English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century, Volume 2Maggs Bros., 1928 - 876 pages |
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... author raised from a garret to fortune by discerning patronage . Godolphin cared more for horse - racing than poetry , and was much less likely to reward the author of a set of verses than to gratify an important politician by advancing ...
... author raised from a garret to fortune by discerning patronage . Godolphin cared more for horse - racing than poetry , and was much less likely to reward the author of a set of verses than to gratify an important politician by advancing ...
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... Author , 1785 . £ 5 5s JEFFERIES ( Dr. John ) . A NARRATIVE OF THE Two AERIAL VOYAGES OF DOCTOR JEFFRIES WITH MONS . BLANCHARD ; with Meteorological Observations and Remarks . The first voyage , on the thirtieth of November , 1784 ...
... Author , 1785 . £ 5 5s JEFFERIES ( Dr. John ) . A NARRATIVE OF THE Two AERIAL VOYAGES OF DOCTOR JEFFRIES WITH MONS . BLANCHARD ; with Meteorological Observations and Remarks . The first voyage , on the thirtieth of November , 1784 ...
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... Author , 1784 . Bearing Lunardi's autograph signature on the half - title . £ 8 8s " After various delays and apprehensions , Lunardi , having made his will , ascended from the Hon . Artillery Co.'s ground at Moorfields on 15 Sept ...
... Author , 1784 . Bearing Lunardi's autograph signature on the half - title . £ 8 8s " After various delays and apprehensions , Lunardi , having made his will , ascended from the Hon . Artillery Co.'s ground at Moorfields on 15 Sept ...
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... authors various pieces not otherwise known . It has also preserved numerous verses of the Elizabethan and ante ... Author , who was a member of Shakespear's company in 1603. Among other early English Authors the following are ...
... authors various pieces not otherwise known . It has also preserved numerous verses of the Elizabethan and ante ... Author , who was a member of Shakespear's company in 1603. Among other early English Authors the following are ...
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... Author's Epigrams . Engraved title , with medallion portraits , and full - page en- gravings in the text . ( Continued over ) ARIOSTO : ORLANDO FURIOSO- -continued . LARGE PAPER COPY . MAGGS BROS . , 34 & 35 , CONDUIT STREET , LONDON ...
... Author's Epigrams . Engraved title , with medallion portraits , and full - page en- gravings in the text . ( Continued over ) ARIOSTO : ORLANDO FURIOSO- -continued . LARGE PAPER COPY . MAGGS BROS . , 34 & 35 , CONDUIT STREET , LONDON ...
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Page 419 - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Page 770 - Imp. 4to. -Suckling (Sir John). FRAGMENTA AUREA : a Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, written by. And published by a friend to perpetuate his memory. Printed by his own copies.
Page 112 - A solemn League and Covenant for reformation and defence of religion, the honour and happiness of the King, and the peace and safety of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Page 287 - A LOVER'S DIARY. Fcap. Svo. 5j. A volume of poems. Parkes (AK). SMALL LESSONS ON GREAT TRUTHS. Fcap. Svo. is. 6d. Parkinson (John). PARADISI IN SOLE PARADISUS TERRESTRIS, OR A GARDEN OF ALL SORTS OF PLEASANT FLOWERS.
Page 388 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 212 - ... you more than see it, you feel it, too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation. He was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is everywhere alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid — his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great when...
Page 83 - BUTLER (Samuel). — Hudibras, in three parts, written in the Time of the Late Wars : Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LLD Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts (from the designs of Hogarth).
Page 696 - Table Talk : being the Discourses of JOHN SELDEN, Esq. ; or his Sence of various Matters of weight and high consequence, relating especially to Religion and State.
Page 785 - Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.
Page 800 - The Relapse ; or. Virtue in Danger : Being the Sequel of The Fool in Fashion, a Comedy.