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... brought the art of printing into England in 1474 , and that this date is indicated in the centre of his device . Stow says , that he first exercised his business in an old chapel near the entrance of the Abbey ; but a very curious ...
... brought the art of printing into England in 1474 , and that this date is indicated in the centre of his device . Stow says , that he first exercised his business in an old chapel near the entrance of the Abbey ; but a very curious ...
Σελίδα 28
... brought seve- ral glass - makers with them when they returned , who not only performed the work required by Benedict , but instructed the English in the art of making window glass for themselves , also glass for lamps , and other uses ...
... brought seve- ral glass - makers with them when they returned , who not only performed the work required by Benedict , but instructed the English in the art of making window glass for themselves , also glass for lamps , and other uses ...
Σελίδα 30
... brought to perfection by the moderns ; but if what Pliny , and some other ancient authors relate , be true , that the ancients turned these precious vases , enriched with figures and ornaments in relievo , which we still see in the ...
... brought to perfection by the moderns ; but if what Pliny , and some other ancient authors relate , be true , that the ancients turned these precious vases , enriched with figures and ornaments in relievo , which we still see in the ...
Σελίδα 37
... brought to England . In the reign of William the Third , the pieces were put together in a most careful manner , and a gallery was built at Hampton Court for their reception , where , after one or two removes , they are now finally ...
... brought to England . In the reign of William the Third , the pieces were put together in a most careful manner , and a gallery was built at Hampton Court for their reception , where , after one or two removes , they are now finally ...
Σελίδα 49
... brought from Guinea . Shillings were first coined in England , in the reign of Henry VII . , in the year 1501. Crowns and Half Crowns in 1552. The first legal copper coin was made in the reign of James I. , in 1609 , prior to which ...
... brought from Guinea . Shillings were first coined in England , in the reign of Henry VII . , in the year 1501. Crowns and Half Crowns in 1552. The first legal copper coin was made in the reign of James I. , in 1609 , prior to which ...
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Σελίδα 213 - The insurance offices one and all shut up shop. People built slighter and slighter every day, until it was feared that the very science of architecture would in no long time be lost to the world. Thus this custom of firing houses continued...
Σελίδα 212 - The ears of Ho-ti tingled with horror. He cursed his son, and he cursed himself that ever he should beget a son that should eat burnt pig. Bo-bo, whose scent was wonderfully sharpened since morning, soon raked out another pig, and fairly rending it asunder, thrust the lesser half by main force into the fists of Ho-ti, still shouting out, 'Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, father, only taste — O Lord!
Σελίδα 25 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Σελίδα 213 - ... pronounced, when the foreman of the jury begged that some of the burnt pig, of which the culprits stood accused, might be handed into the box. He handled it, and they all handled it, and burning their fingers, as Bo-bo and his father had done before them, and nature prompting to each of them the same remedy, against the face of all the facts, and the clearest charge which judge had ever given — to the surprise of the whole court, townsfolk, strangers, reporters, and all present — without...
Σελίδα 130 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third'* — (' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' Treason, treason !' echoed from every part of the house.
Σελίδα 213 - Ho-ti himself, which was the more remarkable, instead of chastising his son, seemed to grow more indulgent to him than ever. At length they were watched, the terrible mystery discovered, and father and son summoned to take their trial at Pekin, then an inconsiderable assize town.
Σελίδα 211 - I take to be the elder brother) was accidentally discovered in the manner following. The swine-herd, Ho-ti, having gone out into the woods one morning, as his manner was, to collect mast for his hogs, left his cottage in the care of his eldest son Bo-bo, a great lubberly boy, who being fond of playing with fire, as...
Σελίδα 425 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Σελίδα 112 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
Σελίδα 96 - I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.