American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 536
here were glancing eyes about,And cheeks, that would not daii shine outIn open day, but thought they mightLook lovely then, because t was night!And all were free and wandering, And all exclaimed to all they met That never did the summer luring So gay a feast of roses yet; The moon had never shed a… … NGRAVING on type-metal, and occasionally on brass, in relief forletter-press printing has been practised for many years in theUnited States; and is often as well executed as are woodencuts, for the same purpose, on the other side of the Atlantic.So writes Isaiah Thomas in his History of Printing,…
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