The Bibliographer: A Journal of Book-lore ..., Volúmenes1-2

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E. Stock, 1882
 

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Página 144 - 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 God...
Página 1 - But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how much do you think the contents of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars? What position would its expenditure on literature take, as compared with its expenditure on luxurious eating?
Página 43 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, which (my former Notes being lost,) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now, in the Year 1655, to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice.
Página 75 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Página 165 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Página 1 - What position would its expenditure on literature take, as compared with its expenditure on luxurious eating ? We talk of food for the mind, as of food for the body : now a good book contains such food inexhaustibly; it is a provision for life, and for the best part of us ; yet how long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it...
Página 118 - General report to the king in council from the honourable board of commissioners on the public records...
Página 82 - s heart had each its column, * His head an index to the sacred volume. * His very name a title-page ; and next, * His life a commentary on the text. * O what a monument of glorious worth, * When in a new edition he comes forth, • Without erratas, may we think he'll be, * In leaves and covers of eternity...
Página 50 - FRS of Northern Antiquaries (Copenhagen). With an Introduction and Glossary, etc., by his daughter, LUCY TOULMIN SMITH. And a Preliminary Essay, in Five Parts, ON THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF GILDS, by Lujo BRENTANO, Doctor Juris Utriusque et Philosophise.
Página 48 - A HISTORY of PRESTON GUILD, the Ordinances of various Guilds Merchant, the Custumal of Preston, the Charters to the Borough, the Incorporated Companies, List of Mayors from 1327, etc.

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