Autograph Verses by James I in a Boston Library Copy
A rare early seventeenth century volume in the Boston Public Library’s Miscellany collection holds autograph verses by James I. The king’s poems, including lines in archaic Scotch spelling, echo his influence on religious and literary works and hint at connections with Shakespeare. The Deaton library copy preserves an ancient flyleaf with King James I’s quoted lines.
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Formation of Liquid Oxygen and Its Properties
The text describes liquid oxygen formation as milky and removable by ordinary filter paper during purification. It notes color changes, the presence of impurities, and mentions associations with nitrogen and argon, referencing Professor Lowar and related observations about oxygen and its properties.
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Portrait dispute and shopworn chef lines amuse Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript recounts a quirky tale where Walter Dean refuses to pay for a portrait after mistaking it for himself. An expert calls it a valid likeness, while remarks on cooking by Mrs Brown pepper the piece, ending with a wry note on compensation.
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Walter Dean
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Fragmented newspaper fragments mix slang and jokes from a bygone era
The readable lines include snippets of dialogue and captions about Prodigal Son, manners, and clothing requests, with scattered references to Ben Butler, New York World, and New York Journal. The text resembles a collage of stray quotes, jokes, and misread OCR from a late 19th or early 20th century page.
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New York World
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Fragmentary 19th Century Scribner’s Snippet
Readable phrases hint at a literary fragment with broken dialogue about pride and poverty. The garbled OCR suggests a dialogue piece or letter fragment from Scribner’s with scattered quotes and misread words.
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