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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Society of Gentlemen.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Essays on various subjects.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English essays.

Physical Description:

viii,167 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. Adams, at Dryden's Head, Holborn-Bars; and H. Slater, at the Golden Key in Clare-Court, Drury Lane, 1746.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

A reissue, with a cancel titlepage, of 'Essays on various subjects', London, 1738.

Titlepage in red and black.

Includes nineteen numbers of 'Weekly essay, or Middlesex journal', originally published between 5 November 1737 and 11 March 1738.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T223106.

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Restricted for use by site license.