The collation was a sumptuous one, for when Belfast nabobs do anything, they do it. From Wordnik.com. [The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder] Reference
There were anvils, brass bands, and a "collation" at the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [Cressy] Reference
During these three years in Cambridge he refers occasionally to the 'collation' and 'castigation' of the New. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London] Reference
As far as legislation therefore is concerned, the attempt to secure competence by 'collation' is an absurdity. From Wordnik.com. [The Cult of Incompetence] Reference
No correction: original collation order in glossary retained. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
Subsequently a "cold collation" was provided in a tent on the Bowling. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway] Reference
+The Text+ is formed by a collation of six broadsides printed between. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series] Reference
All appeared in full-dress uniform, and a bountiful collation was served. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
The ceremonies of the day concluded with a cold collation of cakes and fruit. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
Tarrytown home a fine collation always awaited us and in its wake came music and dancing. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
My text in it has been formed from a careful collation of Wyttenbach, Reiske, and Dübner. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
We had been expected, and were entertained by the citizens with a fine collation at the New. From Wordnik.com. [History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the Spring and Summer of 1861] Reference
I have not labored to produce a voluminous collation of other men's opinions to swell my pages. From Wordnik.com. [The Right of American Slavery] Reference
Rowe based his text upon that of the fourth Folio, with hardly any collation of previous editions. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts About Shakespeare] Reference
A collation of pages is also added in most cases, and the importance of this can hardly be overrated. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
The Emir now set before him a collation composed of the most delicate viands, delicious fruits, and wines. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Then the inevitable procession, and the not less inevitable "cold collation" and speech making, and dancing. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway] Reference
The collation by number of pages is given in all cases where the book has been seen, or reported fully to the editor. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
No collation of the books is given, but the catalogue supplies sufficient portions of each title to identify the book. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
"Did you expect any one, father," I asked, "that you should be waiting up with the collation, and the outer door unsnecked?". From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The collation, however, of this MS. might have been, with advantage, made more minutely, for at present many readings are passed over. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
The order of description as to each title is as follows: (1) Place of publication (2) publisher (3) year (4) collation and size of book. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Ecclesiastical History, the use of this Manuscript for the purpose of collation; but I found that the text was so faithfully given in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
Child gives a collation of seven versions secured in America of late years, in each of which the name of Lord Randal has become corrupted to. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series] Reference
After some time a delicious collation was served up; but the young prince was so busily employed in looking at her, that he did not eat a morsel. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
The young bride presented a charming appearance in all her finery, and at the bountiful collation following the ceremony champagne flowed freely. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
As these things frequently vary considerably in different copies of the same book, the task of standardising a collation is by no means an easy one. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Before you purchase any of these illustrated volumes, make sure (by referring to a bibliography or standard collation if possible) that it is intact. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
We shut and barred the doors, and set ourselves down to such a cold collation as the most fortunate of us had not tasted since the little wars began. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
In such cases I should have commenced with a collation and analysis of the shorter words, and, had a word of a single letter occurred, as it is most likely. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
After the Spanish Governor and his officers had partaken of a plentiful collation under a large marquee, they took their departure, and we gave them three cheers. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
First of all, it is about collation, which is always interesting to me. From Wordnik.com. [MSDN Blogs] Reference
Still more material was the relaxation afforded by the introduction of "collation". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
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