English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century, Volume 2Maggs Bros., 1928 - 876 pages |
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... says : " In its pages is gathered and concentrated all that is elevating , passionate , pro- foundly pious in all the other mystics . " No book , after the Holy Scriptures , has been so often reprinted , none translated into so many ...
... says : " In its pages is gathered and concentrated all that is elevating , passionate , pro- foundly pious in all the other mystics . " No book , after the Holy Scriptures , has been so often reprinted , none translated into so many ...
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... says of himself : " He has traced the origin of Astronomy from the first ages of the world . " Warburton , Bishop of Gloucester , one of Stukeley's oldest acquaintances , describes him as a learned and honest man , but a strange ...
... says of himself : " He has traced the origin of Astronomy from the first ages of the world . " Warburton , Bishop of Gloucester , one of Stukeley's oldest acquaintances , describes him as a learned and honest man , but a strange ...
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... say that Smith , having a long part in it , fell ill upon the fourth day , and died . This occasioned it to be laid aside , and it was not acted afterwards . 104 BARLOW ( William ) . MAGNETICAL ADVERTISEMENTS : or Divers Pertinent ...
... say that Smith , having a long part in it , fell ill upon the fourth day , and died . This occasioned it to be laid aside , and it was not acted afterwards . 104 BARLOW ( William ) . MAGNETICAL ADVERTISEMENTS : or Divers Pertinent ...
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... says : " It was the first of that series of books which went forth to astonish all the librarians of Europe . " It was a landmark in the history of typography . In 1761 his growing reputation received recognition , and he became High ...
... says : " It was the first of that series of books which went forth to astonish all the librarians of Europe . " It was a landmark in the history of typography . In 1761 his growing reputation received recognition , and he became High ...
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... says : " If he had written nothing else , it would have transmitted him to posterity among the first favourites of the English Muse . " AN EPISTLE TO SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE , KT . On occasion of the Late Great Victory in Brabant . FIRST ...
... says : " If he had written nothing else , it would have transmitted him to posterity among the first favourites of the English Muse . " AN EPISTLE TO SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE , KT . On occasion of the Late Great Victory in Brabant . FIRST ...
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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.