Yet a collection of MSS. has this great advantage over a collection of printed books, that every item in it is absolutely unique, no two MSS. being ever really the same. This circumstance alone would entitle a good collection of MSS. to very high consideration on the part of book-collectors. But, in addition to the great expense of such a collection, there is another and even more serious drawback. It is sometimes impossible, and is often extremely difficult, to tell whether a MS. is perfect or not.英文原著 · 《The Library》
See his trial and the circumstances of his deposition, in Duchesne's Collection, tom. ii, p. He directed him to show unlimited clemency (indeficientem misericordiam) to his sisters, his brothers, and his nephews. Tegan in the collection of Duchesne, ii, p. See his letters. See his trial and the circumstances of his deposition, in Duchesne's Collection, ii, p. See also his life written by Tegan: "Tanto enim odio laborabat, ut t?deret eos vita ipsius," says this anonymous author in Duchesne, ii, p. The anonymous author of the Life of Louis the Debonnaire in Duchesne's Collection, ii, p.英文原著 · 《The Spirit of Laws》
The amount of the collection was immediately delivered by the commissary into the hands of the banker of the institution, for which he received two receipts from the banker; one of which he transmitted to the committee, with his report of the collection, which he was directed to send in as soon as the collection was made.英文原著 · 《ESSAYS-1》
"It is a whim of Placido's," said a friend who knew him well, "to take up political intrigue. It is not otherwise than as if he had come upon a new tempo in music, a new bacillus in the air, a new scent, or rhyme, or explosive. He will squeeze this revolution dry of sensations, and a week afterward will forget it, skimming the seas of the world in his brigantine to add to his already world-famous collections. Collections of what? ~Por Dios~! of everything from postage stamps to prehistoric stone idols."英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
On March 11, 1797, a new law increased the amount of fines, half of which was to be given to the informer. (Same collection, vol. 525.) On February 16, 1816, a new law confirmed these same measures. (Same collection, vol. 405.) Similar enactments exist in the laws of the State of New York, revised in 1827 and 1828. (See Revised Statutes, Part I. chapter 20, p. 675.) In these it is declared that no one is allowed on the Sabbath to sport, to fish, to play at games, or to frequent houses where liquor is sold.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-2》
In the collection of the daily donations of bread, as that article is more valuable, and more easily concealed and disposed of, more precautions were used to prevent frauds on the parts of the servants who were sent round to make the collection.英文原著 · 《ESSAYS-1》
There's a collection room around the corner, and this is for your semen collection.美剧 · 《Shameless》
collection agencies and the landlord, looking for the original tenant whose name is on the lease!美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》