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Page 70 - On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles ; and they were read before the king.
Page 49 - The Three Towns' Bibliotheca : a. Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Papers, etc., written by natives thereof ; published therein ; or relating thereto ; with brief biographical notices of the principal authors ; by RN Worth.
Page 32 - The sole hope for literature depended on the Latin language; and I do not see why that should not have been lost, if three circumstances in the prevailing religious system, all of which we are justly accustomed to disapprove, had not conspired to maintain it, — the papal supremacy, the monastic institutions, and the use of a Latin liturgy, 1.
Page 119 - ... for the use of the blind, engravings, photographs, and albums containing photographs, pictures, drawings, plans, maps, catalogues, prospectuses, announcements and notices of various kinds, printed, engraved, lithographed or autographed, and...
Page 33 - Act for the suppression of the lesser foundations says, " In the greater monasteries, thanks be to God, religion is right well kept up, and observed.
Page 51 - WHEREAS in many places in the south parts of Great Britain called England and Wales, the provision for the Clergy is so mean, that the necessary expense of books for the better prosecution of their studies cannot be defrayed by them ; and whereas of late years, several charitable and well-disposed persons have by charitable...
Page 139 - These are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep ; if investigating you interrogate them, they conceal nothing ; if you mistake them, they never grumble ; if you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you.
Page 20 - ... shall circulate among the subscribers only, for twelve months next after purchase, and shall then be transferred to and become the property of the Town Council, and be added to the Public Library, provided that each such subscriber shall be allowed the privilege of taking out, for perusal at home, one volume from the books of that portion of the Library known as the Reference Library which the Library Committee of the Town Council for the time being shall authorise to be put in circulation...
Page 119 - ... and, in general, all impressions or copies obtained upon paper, parchment, or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography, or any other mechanical process easy to recognize except the copying press and the typewriter.
Page 92 - ... bills ; the elimination and entry, or marking off in the shelf catalogues, of books worn out by constant use. " 14. The preparation of monthly and annual reports of the progress of the library, and of special reports from time to time; and their entry in a 'Report Book.' " 15. The examination and signature of the miscellaneous accounts; the preparation of the schedules of salaries and wages; the payment of wages, and of petty cash accounts. " 16. The general correspondence of the library, as...