The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Band 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... SOLD BY LONGMAN , HURST , REES , AND ORME , PATER- NOSTER ROW ; J. HATCHARD , BOOKSELLER TO HER MAJESTY , 190 , PICCADILLY ; AND W. MILLER , AL- BEMARLE STREET . 1807 R IBRAY N. THE DIRECTOR . No. 13. SATURDAY , APRIL 18 THE DIRECTOR ;
... SOLD BY LONGMAN , HURST , REES , AND ORME , PATER- NOSTER ROW ; J. HATCHARD , BOOKSELLER TO HER MAJESTY , 190 , PICCADILLY ; AND W. MILLER , AL- BEMARLE STREET . 1807 R IBRAY N. THE DIRECTOR . No. 13. SATURDAY , APRIL 18 THE DIRECTOR ;
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... sold by auction , at St. Paul's Coffee House , in St. Paul's Church Yard ( beginning every evening at five o'clock ) , the library of the celebrated Free Thinker , ANTONY COLLINS , Esq . ' Containing a collection of several thousand vo ...
... sold by auction , at St. Paul's Coffee House , in St. Paul's Church Yard ( beginning every evening at five o'clock ) , the library of the celebrated Free Thinker , ANTONY COLLINS , Esq . ' Containing a collection of several thousand vo ...
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... sold in 1773 , by Ba- ker and Leigh ; and the books were an- nounced to the public , as being ' in the finest preservation , and consisting of the very best and scarcest editions of the Latin , Italian , and French authors , from the ...
... sold in 1773 , by Ba- ker and Leigh ; and the books were an- nounced to the public , as being ' in the finest preservation , and consisting of the very best and scarcest editions of the Latin , Italian , and French authors , from the ...
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... take place the week before last , of SIR JOHN SEBRIGHT's books . On inquiry , I find the following rare and valuable works were sold for the following sums , Aldine ARISTOTLE , 1498. Edit . prin . magnificent copy 52 Bibliographiana .
... take place the week before last , of SIR JOHN SEBRIGHT's books . On inquiry , I find the following rare and valuable works were sold for the following sums , Aldine ARISTOTLE , 1498. Edit . prin . magnificent copy 52 Bibliographiana .
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... sold a very fine collec- tion of English books , belonging to Mr. BRYANT ; chiefly topographical , but containing some choice co- pies of our early chronicles . A beautiful set of SIR WILLIAM DUGDALE's works , splendidly bound in 23 ...
... sold a very fine collec- tion of English books , belonging to Mr. BRYANT ; chiefly topographical , but containing some choice co- pies of our early chronicles . A beautiful set of SIR WILLIAM DUGDALE's works , splendidly bound in 23 ...
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Seite 83 - PAPPE with an hatchet, alias, a figge for my God Sonne, or Cracke me this nut, or a Countrie cuffe, that is, a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace, seeing the patch will take no warning.
Seite 205 - The last, the meanest of your sons inspire (That on weak wings, from far, pursues your flights; Glows while he reads, but trembles as he writes) To teach vain Wits a science little known, T" admire superior sense, and doubt their own!
Seite 140 - A disclosing of the great bull, and certain calves that he hath gotten, and specially the monster bull that roared at my lord byshops gate.
Seite 89 - Imbrown'd with native bronze, lo! HENLEY stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Seite 249 - A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Seite 90 - Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung!
Seite 195 - Canvas and wood, and even stone, will decay. The work of a great artist loses all its spirit in the copy. Words are mutable and fleeting ; and the genius of poetry is often dissipated in translation. The compositions of music may remain, but the hand of execution may be wanting. Nature cannot decay ; the language of her interpreters will be the same in all times. It will be an universal tongue speaking to all countries, and all ages, the excellence of the work, and the wisdom of the Creator.
Seite 348 - The fame that a man wins himself is best ; That he may call his own : honours put to him Make him no more a man than his clothes do, Which are as soon ta'en off; for in the warmth The heat comes from the body, not the weeds ; So man's true fame must strike from his own deeds.
Seite 252 - ... my sin hath blurred ; enlighten my understanding with thy truth; rectify my judgment with thy word; direct my will with thy spirit; strengthen my memory to retain good things; order my affections, that I may love thee above all things ; increase my faith ; encourage my hope; quicken my charity; sweeten my thoughts with thy grace; season my words with thy spirit; sanctify my actions with thy wisdom; subdue the insolence of my rebellious flesh ; restrain the fury of my unbridled passions; reform...
Seite 272 - Collection were so well known in almost all parts of Europe. ' Afterwards it is observed that 'The books in general are in very fine condition, many of them bound in morocco, and russia leather, with gilt leaves.