English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century, Volume 1Maggs Bros., 1926 - 876 pages |
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... death . It contains , by way of introduction , an account of all the Lord Bacon's works " of considerable interest to the bibliographer . BACON ( Sir Francis ) —continued . 72 THE ESSAYES 26 MAGGS BROS . , 34 & 35 , Conduit Street ...
... death . It contains , by way of introduction , an account of all the Lord Bacon's works " of considerable interest to the bibliographer . BACON ( Sir Francis ) —continued . 72 THE ESSAYES 26 MAGGS BROS . , 34 & 35 , Conduit Street ...
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... DEATH , with Observations Naturall and Experimentall for the prolonging of Life . With the rare engraved title by Glover , containing a portrait of Bacon . FIRST EDITION . Small 8vo . Full black morocco , g . e . London , Printed for ...
... DEATH , with Observations Naturall and Experimentall for the prolonging of Life . With the rare engraved title by Glover , containing a portrait of Bacon . FIRST EDITION . Small 8vo . Full black morocco , g . e . London , Printed for ...
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... death of Maister John Calvin , with the Testament and laste will of the saide Calvin , and the Catalogue of his Bookes that he hath made . Turned out of French into Englishe , by I. S. BLACK LETTER . FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH . morocco ...
... death of Maister John Calvin , with the Testament and laste will of the saide Calvin , and the Catalogue of his Bookes that he hath made . Turned out of French into Englishe , by I. S. BLACK LETTER . FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH . morocco ...
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... death of the principal translator . The translation was made in the first instance from the English Bible , the marginal readings of which are sometimes preferred to the textual readings ; but it appears to have been to some extent ...
... death of the principal translator . The translation was made in the first instance from the English Bible , the marginal readings of which are sometimes preferred to the textual readings ; but it appears to have been to some extent ...
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... Death itself . Small 8vo . A very fine example of English embroidered binding of the second half of the seventeenth century . On the upper cover is a full - length figure of Hope , and on lower cover full - length figure of Faith ...
... Death itself . Small 8vo . A very fine example of English embroidered binding of the second half of the seventeenth century . On the upper cover is a full - length figure of Hope , and on lower cover full - length figure of Faith ...
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Page 184 - All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, 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.
Page 374 - 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 or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Page 346 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory (on this side Idolatry) as much as any). He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature...
Page 728 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 102 - 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 184 - ... 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.
Page 346 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Page 76 - 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 70 - Chirologia: or the naturall language of the hand. Composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof.
Page 373 - AB, do declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the Book entitled 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, printed as they are to be sung or said in Churches ; and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.