ESSAY (an) upon the action of an orator, as to his pronunciation & gesture. Useful both for divines and lawyers, and necessary for all young gentlemen, that study how to speak well in publick. Done out of French [of Michel LE FAUCHEUR]. London, N.D. Octavo.* ESSAY (an) upon the duty of physicians and patients, the dignity of medicine, and the prudentials of practice. In two dialogues. [By Samuel PARKER.] London: MDCCXV. Octavo. Pp. 5. b. t. 134. "Bibliothecæ Bodleyana dono dedit auctor amicissi. Samuel Parker." ESSAY (an) upon the vth of Matthew, from verse 33rd to 37th. With some observations upon the present affirmation. [By Joseph SKIDMORE.] London: 1713. Octavo. 6 sh. [Smith's ESSAY (an) upon the harmony of language, intended principally to illustrate that of the English language. [By William MITFORD.] London: MDCCLXXIV. Octavo. Pp. iv. 288.* [Gent. Mag., April 1827, p. 368.] ESSAY (an) upon the important question, whether there be a legislative, proper authority in the church; and whether Christian discipline, truth, peace, and good order may not be maintain'd without it? With a refutation of some principles advanc'd in a late pamphlet entituled, A brief review of a paper, entituled, A letter from the Presbytery of Antrim, &c. By some subscribing ministers. By some non-subscribing ministers in the North of Ireland. [By James KILPATRICK.] Belfast: M,DCC, XXXI. Octavo. Pp. 100. ESSAY (an) upon the inscription of Macduff's crosse in Fyfe. By I. C. [James CUNNINGHAM.] 1678. Edinburgh, 1678. Quarto.* [Lowndes, Ascribed also to James Carmichael. ESSAY (an) upon the interest of England in respect to protestants dissenting from the establish'd church. [By John Shute BARRINGTON, Viscount Barrington.] London MDCCI. Quarto.* [Bodl.] ESSAY (an) upon the king's friends; with an account of some discoveries made in Italy, and found in a Virgil, concerning the Tories. To Dr. S-1 J-n. [By J. Hall STEVENSON.] London: 1776. Octavo. [By ESSAY (an) upon the national credit of England, introductory to a proposal prepar'd for establishing the public credit in such a manner as to render the same highly beneficial to the government, trade and people of this kingdom, humbly submitted to the honourable House of Commons. Charles DAVENANT, LL.D.] London [1710.] Octavo. [W] ESSAY (an) upon the present interest of England. To which are added, the proceedings of the House of Commons in 1677, upon the French king's progress in Flanders. [By George STEPNEY.] The second edition. London, 1701. Quarto. Pp. 84. b. t.* [Bodl.] ESSAY (an) upon the probable methods of making a people gainers in the ballance of trade. Treating of these heads, viz. Of the people of England. Of the land of England, and its product. Of our payments to the publick, and in what manner the ballance of trade may be thereby affected. That a country cannot increase in wealth and power but by private men doing their duty to the publick, and but by a steady course of honesty and wisdom, in such as are trusted with the administration of affairs. By the author of the Essay on ways and means. [Charles DAVENANT, LL.D.] London: 1699. Octavo. Pp. 312.* ESSAY (an) upon the regulation of the press. [By Daniel DEFOE.] London: 1704. Quarto. [Wilson, Life of ESSAY (an) upon the relation of cause and effect, controverting the doctrine of Mr. Hume, concerning the nature of that relation; with observations upon the opinions of Dr. Brown and Mr. Lawrence connected with the same subject. [By Lady Mary SHEPHERD.] London 1824. Octavo. Pp. vii. 194.* [Brit. Mus.] ESSAY upon the Union. Shewing, that the subjects of both nations have been, by the union of the two crowns, justly intitled to all manner of privileges, which the insuing treaty can give them. Therefore the work of the ensuing treaty is not so much to treat of new privileges, as to provide for the security of the old ones. And the best security against incroachments on both sides, is, to have separate parliaments, with an express proviso, that no laws about trade, or the other common concerns of the united nations, shall be of force, unless agreed to by both parliaments. [By James HODGES.] Edinburgh, reprinted. 1706. Quarto. Pp. 31.* ESSAY (an) upon toleration. By a : ESSAY (an) upon tune. Being an attempt to free the scale of music, and the tune of instruments, from imperfection. [By John MAXWELL, of Broomholm.] Illustrated with plates. Edinburgh MDCCLXXXI. Octavo. Pp. iv. 290.* * [Adv. Lib.] ESSAY (an) upon ways and means of supplying the war. [By Charles DAVENANT, LL.D.] The third edition. London: 1701. Octavo. Pp. 156. b. t.* ESSAY (an) upon wind; with curious anecdotes of eminent peteurs. Humbly dedicated to the Lord Chancellor [Thurlow]. [By Charles James Fox.] Sold by all the booksellers in town and country.* [MS. note on Maidment's copy.] ESSAYES of anatomy in which the construction of the organs and their mechanical operations, are clearly explained according to the new hypotheses. By ****** Dr. in medicine. [M. BEDDEVOLE.] Written originally in French. Translated by J. Scougall. Edinburgh, 1691. Octavo. Pp. 11. b. t. 184.* The 2nd edition, having the author's name, was published in 1696. ESSAYES, or moral discourses on ESSAYS addressed to young married women. [By Mrs. E. GRIFFITH.] London: 1782. Octavo. [W., Brit. Mus.] ESSAYS and dissertations on various subjects, relating to human life and happiness. In two volumes. [By John BETHUNE.] London: M,DCC,LXXI. Duodecimo.* [Watt, Bib. Brit.] ESSAYS and letters, on subjects religious, moral, and political. [By Robert WILSON, teller, British Linen Co.] Edinburgh: 1857. [J. Maidment.] ESSAYS and letters, with other miscellaneous pieces. By the author of Newmarket, or an essay on the turf. [Philip PARSONS.] Canterbury, Octavo. [Edin. Select Subscription Lib. Cat.] ESSAYS and meditations on various subjects. By a physician. MACKENZIE, M.D.] [James Duodecimo. ESSAYS and miscellanea. [By Philip Bury DUNCAN.] Oxford: 1840. Duodecimo. [W.] ESSAYS and sermons on various subjects relative to the deistical controversy. [By James LUNN.] Edinburgh: 1790. Octavo.* [New. Coll. ESSAYS and sketches of life and character. By a gentleman who has left his lodgings. [Lord John, afterwards Earl RUSSELL.] London 1820. Octavo. Pp. vi. 248.* Preface signed Joseph Skillett. ESSAYS by a barrister. [James FitzJames STEPHEN, Q.C.] (Reprinted from the Saturday Review.) London: M. DCCC.LXII. 335.* [Adv. Lib.] Octavo. Pp. iv. the world. Two discourses on decency. An essay on self-love. [By Alexander FORBES, Baron Forbes of Pitsligo.] London; M.DCC. XXXIV. Octavo. Pp. xii. 385.* ESSAYS, moral and political. [By David HUME.] Edinburgh, MDCCXLI. Octavo. Pp. v. 187.* [Adv. Lib.] ESSAYS; moral, philosophical and political. [By J. MILLS, F.R.S.] London: 1772. Octavo. [Brit. Mus.] ESSAYS, moral, religious and miscellaneous; to which is added, a prose translation of Mr Browne's Latin poem, De animi immortalitate. By J. H. [Joseph HIGHMORE.] In two vol ESSAYS on English writers, by the author of "The gentle life." [James Hain FRISWELL.] London: 1869. Octavo. Pp. viii. 360.* ESSAYS on husbandry. Essay I. A general introduction; shewing that agriculture is the basis and support of all flourishing communities ;-the antient and present state of that useful art;-agriculture, manufactures, trade, and commerce justly harmonized ;-of the right cultivation of our colonies ;- together with the defects, omissions and possible improvements in English husbandry. Essay II. An account of some experiments tending to improve the culture of lucerne by transplantation; being the first experiments of the kind hitherto made and published in England; from whence it appears, that lucerne is an article of great importance in English husbandry. The whole illustrated with copper-plates and representations cut in wood. [By Walter HARTE.] London 1764. Octavo. [Watt, Bib. ESSAYS on hunting; being an exten- Brit.] [Watt, Bib. The second edition, 1788, is not anonymous. ESSAYS on hunting: containing a philosophical enquiry into the nature and properties of the scent; observa ESSAYS on Romanism. By the author of "Essays on the Church." [Robert Benton SEELEY.] London. 1839. Octavo.* [Darling, Cyclop. Bibl.] ESSAYS on several subjects: viz. I. On the late act to prevent clandestine marriages. II. On the guilt and danger of contracting debts. III. On a prison. IV. On the price of provisions. [By James LIND, M.D.] London: M. DCC. LXIX. Octavo. Pp. x. 156.* [Bodl.] ESSAYS on the Bible. By the author of "Essays on the Church," &c. &c. [Robert Benton SEELEY.] London, MDCCCLXIX. Octavo. Pp. xv. 1. 335.* [Bodl.] ESSAYS on the Church: by a layman. [Robert Benton SEELEY.] Second edition; revised and considerably enlarged. London. MDCCCXXXIV. Octavo.* ESSAYS on the following subjects: I. On miracles. II. On the extraordinary adventure of Balaam. On the victory gained by Joshua over III. ESSAYS on the lives of Cowper, Newton, and Heber; or, an examination of the evidence of the course of nature being interrupted by the divine government. [By John Philips POTTER.] London: 1830. Octavo. Pp. iv. 330.* ESSAYS. Viz. I. On the origin of colleges, or universities. II. On the origin of the custom of lecturing in Latin. III. On the impropriety of this custom, at present. [By Patrick CLASON.] Glasgow: MDCCLXIX. Octavo. Pp. 61.* [MS. note on Lord Craig's copy.] ESSAYS on the principles of morality and natural religion. In two parts. [By Henry HOME, Lord Kames.] The second edition. With alterations and additions. London MDCCLVIII. Pp. 8. 309. Duodecimo. The third edition, published later, is not anonymous. ESSAYS, I. On the public debt. II. On paper-money, banking, &c. III. On frugality. [By Patrick MURRAY, Lord Elibank.] ESSAYS on the pursuit of truth, on the progress of knowledge, and on the fundamental principle of all evidence and expectation. By the author of Essays on the formation and publication of opinions. [Samuel BAILEY.] London 1829. Octavo. Pp. xii. 302.* ESSAYS on the sources of the pleasures received from literary compositions. [By Rev. Edward MANGIN, of Bath.] London 1809. Octavo. Pp. vi. 1. 378.* [Bodl.] Ascribed to William Greenfield, D.D. [H.] Ascribed to Mangin, with a query. [V and Q., 3 June 1871.] ESSAYS on the superstitions of the highlanders of Scotland: to which are added, translations from the Gaelic; and letters connected with those formerly published. In two volumes. By the author of "Letters from the mountains." [Mrs Anne GRANT, of Laggan.] London: 1811. Duodecimo.* [Adv. Lib.] ESSAYS on various subjects. By the author of Reflections on the seven days of the week. [Catherine TALBOT.] [In two volumes.] London, M DCC LXXII. Duodecimo.* ESSAYS on various subjects of taste and criticism. [By Aulay MACAULAY, M.A.] 1780. Octavo. [Gent. Mag., March 1819, p. 276.] ESSAYS on various subjects, religious and moral; the practical application of their principles to the state of man in society, particularly the lower orders; and connecting them with what ought to constitute their duties as citizens, subjects and christians : By a layman. [Alexander WATSON.] In three volumes. Con Edinburgh: 1821. Octavo.* ESSAYS pastoral and elegiac. taining, Morning; or the complaint. Noon; or the contest. Evening; or the exclamation. Night; or the wanderer. Addressed to the Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield. By a gentleman late of the Inner-Temple. [Henry BAKER.] In two volumes. 1756. Octavo. [Nichols, Lit. Anec., v. 278.] ESSAYS, philosophical, historical, and literary. [By William BELSHAM.] London: MDCCLXXXIX. Octavo. Pp. iv. 466.* [Brit. Mus.] [By ESSAYS, religious and moral. Isaac Hawkins BROWNE.] London: 1815. Octavo. Pp. vii. 274.* [Gent. Mag., Aug. 1818, p. 179.] ESSAYS towards an union between divinity and morality, reason or natural religion and revelation; calculated to the meridian of our present differences in Church and State. [By William FREEKE, or LE FREEKE.] London: 1687. Octavo. [Wood, Athen. Oxon., iv. 741.] This book is said in the title to be written by Gulielmum Liberam Clavem, i.e. Free K. or ESSAYS upon several projects; effectual ways for advancing the interest of the nation; wherein are plainly laid down the means by which subjects may be enriched, the poor relieved, trade_encreased, &c. [By Daniel DEFOE.] This is the same as "An essay upon projects," q. v. [Wilson, Life of Defoe, i. 268.] ESSAYS upon several subjects concerning British antiquities; viz. I. Introduction of the feudal law into Scotland. II. Constitution of parliament. III. Honour. Dignity. IV. Succession or descent. With an appendix upon hereditary and indefeasible right. Composed anno M.DCC.XLV. [By Henry HOME, Lord Kames.] Edinburgh, M.DCC.XLVII. Octavo. Pp. 217.* [Adv. Lib.] ESSAYS upon several subjects in law, sciz. Jus tertii, Beneficium cedendarum actionum, Vinco vincentem, Prescription. [By Henry HOME, Lord Kames.] Octavo. Pp. Edinburgh MDCCXXXII. * ESSAYS upon I. The balance of power. II. The right of making war, peace, and alliances. III. Universal monarchy. To which is added, an appendix containing the records referr'd to in the second essay. [By Charles DAVENANT, LL.D.] London: 1701. Octavo. Pp. 288. 125.* ESSAYS written in the intervals of business. [By Arthur HELPS.] London 1841. Octavo. Pp. 128.* ESSENCE (the) of Malone, or, the "beauties" of that fascinating writer. Extracted from his immortal work, in Five hundred, sixty-nine pages, and a quarter, just published, and (with his accustomed felicity) entitled, Some account of the life and writings of John Dryden !!" [By George HARDINGE.] London: 1800. Octavo. Pp. 1. 116.* [Gent. Mag., LXXXVI. i. 470. Bodl.] Dedication signed Minutius Felix. The whole signed Minutius, Felix.-With helps from Edmond, and with his mantle spread over me. |