Book-lore: A Magazine Devoted to Old Time Literature, Volumen 4Elliot Stock, 1886 |
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... COPIES ON FINEST HANDMADE PAPER , WITH PORTRAITS ON INDIA PAPER , PRICE 21s . , POST FREE . This little volume contains much bibliographical gossip and many anecdotes of rare and unique books , the reminiscences of a twenty - five years ...
... COPIES ON FINEST HANDMADE PAPER , WITH PORTRAITS ON INDIA PAPER , PRICE 21s . , POST FREE . This little volume contains much bibliographical gossip and many anecdotes of rare and unique books , the reminiscences of a twenty - five years ...
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... copy fetched 5s . in the Sunderland sale . reprinted with the old date , 1680 , and in Latin . Amsterd . , 1668 . After his censure by Parliament in 1666 , Hobbes is thought to have composed his Historical Narration concerning Heresy ...
... copy fetched 5s . in the Sunderland sale . reprinted with the old date , 1680 , and in Latin . Amsterd . , 1668 . After his censure by Parliament in 1666 , Hobbes is thought to have composed his Historical Narration concerning Heresy ...
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... copy . These prices ruled , it should be remembered , when each and every book had to be written separately . The feasibility of producing books at the prices enumerated does not appear obvious at first sight ; but it is easily ...
... copy . These prices ruled , it should be remembered , when each and every book had to be written separately . The feasibility of producing books at the prices enumerated does not appear obvious at first sight ; but it is easily ...
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... copies " of to - day , Cooke had printed a superior edition " at one shilling . At the time of issue it would have been diffi- cult to imagine the great boon these pretty little volumes were . The Cookes , 66 both father and son , each ...
... copies " of to - day , Cooke had printed a superior edition " at one shilling . At the time of issue it would have been diffi- cult to imagine the great boon these pretty little volumes were . The Cookes , 66 both father and son , each ...
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... copy of an early printer's and binder's bill is from a manu- script of the time of James I. , to whose Basilicon ... copies of ech sheete at two sheetes a peny beinge the comon rate cometh to ... ... ... ... ... lb 16 13 4 Item , for ...
... copy of an early printer's and binder's bill is from a manu- script of the time of James I. , to whose Basilicon ... copies of ech sheete at two sheetes a peny beinge the comon rate cometh to ... ... ... ... ... lb 16 13 4 Item , for ...
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Página 156 - 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.
Página 156 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Página 59 - Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Página 61 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Página 60 - Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Página 63 - Space may produce new worlds; whereof so rife There went a fame in Heaven that he ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven.
Página 68 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon ; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide : They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Página 66 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Página 156 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Página 31 - In the long, sleepless watches of the night, A gentle face — the face of one long dead — Looks at me from the wall, where round its head The night-lamp casts a halo of pale light. Here in this room she died; and soul more white Never through martyrdom of fire was led To its repose; nor can in books be read The legend of a life more benedight.