alicia Catherine (1869)

1825

Steel-engraved frontispiece, dated: 28th May, 1822. "Advertisement" by the author, dated from Lambeth, 27th July, 1821: leaf [2] of preliminaries. Publisher's catalog: [4] p. at end.

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A father's legacy to his daughters

Gregory, John (1724-1773); Strahan, William (1715-1785); Cadell, T (1742-1802); Balfour, J H (1808-1884); Creech, William (1764-1815)

1774

With half-title: A father's legacy. With advertisements on half-title verso. Signatures: A⁶ B-I⁸ K². Head-piece.

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A letter of advice to his grand-children, Matthew, Gabriel, Anne, Mary, and Frances Hale

Hale, Matthew (1609-1676)

1823

Printer's imprint on verso of t.p.: London: Printed by Moyes.

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A paraphrase and comment upon all the Epistles & Gospels, appointed to be used in the Church of England on all Sundays and holy-days throughout the year : Designed to excite devotion, and to promote the knowledge and practice of sincere piety and virtue (v.1)

Stanhope, George (1660-1728); Dove, John Fowler; Nunn, James (fl. 1785-1830); Baynes, W; Walker and Edwards; Cadell & Davies; James Black and Son; Law and Whittaker; Gale and Fenner; Rodwell and Martin (Firm)

1817

"J.F. Dove, printer..." - final page of each vol.

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A paraphrase and comment upon all the Epistles & Gospels, appointed to be used in the Church of England on all Sundays and holy-days throughout the year : Designed to excite devotion, and to promote the knowledge and practice of sincere piety and virtue (v.2)

Stanhope, George (1660-1728); Dove, John Fowler; Nunn, James (fl. 1785-1830); Baynes, W; Walker and Edwards; Cadell & Davies; James Black and Son; Law and Whittaker; Gale and Fenner; Rodwell and Martin (Firm)

1817

"J.F. Dove, printer..." - final page of each vol.

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A paraphrase and comment upon all the Epistles & Gospels, appointed to be used in the Church of England on all Sundays and holy-days throughout the year : Designed to excite devotion, and to promote the knowledge and practice of sincere piety and virtue (v.3)

Stanhope, George (1660-1728); Dove, John Fowler; Nunn, James (fl. 1785-1830); Baynes, W; Walker and Edwards; Cadell & Davies; James Black and Son; Law and Whittaker; Gale and Fenner; Rodwell and Martin (Firm)

1817

"J.F. Dove, printer..." - final page of each vol.

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A paraphrase and comment upon all the Epistles & Gospels, appointed to be used in the Church of England on all Sundays and holy-days throughout the year : Designed to excite devotion, and to promote the knowledge and practice of sincere piety and virtue (v.4)

Stanhope, George (1660-1728); Dove, John Fowler; Nunn, James (fl. 1785-1830); Baynes, W; Walker and Edwards; Cadell & Davies; James Black and Son; Law and Whittaker; Gale and Fenner; Rodwell and Martin (Firm)

1817

"J.F. Dove, printer..." - final page of each vol.

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Fruits de la solitude : ou reflexions et maximes sur la maniere de se conduire dans le cours de la vie

Penn, William (1644-1718); Bridel, Edmund Philip

1790

Smith II, 310; ESTC T087173.

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