Notes and Queries, Number 05, December 1, 1849

POTIUS ALPHONSUS LASOR A VAREA), Fol. 2 Vols. Venet, 1716. Or the 2nd Vol. only.

BUDDEN'S DISCOURSE FOR PARENTS' HONOUR AND AUTHORITIE. 8vo. 1616.

THE TWO WOLVES IN LAMB'S SKINS, OR OLD ELI'S LAMENTATION OVER HIS TWO SONS. 8vo. 1716.

AVERELL'S FOUR NOTABLE HISTORIES, ETC. 4to. 1590.

NATURE, A POEM. Folio. 1736.

BARNEFIELD'S PLOWMAN'S COMPLAINT. 4to. 1580.

GILL'S INSTRUCTINOS FOR CHILDREN, in Verse. 1709.

JERMIN'S FATHER'S INSTITUTION OF HIS CHILD. 1658.

SOUTHEY'S COWPER. Vols. X. XII. XIII. XIV.

CAIRN'S EDITION OF GOLDSMITH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS,Edinburgh. 1801. Vol. III.

COOPER'S (C.P.) ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC RECORDS. 8vo. 1832.–The First Volume of.

LIVY.–Vol. I. of Crevier's Edition, 6 vols. 4to. Paris, 1739.

OGILBY'S BRITANNIA. Folio, 1675. Vol. II.

SWIFT'S WORKS.

ADAMS' MORAL TALES, London.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR. JOHNSON. Published in 1805.

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