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CHAP. VI.

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STATE

PAPER S.

The humble Address of the Right Hon. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal to the
King, with his Majefty's most gracious Anfwer

His Majesty's Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Wednesday the 30th of
November, 1774-

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The bumble Address of the House of Commons to the King.

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The Addreffes of both Houses of Parliament of Ireland to his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant, with his Excellency's Anfwers.

The Thanks of the House of Commons of Ireland to the King, for his Majefty's most
gracious Aufwer to their Address.

The humble Addresses of both Houses of Parliament in Ireland to the King, with
bis Majefty's Anfwers.

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The Speech of his Excellency Simon Earl Harcourt, Lord Lieutenant General and
General Governor of Ireland, to both Houses of Parliament, at Dublin, on
Thur/day the 2d of June, 1774.

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The Lords Proteft against the Bill for better regulating the Government of the
Province of Maffachufett's Bay.

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The Lords Proteft against the Bill for the impartial Adminiftration of Justice, in
certain Specified Cafes, in the Province of Massachusett's Bay.

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A Proclamation for diffolving this prefent Parliament, and declaring the calling of
another.

Proteft of the Lords, 30th November, 1774.

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Tranflation of his Catholic Majefty's Declaration of War against the Emperor of
Morocco.

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CHARACTER S.

Some Particulars of the Life of Lewis XV. late King of France and Navarre;
with fhort Sketches of the Character and Conduct of fome of his Minifters,
Generals, and Favourites.

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Some Particulars of the Life of Charles Emantel III. the late King of Sar-
dinia.

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Some Account of the Life of the late Earl of Chesterfield.

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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late George Lord Lyttelton.

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Anecdotes of the late Dr. Goldsmith.

Of Charles the Firft. By William Lilly.

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Of the Duke of Marlborough; from the Earl of Chefterfield's Letters.
Curious Account of the Highland Robbers.

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Remarkable Calamities of the Family of Innes, in Scotland, which prefent a

horrible picture of the barbarous Manners of the Age and Country in which they
took place.

Of the Murder of a Laird of Innes, as related in the old Account.

Curious Anedotes of Sir Gilbert Talbot.

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Curious Anecdotes of Robert Perceval, Esq;

Kelly

an extraordinary Inftance of Enthusiasm

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Dr. John Dee, with his Prophet, or Seer, Edward

ibid.

Some Account of Dr. Simon Forman; from Lilly's Hiftory of his own Life and
Times

Some Account of Henry Morgan, the famous Bucanier
Anecdotes of Madame de Barre, Miftrefs to the late King of France
Genuine Account of Omiah, a Native of Otabeite, a new discovered
the South Seas, lately brought over to England by Capt. Fourneaux.

NATURAL HISTORY.

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Experiments and Obfervations on the Singing of Birds; from a curious Letter on that Subject, written by the Hon. Daines Barrington, Vice-Pref. R.S. to Matthew Maty, M. D Sec. R. S.

On the noxious Quality of the Effluvia of putrid Marfbes.

Farther Proofs of the Infalubrity of marfby Situations

The Cafe of a Patient voiding Stones through a fiftulous Sore in the Loins, without any concomitant Discharge of Urine by the fame Paffage.

Remarks on the Aurora Borealis.

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Remains of the wild Cattle, which were the native Race of the Country, fill preferved in the Duke of Queensbury's Park at Drumlanrig Defcription of the Basking Shark, a Species of the Whale Kind. Curious Account of the land of Staffa, one of the Hebrides, and of the magnificent Pillars there, refembling thofe of the Giants Causeway; with a Defcription of the wonderful Cave of Fingal

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ibid.

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Curious Obfervations concerning the Propagation of Animals, and Care of their Offspring.

Ofnimals, as divided into the different Races or Kinds.

USEFUL

PROJECTS, &c.

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Some Extracts from a Pradical Effay on a Cement, and Artificial Stone, jufly fuppofed to be that of the Greeks and Romans, lately re-difcovered by Monf. Loriot, Mafter of Mechanics to his Moft Chriftian Majefty; for the cheap, eafy, expeditious, and durable Conftruction of all Manner of Buildings, and Formation of all Kinds of Ornaments of Archite&ure, even with the com moneft and coarseft Materials.

New Method of raising early Potatoes
Extraordinary Recovery from Suffocation.

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ANTIQUITIES.

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State of Learning among the Anglo-Saxons; from Mr. Warton's Hiftory of
English Poetry
Some curious Particulars, fhewing the ancient State of Wales, in and about the
Age of Henry the VIIth.

An Account of the Remains of the Picts Houfes in Scotland.

Remains of Antiquities in the Island of Arran.

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Etablishment for the Houshold of the great Mac-donald, Lord of the Isles, in the Year 1 1542.

Strange Retreats in the Island of Islay.

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The Order of the Kinge on Good Friday, touchinge the comeing to Service, hallowing the Cramp-Rings, and offering and creeping to the Coffe. On the Origin of the Order of the Garter.

ibid. 145

Speech made by Henry the Firft, to the great Men of the Realm, whom be called together by his Royal Mandate, to meet at London, in the Sixth Year of bis Reign, 1106; being the first which we have on Record from the I brone.

ibid

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

Some Account of a Difcourfe on the different Kinds of Air, delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, Nov, 30, 1773; by Sir John Pringle, Bart. Prefident.

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A Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures of four Rufian Sailors, who were caft away on the defert Island of Eaft Spitzbergen.

Afhort Account of a Fourney into Wales; written by the late Lord Lyttelton.

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Animadverfions on the Iliad of Homer; from the German of J. G. Sulzer.

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A new critical Examination of the Word Thought, as applied to the fine Arts; with Rules for judging of the Beauties of Painting, Mufic, and Poetry.

On the Origin and Frogress of the Arts.

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Juvenile Letters, written by the late Lord Lyttelton, when on his Travels, to his Father, Sir Thomas Lyttelton.

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Curious Quarrel between a Philofopher and a Wit.

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Extract of a Letter from M. Voltaire to the King of Pruffia.
Extract of a Letter from the prefent Empress of Rufia 10 M. de Voltaire.

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ibid.

Letters between those celebrated epiftolary Writers, the Count de Buffy, and Madame de Sevigny.

ibid.

A Letter written by the late Rev. Mr. Sterne.

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Petition of the late Lord Chesterfield, to the King.

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Efay on Friendship; written by the late Dr. Oliver Goldsmith.

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Curious

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