A Dictionary of the Art of PrintingLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 - 815 páginas |
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... language , in preference to the more easy , but less correct method , of copying the letters from any indifferent book printed in the characters of the respective languages . I have confined myself to those languages of which the ...
... language , in preference to the more easy , but less correct method , of copying the letters from any indifferent book printed in the characters of the respective languages . I have confined myself to those languages of which the ...
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... language may not have the attractions that are presented by the writings of many authors of the present day , whose chief study is elegance of expression ; but do we not , by adopting this flowery style , lose in clearness , in strength ...
... language may not have the attractions that are presented by the writings of many authors of the present day , whose chief study is elegance of expression ; but do we not , by adopting this flowery style , lose in clearness , in strength ...
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... language , and is pronounced like a double n , or rather like ni ; but short and quick , as in España . It is a sort which is used in the middle of words , but rarely at the beginning . In the Welsh language , ŵ and ŷ , as well as the ...
... language , and is pronounced like a double n , or rather like ni ; but short and quick , as in España . It is a sort which is used in the middle of words , but rarely at the beginning . In the Welsh language , ŵ and ŷ , as well as the ...
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... language , and , in- deed , of every other language , would contain a number of letters , precisely equal to the number of simple articulate sounds belonging to the language . Every simple sound would have its distinct character ; and ...
... language , and , in- deed , of every other language , would contain a number of letters , precisely equal to the number of simple articulate sounds belonging to the language . Every simple sound would have its distinct character ; and ...
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... languages whatever . Clavius the Jesuit , who also computes these combinations , makes them to be only 5,852,616,738,497,664,000 . As there are more sounds in some languages than in others , it follows of course that the number of ...
... languages whatever . Clavius the Jesuit , who also computes these combinations , makes them to be only 5,852,616,738,497,664,000 . As there are more sounds in some languages than in others , it follows of course that the number of ...
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Página 94 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Página 530 - ... notice in writing of such action, and of the cause thereof, shall be given to the defendant one calendar month at least before the commencement of the action...
Página viii - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Página 663 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Página 551 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel : as, wit, witty ; thin, thinnish ; to abet, an abettor ; to begin, a beginner.
Página 54 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Página 557 - Provided always, That nothing in this Act shall extend or be .construed to extend to...
Página 442 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and by another act passed in the fifty-fourth year of the reign of «4 Gco.
Página 56 - ... and in any such action the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Página 237 - ... and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years...