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Publiſhed, and to be Sold,
Words in the Style of
William Barnes.
By Chase Via.
A Work concerning the Engliſh Tongue, and the Means of framing Words from its own Stores; after the Example of William Barnes, Poet. Recommended to Lovers of plain Speech, old Words, and new Uses for them.
To Authors, & Others.
Chase Via acquaints the Publick, that he follows the Buſineſs of Narration and the voicing of Characters; and invites Authors and Producers to hear Specimens of his Work. Hiſtories, Romances, Dialogues, and uncommon Names receive particular Attention.
N. B. His Catalogue of Performances and Means of Correſpondence may be conſulted at the ſame Place.
For the Curious in other Worlds.
Thoſe who would acquaint themſelves with Chaſecraft, a World raiſed in Minecraft, are directed to its publick Chronicle. The Reader may make his firſt Enquiries there, and follow ſuch Matters as beſt ſuit his Curioſity.
N. B. For this Journey neither a Sea-Paſſage nor a well-furniſhed Portmanteau is required.
To the Lovers of Family Hiſtory.
A Collection of Genealogical Notices, Family Recollections, and Particulars drawn from Records; concerning the above Families and their Kindred. With Accounts of individual Lives, and Obſervations upon Names, Heritage, and the Cuſtoms of former Generations.
Thoſe who find Pleaſure in tracing a Name beyond its preſent Bearer are invited to examine the Collection.
An Hiſtorical Enquiry.
An Account of St. Columbanus, the Iriſh Abbot; his Travels, religious Diſcipline, and Dealings with the Princes of the Franks. Wherein the Reader may conſider how a Man ſeeking Retirement came repeatedly into the Affairs of Kings.
By Chase Via. With References for thoſe who wiſh to purſue the Enquiry.
A Curioſity in Names.
How ſhall Chaſe Via be called in other Tongues? A Collection of Forms, ſome following the Sound, others the Senſe; with Notes upon their making, and the Advice of divers Perſons learned in the Languages concerned.
To Philologers.
A Tongue of the Author’s
own Contrivance.
Perſons curious in the making of Languages are invited to examine Daumre, deviſed by Chase Via. An Amuſement for thoſe who, having conſidered how Men ſpeak, are tempted to enquire how elſe they might have ſpoken.
A World in Alphabetical Order.
An Encyclopædical Account of an imagined World; treating of its Lands, Peoples, Gods, Creatures, and ſundry Wonders. Compoſed for Adventures at the gaming Table, and offered alſo to Readers who delight in the Hiſtory and Geography of Places which no Ship has reached.
The Articles are arranged for ready Conſultation.
For the Conſideration of Friends.
A Collection of Tracts upon the religious Life and Practice of Friends. Several Works of Authors now deceaſed may be heard in the Voice of Chase Via; among them Guide to Quaker Practice and On Hallowing One’s Diminiſhments.
Particulars of the Readings, with Links to the ſeveral Works, are entered in his Catalogue.
To the Admirers of Maps.
A Geographical Entertainment, exhibiting the Earth under another Courſe of Hiſtory; with Maps of its Countries, Languages, and Peoples. The curious Reader may compare this imagined Arrangement with the World he knows, and find much to occupy his Thoughts.
Chase Via alſo conducts the accompanying Converſations, Altera Unprojected.
An innocent Recreation.
The Chaseborough Football Club, an amateur Company formed for the Pleaſure of the Game, has opened a publick Page. There the Reader may follow the Club and conſult ſuch Particulars of its Seaſons, Players, and Matches as are entered from Time to Time.
Ne cede malis.
A Life recovered from the Records.
An Hiſtorical Work by Chase Via, concerning his Great-great-granduncle; prepared for the Center for the Study of Tenneſſeans and War. Offered to thoſe who would follow the Hiſtory of War through a particular Life, and the Traces which that Life has left behind.