Things Not Generally Known: A Popular Hand-book of Facts Not Readily Accessible in Literature, History, and ScienceD. Appleton, 1857 - 432 pages |
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... called liber in Latin , whence a book had the name of liber ; but very little of this sort is now in being . " Hence the term leaf was first applied to paper , from leaves , especially of palms , formerly used for writing on . Thus we ...
... called liber in Latin , whence a book had the name of liber ; but very little of this sort is now in being . " Hence the term leaf was first applied to paper , from leaves , especially of palms , formerly used for writing on . Thus we ...
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... called Scriptoria , or cells as- signed to the scribes , " separate from each other , " where the books might be transcribed in the strictest silence , according to the holy rules of their founders . These little cells were usually ...
... called Scriptoria , or cells as- signed to the scribes , " separate from each other , " where the books might be transcribed in the strictest silence , according to the holy rules of their founders . These little cells were usually ...
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... called Cranmer's Bible . It was published " by authority . " During the seven years of king Edward's ( VI . ) reign , eleven editions of the Scriptures were printed : but no new version or revision was attempted . During the reign of ...
... called Cranmer's Bible . It was published " by authority . " During the seven years of king Edward's ( VI . ) reign , eleven editions of the Scriptures were printed : but no new version or revision was attempted . During the reign of ...
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... called for . The first Scottish Edition of the Scriptures was published at 47. 188. , 4d . , and yet the Bible was in almost every house ! -North British Re- view , No. 9 , REMUNERATION OF AUTHORS . The following table shows the prices ...
... called for . The first Scottish Edition of the Scriptures was published at 47. 188. , 4d . , and yet the Bible was in almost every house ! -North British Re- view , No. 9 , REMUNERATION OF AUTHORS . The following table shows the prices ...
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... called Gazetta , whence our appellation Gazette . This was , however , an error ; for the Venetian newspaper was a writ- ten sheet , for hearing which read , each person paid a gazetta , a coin no longer in use . The paper was , in fact ...
... called Gazetta , whence our appellation Gazette . This was , however , an error ; for the Venetian newspaper was a writ- ten sheet , for hearing which read , each person paid a gazetta , a coin no longer in use . The paper was , in fact ...
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Page 116 - Provided that nothing in this section contained shall extend to any second marriage contracted elsewhere than in England and Ireland by any other than a subject of Her Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
Page 60 - Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop...
Page 138 - Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 120 - The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask...
Page 57 - The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve them round the year; and the northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west come in the Summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north; and from a word, whiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the whiggamors, and shorter the whiggs.
Page 60 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be...
Page 27 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments ; as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of...
Page 86 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 27 - Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments; as also by discoveries ancient and modern, in arts, sciences, and the whole extent of literature.
Page 159 - Lepanto at twenty-five — the greatest battle of modern times; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania. Gaston de Foix was only twenty-two when he stood a victor on the plain of Ravenna. Every one remembers Conde and Rocroy at the same age.