ESSAY (an) on Scripture prophecy, wherein it is endeavoured to explain the three periods contain'd in the XII. chapter of the prophet Daniel. With some arguments to make it probable, that the first of the periods did expire in the year 1715. [By William BURNET, eldest son of the bishop.] Printed in the year MDCCXXIV. Quarto. Pp. 167. b. t.* [Bodl.] ESSAY (an) on sculpture. [By Philip B. DUNCAN.] [Oxford, about 1822.] Octavo. Pp. 59. [W., Martin's Cat.] ESSAY (an) on sensibility: a poem, in six parts. [By William Laurence BROWN.] London: M,DCC, LXXXIX. Octavo.* [Adv. Lib.] ESSAY (an) on Spirit, wherein the doctrine of the Trinity is considered in the light of nature and reason; as well as in the light in which it was held by the ancient Hebrews: compared also with the doctrine of the Old and New Testament. With an inquiry into the sentiments of the primitive Fathers of the Church and the doctrine of the Trinity as maintained by the Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Platonists. Together with some remarks on the Athanasian and Nicene creeds. [By Robert CLAYTON, bishop of Clogher.] London, MDCCLI. Octavo.* governors, from the kings of the East Angles, down to modern times. [By Thornhagh GURDON.] Norwich 1728. Octavo. [Upcott, p. 980.] ESSAY (an) on the antiquity of the Irish language. Being a collation of the Irish with the Punic language. With a preface proving Ireland to be the Thule of the ancients. Addressed to the literati of Europe. To which is added, a correction of the mistakes of Mr. Lhwyd in reading the ancient Irish manuscript lives of the Patriarchs. Also, the mistakes committed by Mr. Baretti in his collation of the Irish with the, Biscayan language (quoted in his late publications) exposed and corrected. [By Charles VALLANCEY.] Dublin: M, DCC, LXXII. Octavo. Pp. x. 1. 63.* [Bodl.] ESSAY on the application of capital to land, with observations shewing the impolicy of any great restriction of the importation of corn, and that the bounty of 1688 did not lower the price of it. By a fellow of University College, Oxford. [Edward WEST, M.A.j London 1815. Octavo. Pp. 69. b. t.* ESSAY (an) on the art of ingeniously tormenting; with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art. Humbly addressed, in the first part, to the master, husband, &c. In the second part, to the wife, friend, &c. With some general instructions for plaguing all your acquaintance. [By Miss Jane COLLIER.] London: M. DCC. LIII. Octavo. Pp. 234. b. t.* From ESSAY (an) on the beautiful. ESSAY (an) on the causes of the decline of the foreign trade, consequently of the value of lands of Britain, and of the means to restore both. Begun in the year 1739. [By William RICHARDSON.] London: 1744. Quarto. Pp. xix. 228.* Ascribed by Adam Smith and others to Sir Matthew Decker, but probably written by Richardson. [M'Cull. Lit. Pol. Econ. P. 46, 329.] ESSAY (an) on the causes of the decline of the Society of Friends. Quantum mutatus." [By William BIGG.] London: [1858.] Octavo.* [Smith's Cat. of Friends' books, ii. 216.] ESSAY (an) on the causes of the present high price of provisions, as connected with luxury, currency, taxes, and the national debt. [By Rev. Adam DICKSON, of Whittingham.] London: 1773. Octavo. [M'Cull. Lit. ESSAY (an) on the certainty and causes of the earth's motion on its axis, &c. [By Sir Henry SHEERE.] London: 1698. Quarto. [Brit. Mus.] ESSAY (an) on the character of Hamlet, as performed by Mr. Henderson, at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-market. [By Thomas DAVIES.] Second edition. London, N. D. Octavo.* [Bodl.] ESSAY (an) on the character of Jonathan. [By George HARDINGE.] London: 1813. Octavo. [W., Martin's Cat.] ESSAY (an) on the constitution of the earth. [By R. WARD.] London 1844. Octavo.* [Brit. Mus.] ESSAY (an) on the East-India-trade. By the author of the Essay upon ways and means. [Charles DAVENANT.] London, MDCXCVI. Octavo. Pp. 62.* ESSAY (an) on the education of a young British nobleman, after he leaves the schools. To which are added, some observations on the office of an ambassador. [By William KEITH.] London: M. DCC.XXX. Octavo.* ESSAY (an) on the education of young ladies. Addressed to a person of distinction. [By Joseph ROBERTSON.] 1798. Octavo. [Gent. Mag., Feb. 1802, p. 110.] ESSAY on the eloquence and action proper for the pulpit, &c. [By W. SCOTT.] 1765. Octavo. [Leslie's Cat., 1843.] ESSAY (an) on the evidence from Scripture that the soul immediately after the death of the body is not in a state of sleep or insensibility, but of happiness or misery, and on the moral uses of that doctrine. By Eusebius Exoniensis. [Richard POLWHELE.] This, their prize essay of 1818, is printed at the request of the Church Union Society. London 1819. Octavo. Pp. 59. [Boase and Courtney, Bib. Corn., ii. 512.] ESSAY (an) on the genius and writings of Pope. [By Joseph WARTON.] The second edition, corrected. London, MDCCLXII. Octavo.* A second volume appeared in 1782. See Essay on the writings and genius, &c. ESSAY (an) on the gift of tongues, proving that it was not the gift of languages. In a letter to a friend. [By Joseph PRIESTLEY, LL.D.] Bath, MDCCLXXXVI. Octavo. Pp. 160. b. t.* [Bodl.] ESSAY (an) on the governing causes of the natural rate of interest; wherein the sentiments of Sir William Petty and Mr. Locke, on that head, are considered. [By Joseph MASSIE.] London: MDCCL. Octavo. Pp. 62.* [M'Cull. Lit. Pol. Econ., p. 251.] ESSAY (an) on the great affinity and mutual agreement of the two professions of divinity and law, and on the joint interests of Church and State. In vindication of the clergy's concerning themselves in political matters. Containing reflections on some popular mistakes with respect to the original of our civil constitution and to our ancient English loyalty. [By William ELSTOB, M.A., Fellow of University College, Oxford.] With preface by Dr Hickes. London: 1703. Duodecimo. Pp. 2. b. t. 92. 4.* [Bodl.] ESSAY (an) on the harmony of language, intended principally to illustrate that of the English language. [By William MITFORD.] London: 1774. Octavo. [Gent. Mag., ESSAY (an) on the history and reality of apparitions. Being an account of what they are, and what they are not; whence they came, and whence they come not. As also how we may distinguish between the apparitions of good and evil spirits, and how we ought to behave to them. With a great variety of surprizing and diverting examples, never publish'd before. [By Daniel DEFOE.] London: MDCCXXXIII. Octavo. Pp. 9. b. t. 395.* [Wilson, Life of Defoe, 198.] ESSAY (an) on the history of parties, and persecution in Britain; beginning, with a brief account of the Test-Act, and an historical enquiry into the reasons, the original, and the consequences of the occasional conformity of dissenters. With some remarks on the several attempts already made, and now making for an occasional bill Enquiring how far the same may be esteem'd a preservation to the Church, or an injury to the dissenters. [By Daniel DEFOE.] London: 1711. Octavo.* [Wilson, Life of Defoe, 129.] ESSAY (an) on the human soul. [By J. P. MARAT.] 1772. Octavo. ESSAY (an) on the husbandry of Scotland, with a proposal for the further improvement thereof. By a lover of his country. [William MACINTOSH, of Borlum.] Edinburgh, MDCCXXXII.] Octavo.* [Adv. Lib.] ESSAY (an) on the illustration of books. [By Richard PLOWMAN.] London: 1824. Octavo.* Unpublished. Author's name in the handwriting of Dawson Turner, to whom it was presented by the author. ESSAY (an) on the impolicy of a bounty on the exportation of grain, and on the principles which ought to regulate the commerce of grain. [By James MILL, author of the History of British India.] London 1804. Octavo. [M'Cull. Lit. Pol. Econ., p. 75.] ESSAY (an) on the law of libels; with an appendix containing authorities; to which are subjoined Remarks on the case in Ireland of attachment, and the Letter of the Hon. J. Erskine on that subject. [By Capel LOFFT.] London: 1785. Octavo. [Watt, Bib. Brit.] ESSAY (an) on the legality of impressing seamen. [By Charles BUTLER.] Octavo. Pp. London: M. DCC.LXXVII. 126. b. t. [Bodl.] Reprinted with the author's name. ESSAY (an) on the liberty of the press, chiefly as it respects personal slander. [By T. HAYTER?] The second edition. London: [1755.] Octavo. [W., Brit. Mus.] ESSAY (an) on the life and character of Petrarch. To which are added, seven of his sonnets, translated from the Italian. [By Alexander Fraser TYTLER.] London: MDCCLXXXIV. Octavo. Pp. 54. b. t.* [Lowndes, Bibliog. Man.] London: 1771. Quarto. [Brit. Mus.] ESSAY (an) on the natural history of Guiana, in South America. Containing a description of many curious productions in the animal and vegetable systems of that country. Together with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of the several tribes of its Indian inhabitants. Interspersed with a variety of literary and medical observations. In several letters from a gentleman of the medical faculty, during his residence in that country. [By Edward BANCROFT, M.D.] Octavo. London: 1769. [Rich, Bib. Amer., i. 169.] Pp. 402. "This very acute essay was written by a Mr. Russel."-MS. note by Dr. Parr on the Signet Library copy. ESSAY (an) on the nature and method of ascertaining the specific shares of proprietors upon the inclosure of common fields, with an inquiry into the means of preserving and improving the public roads of this kingdom. [By Rev. Henry HOMER.] Oxford: 1766. Octavo. [M'Cull. Lit. Pol. Econ., p. 199.] ESSAY (an) on the nature and operation of fines. [By W. CRUISE.] London: 1783. Octavo. [Brit. Mus.] ESSAY (an) on the nature and principles of public credit. [By S. GALE, of Charleston, South Carolina.] London: 1784. Octavo. [M'Cull. Lit. Pol. Econ., p. 333-] ESSAY (an) on the nature and use of the militia; with remarks on the bill offered to parliament last session, for the better ordering the militia forces ESSAY (an) on the nature of a loan, being an introduction to the knowledge of the public accounts. [By Thomas HOWARD, 3d Earl of Effingham.] York: 1782. Octavo. [N. and Q., 18 March 1865, p. 222.] ESSAY (an) on the nature of the Church and a review of the Election of bishops in the primitive Church [by James Dundass]. Together with some annexed dissertations. [By Thomas RATTRAY, D.D., Bishop of Dunkeld.] Edinburgh, 1728. Octavo. Pp. v. 19. 246. 177. vii.* ESSAY (an) on the nature of the English verse, with directions for reading poetry. [By Joseph ROBERTSON.] 1799. Duodecimo. [Gent. Mag., Feb. 1802, p. 110.] ESSAY (an) on the nature of the human body, and that singular respect and veneration shewn to it, after death, among all people and nations whatsoever in consequence of which, on the growing evil of profaning and defiling kirks, and kirk - yards, and other burying-grounds. Occasionally interpreted with several thoughts, little regarded now-a-days, though important and interesting. The whole intended, for assisting the judgment, and awakening the attention, of all true Scotsmen, to guard the sepulchres of their forefathers, with vigilance and care, against all impious attempts of abuse and pollution, particularly alienation. By a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland. [Bishop FORBES who stayed in Leith.] Edinburgh: MDCCLXVII. 56.* [Bodl.] Octavo. Pp. ESSAY (an) on the nature of true virtue. [By Jonathan EDWARDS, A.M., president of the College of New Jersey.] London: 1778. Octavo. [Darling, Cyclop. Bibl.] ESSAY (an) on the necessity of revealed religion. [By James HARE.] Oxford: 1794. Octavo. [Brit. Mus.] ESSAY (an) on the Neodruidic heresy in Britannia. Part the first. By the author of Britannia after the Romans. [The Hon. Algernon HERBERT.] London 1838. Quarto.* [Lowndes, Bibliog. Man.] ESSAY (an) on the new project for a land-mint, proposing a proper and practicable scheme and expedient and how to put the same under due and regular management, in this conjuncture; not only for the speedy supplying the present scarcity of money; but also for the advancing of trade and other national improvements. By the author of The character of the true publick spirit. [Andrew BROWN, M.D.] Edinburgh, 1705. Octavo.* ESSAY (an) on the number seven; wherein the duration of the Church of Rome, and of the Mahometan imposture; the time also of the conversion of the Jews; and the year of the world for the beginning of the Millennium, and for the first resurrection of the martyrs are attempted to be shewn. By a member of the church of Christ. [Rev. Richard CLARKE.] 1759. Quarto. [Watt, Bib. Brit.] |