The History of PrintingS.P.C.K., 1855 - 232 pages |
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Page 42
... employ- ment , instead of diminishing it . " A single printer can , indeed , do the work of at least two hundred writers , and at first sight this seems a hardship ; for a hundred and ninety- nine people might have been , and probably ...
... employ- ment , instead of diminishing it . " A single printer can , indeed , do the work of at least two hundred writers , and at first sight this seems a hardship ; for a hundred and ninety- nine people might have been , and probably ...
Page 43
... employed . If the old pen - and - ink copyists could break the printing presses and melt the types that are used in London alone at the present day , twenty thousand people would at least be thrown out of employment to make room for two ...
... employed . If the old pen - and - ink copyists could break the printing presses and melt the types that are used in London alone at the present day , twenty thousand people would at least be thrown out of employment to make room for two ...
Page 49
... employed them- selves at first in printing the Holy Scriptures , Psalters , and other books of religion . " It is a very striking circumstance , " observes Hallam , " that the high - minded inventors of this great art , tried at the ...
... employed them- selves at first in printing the Holy Scriptures , Psalters , and other books of religion . " It is a very striking circumstance , " observes Hallam , " that the high - minded inventors of this great art , tried at the ...
Page 52
... employed in his first books a different style of letter , something between , this German and the old English types . In the year 1664 , Richard Atkins , Esq . published , by order of the government , a record entitled , " The Origin ...
... employed in his first books a different style of letter , something between , this German and the old English types . In the year 1664 , Richard Atkins , Esq . published , by order of the government , a record entitled , " The Origin ...
Page 62
... employed in cutting letters and ornaments used by bookbinders , and in engraving on gun barrels . He had executed some punches for lettering the backs of books so beautifully that he was encouraged by Mr. Watts , an eminent printer , to ...
... employed in cutting letters and ornaments used by bookbinders , and in engraving on gun barrels . He had executed some punches for lettering the backs of books so beautifully that he was encouraged by Mr. Watts , an eminent printer , to ...
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afterwards amongst art of printing beautiful Bible bishops blind block books printed called catalogue Caxton Chapel Chinese Cochlæus Cologne colour commenced compositor contrivance copy Coster cylinder machine described drawing drum edition England English engraving errors etching ground Faust French frisket Guttenberg Haarlem hand impressions improvement instance invention inventor king Koenig laid lampblack learned letters lever lines lithography logographic London Lord Stanhope master ment Mentz metal casts metal types mezzotinto Miles Coverdale mode mould moveable types multiplied Naboth niello obtained parchment persons pica piece placed platen practised pressman printers printing books printing cylinder printing machine printing-office proof pulp punches roller round says Schoeffer screw Scriptures seal Senefelder sheet of paper sheets an hour side stamped stereotype stone surface tion translation turned tympan Tyndale type-founders whilst William Caxton wood wooden types words workman writing written Wynkyn de Worde
Popular passages
Page 6 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 4 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Page 5 - 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!
Page 108 - Journal of this day presents to the public the practical result of the greatest improvement connected with printing since the discovery of the art itself. The reader of this paragraph now holds in his hand one of the many thousand impressions of The Times newspaper which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus.
Page 108 - Times newspaper, which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus. A system of machinery almost organic has been devised and arranged, which, while it relieves the human frame of its most laborious efforts in printing, far exceeds all human powers in rapidity and dispatch.
Page 187 - James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a Tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some Bible, either of the learned Tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any Fault, they spoke; if not, he read on.
Page 56 - And for as much as in the writing of the same my pen is worn, my hand weary and not steadfast, mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper, and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been, and that age creepeth on me daily and feebleth all the body, and also because I have promised to divers gentlemen and to my friends to address to them as hastily as I might this said book...
Page 103 - ... by all who called for it, the word " Universal " being universally omitted, and the word " Register " being only retained. " Boy, bring me the Register ! " The waiter answers, " Sir, we have not a library, but you may see it at the New Exchange coffee-house.
Page 103 - Tristram, suffered from unusual casualties, both laughable and serious, arising from its name, which, on its introduction, was immediately curtailed of its fair proportion by all who called for it, the word Universal being universally omitted, and the word Register being only retained. 'Boy, bring me The Register...
Page 103 - Ladies. For these and other reasons, the parents of the UNIVERSAL REGISTER have added to its original name that of the TIMES; which, being a monosyllable, bids defiance to corruptors and mutilators of the language.