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... letters " I. T. " John Thomson ) within a diamond , charming floral border of sprays of roses , etc. , yellow edges . Frontispiece . 2 vols . , small ... letter of 9 pp . signed by Hanway . 617395 Addison ( Joseph ) -continued . 5 6 · The.
... letters " I. T. " John Thomson ) within a diamond , charming floral border of sprays of roses , etc. , yellow edges . Frontispiece . 2 vols . , small ... letter of 9 pp . signed by Hanway . 617395 Addison ( Joseph ) -continued . 5 6 · The.
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... Letter from a Centleman of the Lord Ambassador Howard's Retinue , to his Friend in London : Dated at Fez , Nov. 1 , 1669. Wherein he gives a full Relation of the most Remarkable Passages in their Voyage thither , and of the present ...
... Letter from a Centleman of the Lord Ambassador Howard's Retinue , to his Friend in London : Dated at Fez , Nov. 1 , 1669. Wherein he gives a full Relation of the most Remarkable Passages in their Voyage thither , and of the present ...
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... Letter . 12mo , russia . London , 1568 . £ 10 10s The first title cut and mounted ( but no letterpress missing ) and corners of a few leaves mended . A rare little volume . The Huth copy sold for £ 32 . 22 AKENSIDE ( Mark ) . Poems ...
... Letter . 12mo , russia . London , 1568 . £ 10 10s The first title cut and mounted ( but no letterpress missing ) and corners of a few leaves mended . A rare little volume . The Huth copy sold for £ 32 . 22 AKENSIDE ( Mark ) . Poems ...
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... Letter . First English Translation . Small 4to , bound by Bedford in full crimson morocco extra , g . e . London , 1664 . £ 10 10s 47 AMES ( Richard ) . Islington Wells ; or the Threepenny Academy ; a poem . FIRST EDITION . Small 4to ...
... Letter . First English Translation . Small 4to , bound by Bedford in full crimson morocco extra , g . e . London , 1664 . £ 10 10s 47 AMES ( Richard ) . Islington Wells ; or the Threepenny Academy ; a poem . FIRST EDITION . Small 4to ...
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... Letter . Small 4to , Fine Copy in 18th Century crimson morocco gill , g . e . London . 1639 . £ 36 *** Adlington's translation of APULEIUS was frequently used by Shakespeare , especially in Macbeth . 55 ARGYLE ( Archibald , Marquis of ) ...
... Letter . Small 4to , Fine Copy in 18th Century crimson morocco gill , g . e . London . 1639 . £ 36 *** Adlington's translation of APULEIUS was frequently used by Shakespeare , especially in Macbeth . 55 ARGYLE ( Archibald , Marquis of ) ...
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Page 162 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 91 - 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 292 - Would he had blotted a thousand. Which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who...
Page 298 - A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College, and all other devout Christians.
Page 319 - 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 525 - Imp. 4to. -Suckling (Sir John). FRAGMENTA AUREA : a Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces, written by. And published by a friend to perpetuate his memory. Printed by his own copies. Printed for HUMPHREY MOSELEY, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Princes Arms in St.
Page 54 - The English Gentleman: Containing Sundry excellent Rules or exquisite Observations, tending to Direction of every Gentleman, of selecter ranke and qualitie; How to demeane or accommodate himselfe in the manage of publike or private affaires.
Page 33 - Bosworth-field : with a Taste of the Variety of other Poems, left by Sir John Beaumont, Baronet, deceased : Set forth by his Sonne, Sir John Beavmont, Baronet; and dedicated to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie.
Page 142 - The Consolidator : or, Memoirs of sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon, translated from the Lunar Language, by the Author of The True-born English Man.
Page 378 - ... no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation but idle ; no respect of kindred, but common, no apparell but naturall, no manuring of lands, no use of wine, corne, or mettle.