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The humble addrefs of the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled,

on the above mefage.

Proteft of the lords, on the motion for the above addrefs.
Speech made by the speaker of the house of commons to his majesty in the house
of peers, upon presenting the bill for fettling an additional revenue upon his
majefty, for the fervice of the civil lift.

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Speech made by the Speaker of the house of commons to his majefty, previous to
the prorogation of parliament

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His majesty's most gracious Speech to both houses of parliament on the 6th of

June, 1777

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The Speech of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to both houfes of

parliament.

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The humble addreffes of both houses of parliament in Ireland to the king. [286,
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The humble addresses of both houses of parliament in Ireland to his excellency
the lord lieutenant; with his excellency's anfwers.
Tranflation of a memorial prefented by Sir Jofeph Yorke to the States General.

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Memorial delivered by order of the States General to the court of Great-Bri-
tain, in answer to the above.
Circular letter of Lord Howe to the governors of the American provinces. [292
First declaration of Richard Viscount Howe, one of the commiffioners for re-
ftoring peace to his majesty's colonies and plantations in North America, &c.

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Refolution of the Congress upon the above declaration.
Second declaration of the American commiffioners for reftoring peace, &c.

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Third declaration of ditto.

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Copy of the free pardon granted by his majefty's commiffioners to fuch perfons
as claimed the benefit of the above declarations.

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The American oath of allegiance.

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Proclamation by General Washington, commander in chief of all the forces of

the United States of America.

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Papers relating to the capitulation of Lieutenant General Burgoyne's army at
Saratoga.

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CHARACTERS.

Extract from the Life of the late Lord Bishop of Rochester, written by him-
Self

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Extracts from the Life of David Hume, Efq; written by himself.
Sketches faid to have been delineated by the pen of the late Lord Chesterfield,
viz. Sir Robert Walpole, -Mr. Pulteney,-Lord Hardwicke,-Mr. Fox,
-Mr. Pitt,-Lord Scarborough,

Sketch of Lord Chesterfield himself, by another hand.

An account of the life of the late Mr. Harrison.

Memoirs of the late Samuel Foote, Efq;

Memoirs of the life of Mr. Voltaire.

VOL. XX. 1777.

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Memoirs of the Abbé Terrai.

Anecdotes of Thomas Britton, the mufical fmall-coal-man.

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Authentic account of the burning of a Gentoo woman alive with her husband,

at her own request, at Azumabad.

Account of the inhabitants of Wallachia, by Baron Inigo Born.

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Account of the favage tribes of America; from Dr. Robertfon's Hiftory. 49
Account of a fociety in the Friendly Islands named Arreoy; extracted from
Forfter's Voyage.
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Further account of the women of Otaheite, from Capt. Cook's last Voyage. 67

NATURAL HISTORY.

Account of a woman in the fhire of Rofs, who lived several years without
food or drink.

Account of perfons who could not diftinguish colours."

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Account of a journey into Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope.
Hiftory and defcription of the honey-guide, a new species of Cuckow.
Account of the late earthquake at Manchester; by Dr. Percival.
Account of the tenia, or long tape-worm, and of the method of treating it,
as praclifed at Morat in Switzerland.

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A defeription of the Highlands of Scotland, and remarks on the fecond-fight of
the inhabitants; by Dr. Beattie.

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Of the mines in Mexico and Peru; from Dr. Robertfon's Hiftory.
Obfervations on the formation of ice-islands, and on the existence of a fouthern

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continent; extracted from Capt. Cook's laft Voyage.

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Account of feveral water-fpouts obferved in the South Seas.

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Singular cafe of a boy ftruck with horror at an execution in France.

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Account of the mildew, confidered as the principal cause of epidemic difeafes
among the cattle; with the manner of treating thofe difeafes.

Account of a poisonous fish found in the South Seas, by Capt. Cook.

Of the food or nutriment of plants; extracted from the notes of Dr. Hunter's

edition of Evelyn's Sylva.

Of the climate of America; from Dr. Robertfon's Hiftory.

Of the use of fermenting cataplafms in mortifications.

Cautions against the burial of perfons fuppofed dead, by Mr. Hawes,

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USEFUL PROJECT S.

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Extraordinary cafe of a perfon fuppofed dead, but recovered to life by Mr.
Harmant, a celebrated phyfician at Nancy.

Account of an infant reftored to life, although apparently born dead.

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Offmoaky boufes, occafioned by faults in other parts of the building, altoge-
ther independent of the structure of the chimney itself.

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Of the usefulness of washing and rubbing the ftems of trees.
Directions for making the best compofition for the metals of reflecting telescopes.

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On the ufe of oak leaves in bot-boufes in preference to tanner's bark.
Useful hints for learning to fwim: by Benjamin Franklin, LL.D: ...123.

ANTIQUITIES.

An account of the events produced in England by the grant of the kingdom of Sicily to Prince Edmund, fecond fon of King Henry III.

The ceremonial of making the king's bed.

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Further obfervations on the celebrated Apamean medal, and on Mr. Bryant's explanation of that coin; by the learned prefident of the Society of Antiqua

rians.

On the antiquity of cock-fighting.

Origin of the name of Old Nick.

Remarkable inftances of the crafis.

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Account of feveral gigantic ftatues found in Eafter Island, in the South Seas; by Capt. Cook.

On the first introduction of mufic into the fervice of the church.

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS,

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Letter of Father Ganganelli to the Abbé Ferghen, containing a fort and fuccinct defcription of Italy.

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On languages; by M. de Voltaire, in a letter to Signior Tovafi Deodati. 160
On Montefquieu and Grotius, in a letter of M. Linguet, counsellor of the par-
liament of Paris, to M. de Voltaire.
Religious perfecution, a fragment of the book of Genefis, lately difcovered by
an eminent philofopher.

Of fympathy; from Dr. Beattie's Effay on Mufic and Poetry.
On the utility of claffical learning; by the fame.

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On the conftitution of feudal monarchy; the dignity and revenues of the king; and of his power as to the raifing of taxes and fubfidies.

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Philofophical attention and fagacity; by the fame.

The true enjoyments of life; from Dr. Percival's Moral Tales, &c.

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Of the alterations that have happened in the characters of nations, and of the caufes by which they were produced.

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Epilogue to the tragedy of Semiramis; by R. B. Sheridan, Efq;

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Prologue to the Word to the Wife, performed for the benefit of Mrs. Kelly and

her children; by Dr. Johnson.

Prologue to the School for Scandal; by Mr. Garrick.

Epilogue to the School for Scandal; by Mr. Colman.

Epitaph on Paul Whitehead, Efq; by Mr. Garrick.

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To a lady who loved dancing; by the late Judge Burnet.

Bath; its beauties and amujements.

The end of writing; addreffed to authors.

Verfes fent by a gentleman to his lady, with a prefent of a knife.

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Prologue fpoken by Sir George Beaumont, Bart. at the opening of the new theatre at North Afton, Oxon.

Jupiter and Mercury, a fable.

On Dr. Goldsmith's characteristical cookery; a jeu d'efprit.

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Lines from Dr. Barnara, Dean of Derry, to Dr. Goldfmith and Mr. Cumberland.

Bishop Corbet to his fon Vincent Corbet, two years of age.

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Characters of Mr. Granville (nephew to Lord Landsdown), and of William Harrison, Efq; from an epistle of Dr. Young's, not among his works. 208 Extract from Mr. Mafon's English Garden.

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A new year's ode to Queen Mary, 1562. The poet, Alexander Scott.
Epitaph on a lady who died of a confumption at Brifiol Wells; by her husband.

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Sonnet, by Mr. Warton, to the river Lodon. Two additional odes to the first book of Horace, faid to have been lately difcovered in the Palatine Library.

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ACCOUNT of BOOKS for 1777.

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The Hiftory of America. By William Robertson, D. D. principal of the univerfity of Edinburgh, and hiftoriographer to his majesty for Scotland. 2 vols. 410. A Voyage towards the fouth pole, and round the world. Performed in his majefty's fhips the Refolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, commander of the Refolution. In which is included Captain Furneaux's narrative of his proceedings in the Adventure, during the feparation of the fhips. Illuftrated with maps and charts, and a variety of portraits of perfons, and views of places, drawn during the voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent mafters. 2 vols. 4to.

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A code of Gentoo laws or ordinations of the Pundits: from a Perfian translation, made from the original, written in the Shanfcrit language.

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