Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Typographical anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer's press 1699 to 1731. Essays and illustrationsauthor, 1812 |
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Pagina v
... observe , that the volume has been more than four years in the press ; and during that period many new and unexpected informations have swelled it to the pre- sent size , and far beyond what was originally in- tended . " To adjust the ...
... observe , that the volume has been more than four years in the press ; and during that period many new and unexpected informations have swelled it to the pre- sent size , and far beyond what was originally in- tended . " To adjust the ...
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... observed , I have not attempted elegance of style . The communica- tions of Correspondents being in general given in their own language , uniformity in that respect was impracticable : nor was it needful ; clearness and cont ciseness ...
... observed , I have not attempted elegance of style . The communica- tions of Correspondents being in general given in their own language , uniformity in that respect was impracticable : nor was it needful ; clearness and cont ciseness ...
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... Observations " are printed in Ray's Travels ; " and XXXIX of his Letters , chiefly whilst abroad , at the end of Dr. Smith's Life of him . * This learned Divine was born in the parish of Allhallows Barking , London , in 1638 ; and ...
... Observations " are printed in Ray's Travels ; " and XXXIX of his Letters , chiefly whilst abroad , at the end of Dr. Smith's Life of him . * This learned Divine was born in the parish of Allhallows Barking , London , in 1638 ; and ...
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... Observations relating to Constantinople , " No 152. 2. " An Account of the City of Prusia in Bythinia , " No 155. 3. “ A Conjecture about an Under - current at the Streights - mouth , " No 158. He was collated to the prebend of ...
... Observations relating to Constantinople , " No 152. 2. " An Account of the City of Prusia in Bythinia , " No 155. 3. “ A Conjecture about an Under - current at the Streights - mouth , " No 158. He was collated to the prebend of ...
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... observed in a most solemn Manner , for obtaining the Pardon of our Sins , and imploring God's Blessing and Assistance on the Arms of Her Majesty and her Allies engaged in the present War ; and for restor- ing and perpetuating Peace ...
... observed in a most solemn Manner , for obtaining the Pardon of our Sins , and imploring God's Blessing and Assistance on the Arms of Her Majesty and her Allies engaged in the present War ; and for restor- ing and perpetuating Peace ...
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Pagina 342 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly, and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Pagina 180 - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE , Of YORK. MARINER: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. WITH An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by PYRATES. Written by Himself.
Pagina v - To adjust the minute events of literary history, is tedious and troublesome ; it requires indeed no great force of understanding, but often depends upon enquiries which there is no opportunity of making, or is to be fetched from books and pamphlets not always at hand.
Pagina 431 - So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Pagina 399 - Dr. Swift came into the coffeehouse, and had a bow from every body but me, who, I confess, could not but despise him. When I came to the antichamber to wait, before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as master of requests.
Pagina 400 - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Pagina 703 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Pagina 424 - They crack their brains to find out selling subjects and keep hirelings in garrets, at hard meat, to write and correct by the great ; and so puff up an octavo to a sufficient thickness ; and there is six shillings current for an hour and a half's reading, and perhaps never to be read or looked upon after.
Pagina 445 - Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the NewTestament. By Christopher WORDSWORTH [now DD]. London, 1802. 8vo. Price 4s. 6d. The Doctrine of the Greek Article applied to the Criticism and Illustration of the New Testament.
Pagina 53 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the LORD.