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Page 112 - thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned '' for any period not exceeding six months, with " or without hard labour. ". . . Any person found committing any '' offence against this Act may be immediately " apprehended, without a warrant, by any other " person and forthwith taken before some " neighbouring Justice of the Peace, to be dealt " with .according to law.
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Page 51 - Specimen Bibliothecse Britannicse. Specimen of a digested catalogue of rare, curious, and useful books in the English language. Lond. 1808. 8vo. Only 40
Page 52 - passed in the Church of Christ from the primitive beginning to these our daies. Lond. 1583. Fol. 2nd edition, partly black letter, with woodcuts. Wants the title-page and last leaf of the table. Goussancourt, FM de. Le Martyrologe des Chevaliers de S. Jean de Hiervsalem. Paris. 1654. Fol. 2 vols. Guevara, Antony of. The dial
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Page 53 - Milton, John. Paradise Lost. A poem, in ten books. The author, John Milton. Lond. Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be
Page 54 - First edition. Shakespeare, William. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, published according to the true originall coppies. The second impression. Lond. 1632. Fol. John Philip
Page 113 - The Manchester Public Free Libraries. A History and Description, and Guide to their Contents and Use. *By WR Credland.
Page 51 - Dee, Dr. John. Diary for the years 1595-1601. Edited, from the original MSS. in the Bodleian Library, by John Eglington Bailey. 1880. Not published.
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