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  • Elements of Architecture (1743)
  • An Abridgement of Architecture (1743)
  • The Pantheon: A Vision (1747)
  • An Analysis of the Laws of England (1756)
  • A Discourse on the Study of the Law (1758)
  • The Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest, with other authentic Instruments (1759)
  • A Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee Simple (1759)
  • Commentaries on the Laws of England (1766)
  • Reports in K.B. and C.P., from 1746 to 1779 (1780)

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