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ATURAL HISTORY;+ Containing One Hundred and Fourteen Engravings, with descriptive accounts of the most popular and interesting Genera and Species of the Animal World, drawn by LANDSEER, LEKEUX, &c. &c. Large 8vo, bound in cloth. Originally published at 1l. 1s.; reduced to 9s. 6d. +PUCKLE'S CLUB; OR, A GREY CAP FOR A GREEN HEAD.+ Many first-rate Wood Engravings, cloth. Published at 7s. 6d.; reduced to 3s. 6d. *** This very curious book is illustrated with numerous and characteristic designs by the celebrated Thurston. It was published originally in 4to, at One Guinea. --_See Jackson on Wood Engraving._ +ADDISON'S ESSAYS;+ from The Spectator. Two neat volumes, cloth. Published at 8s.; reduced to 4s. 6d. +CARICATURE SCRAP-BOOK,+ by H. Heath. Containing many Hundred laughable and amusing Groups, illustrative of Life and Character, on Fifty sheets imperial 4to, neatly and strongly bound; forming a never-failing source of amusement for Visitors. Published at 28s.; reduced to 18s. CHARLES TILT, 86, FLEET STREET. Bradbury & Evans,] [Printers, Whitefriars * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Errors and Inconsistencies (noted by transcriber): _General Notes and Non-Errors:_ The _Eton Grammar_ began in the first half of the 16th century as the _Brevissima Institutio_, later _Rudimenta Grammatices_, by William Lily, Lilly or Lilye (d. 1522). A 1758 revision acquired the name _Eton Latin Grammar_. The headers _Propria quae maribus_ and _As in Praesenti_ are from this book, as is the line "Cum multis aliis quae nunc perscribere longum est". If than _is_, _er_, and _or_, it hath many more enders [_i.e. "many more than..."_] qui, who or what, and cujas, of what country. [_uncommon word: not a misprint for "cujus"_] always recals this beautiful line of Ovid's [_archaic spelling_] some well-disposed sailor in a melodrame [_archaic spelling_] Malo a cive spoliari quam ab hoste venire. [_that is, "vEnire" with long "e"_] Having yeaned, she left the hope of the flock [_archaic word_] OF THE QUANTITY OF THE FIRST SYLLABLE. [_"first" = non-final_] Ingens, great, [A]jax, the name of a hero [_Both syllables in "Ajax" are long. Here, the "j" is to be pronounced as a "double letter" (technically an affricate) as in English._] alter{i}u
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