The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature, Volume 6Elliot Stock, 1893 - Anthologies |
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... British Museum -the most magnificent museum in the world — in our picture galleries and elsewhere , you have specimens and monuments and pictures which do much to illustrate the books . We hear much now about the creation of a great ...
... British Museum -the most magnificent museum in the world — in our picture galleries and elsewhere , you have specimens and monuments and pictures which do much to illustrate the books . We hear much now about the creation of a great ...
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... British workman , besides all he has done with his strong right arm , has used his brains also to great advantage . Watt was a mechanical engineer ; Henry Cort , whose improvements in manufactures are said to have added more to the ...
... British workman , besides all he has done with his strong right arm , has used his brains also to great advantage . Watt was a mechanical engineer ; Henry Cort , whose improvements in manufactures are said to have added more to the ...
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... British Apollo , " Heylin's " Cosmography , " " Sandy's Travels , " Du Bartas , " Theory of the Earth , " " Hudibras , " " The Spectator , " " The Turkish Spy , " " Art of Speaking , " " The Lover , " Oldham's Works , " The Ladies ...
... British Apollo , " Heylin's " Cosmography , " " Sandy's Travels , " Du Bartas , " Theory of the Earth , " " Hudibras , " " The Spectator , " " The Turkish Spy , " " Art of Speaking , " " The Lover , " Oldham's Works , " The Ladies ...
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... British Museum possesses a copy of both these editions . It appeared again in 1488 ( p Thomem de blavis de Alexandia ) and again in 1512. During the year 1517 two impressions were struck off at different places , one in Paris by ...
... British Museum possesses a copy of both these editions . It appeared again in 1488 ( p Thomem de blavis de Alexandia ) and again in 1512. During the year 1517 two impressions were struck off at different places , one in Paris by ...
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... British and Irish Publishing and Bookselling World . IT GIVES a transcript of the Title - page of every work published in Great Britain , and every work of interest published abroad , with short annotations where the titles are not ...
... British and Irish Publishing and Bookselling World . IT GIVES a transcript of the Title - page of every work published in Great Britain , and every work of interest published abroad , with short annotations where the titles are not ...
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Page 289 - Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against Thee.
Page 112 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes...
Page 142 - The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust.
Page 40 - The Publishers' Circular, and General Record of British and Foreign Literature; giving a transcript of the title-page of every work published in Great Britain, and every work of interest published abroad, with lists of all the publishing houses. Published regularly on the 1st and 15th of every Month, and forwarded post free to all parts of the world on payment of 8s. per annum. The Ladies...
Page 330 - Sir, the venerable age of this great man, his merited rank, his superior eloquence, his splendid qualities, his eminent services, the vast space he fills in the eye of mankind; and, more than all the rest, his fall from power, which, like death, canonizes and sanctifies a great character, will not suffer me to censure any part of his conduct.
Page 112 - tis nobler in the mind, to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them ? — To die — to sleep — No more!
Page 173 - With leering looks, bull-faced, and freckled fair, With two left legs, and Judas-coloured hair, And frowzy pores, that taint the ambient air.
Page 142 - As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time?
Page 311 - Sir, said I, will you please to eat a piece of beef with me ? Mr. Lintot, said he, I am sorry you should be at the expense of this great book, I am really concerned on your account — Sir, I am much obliged to you : if you can dine upon a piece of beef, together with a slice of pudding — Mr. Lintot, I do not say but Mr. Pope, if he would condescend to advise with men of learning Sir, the pudding is upon the table, if you please to go in.
Page 176 - THE BIBLIOMANIAC'S PRAYER. KEEP me, I pray, in wisdom's way, That I may truths eternal seek ; I need protecting care to-day, My purse is light, my flesh is weak; So banish from my erring heart All baleful appetites and hints Of Satan's fascinating art — Of first editions and of prints. Direct me in some godly walk Which leads away from bookish strife, That I with pious deed and talk May extra-illustrate my life. But if...