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Bibliotheca Britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature / By Robert Watt.

  • Robert Watt
Date:
1824
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    HILDUIN, is recorded as an Abbot of St. Denys, in France, in the 9th century. —As a Writer, he was the first who confounded St. Denys, or Dionysius, bishop of Paris, with Dionysius the Areopagite, in his Life of pSt. Dionysius, entit., Areopagitica. Paris, 1565, 8vo, Which is replete with fabulous absurdities. : HILL, a Clergyman, who exchanged the Church of England for that of Rome.—Quatron of Reasons in Vindication of his Conduct. Antw. 1600, 4to.—In what things we must use Moderation, and in what not; Morning Exercise at Cripplegate, on Phil. iv. 5. 1677, 4to, HILL.—Dissertation of the Antiquities of Temples and Churches. 1698, 4to. HILL.—Nundine Sturbrigiensis, anno.1702. Lond. 1709, 8vo. HILL, Miss. —The Forest of Comalva; a Novel, containing Sketches gof Portugal, Spain, and part of France. Lond. 1809, 3 vols. 15s.—An- selmo ; or, the Day of Trial. 1813, 4 vols. 12mo. 22s. HILL, Aaron, an English Poet and Dramatic Writer of some cele- brity in his day, was born in London, 1685; died 1750.—History of the Ottoman Empire. Lond. 1709, fol.—Camillus; a Poem. 1709, This is in vindication and honour of the Earl of Peterborough, who had been Gene- ral in Spain.—Rinaldo; an Opera. In English, from the Italian. Lond. 1711, 8vo.—Essays on Beech-Oil. 1714, 1715, 8vo.—Account of the Rise and Progress of Beech-Oil Inventions. Lond, 1715, 8vo.—Essays on Re- ducing the Price of Coals; on repairing Dagenham Breach; on English r Grape- Wines. Lond. 1718, 8vo.—King Henry the Fifth; or, the Con- quest of France; a Tragedy. Lond. 1723, 8vo.—The Northern Star; a Poem. Lond. 1725, 8vo.—Advice to the Poets. Lond. 1731, 4to.—The Judgment-Day; a Poem. Lond. fol——The Art of Acting; a Poem. Lond. 1746, fol.—Merope; a Tragedy. Translated from Voltaire, with alterations. Lond. 1749, 8vo.—The Insolvent; or, Filial Piety; a Tra- gedy. Written partly on a plan of Sir William D’Avenant’s and Mr, Massinger'’s. Lond. 1758, 8vo. 1s. 6d. Edited by Theoph. Cibber.—The Fanciad ; a Heroic Poem.—The Impartial; a Poem.—The Progress of Wit; a Caveat, for the Use of an eminent Writer. A Satire upon Pope, swho had introduced Mr. H. in the Dunciad.—Works. Lond. 1753, 4 vols. 8vo.—His Dramatic Works; containing also, a Life of the Author, &c. Lond. 1759, 2 vols. 8vo. 10s. 6d. HILL, Azranam, alearned English Gentleman, Fellow and Treasurer of the Royal Society, was born in London, 1633; died 1721.—Familiar Letters, which passed between him and several eminent and ingenious per- sons of the last century. Transcribed from the Original Letters. Lond. 1767, 8vo. 4s. ! HILL, Avamu, D. D.—A Godly and Profitable Sermon, shewing the true fruites of Peace and Warre, as also the rare vertues of Godly wise t Captains, &c. Lond. 1588, 16mo. (Text, 2 Chron, xx. 1.)—The Defense of the Article, Christ descended into Hell. With Arguments obiected against the truth of the same doctrine, of one Alex. Humes ; All which reasons are confuted, &c. Lond. 1592, 4to.—Sermon on Gen. xviii. 21, 22. Lond. 1593, 8vo. HILL, Anrnony, M. A., Lecturer of Stratford-le-Bow.—A Sermon on Rom. vi. 18. 1702, 8vo.—A Country Feast, on 1 Cor. xiii. 13. 1702, Ato. . HILL, or Harz, Arruur, Esq., of Grantham.—Ten Books of Ho- mer’s Iliades. ‘Translated from a metrical French Version, into English. w Lond. 1581, 4to. The first translation of Homer in the English Lan- lage. HILL, Rev. Brian, A. M.—Christian Zeal Recommended and En- forced; a Sermon on Gal. iv. 18. Lond. 1780, 8vo.—Henry and Acasto; a Moral Poetical Tale. 1785. 3d edition, with corrections, alterations, and additions. Lond. 1786, 12mo. Is. 4th edit. 1798, 8vo.—Observa- tions and Remarks, in a Journey through Sicily and Calabria, in the year 179]. With a Postscript, containing some account of the last Holy Week at Rome ; and a short excursion to Trivoli. Lond. 1792, 8vo. 7s, 6d.—Fu- neral Sermon on the Death of the Rev. Richard de Courcy, of Shrews- vbury. 1805, 8vo. ' ; HILL, Danret, M. D., F. H. S.—Practical Observations on the Use of Oxygen, or Vital Air, in the cure of Diseases. To which are added, a few Experiments on Plants. / Parti, Lond. 1800, 4to. 7s. 6d.—On the Use of Oxygen Air, in Pfomoting Vegetation. ‘rans. Hortic. Soc. i, 233. 1815. i : HILL, Extzazeru.—A Sequel to the Poetical Monitor. 12mo. 3s. yily f HILL, Grorex, D. D., F. R. S., Edinburgh, Principal of the Univer- sity of St. Andrews.—-Sermons, Lond. 1795, 8vo. 6s.:—Sermons by James w Gillespie, D. D., from the Author’s MS. Lond. 1796, 8vo. 6s. 6d.—Theo- logical Institutes. . 1803, 8vo.—Lectures upon portions of the Old Testa- ment, illustrative of the Jewish History. Lond. 1812, 8vo, 12s. HILL, Grorce Nessr, Surgeon, Chester.—Essay on the prevention and Lond. 1811, HILL, James, Surgeon at Dumfries. —Cases in Surgery, particularly of Cancers and Diseases of the Head, with an account of Sibbens. Edin. 1772, 12mo. 3s. 6d.— Account of Feces mixed with the Urine from the Urethra of awoman. Med. Com. ii. p. 192.1774, Fatal.—Account of singular appearances from affections of the Liver, in two cases. Ib. p. 303. 1774. — History of an Anomalous. Tumour in the eyebrow of a child, extirpated. Ib. ili. p. 313, 1775.—History of a large Polypus Uteri, accompanied with Ib. iv. 88. 1776.—Violent effects of a Mercurial Fumigation. Med. Phys. iv. 41. HILL, Joun, a Stationer in London, towards the close of the 16th cen- tury, for whom the following books appear to have been printed,—A Godly and Profitable Sermon, &c. . Sce Hitr, Anam. Lond. 1588, 16mo,— Tlie Principles of the true Christian Religion; briefly selected out of many good bookes, by S. B. . Lond. 1590, 8vo. HILL, Joun, M. A., Rector of St. Mabyn, Cornwall.—St. Peter’s Prophecy of these last days. Lond. 1610, 4to.—The Penitent Sinner’s s Entertainment, on Luke xy. 20, 21, 22, &c. Lond. 1614, 8vo.—The Grand Apostacy of the Church of Rome from her primitive purity and in- tegrity; on Rev. xviii. 4. 1680, 4to.—Ishbi-benob Defeated, and David Succoured ; a Fast and Assize Sermon, on 2 Sam. xxi. 16, 17. 1693, 4to. HILL, Joun.—The Exact Dealer Refined ; being a useful companion to all Trades. Lond. 1698, 1702, 12mo.— Arithmetic, both in Theory and Practice. Lond. 1716, 8vo. Corrected and improved by Hatton. 1733, 8vo. HILL, Sm Joun, M. D., a very singular character and most volumi- nous writer, was born about 1715, resided in London; died 1775.—Orphe- aus; an Opera. Lond. 1740.—@®EO@®PASTOY TOY EPESIOY MEP] TAN AI@QN, BIBAION. ‘Theophrastus’ History of Stones. With an English Version and Notes. -Lond. 1746, 1774, 8vo. 6s.—History of Fossils. Lond. 1748, fol.—A Dissertation on Royal Societies. —Review of the Works of the Royal Society of London; containing Animadversions on such papers as deserve particular observation, in eight parts, under the seve- ral heads of Arts, Antiquities, Medicine, Miracles, Zoophites, Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals. Lond. 1751, 1780, 4to. 7s. 6d. Here num- bers of the papers in the Philosophical ‘l'ransactions are, by the most unjust misrepresentations, endeavoured to be rendered ridiculous, because the illus- btrious assembly would not admit him a F. R. S.—History of the Materia Medica ; containing a Description of all the Substances used in Medicine; their origin, their characters, when in perfection, the signs of their decay, their chemical analysis, and an account of their virtues; and of the seve- ral properties from each now used in the shops. Lond. 1751, 4to.—Essays on Natural History and Philosophy; containing a Series of Discoveries made with the Microscope. Lond. 1752, 8vo. 5s.: In Dutch. Haar. 1753, 8vo.—A_ General Natural History; or a new and accurate Descrip- tion of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals of the different parts of the world, &c. Lond. 1748-52, 5 vols. fol.—Urania; or a Complete View of cthe Heavens; containing its ancient and modern Astronomy, in form of a Dictionary. Lord. 1754, 8vo.—The Critical Minute; a Farce. Lond. 1754.—The Route; a Farce. 1754.—The Gardener’s New Kalender. Lond. 1757, 1758, 8vo.—Eden; or a Complete Body of Gardening. Lond. 1757, fol. 27s. 1778, fol.—The Sleep of Plants, and the eause of Motion in the Sensitive Plants explained. Lond. 1757, 1762, 12mo. 1s.— The Naval History of Great Britain, from the earliest periods of which there are any accounts in history, to the conclusion of the year 1756. Compiled from the papers of the late Hon. Capt. George Berkley. Tllus- trated with numerous plates. Lond. 1757, fol. 35s.—Translation of the @ Book of Nature, or the History of Insects ; reduced to distinct classes, con- firmed by particular instances, displayed in the atomical analysis of many species, and illustrated by copperplates; by John Swammerdam, M. D. With the Life of the Author, by H. Boerhaave, M. D. From the Dutch. and Latin, by Thomas Floyd. Revised and improved, with Notes by Dr. Hill. Lond. 1758, fol. 55s. —The Virtue of Wild Valerian, in Nervous Disorders ; with Directions for gathering and preserving the root, and for choosing the right kind when it is bought dry, &c. Lond. 1758, 8vo. Is. — The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees, natives of Bri- tain, cultivated for use or raised for beauty. Lond. 1758, fol. 30s.—The e Construction of Nerves, and causes of Nervous Disorders. 1758, 8vo.—The Fabrick of the Eye. Lond. 1758, 8vo.—An Account of a Stone in the posses- sion of theRight Hon. the Earl of Stafford, which, on being watered, produces excellent Mushrooms: with the History of the Iolithos, or Violet Stone, of the Germans. Lond, 1758, 8vo. Illustrated with figures.—Outlines of a Ed. preducing double Flowers from single, by a regular course of culture. Lond. 1758, 8vo. 2s. 6d.—An Idea of a Botanical Garden in England; with Lond, 1758, 8vo.—The usefulness of a knowledge of Plants; illustrated Pretenders to Madness. ‘Lond. 1814, 8vo. 12s.—Case of Angina Pecto- ris. healing wounds by the first Intention. Ib. ii. 12, 1800, j HILL, Henry, D. D.—Dialogue concerning a Pamphlet, entit. The Growth of Deism in England. Lond. 1696, 4to. Anon. the Elements of Euclid, demonstrated after a new, plain, and easy method. Lond. 1726, 4to. 1736, 4to. Lond. 17£9, 8vo.—Exotic Botany, illustrated in thirty-five figures of curi- ous and elegant plants: explaining the Sexual System, and tending to give some new light into the Vegetable Philosophy. Lond. 1759, fol. £2, 12s. 6d. plain, £5, 5s. coloured.—The Vegetable System; or a Series of Obser- vations tending to explain the Internal Structure and the Life of Plants, their growth and propagation, &e. Including a New Anatomy of Plants, the whole from Nature only. Lond. 1759-1775, 26 vols. fol. This im- mense work contains 1600 engravings: price 38 guineas plain; or 160 of
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