 | Francis Grose - England - 1782 - 370 pages
...scour the candlesticks, and some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocer and soap-seller; and some they sent over sea, to the book-binders,...in small numbers ; but, at times, whole ships full : yea, the universities of this realm are not at all clear in this detestable fact. But cursed is that... | |
 | 1812 - 532 pages
...books, some to serve their jakes, some to scoure their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots, and some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to book-binders, not in small numbers, but at times whole ships full. Yea, the universities are not all... | |
 | William Richards - 1812 - 632 pages
...their candlesticks, and some to nib their boots with : some they sold to the grocers and soap boilers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small quantities, but at times whole shipfulls, to the great wondering of foreign nations. "A merchant {he... | |
 | John Strype - 1821 - 558 pages
...books of those libraries ; GUt " some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candle" sticks, some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the " grocers...ships full, to the wondering of foreign nations."" And he said he knew a merchant that bought two nobJe libraries for forty shillings. And these he used... | |
 | John Strype - 1821 - 556 pages
...books of those libraries: Gift. « some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candle" sticks, some to rub their boots; some they sold to the " grocers...ships full, to the wondering of foreign nations." And he said he knew a merchant that bought two noble libraries for forty shillings. And these he used... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 876 pages
...scour the candlesticks, and some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocer and soapseller } and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but in whole ships full; yea, the universities of this realm are not clear of so detestable a fact. I know... | |
 | 1829 - 442 pages
...reserved of the library thereof, some to serve their jakes ; some to scour their candlesticks ; and some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers...in small numbers, but at times whole ships' full. Even the universities of this realm were not all clear in this detestable fact. I know a merchant-man,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...scour the candlesticks, and some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocer and soap-seller ; and some they sent over sea to the book-binders, not in small numbers, but in whole ships full ; yea the universities of this realm are not clear of so detestable a fact. I know... | |
 | 1833 - 222 pages
...of those library books, some to serve their vilest uses, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers...they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships' full to the wondering of Foreign nations. Yea, the Universities of... | |
 | William Trollope - Education - 1834 - 538 pages
...scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers and sope-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships full. Yea, the Universities of this Realme are not all clear in this... | |
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... some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but at times whole ships full. 
