The Caxtons: A Family Picture, Volumen1Wm. Blackwood, 1859 |
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... octavo , twenty- three lines in a page , neither more nor less . fellow at last was found , who seemed to respectable and indeed enterprising person . And after going through a list of calculations , which showed that me a very no ...
... octavo , twenty- three lines in a page , neither more nor less . fellow at last was found , who seemed to respectable and indeed enterprising person . And after going through a list of calculations , which showed that me a very no ...
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... Octavo . II . A NEW EDITION . A CRUISE IN JAPANESE WATERS . By CAPTAIN SHERARD OSBORN , C. B. , Author of " Leaves from an Arctic Journal , " " Quedah , " & c . Crown Octavo , price 5s . III . SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON'S LECTURES . Edited by ...
... Octavo . II . A NEW EDITION . A CRUISE IN JAPANESE WATERS . By CAPTAIN SHERARD OSBORN , C. B. , Author of " Leaves from an Arctic Journal , " " Quedah , " & c . Crown Octavo , price 5s . III . SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON'S LECTURES . Edited by ...
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... Octavo . Parts I. II . , and III . are published . VI . Two Volumes . PHYSIOLOGY OF COMMON LIFE . By GEORGE HENRY LEWES , Author of " Sea - side Studies , " " Life of Goethe , " & c . Illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood ...
... Octavo . Parts I. II . , and III . are published . VI . Two Volumes . PHYSIOLOGY OF COMMON LIFE . By GEORGE HENRY LEWES , Author of " Sea - side Studies , " " Life of Goethe , " & c . Illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood ...
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... Octavo , 10s . 6d . Zaidee : A Romance . -3-- Three Vols . Post Octavo , 31s . 6d . Lady Lee's Widowhood . By Lieut . - Col . E. B. Hamley . Third Edition . With Engravings . Crown Octavo , 6s . " A quiet humour - an easy , graceful ...
... Octavo , 10s . 6d . Zaidee : A Romance . -3-- Three Vols . Post Octavo , 31s . 6d . Lady Lee's Widowhood . By Lieut . - Col . E. B. Hamley . Third Edition . With Engravings . Crown Octavo , 6s . " A quiet humour - an easy , graceful ...
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... Octavo , 24s . Essays ; Critical and Imaginative . Four Vols . Crown Octavo , 24s . Recreations of Christopher North . Two Vols . Crown Octavo , 12s . Tales . Viz . , Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life - Margaret Lyndsay - The ...
... Octavo , 24s . Essays ; Critical and Imaginative . Four Vols . Crown Octavo , 24s . Recreations of Christopher North . Two Vols . Crown Octavo , 12s . Tales . Viz . , Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life - Margaret Lyndsay - The ...
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Página 25 - I have narrated, he gave me one far exceeding in value those usually bestowed on children, — it was a beautiful large domino-box in cut ivory, painted and gilt. This domino-box was my delight. I was never weary of playing at dominoes with Mrs. Primmins, and I slept with the box under my pillow. "Ah...
Página 331 - Caxtons.' Passion, in him, comprehended -many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness. You could not contradict him, but you raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy— his beauty, his readiness, the daring spirit that breathed around him like a fiery atmosphere— had raised his constitutional self-confidence into an arrogance that turned his very claims to admiration into prejudices...
Página 40 - A more lying, round-about, puzzleheaded delusion than that by which we confuse the clear instincts of truth in our accursed system of spelling was never concocted by the father of falsehood.