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... practice of thiev- ery in those days . The provisions of British copyright did not extend to Ireland . Sagacious British publishers drove coaches and six through the copyright schemes then in vogue . With gay disregard for the fact that ...
... practice of thiev- ery in those days . The provisions of British copyright did not extend to Ireland . Sagacious British publishers drove coaches and six through the copyright schemes then in vogue . With gay disregard for the fact that ...
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... practice , and in that case I am inclined to think that John Thompson was the helper . At any rate , Whittingham was the first printer to develop fully the overlaying of wood - engravings for book illustration . He delighted in ...
... practice , and in that case I am inclined to think that John Thompson was the helper . At any rate , Whittingham was the first printer to develop fully the overlaying of wood - engravings for book illustration . He delighted in ...
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... practice which had the effect of making him appear a harder person than he really was . He was most scrupulous in honor , and his word was always strictly fulfilled . For the minor graces of life he cared little . Dinners , and parties ...
... practice which had the effect of making him appear a harder person than he really was . He was most scrupulous in honor , and his word was always strictly fulfilled . For the minor graces of life he cared little . Dinners , and parties ...
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... practice of the trade to define the relative importance of a title line by a selection of large or small types , and by lengthening or shortening the lines alternately . Some- times the types were too small for the page or for the ...
... practice of the trade to define the relative importance of a title line by a selection of large or small types , and by lengthening or shortening the lines alternately . Some- times the types were too small for the page or for the ...
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... practice , were listened to with wonder by printers in their youth as explanations of the methods by which the elder Whittingham achieved his brilliant results . The illustrations that won for him most distinction- the Northcote ...
... practice , were listened to with wonder by printers in their youth as explanations of the methods by which the elder Whittingham achieved his brilliant results . The illustrations that won for him most distinction- the Northcote ...
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Page 249 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers. Fishponds, Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by I CHARLES COTTON.
Page 263 - Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance ; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances ; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Word ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 163 - The mere sight of the little books published by Mr. Cundall — of which some thirty now lie upon my table — is as good as a nosegay. Their actual colours are as brilliant as a bed of tulips, and blaze with emerald, and orange, and cobalt, and gold, and crimson.
Page 262 - We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may pleafe thee to give and preferve to our ufe the kindly fruits of the earth, fo as in due time we may enjoy them...
Page 241 - And dreary seem the hours, and lone, That drag themselves along, Now from our board her smile is gone, And from our hearth her song. We miss that farewell laugh of hers, With its light, joyous sound, And the kiss between the balusters, When good-night time comes round. And empty is her little bed, And on her pillow there Must never rest that cherub head With its soft silken hair. But...
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Page 16 - It is surely a particular hardship, that I should not get bread in my own country (and it is too late to go abroad) after having acquired the reputation of excelling in the most useful art known to mankind; while every one who excels as a Player, Fiddler, Dancer, &c. not only lives in affluence, but has it in their power to save a fortune.
Page 15 - I have taken the liberty of sending you a specimen of mine, begun ten years ago at the age of forty-seven; and prosecuted ever since, with the utmost care and attention; on the strongest presumption, that if I could fairly excel in this divine art, it would make my affairs easy, or at least give me Bread. But, alas! in both I was mistaken.
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