I'll print it,
And shame the fools.

I'll print it,
And shame the fools.

Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of
reflection ought to know something about read more

Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of
reflection ought to know something about the history of the art
of printing.

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.

He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable
Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering read more

He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable
Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering most Kings and
Senates, and creating a whole new Democratic world: he had
invented the Art of printing.

Sacred to the memory of printing, the art preservative of all
arts. This was first invented about the year read more

Sacred to the memory of printing, the art preservative of all
arts. This was first invented about the year 1440.
[Lat., Memoriae sacrum
Typographia
Ars artium omnium
Conservatrix
Hic primum inventa
Circa annum mccccxl.

Transforms old print
To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes
Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.

Transforms old print
To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes
Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.

The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case,
He turns his quid of tobacco, read more

The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case,
He turns his quid of tobacco, while his eyes blur with the
manuscript.