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... character of his transactions ; neither would any one who sees at some great sale his plain figure , somewhat of Jewish cast , with the ancient felt hat to which his friends attach a sort of mysterious and superstitious power , donned ...
... character of his transactions ; neither would any one who sees at some great sale his plain figure , somewhat of Jewish cast , with the ancient felt hat to which his friends attach a sort of mysterious and superstitious power , donned ...
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... character of dignity the proudest collections in the world . " Allowing a little for " high falutin ' here , there is no doubt a modicum of truth in all this , as there is no one but must look with reverence on this true Adam of all the ...
... character of dignity the proudest collections in the world . " Allowing a little for " high falutin ' here , there is no doubt a modicum of truth in all this , as there is no one but must look with reverence on this true Adam of all the ...
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... characters on their backs , offers but a cheerless spectacle at best . But there are few who have seen and handled the splendid productions of the first presses . To the general they are caviare . Fewer will have seen them when ...
... characters on their backs , offers but a cheerless spectacle at best . But there are few who have seen and handled the splendid productions of the first presses . To the general they are caviare . Fewer will have seen them when ...
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... character of modern type , the effect does not correspond to the trouble . The enthusiast , Dib- din , when publishing the magnificent Typographi- cal Antiquities , on which no money was spared , determined to have a copy taken off on ...
... character of modern type , the effect does not correspond to the trouble . The enthusiast , Dib- din , when publishing the magnificent Typographi- cal Antiquities , on which no money was spared , determined to have a copy taken off on ...
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... character of the early printing that is the most irre- sistible of the arguments . * It is calculated that there * It is not known generally what escapes from destruction some of the MSS . of the classics have had . In a dungeon at the ...
... character of the early printing that is the most irre- sistible of the arguments . * It is calculated that there * It is not known generally what escapes from destruction some of the MSS . of the classics have had . In a dungeon at the ...
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