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- The American hero., Made on the Battle of Bunker-Hill, and the burning of Charlestown
- The Address of Liberty, to the buckskins of Pennsylvania, on hearing of the intended Provincial Congress
- All you that come this curious art to see, From handling any thing must cautious be ...
- The art of preserving health:, a poem., By John Armstrong, M.D
- The grave., A poem., By Robert Blair. ; [One line from Job]
- Blazing stars, the messengers of God's wrath., In a few serious and solemn meditations upon a wonderful comet, which some time since flamed in our horizon---with a solemn call to sinners, and counsel to saints, how to behave when God is in this wise speaking from heaven. : And a short relation concerning a wonderful and surprizing dream, which the author had on the eighteenth of September in the year MDCCLXIX:--With some remarks on a comet. : Together with a short exhortation to all into whose hand this dream may fall
- A Bloody butchery, by the British troops: or, The runaway fight of the regulars., Being the particulars of the victorious battle fought at and near Concord ... between two thousand regular troops, belonging to his Britannic majesty, and a few hundred provincial troops ... : To which is annexed, a funeral elegy on those who were slain in the battle
- The flourish of the annual spring,, improved in a sermon preached at the ancient Thursday lecture in Boston, May 3. 1739., By Mather Byles, A.L.M. Pastor of a church in Boston. ; [Four lines from Numbers]
- Mors omnibus communis., An elogy on the death of Thomas Bordley, Esq; late commissary and attorney-general, in the province of Maryland. : In magna obijt Britania undecimo die Octobris, 1726
- A Dialogue between Elizabeth Smith, and John Sennet,, who were convicted before His Majesty's Superior Court, Elizabeth Smith for thievery, and John Sennet for beastiality! And each sentenced to set upon the gallows for the space of one hour, with a rope round their necks Elizabeth Smith to receive twenty stripes upon her naked back, and John Sennet, thirty-nine
- An Elegiac poem; sacred to the memory of the Rev. George Whitefield,, who departed this life, September 30, 1770, at Newbury-Port in America, aetatis 56. : [Eight lines of quotations]
- Gospel sonnets, or, Spiritual songs., In six parts. I. The believer's espousals. II. The believer's jointure. III. The believer's riddle. IV. The believer's lodging. V. The believer's soliloquy. VI. The believer's principles, concerning, creation and redemption. Law and Gospel, justification and sanctification, faith and sense, heaven and earth., By Ralph Erskine, M.A
- An Exhortation to young and old to be cautious of small crime, lest they become habitual, and lead them before thay are aware into those of the most heinous nature., Occasioned by the unhappy case of Levi Ames, executed on Boston-Neck, October 21st, 1773, for the crime of burglary
- A Few lines composed on the Dark Day, May 19, 1780
- A few lines on the happy reduction of Canada:, as also, the great fire in Boston, and sickness at Woodbury, in the year 1760. : To which is added, some lines on the remarkable providence of God, in the year 1761 as also relections on the sins of the times, and some notorious acts of sin
- Good news for America., To the Sons of Liberty. We have an account from London by the Harriot packet ..
- A winter piece:, being a serious exhortation, with a call to the unconverted: and a short contemplation on the death of Jesus Christ., Written by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro man belonging to Mr. John Lloyd, of Queen's Village, on Long Island, now in Hartford. ; Published by the author with the assistance of his friends
- The Happy man, and true gentleman
- Gloria Britannorum: or, The British worthies., A poem. Being an essay on the characters of the most illustrious persons in camp or cabinet, since the Glorious Revolution to this present time. : More particularly, of the present ministry, under our most renowned sovereign Lord King George. : To which is added, an ode on His Majesty's coronation, and an elegy on the death of the late glorious Duke of Marlborough., By a lover of the present happy constitution. ; [Two lines from Horace]
- Oppression: a poem. Or, New-England's lamentation of the dreadful extortion and other sins of the times., Being a serious exhortation to all to repent and turn from the evil of their ways, if they would avert the terrible and heavy judgments of the Almighty that hang over America at this alarming and distressing day
- An essay on man., By Alexander Pope, Esq. ; Enlarged and improved by the author. ; With notes by William Warberton, M.A
- Liberty., A poem., By Rusticus. ; [One line in Latin]
- This is unto all gentlemen who shoes here,, I wish you a merry Christmas, a happy New-Year: For shoeing your horses, and trimming their locks, please to remember my New-Years box
- Relation of the melancholy death of six young persons, who were kill'd by lightning in the month of June, 1767, viz. ..., By Consider Tiffany, of Hartland, in Connecticut
- A new proclamation!, By Thomas Gage, whom British frenzy stil'd honourable and excellency, o'er Massachusett's sent to stand here vice-admiral and chief commander ..
- A funeral hymn,, composed by that eminent servant of the most high God, the late Reverend and Renowned George Whitefield, Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon, &c., &c. ; Who departed this life in full assurance of a better, on Lord's Day, the thirtieth of September, 1770 ... at Newbury-Port, in New-England.--This hymn was designed to have been sung over his corpse, by the orphans belonging to his tabernacle in London, had this great, pious, and learned man died there
- To the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield:, by Mr. Charles Wesley
- Meat out of the eater: or, Meditations concerning the necessity, end, and usefulness of afflictions unto God's children,, all tending to prepare them for, and comfort them under the cross., By Michael Wigglesworth. ; Corrected and amended by the author, in the year 1703
- Amelia; or, The faithless Briton., An original American novel, founded upon recent facts. : To which is added, Amelia, or Malevolence defeated; and, Miss Seward's Monody on Major Andre
- A short account of Algiers,, containing a description of the climate of that country, of the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and of their several wars against Spain, France, England, Holland, Venice, and the other powers of Europe, from the usurpation of Barbarossa and the invasion of the Emperor Charles V. to the present time; : with a concise view of the origin of the rupture between Algiers and the United States. : [Four lines from Buchanan]
- A short and brief account of the shipwreck of Cap. Joshua Winslow,, who was overset on Carolina coast ... on the 23d day of July, 1788
- Geography epitomized; or, A tour round the world:, being a short but comprehensive description of the terraqueous globe: attempted in verse, (for the sake of memory;) and principally designed for the use of schools., By an American
- The shipwreck., A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos., By William Falconer, an English sailor. ; [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation]
- An oration, pronounced at the Baptist Meeting-House in Wrentham, February 22, 1800., At the request of the Society. In memory of Gen. George Washington, first president and late commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, who died Dec. 14, 1799. Aetatis 68., By Benjamin Gleason
- The History of Miss Kitty Pride., Together with The virtue of a rod; or The history of a naughty boy. : [Two lines of quotations]
- A poem on the president's farewell address,, with a sketch of the character of his successor
- Guillotina, for the year 1799., Addressed to the readers of the Connecticut courant
- Hymns and odes, composed on the death of Gen. George Washington:, adapted to the 22d. day of February, and dedicated to those who please to sing them! : Religious and social assemblies cannot fail of being pleased with these various tributes of affection to the father and the friend of his country. They may select whatever suits them best, and mourn the man of the age in sublimest strains. These are the united offerings of piety, patriotism and genius, at the shrine of Washington. : Many of them are pure originals, never published before
- A Late letter from a solicitous mother to her only son, both living in New England
- An eulogy, on the life and character of His Excellency George Washington, Esqr. late president of the United States., Delivered at Lenox, February 22, 1800., By Eldad Lewis, Esquire. ; Published at the request of the audience. ; [One line from Young]
- The times;, a poem. : [Three lines of quotations]
- The modern Quaker., A comparative view of the primitive and present state of the Society of Friends, particularly addressed to the youth., Written in England by an observer, and presented to Friends' children
- Occasional ode, for February 22, 1800
- A few verses composed by P.F. on account of the sudden death of John Brown, and Huldy Brown, son and daughter, of Elder Eleazar Brown, of Stonington, who were killed with lightning, on Saturday the seventh day of June, 1788., The young man was in the 25th year of his age, and the young woman about 18 years old.--Both in the prime of life
- To the inhabitants of Newburyport., Friends and fellow-candidates for eternal felicity, While by the goodness of Providence we exist in the year 1793 ... I humbly conceive that 'tis not amiss for us to drop a tear to the memory of a number of our worthy former companions ... On the death of Capt. Thomas Newman [and twelve others] ... The above men were drowned in the year 1792, when belonging to Newburyport vessels. An elegiac epistle, to the widows of such of these men as had wives at the time of their death
- An essay on man., In four epistles., By Alexander Pope, Esq. ; Enlarged and improved by the author
- An essay on man:, in four epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke. : To which is added, The universal prayer., By Alexander Pope, Esquire
- An essay on man:, in four epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke: : to which is added, The universal prayer., By Alexander Pope, Esq
- The history of Joseph;, a poem. In ten books., By a female hand. ; To which are added The hermit; a poem: and An essay on the creation
- Monody on Major Andre., By Miss Seward,[.]
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