A Catalogue of Books: In All Branches of Literature, Both Ancient & Modern; in the Greek and Latin, English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and the Oriental Languages; in Theology ... History, Voyages & Travels, Old Poetry, Natural History, Law, Language, Bibliography, &c. ... the Rarest of which Date from 1479 to 1603 ... Later the Reigns of Charles I. and II., Including the Usurpation ... and a ... Collection of Broadsides, Relating to the Great Duke of Marlborough and Other Celebrities of the Time of Queen Anne. On Sale at E. Jeans's, Bookseller ...

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J. Fletcher, Printer, 1860 - Booksellers' catalogs - 376 pages

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Page 239 - Neither time, nor distance, nor grief, nor age can ever diminish my veneration for him, who is the great moral poet of all times, of all climes, of all feelings, and of all stages of existence. The delight of my boyhood, the study of my manhood, perhaps (if allowed to me to attain it) he may be the consolation of my age. His poetry is the Book of Life. Without canting, and yet without neglecting...
Page 92 - SHAKSPEARE and his TIMES : including the Biography of the Poet ; Criticisms on his Genius and Writings ; a New Chronology of his Plays ; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets ; and a History of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of his Age. By NATHAN DRAKE, MD Author of Literary Hours, and of Essays on Periodical Literature.
Page 74 - CERTAIN MOST GODLY, FRUITFUL, AND COMFORTABLE LETTERS of such true Saintes and holy Martyrs of God, as in the late bloodye persecution here within this Realme, gaue their lyues for the defence of Christes holy gospel : written in the tyme of theyr affliction and cruell imprysonment, Imprinted at London by John Day, dwelling ouer Aldersgate, beneath St.
Page 188 - LOGIC, or the Science of Inference. A Popular Manual. By J. Devey. MILLER (Professor). History Philosophically Illustrated, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution.
Page 19 - Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London, in the year of our Lord...
Page 147 - The fidelity, the veracity, and the probity of Josephus, are universally allowed ; and Scaliger in particular declares, that not only in the affairs of the Jews, but even of foreign nations, he deserves more credit than all the Greek and Roman writers put together.
Page 306 - Light of Nature' is a work which, after much consideration, I think myself authorized to call the most original and profound that has ever appeared on moral philosophy.
Page 59 - I hold the memory of Calvin in high veneration ; his works have a place in my library ; and in the study of the Holy Scriptures he is one of the commentators I most frequently consult* — Bishop Hartley.
Page 56 - Subsecivaj ; being a connected Series of Notes respecting the Geography, Chronology, and Literary History of the principal Codes and original Documents of the Grecian, Roman, Feudal, and Canon Laws.

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