A Catalogue of the Books, Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia: To which is Prefixed, a Short Account of the Institution, with the Charter, Laws, and Regulations, Volume 1Bartram & Reynolds, 1807 - 616 pages |
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... character * who fuggeft- ed the plan , was gratified by tracing the books as well into the hands of the opulent , with whom literature is fometimes no more than one of the ornaments of civil life , as among those to whom it renders a ...
... character * who fuggeft- ed the plan , was gratified by tracing the books as well into the hands of the opulent , with whom literature is fometimes no more than one of the ornaments of civil life , as among those to whom it renders a ...
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... character of the latter clafs of people in Philadelphia and its environs , cannot be referred to a more probable cause , than the habits of reading promoted by this institution . The great utility and fuccefs of this measure ...
... character of the latter clafs of people in Philadelphia and its environs , cannot be referred to a more probable cause , than the habits of reading promoted by this institution . The great utility and fuccefs of this measure ...
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... character and public services of the late John By John Aikin . London , 1792 3505 , O. The same.-P. Ainsworth , 814 , F. On the five books of Moses , the Psalms and the Canticles . By Henry Ainsworth . London , 1639.-P. 1847 , D. New ...
... character and public services of the late John By John Aikin . London , 1792 3505 , O. The same.-P. Ainsworth , 814 , F. On the five books of Moses , the Psalms and the Canticles . By Henry Ainsworth . London , 1639.-P. 1847 , D. New ...
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... characters , and those of their most eminent disciples . By Walter Anderson . Edinburgh , 1791 . 75 , F. See Horrebow . Andilly , D ' , 1295 , D. Histoire des Juifs , ecrite par Flavius Joseph , sous le titre de Antiquitez Judaiques ...
... characters , and those of their most eminent disciples . By Walter Anderson . Edinburgh , 1791 . 75 , F. See Horrebow . Andilly , D ' , 1295 , D. Histoire des Juifs , ecrite par Flavius Joseph , sous le titre de Antiquitez Judaiques ...
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... character of queen Elizabeth . London , 1718 . Gift of William Govett . 2624 , O. Elements of the common laws of England . By Sir Francis Bacon . London , 1636. Gift of Henry Cox . 129 , D. Essays , moral , economical , and political ...
... character of queen Elizabeth . London , 1718 . Gift of William Govett . 2624 , O. Elements of the common laws of England . By Sir Francis Bacon . London , 1636. Gift of Henry Cox . 129 , D. Essays , moral , economical , and political ...
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