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" L. the public tooth drawers; and yet these rascally operators of the press have got a trick to fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever. "
Knight's Penny Magazine - Page 206
1846
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The Craftsman, Volume 13

Great Britain - 1737 - 574 pages
...they grow as firm a Set, and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing ! how haft Thou diihirb<'d the Peace of Mankind ! that Lead, when moulded into Bullets, is not fo mortal as when founded into Letters ! There was a Miftakefure in the Story of Cadmus ; and the Serpent's...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 79

1844 - 574 pages
...disturbed the ' peace of mankind ? Lead, when moulded into bullets, is not ' so mortal as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, ' sure, in the...were nothing else but the letters which he invented.' Parker having declared, in relation to some object of his scurrility, that he had written, « not to...
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An olio of bibliographical and literary anecdotes, including mr. Cole's ...

William Davis (bibliographer.) - 1814 - 140 pages
...disturbed the peace of mankind ! that lead when moulded into bullets is not so mortal as when founded into letters! there was a mistake sure in the story...were nothing else but the letters which he invented. The first es'ay that was made towards tl.is ait was in single characters upon iron, wherewi'h of old...
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An Olio of Bibliographical and Literary Anecdotes and Memoranda, Original ...

William Davis (bibliographer.) - Bibliography - 1814 - 146 pages
...fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing, how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind...when moulded into bullets is- not so mortal as when founded into letters! there was a mistake sure in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpents teeth which...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 4

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 536 pages
...fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing ! how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind!...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters 1 There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpent's teeth,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 4

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing! how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind!...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters 1 There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing ! how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth, which...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 2

1838 - 504 pages
...into the world, such is the mischief, that a man cannot write a book but presently he is answered. O printing, how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind,...a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpent's teeth which he sowed were nothing else but the letters which he invented." — " He is the...
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Sketch of the History and Influence of the Press in British India ...

Leicester Stanhope Earl of Harrington - Censorship - 1823 - 218 pages
...in again, and they grow as firm a set and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing! how hastthou disturbed the peace of mankind! That lead, when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal as when founded into letters ! There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpents' teeth...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing ! how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpent's teeth,...
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