Povey, Charles, 1652?-1743
Well-wisher to his country
Povey, Charles, ca. 1652-1743
Povey, Charles
Charles Povey
VIAF ID: 64406807 ( Personal )
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Works
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Advertisement, 1701: | |
Britain's scheme to make a new coin of gold and silver to give in exchange for paper-money and South Sea stock : to which is added, a proposal that will enable the government to take into the Exchequer all contracts and mortgages that have land security engag'd for payment, and the Crown to lend out money to the subject upon that security at four per cent. interest | |
The English memorial to obtain Right and property, as promised in His Majesty's speech from the Throne : Humbly presented to the King, Lords, and Commons, for the restoration of an estate and fortune taken away by the Crown and Parliament, contrary to the laws of Great-Britain. The loss and damage sustained by these acts, amount to the sum of fifty thousand eight hundred pounds, and four thousand pounds per annum: whereby the proprietor was laid in ruins, and the government erected, upon the very foundation of those ruins, structures that have raised above one million of money sterling, and now bring into the revenue near thirty thousand pounds every year. | |
Enquiry into the miscarriages of the four last years reign | |
Inquiry into the miscarriages of the four last years reign | |
Meditations of a divine soul : or, the Christian's guide, amidst the various opinions of a vain world; ... Also, arguments to prove, there is no material fire in Hell; ... To which is added an essay of a retired solitary life, with an after-thought on King William III. | |
The practical sea-gunner's companion; or, An introduction to the art of gunnery containing decimal arithmetic, practical geometry, trigonometry, with its application to the measuring of heights and distances; the duty of a gunner, &c. ... Being the substance of the captains Povey and Binning, with large additions and improvements. | |
The present state of Great Britain, 1714: | |
The torments after death. Dedicated to the Protestant, Greek and Romish churches : Delivered in a conference with a greater proficient in the school of atheism, than the late Earl of Rochester. ... To which is added, articles to establish relief for indigent families, .. | |
The unhappiness of England as to its trade by sea and land, truly stated : also a lively representation of the miseries of the poor, the pernicious consequences of wearing swords, and the ill presidents acted at the two theaters, with effectual means to redress these growing evils and several other remarkable particulars : to which is added an essay of the happiness of man in observing the rules of morality | |
The virgin in Eden, 1741 | |
The virgin in Eden : or, the state of innocency. Deliver'd by way of image and description. Presenting a nobleman, a student, and heiress, on their progress from sodom to Canaan. With the Parable of the Shepherd, Zachariah, and Mary, who dwelt in thatched Tenements, secluded from Noise and Snares. Their holy Living and Dying. To which are added, Pamela's Letters proved to be immodest Romances painted in Images of Virtue: Masquerades in Disguise, that receiv'd Birth now Vice reigns in Triumph, and swells in Streams even to a Deluge. In this Treatise are the Divine Sayings of Queen Mary and Carolina in publick Assemblies and select Companies. Taken from their own Manuscripts. The Decree of God appoints these Records to be kept in every House, in every Kingdom and State, from one Generation to another, till the great Fall of Nature. Wrote by the author of the sheets entitled, Torments after death. That Copy, of which such vast Numbers were printed and sold, Four, Seven, and in some Houses Twenty, to send into the Country and beyond the Seas | |
The visions of Sir Heister Ryley : with other entertainments. |