Book-lore: A Magazine Devoted to Old Time Literature, Volume 5Elliot Stock, 1887 - Bibliography |
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... known as in Rome itself , the vital spark went out to sea with the last galley that sailed for the West . In those days men were too busy to dream any longer over the eloquence of Demosthenes , too eager to fence themselves off from the ...
... known as in Rome itself , the vital spark went out to sea with the last galley that sailed for the West . In those days men were too busy to dream any longer over the eloquence of Demosthenes , too eager to fence themselves off from the ...
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... known Cadmon of the seventh . Books at this time were rare and very costly , because the art of producing them was , owing to the ignorance and apathy of the public , necessarily confined to a few hands , and also on account of the ...
... known Cadmon of the seventh . Books at this time were rare and very costly , because the art of producing them was , owing to the ignorance and apathy of the public , necessarily confined to a few hands , and also on account of the ...
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... known name , which is its own license to success . These are the true Bibliophiles , who judge the value of a book by its contents , accounting an hour well spent two hours saved , and perhaps three or four distinctly gained over from ...
... known name , which is its own license to success . These are the true Bibliophiles , who judge the value of a book by its contents , accounting an hour well spent two hours saved , and perhaps three or four distinctly gained over from ...
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... known for his profligacy than ever he was for his writings , excellent though they undoubtedly are . The whole town must have rung with the mad pranks of Robin Greene , who rapidly sinking in the worst species of debauchery , come at ...
... known for his profligacy than ever he was for his writings , excellent though they undoubtedly are . The whole town must have rung with the mad pranks of Robin Greene , who rapidly sinking in the worst species of debauchery , come at ...
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... known Shakespeare was largely indebted to Greene for the plot of the Winter's Tale , and there can be no doubt that but for the presence of the great master , whose productions paled all feebler attempts , his writings would have been ...
... known Shakespeare was largely indebted to Greene for the plot of the Winter's Tale , and there can be no doubt that but for the presence of the great master , whose productions paled all feebler attempts , his writings would have been ...
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