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... half calf ( joints repaired ) . London , 1711-12 . A few of the numbers are , as usual , slightly foxed . £ 63 The ... half not written by Addison , not half was good . 6 THE SPECTATOR . The Eleventh Edition . 8 vols . London , Printed ...
... half calf ( joints repaired ) . London , 1711-12 . A few of the numbers are , as usual , slightly foxed . £ 63 The ... half not written by Addison , not half was good . 6 THE SPECTATOR . The Eleventh Edition . 8 vols . London , Printed ...
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... Half calf . London , Printed by R. Bishop for Andrew Crook , 1654 . £ 5 5s 107 BATH . THE NEW BATH GUIDE ; or , Memoirs of the B - n - r - d Family , in a series of poetical epistles . With frontispiece and plates from drawings by ...
... Half calf . London , Printed by R. Bishop for Andrew Crook , 1654 . £ 5 5s 107 BATH . THE NEW BATH GUIDE ; or , Memoirs of the B - n - r - d Family , in a series of poetical epistles . With frontispiece and plates from drawings by ...
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... Half calf . London , Printed for William Leake , 1650 . £ 555 THE WILD - GOOSE CHASE . A Comedie , as it hath been Acted with Singular Applause at the Black - Friers : being the Noble , Last and Onely Remains of those Incomparable ...
... Half calf . London , Printed for William Leake , 1650 . £ 555 THE WILD - GOOSE CHASE . A Comedie , as it hath been Acted with Singular Applause at the Black - Friers : being the Noble , Last and Onely Remains of those Incomparable ...
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... calf , g . e . London , 1639 . £ 13 135 " Sir W. Berkeley was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1641. When the ... Half calf gilt , g . e . , by Riviere . London , 1710 . £ 115S 127 BEVIS OF HAMPTON . THE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS MAGGS BROS ...
... calf , g . e . London , 1639 . £ 13 135 " Sir W. Berkeley was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1641. When the ... Half calf gilt , g . e . , by Riviere . London , 1710 . £ 115S 127 BEVIS OF HAMPTON . THE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS MAGGS BROS ...
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... half calf . London , Printed by A. W. for J. Clarke , 1727-8 . £ 315s A quaint and scarce edition . With " The Life and Death of Dr. John Bunyan , " and a Short Elegy in Memory of Mr. John Bunyan " ( in verse ) at end . 66 BUNYAN ( John ) ...
... half calf . London , Printed by A. W. for J. Clarke , 1727-8 . £ 315s A quaint and scarce edition . With " The Life and Death of Dr. John Bunyan , " and a Short Elegy in Memory of Mr. John Bunyan " ( in verse ) at end . 66 BUNYAN ( John ) ...
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Account Acted Anno Arms Author BLACK LETTER boards Bound by Riviere Church Circa Collection Colophon Comedy containing contemporary continued curious dedicated Discourse divers Duke Earl Edinburgh Edward England English engraved frontispiece engraved plates engraved portrait engraved title Folio Francis French Full calf Full morocco gilt g. e. London George Half morocco hath Henry Henry Herringman Henry VIII HISTORY Honourable Humphrey Moseley ILLUSTRATION Imprinted at London IOS 6d Ireland Jacob Tonson James late Latin leaf levant morocco Lord Majesties Manuscript numerous Old calf Original calf rebacked Original vellum Oxford Parliament play Poem poet Prince Printed by John published Queen of Scots rare red morocco Richard Riviere in full Robert Scotland Second Edition sewn as issued Shakespeare shewing Small 4to Small 8vo Theatre Royal Thick small 8vo Title within woodcut title-page Tonson Tragedy Translated Treatise Unbound vellum verse vols volume Wherein William William Shakespeare woodcut border written Wynkyn de Worde
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Page 184 - All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Page 374 - 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 346 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory (on this side Idolatry) as much as any). He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature...
Page 728 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 102 - 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 184 - ... you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards and found her there. I cannot say he is everywhere alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind.
Page 346 - 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.
Page 76 - BUTLER (Samuel). — Hudibras, in three parts, written in the Time of the Late Wars : Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LLD Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts (from the designs of Hogarth).
Page 70 - Chirologia: or the naturall language of the hand. Composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof.
Page 373 - AB, do declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the Book entitled 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, printed 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.