A Guide to health, beauty, riches, and honour.

A Museum for young gentlemen and ladies: or, A private tutor for little masters and misses : Containing a variety of useful subjects, and in particular, I. Directions for reading with elegance and propriety. II. The ancient and present state of Great-Britain; with a compendious history of England. III. An account of the solar system. IV. Historical and geographical description of the several countries in the world; with the manners, customs, and habits of the people. V. Tables of weights and measures. VI. The seven wonders of the world. VII. Prospect and description of the burning mountain. VIII. Dying words and behaviour of great men, when just quitting the stage of life; with many other useful particulars, all in a plain familiar way for youth of both sexes. With letters, tales, and fables, for amusement and instruction; illustrated with cuts.
Published: (1778)

The club: or, A grey cap for a green head; in a dialogue between father and son. In vino veritas.
by: Puckle, James, 1667?-1724

Antipharmacum Saluberrimum; or, A serious & seasonable caveat to all the saints in this hour of temptation. : Wherein their present dangers are detected, and their present duties vigorously urged.
Published: (1664)

Antipharmacum Saluberrimum; or, A serious & seasonable caveat to all the saints in this hour of temptation. Wherein their present dangers are detected, and their present duties vigorously urged
Published: (1664)

An account of the character and manners of the French : with occasional observations on the English. In two volumes. ...
by: Andrews, John, 1736-1809

Letters describing the character and customs of the English and French nations : With a curious essay on travelling; and a criticism on Boileau's description of Paris. Translated from the French.
by: Muralt, Béat Louis de, 1665-1749

The gentleman instructed, in the conduct of a virtuous and happy life : In three parts. Written for the instruction of a young nobleman. To which is added, a word to the ladies, by way of supplement to the first part.
by: Darrell, William, 1651-1721

The mariner's jewel : Or, A pocket companion for the ingenious. Containing decimal arithmetick; extraction of the square root; to know the burthen, and how to rig a ship; with an easie and exact method for all gunners, carpenters, and boatswains, whereby to know the expence of their stories every month, and what they have remaining; with proper directions for making of masts and yards according to proportion; with a new list of the royal navy; a general pay-table for all degrees of men; an abstract of Parliament for the encouragement of seamen, with Her Majesty's approbation thereto; a guide for pursers and stewards; the most usual terms at sea explained, with directions how to work a ship at sea; and a compendium of sea gunnery; with several other things needful to be understood by all sorts of seasaring men.
by: Love, James (Mathematician)
Published: (1703)

Advice to a son : directing him how to demean himself in the most important passages of life.

Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq : late envoy extraordinary at the court of Dresden: together with several other pieces on various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possession. In two volumes. ...
by: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773

A treatise upon the modes: or, a farewell to French kicks.
by: Harris, John, 1679 or 1680-1738

Advice to a son in the university.
by: Barecroft, John

Advice to a soldier, in two letters, written to an officer in the English Army, proper to be exposed at the present time, while the peace of Christendom (if not the liberty of it,) seems to be very short-lived. (From a quarto, containing fourteen pages, printed at London by John Shadd, 1680.).
Published: (1744)

The club : Or, a grey-cap, for a green-head, in a dialogue between father and son.
by: Puckle, James, 1667?-1724

Manners : Translated from the French.
by: Toussaint, François-Vincent, 1715-1772

A gentleman instructed in the conduct of a virtuous and happy life : Written for the instruction of a young nobleman.
by: Darrell, William, 1651-1721

A military course for the government and conduct of a battalion, designed for their regulations in quarter, camp, or Garrison; with useful observations and instructions for their manner of attack and defence : Ornamented with a frontispiece and twenty copper-plate plans. By Thomas Simes, Esq. late of the Queen's Royal Regiment, author of the military guide, &c. Governor of the Hibernian Society for the orphans and children of soldiers.
by: Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780
Published: (1777)

The gentleman's library : containing rules for conduct in all parts of life. The fourth edition. Corrected and enlarged. Written by a gentleman.
by: Gentleman

The accomplish'd woman. Written originally in French, since made English, by the Honourable, Walter Montague, Esq; with alterations and additions
by: Du Bosc, Jacques, d. 1660
Published: (1671)

How to do it : guides to good living for Renaissance Italians /
by: Bell, Rudolph M.
Published: (1999)

A Museum for young gentlemen and ladies; or A private tutor for little masters and misses : Containing a variety of useful subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for reading with elegance and propriety. II. The ancient and present state of Great Britain; with a compendious history of England. III. An account of the solar system. IV. Historical and geographical description of the several countries in the world; with the manners, customs, and habits of the people. V. Tables of weights and measures. VI. The seven wonders of the world. VII. Prospect and description of the burning mountains. VIII. Dying words and behaviour of great men, when just quitting the stage of life; with many other useful particulars, all in a plain familiar way for youth of both sexes. With letters, tales, and fables, for amusement and instruction. Illustrated with cuts.
Published: (1795)

A Museum for young gentlemen and ladies; or Private tutor and pocket library : Being the most useful and entertaining companion for the youth of both sexes ever offered to the public, containing directions for reading with elegance and propriety. A compendious history of Ireland and England. Of the cities, towns, rivers, mountains, and curiosities of Ireland. A description of the Giant's Causeway with a cut. An account of the solar system, of the four quarters of the world. With an historical account of France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, &c. &c. Also lists of things necessary to be known. Of the seven wonders of the world, with cuts of each. Letters, poems, tales and fables. The whole illustrated with twenty-seven plates elegantly engraved.

The lady's New-Years gift, or, Advice to a daughter.
by: Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695

The lady's New-Year's-gift, or, Advice to a daughter.
by: Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695

A pocket-companion, containing things necessary to be known by all that values their health and happiness : being a plain way of nature's own prescribing, to cure most diseases in men, women and children, by kitchen-physick only. To which is added, an account how a man may live well and plentifully for two-pence a day. /
by: Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703
Published: (1693)

Letters on several subjects /
by: Palmer, Charlotte, active 1780-1797

The parfait mareschal, or Compleat farrier. : Which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses. II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good or bad use of purging and bleeding. III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing, according to a new design of shoes, which will recover bad feet, and preserve the good. Together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses: as also instructions, whereby to fit all kinds of horses with proper bits, whereof the chief draughts are represented in copper-plates. /
by: Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680
Published: (1696)

A gentleman instructed in the conduct of a virtuous and happy life Written for the instruction of a young nobleman.
by: Darrell, William, 1651-1721
Published: (1704)

The merchant's magazine, or, Trades-man's treasury : containing I. arithmetick ... II. merchants accompts ... III. book-keeping ... to which is added in this impression ... I. maxims ... II. the post of letters to and from foreign countries ... III. an account of the commodities produced by all countries ... IV. a merchant or trader's dictionary ... V. presidents of merchants writings ... /
by: Hatton, Edward, 1664?-

The accomplish'd woman. /
by: Du Bosc, Jacques, d. 1660
Published: (1656)

Practica de confessores de monjas : en que se explican los quatro votos de obediencia, pobreza, casstidad, y clausura, por modo de dialogo /
by: Borda, Andrés de
Published: (1708)

The lady's New-years gift, or, Advice to a daughter : under these following heads : viz. religion, husband, house and family, servants, behaviour and conversation, friendship, censure, vanity and affectation, pride, diversion, dancing.
by: Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695
Published: (1688)

The lady's New-years gift, or, Advice to a daughter : under these following heads : viz. religion, husband, house and family, servants, behaviour and conversation, friendship, censure, vanity and affectation, pride, diversion, dancing.
by: Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695

Pareres ou avis et conseils sur les plus importantes matieres du commerce : contenant la resolution des questions les plus difficiles, sçavoir sur les banqueroutes & faillites, des lettres & billets de change ..., ensemble plusieurs arrests des parlemens rendus conformément à ces pareres /
by: Savary, Jacques, 1622-1690
Published: (1688)

A new trial of the ladies. Hide-Park, May-Day. Or, The yellow books partner..
by: W. B. (William Blake), fl. 1650-1670
Published: (1658)

Winter riches, or, A miscellany of rudiments, directions and observations, necessary for the laborious farmer : on a new vegetable system of agriculture ... whereby ease and profit may be obtained, and the willing farmer become a husbandman /
by: Peters, Matthew