...once saw, it is pretended might have been a fact, however to some it may appear impossible. JEYian notices an artist who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he inclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. Antiquity, and modern times record many such penmen, whose...

...mentions a pigeon made of wood, which imitated the motions of a living bird ; and JElian speaks of an artist, who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he inclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. Other instances of a similar kind are collected by the learned...

...mentions a pigeon made of wood, which imitated the motions of a living bird; and /F.lian speaks of an artist, who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he inclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. Other instances of a similar kind are collected by the learned...

...once saw Homer's Iliad written so small it might lie contained in s nut-shell : and Lliau mentions an artist who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he enclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. In fact, there are the names of men on record, both ancient and modern, whose glory consisted even...

...once saw Homer's Iliad written so small it might be contained in a nut-shell : and /Kli.ui mentions an artist who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he enclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. In fact, there are the names of men on record, both ancient and modern, whose glory consisted even...

...once saw, it is pretended might have been a fact, however to some it may appear impossible, .flilian notices an artist who wrote a distich in letters of...the writing could not be legible to the naked eye. Menage mentions, he saw whole sentences which were not perceptible to the eye without the microscope...

...pretended might have been a fact, however to some it may appear impossible. jEiian notices an ar ; i who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he enclosed in the rind of a prain of corn. An'iquity and modern iim«s record many such penmen, whose glory consisted in writing...

...mentions a pigeon made of wood, which imitated the motions of a living bird ; and yElian speaks of an artist who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he enclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. Other instances of a similar kind are collected by the learned Mr. Dutens, in his Inquiry into the...

...Homer's Iliad written so small that it might be contained in a nutshell; and ^Kliiin mentions an artbt who wrote a distich in letters of gold, which he enclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. In fact, there are the names of men on record, both ancient and modern, whose glory consisted even...

...be contained in a nutshell ; while Elian mentions an artist who wrote two lines of poetry in lotters of gold, which he enclosed in the rind of a grain of corn. In our own country, in the reign of queen Elizabeth, similar feats of penmanship were performed. Peter...