Pride and vanity - Early works to 1800

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The occasional paper Vol. II. Numb. XII. An essay on the Pride of authors.
Date: MDCCXVIII {i.e. 1718]
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No king-sellers or, a brief detection of the vanity and villany in a sermon, entitul'd, No king-killers. Preach'd by the Scotch-Presbyterian of Swallow-Street, Picadilly.
Date: MDCCXV. [1715]
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The aged Christian's final farewell to the world and its vanities . A pious meditation, composed in the last century, by that truly benevolent patriot, and Compassionate Friend to the Poor Citizens of Bristol, John Whitson, Esq; Alderman of the said City, and a Member in Several Parliaments. Collected from the Author's Manuscripts. To which is prefixed, some account of the author, collected from authentic records, by George Symes Catcott.
Whitson, John, 1555?-1629.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
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The vanity of human life . A sermon, preached at St. Thomas's, January 1, 1776, for the benefit of the Charity school, in Gravel-Lane, Southwark. By James Pickbourn.
Pickbourn, JamesDate: M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]
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Pride expos'd, and oppos'd; or, the root, branches, and fruit thereof, briefly discover'd, and the pernicious effects attending the same, laid open, in divers scriptural instances and examples. Also, The Blessed Effects and Benefits that accompany the Vertue of Humility, with several Considerations and Motives tending to Incline the Mind (through the Lord's Help) to Embrace the same. By J.B. Author of The Drunkards Looking-Glass, &c
Bockett, John, 1658-1715.Date: 1710