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Didot only ask thirty-six sous for their Cicero! These nail-heads of yours will only fetch the price of old metal fivepence a pound." "You call M. Gille's italics, running-hand and round-hand, 'nail-heads, do you? M. Gille, that used to be printer to the Emperor! And type that costs six francs a pound! masterpieces of engraving, bought only five years ago.
M. Würtz possessed a copy of the Sonnets of Petrarch, written in italics, in brown ink, of which the length was one inch, and the breadth five-eighths of an inch, showing fifty lines on a page. The text is only visible through a glass. It is in Italian taste, with several miniatures, and is bound in gold filigree. The value of illuminated books is enormous.
The italics are my own; but it will be seen that he uses a phrase almost identical with Mr. Parkman's, and that he uses it to show that there is something to be looked at beyond good laws, namely, the beneficial effect of self-government. In another place he comes back to the subject again:
Before finally leaving England, Kossuth gave to Newman his own "reading" of the real character of Louis Napoleon. Yet I am bound to say, not only has he been wholly faithful to us, but every time I have been closeted with him I have come away with a higher opinion, not only of his talents and sagacity, but also of his morals." The italics are mine.
He had carried his copy of the letter along, and if his instructions required him in case of emergency to see that it fell into the hands of the Boers, he loyally carried them out. Mrs. Hammond gives him a sharp rap for his supposed carelessness, and emphasizes her feeling about it with burning italics: "It was picked up on the battle-field in a leathern pouch, supposed to be Dr.
The words in italics were mutilated by the telegraph in transmission from Australia, and reaching the company in the form mentioned above gave rise to the mistake.
The next month the man returned, and began to tell Tom a tale of Cruelty, Injustice and Ingratitude. Tom was riled he had his magnate business to attend to, and he made a remark in italics. The beggar said, "Mr. Lowry, if you had your business a little better systematized, I would not have to trouble you personally why don't you just speak to your cashier?"
It was full of passages in italics, little words in great capitals, and almost drew tears. The statistical details also were highly interesting and novel.
The italics are inserted to call attention to the fact that in the memory of the men of that day base-ball had been played a long time prior to 1845, so long that the fifteen years of systematized play was referred to by an "only." Colonel Jas.
I walked to the board box painted "Hotel Brunswick" "hotel" in small italics and "Brunswick" in enormous capitals, the N and the S wrong side up. Here sat a girl outside the door, alone. Her face was broad, wholesome, and strong, and her eyes alert and sweet. As I came she met me with a challenging glance of good-will.
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