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... possessed of the contents and value of the separate collections . This was often as much a matter of surprise to the owners of other libraries as to the community at large , and is probably to be accounted for on the ground that the ...
... possessed of the contents and value of the separate collections . This was often as much a matter of surprise to the owners of other libraries as to the community at large , and is probably to be accounted for on the ground that the ...
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... possessing books , not so much to be instructed by them , as to gratify the eye by looking on them , " and is satisfied with dates and titles so far as the contents are concerned ; yet the book of especial interest , first pointed out ...
... possessing books , not so much to be instructed by them , as to gratify the eye by looking on them , " and is satisfied with dates and titles so far as the contents are concerned ; yet the book of especial interest , first pointed out ...
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... possessed a copy . A new edition was hurried through the press to meet this demand in 1723 , three years after the appearance of the first , and a subsequent one in 1730. Mr. Brookes possesses the first of these edi- tions , a copy of ...
... possessed a copy . A new edition was hurried through the press to meet this demand in 1723 , three years after the appearance of the first , and a subsequent one in 1730. Mr. Brookes possesses the first of these edi- tions , a copy of ...
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... possessed by the first maritime power and one of the most learned societies in the world , at a period as recent as 1723 . When Franklin was in London , some years later , as the agent of the colonies , his attention was directed to the ...
... possessed by the first maritime power and one of the most learned societies in the world , at a period as recent as 1723 . When Franklin was in London , some years later , as the agent of the colonies , his attention was directed to the ...
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... possessing a Juvenile Department , or one containing works adapted to the age and tastes of children , which is by no means a contemptible one , either as to num- bers or the character of the works . No attention has been paid to ...
... possessing a Juvenile Department , or one containing works adapted to the age and tastes of children , which is by no means a contemptible one , either as to num- bers or the character of the works . No attention has been paid to ...
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Page 354 - I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in this gloom of solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Page 311 - He spurred his courser on, Without stop or stay, down the rocky way, That leads to Brotherstone. He went not with the bold Buccleuch, His banner broad to rear; He went not 'gainst the English yew, To lift the Scottish spear. Yet his plate-jack...
Page 77 - The true Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the death of good King Henrie the Sixt, with the whole contention betweene the two Houses Lancaster and Yorke, as it was sundrie times acted by the Right Honourable the Earle of Pembrooke his seruants.
Page 83 - And unto this impression is added seven playes, never before printed in folio. Viz. Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London ProdigalL The History of Thomas Ld. Cromwell. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A York-shire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine.
Page 249 - Being a Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England, from the First Planting thereof in the year 1607 to this present year, 1677.
Page 78 - The | Whole Contention | betweene the two Famous | Houses, LANCASTER and | YORKE. | With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, | and King Henrie the \ sixt. \ Diuided into two Parts: And newly corrected and | enlarged. Written by William Shakespeare, Gent. | Printed at LONDON, for TP...
Page 32 - I was passionately fond as a boy (it was one of the Greek plays we read thrice a year at Harrow) ; indeed that and the ' Medea' were the only ones, except the ' Seven before Thebes,
Page 429 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Page 108 - A SHORT STORY OF THE RISE, REIGN AND RUIN OF THE ANTINOMIANS, FAMILISTS AND LIBERTINES THAT INFECTED THE CHURCHES OF NEW ENGLAND...
Page 2 - a passion for possessing books; not so much to be instructed by them, as to gratify the eye by looking on them. He who is affected by this mania knows books only by their titles and dates, and is rather seduced by the exterior than the interior.