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A defence of the answer to the remarks upon Dr. Clarke's exposition of the Church-catechism wherein the difference between moral and positive duties is fully stated : being a reply to a pamphlet entitled, The nature, obligation, and efficacy of the sacraments consider'd
Sykes, Arthur Ashley (1756)
1730
Errata on the bottom of p. 102. Anon., by A.A. Sykes.
Moral gallantry : A discourse wherein the author endeavours to prove, that point of honour (abstracting from all other ties) obliges men to be vertuous and that there is nothing so mean (or unworthy of a gentleman) as vice. To which is added A consolation against calumnies... Written in return to a person of honour, and at his desire subjoyn'd to this discourse, because of the contingency of the subject
Mackenzie, Sir George (1636-1691)
1685
First published in 1669. The Consolation against calumnies has seperate pagination.
The true foundation of a nation's greatness : a sermon preached at the assizes held at York, March 7, 1724 before the Honourable Mr. Justice Tracy
Clarke, Thomas (1754)
[1725]
"Published at the desire of the gentlemen of the grand jury." Half title: Mr. Clarke's sermon preached at the assizes held at York, March 7, 1724. Publication date from ESTC. Advertisement: p. [...
The world unmask'd: or, The philosopher the greatest cheat; in twenty-four dialogues between Crito a philosopher, Philo a lawyer, and Erastus, a merchant. In which true virtue is distinguished from what usually bears the name or resemblance of it: the many prejudices and mistakes in judgment and practice, in regard to conscience and religion, are examined and rectified... To which is added, The state of souls separated from their bodies ... in answer to a treatise, entitled, An enquiry into Origenism. Together with a large introduction, evincing the same truth from the principles of natural religion
Huber, Marie (1695-1753); Muralt, Béat Louis de (1665-1749)
1736
The authorship of the original treatises, by contemporary writers ascribed to B. L. de Muralt, was revealed in the third edition of the author's Lettres sur la religion essentielle à l'homme, publish...
Public virtue, the great cause of the happiness and prosperity of any people. An assize sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of York, on Sunday, July 20th, 1746. Before the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Parker, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and the Honourable Sir Thomas Burnet, Knt. one of the justices of His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas. By James Ibbetson, M.A. Chaplain to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. Published at the request of the High Sheriff, and the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury
Ibbetson, James (1717-1781)
1746
Includes half-title. Bookseller's advertisements at end.
The True meaning of the Fable of the bees : in a letter to the author of a book entitled An enquiry whether a general practice of virtue tends to the wealth or poverty, benefit or disadvantage of a people? Shewing that he has manifestly mistaken the true meaning of The fable of the bees in his reflections on that book
1726
A response to George Blewitt's "Enquiry... [etc.]', itself a response to Bernard Mandeville's "Fable of the bees". Booklist of W. and J. Innys, 1724, (8 pp.) at end.
The Beauties of history, or Pictures of virtue and vice, drawn from real life : designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth (v.1-2)
Stretch, L M
1829
Selections from various writers, with commentary by Stretch. Each v. has engraved frontispiece.