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... characters on paper , by means of wooden blocks , in the year 1430 ; and we may here remark that the ground of doubt between Guttenberg and Schoeffer seems to be an opinion pretty well authenticated , that the types of the former were ...
... characters on paper , by means of wooden blocks , in the year 1430 ; and we may here remark that the ground of doubt between Guttenberg and Schoeffer seems to be an opinion pretty well authenticated , that the types of the former were ...
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... character of the affair , which , if not unprecedented , rendered it singular in the usual current of human events . This Bible was in two folio volumes , which have been justly praised for the strength and beauty of the paper , the ...
... character of the affair , which , if not unprecedented , rendered it singular in the usual current of human events . This Bible was in two folio volumes , which have been justly praised for the strength and beauty of the paper , the ...
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... characters . Anthony Koburger , of Nuremburgh , was a person eminent for his learning as well as for his elegance in printing . He was styled the prince of printers , and was likewise a very extensive bookseller . Besides a spacious ...
... characters . Anthony Koburger , of Nuremburgh , was a person eminent for his learning as well as for his elegance in printing . He was styled the prince of printers , and was likewise a very extensive bookseller . Besides a spacious ...
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... character . I took up my pen , and that with fear and trembling , at the advanced age of fifty - six , a period when most would lay it down . I drove the quill thirty years , during which time I wrote and published fourteen books . " We ...
... character . I took up my pen , and that with fear and trembling , at the advanced age of fifty - six , a period when most would lay it down . I drove the quill thirty years , during which time I wrote and published fourteen books . " We ...
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... to thriftiness and parsimony , no less than to his untiring zeal and exer- tions , for his ultimate distinction . Although we may not assign to his character any literary eminence , his career 40 SALAD FOR THE SO CIA L.
... to thriftiness and parsimony , no less than to his untiring zeal and exer- tions , for his ultimate distinction . Although we may not assign to his character any literary eminence , his career 40 SALAD FOR THE SO CIA L.
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Page 192 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 383 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 281 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 98 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food: For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 108 - HE that loves a rosy Cheek, Or a coral Lip admires ; Or from star-like Eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires : As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away ! But a smooth and steadfast Mind, Gentle Thoughts, and calm Desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires ! Where these are not ; I despise Lovely Cheeks ! or Lips ! or Eyes...
Page 333 - He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart : So did not Paul.
Page 217 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 215 - In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the Robin's breast ; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest ; In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove ; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Page 397 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, " Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth...
Page 391 - ... Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.