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Leiden, the Netherlands: the anatomy theatre, interior of a church, town weighing establishment and portraits. Line engraving.

The Colosseum, Rome: a friar is preaching to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.

The face of a woman against a black background bearing the red lettering: "Dass das Leben zu ende Sein kann, noch ehe es begonnen hat, mag für dich unvorstellebar Sein; für mich aber wird es ... zur realitä'; an advertisement for an Ecumenical service at the Protestant Episocopal Church in Bischofszell on Sunday, 29 August on the theme of: 'AIDS - a punishment from God? by Pastors H. Miller and M. Keller with representatives of AIDS-Hilfe Thurgau. Colour lithograph.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Corporal Trim reading a sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop. Etching after L. Sterne.

A quack doctor and a dissenting parson selling their respective goods from a fairground booth. Coloured etching, 1795.

A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.

The Bible order of the millennium and the second advent of Christ : a thorough statement of Bible truth / by Daniel D. Buck.

A discourse addressed to the gentlemen of the faculty; the officers; the clergy; and the trustees of the Infirmary at Liverpool on their respective hospital duties, being an anniversary sermon preached in May 1791, before the governors of the institution, for the benefit of the charity / by the Rev. Thomas Bassnet Percival.

A funeral sermon for Mrs. Esther Sampson, the late wife of Henry Sampson, Dr. of Physick, who died Nov. 24. M.DCLxxxix / by John Howe ... Published principally for the use of such as languish under painful and chronical diseases.

The encouragement to works of charity and mercy, from Christ's acceptance of them as done to himself. A sermon preached in the Parish Church of All Saints in Northampton, before the President and Governors of the County Infirmary for sick and lame poor on Thursday, March 29, 1744 / by Richard Grey ... ; To which are added, the statutes of the said Infirmary.

The terrour of the world, and refuge of the godly, in sickly times : a sermon occasioned by the late general sickness in England, and other parts of Europe preached to a Protestant congregation in this city on Sunday the 31st of August, 1712.

A sermon preach'd at St. Brides before the Lord-Mayor and the Court of Aldermen: on Monday in Easter-Week. 1711 / By the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum.

The substance of a sermon preached at the parish church of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, on Sunday the 17th of March, 1782, for the benefit of the London Dispensary. : Published at the request of the stewards. Dedicated (by permission) to the Right Hon. the Earl of Shelburne, one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, and president of that charitable institution. / By Henry Peckwell.

The end and design of God's judgments : a sermon preach'd before the House of Lords, at the Abbey-Church in Westminster, on Friday, December 8, 1721. Being the day appointed for a general fast, for obtaining the pardon of our sins, and averting those heavy judgments we have most justly deserved, and particularly the plague, with which several other countries are at this time visited / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Norwich.

A discourse : addressed to the gentlemen of the Faculty; the officers; the clergy; and the trustees of the Infirmary, at Liverpool, on their respective hospital duties; being an anniversary sermon, preached in May 1791 ... / by the Rev. Thomas Bassnet Percival.

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The terrour of the world, and refuge of the godly, in sickly times : a sermon occasioned by the late general sickness in England, and other parts of Europe preached to a Protestant congregation in this city on Sunday the 31st of August, 1712.

A sermon preach'd at St. Brides before the Lord-Mayor and the Court of Aldermen: on Monday in Easter-Week. 1711 / By the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum.

A discourse : addressed to the gentlemen of the Faculty; the officers; the clergy; and the trustees of the Infirmary, at Liverpool, on their respective hospital duties; being an anniversary sermon, preached in May 1791 ... / by the Rev. Thomas Bassnet Percival.