English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century, Volume 1Maggs Bros., 1926 - 876 pages |
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... Folio . Original half calf ( joints repaired ) . London , 1711-12 . A few of the numbers are , as usual , slightly foxed . £ 63 The " Spectator " carefully abstained from politics in a time of violent party spirit . It consisted ...
... Folio . Original half calf ( joints repaired ) . London , 1711-12 . A few of the numbers are , as usual , slightly foxed . £ 63 The " Spectator " carefully abstained from politics in a time of violent party spirit . It consisted ...
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... Folio . Calf . London , Printed by G. Miller . 1634 . £ 15 15s He The translator , Sir John Harington , was godson of Queen Elizabeth . studied law at Lincoln's Inn , but not to much purpose , for his reputation as a wit and a man of ...
... Folio . Calf . London , Printed by G. Miller . 1634 . £ 15 15s He The translator , Sir John Harington , was godson of Queen Elizabeth . studied law at Lincoln's Inn , but not to much purpose , for his reputation as a wit and a man of ...
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... Folio . Full morocco gilt , gold lines on sides , full gilt back , g . e . London , 1620 . ( SEE ILLUSTRATION , PLATE NO . V. ) £ 65 The Novum Organum is the most valuable of all Bacon's works , and by him the most highly valued ...
... Folio . Full morocco gilt , gold lines on sides , full gilt back , g . e . London , 1620 . ( SEE ILLUSTRATION , PLATE NO . V. ) £ 65 The Novum Organum is the most valuable of all Bacon's works , and by him the most highly valued ...
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... folio . Original calf gilt .. £ 30 OPERUM MORALIUM ET CIVILIUM , Tomus qui continet , HISTORIAM REGNI HENRICI SEPTIMI . SERMONES FIDELES . TRAC- TATUM DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM . DIALOGUM DE BELLO Sacro , et NOVAM ATLANTIDEM . Curâ et Fide ...
... folio . Original calf gilt .. £ 30 OPERUM MORALIUM ET CIVILIUM , Tomus qui continet , HISTORIAM REGNI HENRICI SEPTIMI . SERMONES FIDELES . TRAC- TATUM DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM . DIALOGUM DE BELLO Sacro , et NOVAM ATLANTIDEM . Curâ et Fide ...
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... folio Beaumont and Fletcher and the folio Ben Jonson . Shakespeare is eulogised in the commendatory verses by Denham , Howell , Buck , Cartwright , and Birkenhead . " The dramas of Beaumont and Fletcher stand higher than those even of ...
... folio Beaumont and Fletcher and the folio Ben Jonson . Shakespeare is eulogised in the commendatory verses by Denham , Howell , Buck , Cartwright , and Birkenhead . " The dramas of Beaumont and Fletcher stand higher than those even of ...
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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.