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... An Essay on Punctuation - الصفحة 87بواسطة Joseph Robertson - 1785 - عدد الصفحات: 177عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1729 - عدد الصفحات: 354
...chymical Method, and give the Virtue of a full Draught in a few Drops. Were all Books reduced thus to their Quinteflence, many a bulky Author would make...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; not to... | |
| 1729 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...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 ; not to... | |
| 1739 - عدد الصفحات: 346
...thechymical Method, and give the Virtue of a full Draught in l few Drops. Were all Books reduced thus to their Quinteflence, 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... | |
| Richard Griffith - 1762 - عدد الصفحات: 272
...fenfe, mufic is the leaft fenfual. I compare it to love, as being a mixture of fenfe and intellect. 20. Were all books reduced to their quinteflence, many...there would be fcarce any fuch thing in nature, as a Folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few Ihelves ; not to mention millions of volumes... | |
| Robert Lowth - 1763 - عدد الصفحات: 226
...,"" f .^ '' Vi: •.'.') i. •!.':.:. v:J: •,? , Exam.pfe: •jluj xv , 'i I,'., •.:ii;; i :,.j "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 £ v , : ' i ' '" 1 e nature as a folio... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - عدد الصفحات: 1058
...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...there would be fcarce any fuch thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few ihelves : not to mention millions of volumes... | |
| Robert Lowth - 1791 - عدد الصفحات: 192
...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:... | |
| Robert Lowth - 1794 - عدد الصفحات: 198
...cc Were all books reduced to their quintet' fence, many a bulky author would make his ap- . pearance 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 fhelves: not to mention millions of volumes... | |
| 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 604
...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... | |
| Thomas Hodson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 576
...whether it were I, or (whether it were) they, fo we preach." iCor. xv. u. — Fourthly, conceffive " Were all books reduced to their quinteflence, many...author would make his appearance in a penny paper : ihere would be fcarce any fuch thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained... | |
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