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The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)

De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 182

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hermore than three hundredyears, but they taughtbad Latin. There werefew books of merit inthe English language:Wickliffes translation ofthe Bible, and the poemsof Chaucer, Lydgate andGower, are all that de-serve any notice. Therewas, as yet, no univer-sally spoken English lan-guage : French was… … The Clog.2 [From Chambers.] 1 Men given up to sensuality we mayfind in abundance, but very few lovers oflearning, and those barbarous, skilledmore in quibbles and sophisms than inliterature. Poggio, as quoted by Hallam. 2 It was a square stick of hard wood,and about eight inches long. The…

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