Catalogue of the Private Library of Samuel Gardner Drake, A. M., Parts 1-2 |
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... tract had been re- stored from a bundle of tattered rags to be a decent and useful mem- ber of society . Only a genuine bibliophile can realize the solicitude he feels for a rare edition or scarce legible manuscript . His touch is more ...
... tract had been re- stored from a bundle of tattered rags to be a decent and useful mem- ber of society . Only a genuine bibliophile can realize the solicitude he feels for a rare edition or scarce legible manuscript . His touch is more ...
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... tracts , the nucleus of the collec- tion was formed during Mr. Drake's absence abroad . He brought from England books to the value of about £ 400 , and for nearly twenty years has been adding book upon book from every available resource ...
... tracts , the nucleus of the collec- tion was formed during Mr. Drake's absence abroad . He brought from England books to the value of about £ 400 , and for nearly twenty years has been adding book upon book from every available resource ...
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... tracts , from the Mathers , Whitefield , Chauncy , Mayhew , and Jona . Edwards , to Channing and Theodore Parker , on Baptism , Swedenborgianism , and Quakerism , - Mr. Drake made special efforts to render his authorities complete ...
... tracts , from the Mathers , Whitefield , Chauncy , Mayhew , and Jona . Edwards , to Channing and Theodore Parker , on Baptism , Swedenborgianism , and Quakerism , - Mr. Drake made special efforts to render his authorities complete ...
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... tracts , viz . Advice to Lord Lieuts . of Counties . London : 1786. Advice to the Uni- versities of Oxford and Cambridge . London : 1783. Life of David Hume , written by himself . London : 1777. Letter from Adam Smith to Mr. Strahan ...
... tracts , viz . Advice to Lord Lieuts . of Counties . London : 1786. Advice to the Uni- versities of Oxford and Cambridge . London : 1783. Life of David Hume , written by himself . London : 1777. Letter from Adam Smith to Mr. Strahan ...
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... Tracts . 8 vols . London : 1765-79 . Fourth impres- sion . 8 ° . Beginning with the History of the Minority , during the years 1762 , 63 , 64 , 65 , these vols . embrace much of value relative to the rise and progress of the American ...
... Tracts . 8 vols . London : 1765-79 . Fourth impres- sion . 8 ° . Beginning with the History of the Minority , during the years 1762 , 63 , 64 , 65 , these vols . embrace much of value relative to the rise and progress of the American ...
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Page iii - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Page 163 - SHAKSPEARE AND HIS TIMES ; including the Biography of the Poet ; Criticisms on his Genius and Writings ; a...
Page 279 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 161 - SIR FRANCIS DRAKE REVIVED. Who is or may be a Pattern to stirre up all Heroicke and active Spirits of these Times, to benefit their Countrey and eternize their Names by like Noble Attempts. Being a Summary and true Relation of foure severall Voyages made by the said Sir Francis Drake to the WestIndies, viz.
Page 98 - Counter-Revolution in England for the Re-establishment of Popery under Charles II. and James II., by Armand Carrel ; with Fox's History of James II. and Lord Lonsdale's Memoir of James II.
Page 65 - An Appeal to the World; or a Vindication of the Town of Boston, from Many false and malicious Aspersions...
Page 110 - Divi Britannici, being a remark upon the lives of all the kings of this isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660.
Page 191 - PASTON LETTERS. ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.
Page 77 - The lives of the Puritans : containing a biographical account of those divines who distinguished themselves in the cause of religious liberty, from the reformation under Queen Elizabeth, to the act of uniformity, in 1662 . . . London, 1813.
Page 257 - Hooker, Thomas. A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline Wherein the Way of the Churches of New England is Warranted Out of the Word, and All Exceptions of Weight, Which Are Made Against It, Answered . . . London, 1648.