A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature; Ancient and ModernH. Johnson, 1839 - 996 pagini |
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Pagina 12
... called to his aid the more acute ears of his wife and children . When he thought that he had distinguished all the different sounds in their languages , he attempted to use pictorial signs , images of birds and beasts , to convey these ...
... called to his aid the more acute ears of his wife and children . When he thought that he had distinguished all the different sounds in their languages , he attempted to use pictorial signs , images of birds and beasts , to convey these ...
Pagina 18
... called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial , among the Greeks , were engraven on triangular tables of ...
... called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial , among the Greeks , were engraven on triangular tables of ...
Pagina 19
... called schedæ , whence our word schedule . These tablets , or slices of wood when fastened together , formed a book , codex , so called from its resemblance to the trunk of a tree , cut into planks , hence our word code . The ancients ...
... called schedæ , whence our word schedule . These tablets , or slices of wood when fastened together , formed a book , codex , so called from its resemblance to the trunk of a tree , cut into planks , hence our word code . The ancients ...
Pagina 32
... called Saxones inhabited the territory now called Jutland , and three small islands at the mouth of the Elbe ; at present denominated North Strand , Busen , and Heligoland . The Saxon tongue , as it was anciently spoken in Britain , is ...
... called Saxones inhabited the territory now called Jutland , and three small islands at the mouth of the Elbe ; at present denominated North Strand , Busen , and Heligoland . The Saxon tongue , as it was anciently spoken in Britain , is ...
Pagina 34
... called Thermes , orna- mented with porticos , galleries , and statues , with shady walks , and refreshing baths , testified his love of literature by adding a magnificent library . One of these libraries he fondly called by the name of ...
... called Thermes , orna- mented with porticos , galleries , and statues , with shady walks , and refreshing baths , testified his love of literature by adding a magnificent library . One of these libraries he fondly called by the name of ...
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Pagina 427 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Pagina 251 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Pagina 251 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Pagina 90 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Pagina 26 - The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
Pagina 446 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Pagina 251 - I' the presence He would say untruths; .and be ever double, Both in his words and meaning : He was never, But where he meant to ruin, pitiful : His promises were, as he then was, mighty ; But his performance, as he is now, nothing.
Pagina 176 - Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord...
Pagina 451 - His Majesty then got up and would dance with the Queen of Sheba, but he fell down and humbled himself before her and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state...
Pagina 20 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!