English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century, Volume 1Maggs Bros., 1926 - 876 pages |
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... hand of an amanuensis . 4to . Handsomely bound in full green morocco gilt , with corner pieces of floral design with red inlays , and the Marl- borough Arms on the sides . N.D. ( 2nd April , 1706 ) . £ 38 The actual manuscript presented ...
... hand of an amanuensis . 4to . Handsomely bound in full green morocco gilt , with corner pieces of floral design with red inlays , and the Marl- borough Arms on the sides . N.D. ( 2nd April , 1706 ) . £ 38 The actual manuscript presented ...
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... 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 his country house till he had made ...
... 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 his country house till he had made ...
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... hand . ARISTOTLE is a work which Shakespeare is known to have consulted , as he makes reference to the classic in " Troilus and Cressida " where he wrote of young men whom Aristotle thought unfit to hear moral philosophy . " 66 ...
... hand . ARISTOTLE is a work which Shakespeare is known to have consulted , as he makes reference to the classic in " Troilus and Cressida " where he wrote of young men whom Aristotle thought unfit to hear moral philosophy . " 66 ...
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... hand ; and two engraved plates of the heavens , in- serted . 4to . Original calf , with Arms on sides . 1742 . رو £ 310S Stukeley , in an autobiography written ( in the third person ) for Masters's " History of Bennet College , ' says ...
... hand ; and two engraved plates of the heavens , in- serted . 4to . Original calf , with Arms on sides . 1742 . رو £ 310S Stukeley , in an autobiography written ( in the third person ) for Masters's " History of Bennet College , ' says ...
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... hand , " Hune librum donavit Magister Johannes Martil librarie comuni Guyhadle civitatis Londoniorum . " 131 Dunchibi donaut mage Johnies wapol Libane in Guphalde Funtaas london . " A library existed in the City Guildhall in 1426 from ...
... hand , " Hune librum donavit Magister Johannes Martil librarie comuni Guyhadle civitatis Londoniorum . " 131 Dunchibi donaut mage Johnies wapol Libane in Guphalde Funtaas london . " A library existed in the City Guildhall in 1426 from ...
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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.