Bibliomania: Or Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts ; Illustrated with Cuts, Volume 1 |
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... manner , that his master had just arrived with PHILEMON , our common friend ; and that , as they were too fatigued with their journey to come out to me , they begged I would quickly enter the house , and , as usual , make them wel- come ...
... manner , that his master had just arrived with PHILEMON , our common friend ; and that , as they were too fatigued with their journey to come out to me , they begged I would quickly enter the house , and , as usual , make them wel- come ...
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... manner for the matter ; the shadow for the substance . He passed his criticisms , and dealt out his invectives with so little ceremony , and so much venom , that he seemed born with a scalping knife in his hand , to commit murder as ...
... manner for the matter ; the shadow for the substance . He passed his criticisms , and dealt out his invectives with so little ceremony , and so much venom , that he seemed born with a scalping knife in his hand , to commit murder as ...
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... manner of grains , and fruits , and more plenty than you ; for , thanked be God , England is a fruitful and plenteous region , so that we have some fruits whereof you have few ; as wardeines , quinces , peaches , medlers , chesnuts ...
... manner of grains , and fruits , and more plenty than you ; for , thanked be God , England is a fruitful and plenteous region , so that we have some fruits whereof you have few ; as wardeines , quinces , peaches , medlers , chesnuts ...
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... manner- enough for this effeminate vanity in man ! What other ills have you to enumerate , which assail the region of literature ? ' I will tell you , ' replied Lysander , ' another , and a most lamentable evil , which per- verts the ...
... manner- enough for this effeminate vanity in man ! What other ills have you to enumerate , which assail the region of literature ? ' I will tell you , ' replied Lysander , ' another , and a most lamentable evil , which per- verts the ...
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... manner . It is not less true , than surprising , that the ridiculous squabbles which dis- graced both this theatre and the metropolis , have been deemed deserving of a regular series of publications in the shape of numbers — 1 , 2 , 3 ...
... manner . It is not less true , than surprising , that the ridiculous squabbles which dis- graced both this theatre and the metropolis , have been deemed deserving of a regular series of publications in the shape of numbers — 1 , 2 , 3 ...
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Page 588 - And pillow to the head of age. To thee, dear school-boy, whom my lay Has cheated of thy hour of play, Light task, and merry holiday ! To all, to each, a fair good night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light ! THE LADY OF THE LAKE A POEM.
Page 138 - Now, all amid the rigours of the year, In the wild depth of Winter, while without The ceaseless winds blow ice, be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat by the boundless multitude of waves, A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join, To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead...
Page 450 - It has been confidently related, with many embellishments, that Johnson one day knocked Osborne down in his shop, with a folio, and put his foot upon his neck. The simple truth I had from Johnson himself. " Sir, he was impertinent to me, and I beat him. But it was not in his shop : it was in my own chamber.
Page 358 - ... baked. His table cost him not much, though it was good to eat at. His sports supplied all but beef and mutton ; except on Fridays, when he had the best of fish. He never wanted a London pudding ; and he always sang it in with,
Page 391 - This drew to the place a mighty trade, the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed to meet with agreeable conversation ; and the booksellers themselves were knowing and conversible men, with whom, for the sake of bookish Knowledge, the greatest wits were pleased to converse...
Page 547 - William Shake-speare, His True Chronicle History of the life and death of King Lear, and his three Daughters.
Page 449 - My mind reproached me how far short I came of what your great friendship and delicate pen would partially describe me. You ask my consent to publish it : to what straits doth this reduce me ? I look back, indeed, to those evenings I have usefully and pleasantly spent with Mr.
Page 546 - The Second part of Henrie the fourth, continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift. With the humours of Sir John Falstaffe, and swaggering Pistoll. As it hath been sundrie times publikely acted by the right honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. Written by William Shakespeare.
Page 448 - And sure if aught below the seats divine Can touch immortals, 'tis a soul like thine ; A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.
Page 391 - The rest of the trade are content to take their refuse, with which, and the fresh scum of the press, they furnish one side of a shop, which serves for the sign of a bookseller, rather than a real one...