The Library Companion: Or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a LibraryHarding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825 - Всего страниц: 899 Pages 442-444 contain a review of Matthew Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis. |
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... marked at 201. in blue morocco , by Messrs . Payne and Foss : and at 167. 16s . in boards . The French text , in three duodecimo volumes , ( it was also published in one quarto volume ) and the plates in folio , is marked at 61. 6s . by ...
... marked at 201. in blue morocco , by Messrs . Payne and Foss : and at 167. 16s . in boards . The French text , in three duodecimo volumes , ( it was also published in one quarto volume ) and the plates in folio , is marked at 61. 6s . by ...
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... marked at 41. 4s . " bound in vellum . " The work is not less rare in fine condition , than it is intrinsically valuable in any condition . Brunet has omitted to notice a copy on LARGE PAPER ; such a copy , bound in russia , ( with the ...
... marked at 41. 4s . " bound in vellum . " The work is not less rare in fine condition , than it is intrinsically valuable in any condition . Brunet has omitted to notice a copy on LARGE PAPER ; such a copy , bound in russia , ( with the ...
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... marked at 241. " uniform in blue morocco , " including a sixth volume by Murray , which con- tains a life of the Author ? A French translation of Bruce appeared in six quarto , and a German one in five octavo volumes the follow- Shaw ...
... marked at 241. " uniform in blue morocco , " including a sixth volume by Murray , which con- tains a life of the Author ? A French translation of Bruce appeared in six quarto , and a German one in five octavo volumes the follow- Shaw ...
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... marked out in the above text , I must necessarily compress much bibliographical intelligence in a small space . The work of TORREZ was first published at Seville , in the Spanish language , in 1586 , 4to .: and is rare in this form . It ...
... marked out in the above text , I must necessarily compress much bibliographical intelligence in a small space . The work of TORREZ was first published at Seville , in the Spanish language , in 1586 , 4to .: and is rare in this form . It ...
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... marked at the comforting price of 5l . 15s . 6d . in the catalogue of Messrs . Payne and Foss : and , in vellum binding , at the still more comforting price of 21. 2s . The edition of Longo- lius , in very attractive calf garb , may be ...
... marked at the comforting price of 5l . 15s . 6d . in the catalogue of Messrs . Payne and Foss : and , in vellum binding , at the still more comforting price of 21. 2s . The edition of Longo- lius , in very attractive calf garb , may be ...
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Стр. 766 - THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpasse All that was ever writ in brasse. But, since he cannot, Reader, looke Not on his Picture, but his Booke.
Стр. 524 - Yet delighted not men so much in her beauty, as in her pleasant behaviour. . For a proper wit had she, and could both read well and write ; merry in company, ready and quick of answer, neither mute nor full of babble, sometimes taunting without displeasure and not without disport.
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Стр. 654 - But in many instances he redeems the antiquity of his allusions by their ingenious adaptation to modern manners; and this is but a small part of his praise ; for in the point and volubility and vigour of Hall's numbers we might frequently imagine ourselves perusing Dryden.* This may be exemplified in the harmony and picturesqueness of the following description of a magnificent rural mansion, which the traveller approaches in the hopes of reaching the seat of ancient hospitality, but finds it deserted...
Стр. 660 - Cherbury gives an interesting account of the education of a highly-born youth at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century.