 | 1729 - 342 σελίδες
...gfve the Virtue of a full Draught in a few Drops. Were all Books reduced thus to their QuintefTence, many a bulky Author would make his Appearance in a Penny Paper: There would be fcarce fuch a thing in Nature as a Folio : The Works of an Age would be contained on a few Shelves... | |
 | Richard Griffith - 1762 - 272 σελίδες
...love, as being a mixture of fenfe and intellect. 20. Were all books reduced to their quinteflence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper — there would be fcarce any fuch thing in nature, as a Folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few Ihelves... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1785 - 198 σελίδες
...colons are ufed by fome writers in one fentence. EXAMPLE. WERE all books reduced to their quintefTence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be fcarce any fuch thing in nature as a folio : thje works of an age would be contained on a few fhelves... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 σελίδες
...perfect fenfe, may be diftinguiiLed by a Colon. Example : " Were all books reduced to their quintelTence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be fcarce any fuch thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few ihelves... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1791 - 192 σελίδες
...Senfe, may be diftinguifhed by a Colon. • Example : «* Were all books reduced to their quinteffence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper: there would be fcarcc any fuch thing in nature as a folio: the works of an age would be contained on a few fhelves:... | |
 | 1794 - 450 σελίδες
...chemical method, and give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny-paper. There would be scarce such a th^ng in nature as a folio ; the works of an age would be... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 σελίδες
...chemical method, and give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny-paper. There would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio ; the works of an age would be... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 342 σελίδες
...chvmical method, and give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny-paper. There would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio ; the works of an age would be... | |
 | 1849 - 604 σελίδες
...quintessence of books, and condense folios into pamphlets. ' Were all books thus reduced,' says Addison, ' many a bulky ' author would make his appearance in a penny paper. There ' would scarce be such a thing in nature as a folio ; the works ' of an age would be contained on a few shelves... | |
 | 1803 - 472 σελίδες
...chymical method, and give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny^paper. There would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio ; the works of an age would be... | |
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Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper: there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions... 
