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A Bill for the more effectual Relief of the Poor, and ascertaining the Settlement of Bastard Children, to which are added by John Acland such explanations ...as the objections appear to require. pp. 36. Exeter 1787. 8vo. ACLAND (T. D.) Two Letters on the Arts in connexion with General Education. By T. D. Acland, Jun. pp. 7. Exeter 1857. 8vo. ... ... ... ... ... 71 72 73 74 ACTING. An Essay on Acting, in which will be consider'd the Mimical Behaviour of a certain fashionable faulty Actor *** pp. 27. Lond. 1744. 8vo. ACTIONS, HUMAN. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Physical Spring of Human Actions, and the Immediate Cause of Thinking pp. 53. Lond. 1732. 8vo. 75 ACTON (H.) Christ the Brightness of the Father's Glory... A Sermon 12mo. Heb. i. 3. Religious Opinions and Example of Milton, Locke, and Newton. A Lecture, with notes, by the Rev. Henry Acton pp. 47. Lond. 1833. 8vo. ACTS. A Concise Abstract of all the Public Acts passed in the last Session of Parliament, being the twentysecond year of the reign of George III *** pp. viii, 276. London, 1782. 12mo. A Concise Abstract of the most important Clauses in the following Acts of Parliament, passed in the Session of 1784 1. Tea and Window Act. 2. The Game Act.. 3. The Horse Act. 4. The Postage Act. 5. The Pawnbroker's Act. 6. The Soap and Starch Act. 7. The Cotton and Linen Act. 8. The Hatter's Act. 9. The Excise Goods Act. 10. The Candle Act. 11. The Distillery Act. 12. The Hackney Coach Act. 13. The Smuggling Act. 14. Brick and Tile Act. 15. Wax Candle Act. By a Gentleman of the Inner Temple. pp. 92. Lond. 1784. 8vo. ADAIR (R.) Part of a Letter from Robert Adair to Charles James Fox, occasioned by Mr. Burke's mention of Lord Keppel in a recent publication. pp. 54. Lond. 1796. 8vo. 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The Speech of William Adam in the House of Commons, on the Scots Judicature Bill, on the 24th of June, 1808. pp. 53. Edinb. 1808. 8vo. Speech of William Adam on Mr. Lethbridge's motion respecting Sir Francis Burdett pp. 106. Lond. 89 The Law and Custom of Slavery in British India By William Adam *** pp. 279. Lond. 1840. 8vo. Two copies. ADAMNANUS. Vita Sancti Columbae: Auctore Adamnano Monasterii Hiensis Abbate. pp. lxxx, 497. Dublinii 1857. 4to. With plates. One of the Bannatyne Club Copies of a work printed for the Irish Archeological and Celtic Society, under the title, The Life of St. Columba, founder of Hy, by Adamnan, to which are added Notes and Dissertations illustrative of the history of the Columbian Institutions in Ireland and Scotland. By William Reeves.' ADAMS (C. B.) Mollusca. Fresh Water and Land Shells of Vermont. By Charles B. Adams lished in Thompson's History of Vermont. pp. 19. 8vo. First Annual Report on the Geology of the State of Vermont. By C. B. Adams 1845. 8vo. Also 2nd and 3rd Reports, 1846-7. ADAMS (F.) A Plan for raising the Taxes impartially and almost free of Expense pp. 64. Bristol 1798. 8vo. ADAMS (G.) Essays on the Microscope: containing a Practical Description of the most improved Microscopes: a General History of Insects, their Transformations, peculiar Habits, and Economy folio plates... By the late George Adams 2nd edit By Frederick Kanmacker pp. xvii, 724. Lond. 1798. 4to. 95 ADAMS (J.) An Answer to Pain's Rights of Man. By John Adams, Esq., originally printed in America *** pp. 34. Lond. 1793. 8vo. Also another edit. pp. 48. same date. A Defence of the Constitution of Government of the United States of America against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price By John Adams New edit. 3 vols. London 1794. 8vo. Including a history of the principal Republics in the World. With a portrait of the writer. 97 ADAMS (CAPT. J.) Sketches taken during Ten Voyages to Africa, 1786-1800 with an Appendix containing an account of the European Trade with the West Coast of Africa. By Captain John Adams. pp. 119. Lond. 8vo. With maps. ... 98 ADĀMS (J., PRESIDENT). The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States, with a Life |