 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 316 páginas
...walnut no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book: there are as many leaves in his little book as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in...of his little leaves as a great leaf of the Bible." We are told that this wonderfully unreadable copy of the Bible was " seen by many thousands." There... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 314 páginas
...walnut no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book: there are as many leaves in his little book as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in...of his little leaves as a great leaf of the Bible." We are told that this wonderfully unreadable copy of the Bible was " seen by many thousands." There... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 538 páginas
...bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book : there are as many leaves in his little book as ii 2 the great Bible, and he hath written as much in one...of his little leaves as a great leaf of the Bible." We are told that this wonderfully unreadable copy of the Bible was " seen by many thousands." There... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 páginas
...no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book ; there are as many leaves in this little book as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in one page of hts little leaves as a great leaf of the Bible." And we are told that this wonderful and unreadable... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 páginas
...no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book : there are as many leaves in his little book as the great bible, and he hath written as much in...little leaves, as a great leaf of the bible." This wonderfully unreadable copy of the bible was " seen by many thousands." Peter Huet, the celebrated... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 páginas
...no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book : there are as man» leaves in his little book as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in...little leaves, as a great leaf of the Bible." This wonderfully unreadable copy of the Bible was " seen by many thousands." * Peter Huet, the celebrated... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 páginas
...no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book : there are as many leaves in his little book as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in...little leaves, as a great leaf of the Bible." This wonderfully unreadable copy of the Bible was " seen by many thousands." Peter Huet, the celebrated... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 páginas
...no bigger than' a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book : there are as many leaves in his little book as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in...little leaves, as a great -leaf .of the Bible." This wonderfully unreadable copy of the Bible was " seen by many thousands." Peter Huet, the celebrated... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 páginas
...no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book : there are as many leaves in his little book as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in...little leaves, as a great leaf of the Bible." This wonderfully unreadable copy of the Bible was " seen by many thousands." Peter Huet, the celebrated... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1836 - 734 páginas
...no biager then an hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book ; there are as many leaves in this little bouk as the great Bible, and he hath written as much in one page of his little leaves as a 66 67 great leaf of the Bible." And we are told that this wonderful... | |
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... rare piece of work brought to pass by Peter Bales, an Englishman, and a clerk of the chancery ;" it seems by the description to have been the whole Bible " in an English walnut no bigger than a hen's egg. The nut holdeth the book: there are as many... 
