English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century, Volume 2Maggs Bros., 1928 - 876 pages |
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... manuscript till it fell into the hands of the queen . She reprimanded Harington for corrupting the morals of her ladies by translating the least seemly part of Ariosto's work , and ordered him as a punish- ment to leave the court for ...
... manuscript till it fell into the hands of the queen . She reprimanded Harington for corrupting the morals of her ladies by translating the least seemly part of Ariosto's work , and ordered him as a punish- ment to leave the court for ...
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... manuscript notes , and Astronomical diagrams ( executed when he was a boy of fourteen , at Rugby ) , some of which are signed and dated . 81 HEATH ( Robert ) . ASTRONOMIA ACCURATA ; or the Royal Astronomer and Navigator . Containing New ...
... manuscript notes , and Astronomical diagrams ( executed when he was a boy of fourteen , at Rugby ) , some of which are signed and dated . 81 HEATH ( Robert ) . ASTRONOMIA ACCURATA ; or the Royal Astronomer and Navigator . Containing New ...
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... MANUSCRIPT . ON THE VIA LACTEA ( THE MILKY WAY ) , addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury . Original manuscript , clearly written on 120 pp . Illustrated in ink and colours , with drawings of Astronomical subjects . Small 4to ...
... MANUSCRIPT . ON THE VIA LACTEA ( THE MILKY WAY ) , addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury . Original manuscript , clearly written on 120 pp . Illustrated in ink and colours , with drawings of Astronomical subjects . Small 4to ...
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... manuscript by Joseph Read . I IOS 123A THE CERTAINTY OF THE WORLDS OF SPIRITS . Fully evinced by the unquestionable Histories of Apparitions , Operations , Witch- crafts , Voices , & c . Proving the Immortality of Souls , the Malice and ...
... manuscript by Joseph Read . I IOS 123A THE CERTAINTY OF THE WORLDS OF SPIRITS . Fully evinced by the unquestionable Histories of Apparitions , Operations , Witch- crafts , Voices , & c . Proving the Immortality of Souls , the Malice and ...
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... Manuscript : Manuscript : With Notes Critical and Explanatory . AN UNCUT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION . 8vo . Bound by Riviere in full polished calf gilt , edges entirely untrimmed . London , Printed for J. Johnson , 1786 . £ 42 ...
... Manuscript : Manuscript : With Notes Critical and Explanatory . AN UNCUT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION . 8vo . Bound by Riviere in full polished calf gilt , edges entirely untrimmed . London , Printed for J. Johnson , 1786 . £ 42 ...
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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.