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The life of the late Earl of Chesterfield: or the man of the world including his lordship's principal speeches in Parliament; his most admired essays in the paper called the World; his poems; and the substance of the system of education, delivered in a series of letters to his son ... / [Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield].
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.Date: 1774
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Hercules at the crossroads; representing the choice between different ways of life. Engraving by A. Scultori (Ghisi) after Giulio Romano.
Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.Date: 1500-1599Reference: 11699i
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The immortal mentor, or, Man's unerring guide to a healthy, wealthy, and happy life. In three parts / by Lewis Cornaro, Dr. Franklin, and Dr. Scott.
Date: 1796
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King Charles II and his "golden rules". Engraving, 17--.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 2043395i
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The lady's pocket library. Containing, 1. Miss More's Essays. 2. Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his daughters. 3. Lady Pennington's Unfortunate mother's advice to her daughters. 4. Rudiments of taste, by the Countess of Carlisle. 5. Mrs. Chapone's Letter on the government of the temper. 6. Swift's Letter to a young lady newly married. 7. Moore's Fables. For the female Sex.
Date: 1797
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Some memoirs of the life of Mr. Tho. Tryon, late of London, merchant / written by himself ; together with some rules and orders, proper to be observed by all such as would train up and govern either familes [sic] or societies in cleanness, temperance, and innocency.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.Date: 1705
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Inferno: Earth; collection of occult subjects. Line blocks by the "Arc" Engraving Co. after A.O. Spare, 1905.
Spare, Austin Osman, 1886-1956.Date: [1905]Reference: 579875i
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Difficulties and horrors of life shown in cells of an underground grotto. Gouache by W. Kurelek, ca. 1953-1954.
Kurelek, William, 1927-1977.Date: [between approximately 1953 and 1954]Reference: 3025695i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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A ragged looking man is standing in a prison courtyard with a piece of rope in his hand; representing scorn of material wealth by a man who has none. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 32840i
Part of: Tregears flights of humour
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Menticulture, or, The A-B-C of true living / by Horace Fletcher.
Fletcher, Horace, 1849-1919.Date: 1895
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Introductio ad prudentiam: or directions, counsels, and cautions, tending to prudent management of affairs in common life ... To which is added an appendix, concerning sincerity and deceit / By Thomas Fuller.
Fuller, Thomas, 1654-1734.Date: 1740-1743
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Rally upon the reserve! / by John F.W. Ware.
Ware, John F. W. (John Fothergill Waterhouse), 1818-1881.Date: 1864
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The economy of human life / [Anon.] By Robert Dodsley.
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764.Date: 1797
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A guide for the perplexed / E.F. Schumacher.
Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich), 1911-1977.Date: 1977
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The blight of respectability : an anatomy of the disease and a theory of curative treatment / by Geoffrey Mortimer [pseud].
Gallichan, Walter M.Date: 1897
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Advice to young men and (incidentally) to young women in the middle & higher ranks of life, in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, a citizen, or a subject / by William Cobbett.
Cobbett, William.Date: 1926
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Beastly morality : animals as ethical agents / edited by Jonathan K. Crane.
Date: [2016]
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Skull of a woman known for her moral propriety. Lithograph, c. 1835.
Date: 1835Reference: 28121i
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Life in the sick-room. Essays / By an invalid [i.e. H. Martineau].
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876.Date: 1844
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Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity / Virginia Smith.
Smith, Virginia (Virginia Sarah)Date: 2007
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Themes in poems for children by Bunyan. Engraving by J.J. P(?) after himself.
Date: 1860Reference: 29088i
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Character and the conduct of life : practical psychology for everyman / by William McDougall.
McDougall, William, 1871-1938.Date: [1927]
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Phisicke against fortune, aswell prosperous as aduerse, : conteyned in two bookes. Whereby men are instructed, with lyke indifferencie to remedie theyr affections, aswell in tyme of the bryght shynyng sunne of prosperitie, as also of foule lowryng stormes of aduersitie. Expedient for all men, but most necessary for such as be subiect to any notable insult of eyther extremitie. / Written in Latine by Frauncis Petrarch, a most famous poet, and oratour. And now first englished by Thomas Twyne.
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.Date: An. Dom. 1579
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A physician's living thoughts / by Carl Thenebe.
Thenebe, Carl, 1894-Date: [1970]
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The observer : being a collection of moral, literary and familiar essays.
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.Date: 1791-1795

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Hercules at the crossroads; representing the choice between different ways of life. Engraving by A. Scultori (Ghisi) after Giulio Romano.

The immortal mentor, or, Man's unerring guide to a healthy, wealthy, and happy life. In three parts / by Lewis Cornaro, Dr. Franklin, and Dr. Scott.

King Charles II and his "golden rules". Engraving, 17--.

Some memoirs of the life of Mr. Tho. Tryon, late of London, merchant / written by himself ; together with some rules and orders, proper to be observed by all such as would train up and govern either familes [sic] or societies in cleanness, temperance, and innocency.

Inferno: Earth; collection of occult subjects. Line blocks by the "Arc" Engraving Co. after A.O. Spare, 1905.

Difficulties and horrors of life shown in cells of an underground grotto. Gouache by W. Kurelek, ca. 1953-1954.

A ragged looking man is standing in a prison courtyard with a piece of rope in his hand; representing scorn of material wealth by a man who has none. Coloured lithograph.

Menticulture, or, The A-B-C of true living / by Horace Fletcher.

Introductio ad prudentiam: or directions, counsels, and cautions, tending to prudent management of affairs in common life ... To which is added an appendix, concerning sincerity and deceit / By Thomas Fuller.

Rally upon the reserve! / by John F.W. Ware.

The economy of human life / [Anon.] By Robert Dodsley.

A guide for the perplexed / E.F. Schumacher.

The blight of respectability : an anatomy of the disease and a theory of curative treatment / by Geoffrey Mortimer [pseud].

Advice to young men and (incidentally) to young women in the middle & higher ranks of life, in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, a citizen, or a subject / by William Cobbett.

Beastly morality : animals as ethical agents / edited by Jonathan K. Crane.

Skull of a woman known for her moral propriety. Lithograph, c. 1835.

Life in the sick-room. Essays / By an invalid [i.e. H. Martineau].

Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity / Virginia Smith.

Themes in poems for children by Bunyan. Engraving by J.J. P(?) after himself.

Character and the conduct of life : practical psychology for everyman / by William McDougall.

A physician's living thoughts / by Carl Thenebe.

The observer : being a collection of moral, literary and familiar essays.