Lexicographical Neighbors of Abcees
Literary usage of Abcees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transit of Civilization from England to America in the Seventeenth Century by Edward Eggleston (1901)
"Sometimes girls were given a little Latin also. Boys learned Latin in their
hornbooks and other " abcees." English in black-letter characters came after. ..."
2. The English Grammar Schools to 1660: Their Curriculum and Practice by Foster Watson (1908)
"... Market Town, or elsewhere receive, take or buy, to barter, sell again, change
or do away any Bibles, Testaments, Psalm-books, Primers, abcees, Almanacs, ..."
3. Seven Lectures on the Law and History of Copyright in Books by Augustine Birrell (1899)
"... Testaments, Psalm books, primers, abcees, almanacks, "or other book or books
whatsoever" upon pain of forfeiture of the books and other punishment. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"... sell again, change or do away any Bibles, Testaments, Psalm-books, Common-Prayer-
books, Primers, abcees, Licensed Almanacks, Grammar, School-books, ..."
5. The Star Chamber: Notices of the Court and Its Proceedings; with a Few ...by John Southerden Burn by John Southerden Burn (1870)
"... psalm books, primers, abcees, almanacks," or other books, upon pain of punishment
by the Star Chamber or High Commission—it appointed 20 persons by name ..."
6. The Law of Literature, Reviewing the Laws of Literary Property in by Appleton Morgan (1875)
"... primers, abcees, almanacks," or other books, upon pain of punishment by the
star chamber or high commission.4 It appointed twenty persons by name, ..."
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