 | Thomas Slater - 1915 - 440 Seiten
...of them, took the libraries as part of the bargain and booty, — reserving of those library books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks,...they sent over sea to the bookbinders; not in small numbers, but at times whole shipfuls, to the wondering of foreign nations. And after he also addeth,... | |
 | 1916 - 880 Seiten
...a great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions reserved of those library books some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub...they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of... | |
 | John Stephen Vaughan - 1922 - 304 Seiten
...their 1 Ecclesiastical History, ii., 1. iii., p. 166. candlesticks, and some to rub their boots ; and some they sold to the grocers and soapsellers ; and...they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of foreign nations "-1 Sometimes small fragments... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1879 - 796 Seiten
...testimony of an eye-witness. Some MSS. they sold " to grocers and soapsellers, and some they sent over the sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships full. Yea, the universities of between the copies made and the MSS. effaced by monks and priests? At all events, a general search-warrant... | |
 | Giovanni Boccaccio, John Lydgate - 1927 - 556 Seiten
...them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reseryed of those library-books, some to serve thé jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots; some they sold to thé grocers and soap-sellers; some they sent over sea to thé bookbinders, not in small numbers, but... | |
 | Tse-Chien Tai - 1925 - 276 Seiten
...great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some ... to scour their candlesticks, and some to...not in small number but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of the foreign nations. ... I judge this to be true, and utter it with heaviness —... | |
 | Reginald Leslie Hine - 1927 - 466 Seiten
...them,' wrote Bale, ' took the libraries as part of the bargain and booty, reserving of those books some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub...grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over the seas to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but at times whole shipfulls, to the wondering of... | |
 | Reginald Leslie Hine - 1927 - 456 Seiten
...them,' wrote Bale, ' took the libraries as part of the bargain and booty, reserving of those books some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub...grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over the seas to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but at times whole shipfulls, to the wondering of... | |
 | 1887 - 508 Seiten
...monasteries, is curious in its phraseology, though not concerned with the affairs of barbers or surgeons : — "A number of them, which purchased those superstitious...rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers. " I know a Merchant-man (which shall at this time be namelesse) that bought the contents... | |
 | Thomas J. Heffernan - 1992 - 348 Seiten
...dissolution of them took the libraries as part of the bargain and booty, reserving of those library books, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub...the grocers and soapsellers, and some they sent over the seas to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but in times whole shipfuls, to the wondering of... | |
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them which purchased those superstitious mansions " reserved of those library books some to serve their " Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some " to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers " and soap-sellers, and some they sent over... 
