The History of PrintingS.P.C.K., 1855 - 232 pages |
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... They are nearly the same to - day as they were a thousand years ago , and a thousand years ago as they were thousands before . They were the inventors of gunpowder , but they have made no use of it because their HISTORY OF PRINTING . 11.
... They are nearly the same to - day as they were a thousand years ago , and a thousand years ago as they were thousands before . They were the inventors of gunpowder , but they have made no use of it because their HISTORY OF PRINTING . 11.
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... inventors of printing have been the last to improve the art . But though national character has much to do with the matter , it is not the sole cause of it . The fact is not so unnatural as it may seem , when all circumstances are con ...
... inventors of printing have been the last to improve the art . But though national character has much to do with the matter , it is not the sole cause of it . The fact is not so unnatural as it may seem , when all circumstances are con ...
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... belief that Coster was the inventor of moveable wooden types , as well as the presumption that the man Jan who robbed him was no other than John Guttenberg . A passage in the work of Henry Speichel , a Dutch 24 HISTORY OF PRINTING .
... belief that Coster was the inventor of moveable wooden types , as well as the presumption that the man Jan who robbed him was no other than John Guttenberg . A passage in the work of Henry Speichel , a Dutch 24 HISTORY OF PRINTING .
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... inventor of printing . For the inscription placed upon Guttenberg's house as early in the history of printing as the year 1547 , declares that it is " as a token in honour of John Guttenberg , of Mentz , who first invented printing ...
... inventor of printing . For the inscription placed upon Guttenberg's house as early in the history of printing as the year 1547 , declares that it is " as a token in honour of John Guttenberg , of Mentz , who first invented printing ...
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... inventors of it . Though the parties were at variance as to the origin of the art , they agreed in keeping it secret . It was , indeed a common practice of the early printers to pretend that their books were manuscripts , their object ...
... inventors of it . Though the parties were at variance as to the origin of the art , they agreed in keeping it secret . It was , indeed a common practice of the early printers to pretend that their books were manuscripts , their object ...
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afterwards amongst art of printing beautiful Bible bishops blind block books printed called catalogue Caxton Chapel Chinese Cochlæus Cologne colour commenced compositor contrivance copy Coster cylinder machine described drawing drum edition England English engraving errors etching ground Faust French frisket Guttenberg Haarlem hand impressions improvement instance invention inventor king Koenig laid lampblack learned letters lever lines lithography logographic London Lord Stanhope master ment Mentz metal casts metal types mezzotinto Miles Coverdale mode mould moveable types multiplied Naboth niello obtained parchment persons pica piece placed platen practised pressman printers printing books printing cylinder printing machine printing-office proof pulp punches roller round says Schoeffer screw Scriptures seal Senefelder sheet of paper sheets an hour side stamped stereotype stone surface tion translation turned tympan Tyndale type-founders whilst William Caxton wood wooden types words workman writing written Wynkyn de Worde
Popular passages
Page 6 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 4 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Page 5 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 108 - Journal of this day presents to the public the practical result of the greatest improvement connected with printing since the discovery of the art itself. The reader of this paragraph now holds in his hand one of the many thousand impressions of The Times newspaper which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus.
Page 108 - Times newspaper, which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus. A system of machinery almost organic has been devised and arranged, which, while it relieves the human frame of its most laborious efforts in printing, far exceeds all human powers in rapidity and dispatch.
Page 187 - James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a Tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some Bible, either of the learned Tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any Fault, they spoke; if not, he read on.
Page 56 - And for as much as in the writing of the same my pen is worn, my hand weary and not steadfast, mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper, and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been, and that age creepeth on me daily and feebleth all the body, and also because I have promised to divers gentlemen and to my friends to address to them as hastily as I might this said book...
Page 103 - ... by all who called for it, the word " Universal " being universally omitted, and the word " Register " being only retained. " Boy, bring me the Register ! " The waiter answers, " Sir, we have not a library, but you may see it at the New Exchange coffee-house.
Page 103 - Tristram, suffered from unusual casualties, both laughable and serious, arising from its name, which, on its introduction, was immediately curtailed of its fair proportion by all who called for it, the word Universal being universally omitted, and the word Register being only retained. 'Boy, bring me The Register...
Page 103 - Ladies. For these and other reasons, the parents of the UNIVERSAL REGISTER have added to its original name that of the TIMES; which, being a monosyllable, bids defiance to corruptors and mutilators of the language.