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The well-known motto of the firm, "πολλαὶ μὲν θνητοῖς γλῶτται, μία δ'ἀθανάτοισιν" ("The inhabitants of earth have many tongues, those of heaven have but one"), is said to have been due to the Rev. H. F. Cary. The
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In consequence of the arbitrary regulations of the excise authorities, paper only of certain sizes could be had. It was partially owing to
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French, Italian, Spanish, and German Bible, which was destroyed by fire on the premises in March 1822, when only twenty-three copies of the New
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Morocco, with flexible tight backs, the sheets being sewed with thin thread or silk. He also used prepared
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