Chalcographimania; Or, The Portrait-collector and Printseller's Chronicle: With Infatuations of Every Description. A Humorous Poem. In Four Books. With Copious Notes ExplanatoryR.S. Kirby, 1814 - 212 strán (strany) |
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... prove in accordance with the several assertions herein contained . It is almost superfluous to remark , that in a work like the present ( to use a metaphoric mode of expression ) the shoe will very fre- quently pinch the wearer ; a ...
... prove in accordance with the several assertions herein contained . It is almost superfluous to remark , that in a work like the present ( to use a metaphoric mode of expression ) the shoe will very fre- quently pinch the wearer ; a ...
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... prove to be a cheap assistant , and always be at hand , to such Gentlemen who have a desire to practise their Sons in Latin Exercises during the vacations , and to know what progress they have made in Latin Grammar . Price 3s . Bound ...
... prove to be a cheap assistant , and always be at hand , to such Gentlemen who have a desire to practise their Sons in Latin Exercises during the vacations , and to know what progress they have made in Latin Grammar . Price 3s . Bound ...
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... proved however of no effect , as the gentleman ultimately compelled Mr. C to resell the mansion , with all its concomitant beauties . Neither was this gentleman ever surpassed in the essential art of picture puffing : one instance of ...
... proved however of no effect , as the gentleman ultimately compelled Mr. C to resell the mansion , with all its concomitant beauties . Neither was this gentleman ever surpassed in the essential art of picture puffing : one instance of ...
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... prove the friend : " Thus Catalogus sagely spoke , Burning to burst the pond'rous yoke Of Ignorance , that bound his brain , In dull Boeotia's leaden chain : - With inspiration fraught , he hies , And volumes four of Granger buys ...
... prove the friend : " Thus Catalogus sagely spoke , Burning to burst the pond'rous yoke Of Ignorance , that bound his brain , In dull Boeotia's leaden chain : - With inspiration fraught , he hies , And volumes four of Granger buys ...
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... of Virtu . * The discovery of Chalcography , like many other useful arts , proved to be the mere result of chance . Thomas Finiguerra , a native Granger , Bromley , Pilkington , Strutt , & c BOOK I. 23 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA .
... of Virtu . * The discovery of Chalcography , like many other useful arts , proved to be the mere result of chance . Thomas Finiguerra , a native Granger , Bromley , Pilkington , Strutt , & c BOOK I. 23 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA .
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acumen artist ARUNDEL HOUSE Assen Auctioneer BARTHOLOMEW FAIR Bibliomanian boast Boccacio bookseller bought brain British Museum Bromley Catalogus Caxton Chalcographian Chalcographimaniacs character CHESHUNT Chr-st-e collection collector copy Covent Garden D-dd dealer Decameron Duke e'er Earl engraving fam'd fame famous Finiguerra FLEET PRISON folio FOUNDLING HOSPITAL gentleman Golden Legend grace Granger guineas hammer hand hath hero Hero's Invocation Hogarth honour illustrated individual instance J-hn S-tt knight L-gh lady Leicester Leicester Fields Lord M-lt-no Mezzotinto mind Muse Museum naught ne'er Nicnackatarian Mania nobleman o'er Old Bailey original P-t-r Br-wne painting Pall Mall pass person personage pictorial Picture Mania Pilkington plate portrait possess pounds predilection present prints printseller procured prove purchased pursuit question rank rare renown renown'd S-mco S-nd-rs S-th-by selling sold specimens St-c St-w-rt Strutt taste Th-ne Theatrical Cacoëthes trade vender vers'd volume Wherefore witness wond'rous
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Strana 36 - That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...
Strana i - CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA ; OR, THE PORTRAIT COLLECTOR AND PRINTSELLER'S CHRONICLE; WITH INFATUATIONS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. A HUMOROUS POEM, IN FOUR BOOKS, WITH COPIOUS NOTES EXPLANATORY. BY SATIRICUS SCULPTOR, ESQ. CACOETHES CARPENDI. LONDON, 1814.
Strana 57 - ... victims, is equally delightful and instructive : and chiefly so, because of his simplicity and frankness. He conceals nothing, palliates nothing; tells the whole story of his ridiculous iniquity, and leaves a Listing lesson to the whole tribe of credulous collectors, Shakspearian and others.
Strana 169 - Nescio quod certe est, quod me tibi temperat, astrum. Mille hominum species, et rerum discolor usus. Velle suum cuique est, nee voto vivitur uno...
Strana 73 - This matchless copy of the first book printed in the English language, belonged to Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV. Bought by the Duke of Devonshire for 10601. 10s. * No. 6353. The most Pytifull History of the Noble Appolyn, King of Thyre, 4to. MGL very rare. W. lie Worde, 1519.
Strana 59 - La langue des femmes est leur epee, et elles ne la laissent pas rouiller.
Strana 175 - Saunders the auctioneer was commissioned to go as far as one hundred, had the competitorship continued. In addition to this chair mania, I have recently been informed that the spectacles of Huntington and every other article produced similar exorbitant sums, whilst it is asserted that a waggon of the prophet's was purchased by a farmer, who was one of his most zealous followers, for no less a sum than one thousand two hundred pounds.
Strana 72 - No. 6349. The veray trew History of the valiant Knight Jason, fol. Russia. Andewarpe, by Gerard Leea, 1492." Of this very rare edition no other copy is known. Bought by the Duke of Devonshire for 94l. 10s. " 6350. The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye, by Raolue le Fevrc, translated and printed by William Caxton, fol. B-. M. Colen 1473.
Strana 91 - ... house, adding, that she was the ugliest woman he ever beheld—" That," replied his lordship, " is my
Strana 174 - Peutonville, where among other precious relics of this saint among the ranters, producing extraordinary sums, an old arm-chair must particularly stand recorded, which, although not intrinsically worth fifty shillings, was knocked down to a devotee for sixty pounds, whilst Saunders the auctioneer was commissioned to go as far as one hundred, had the competitorship continued.