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... description cannot equal the impression given by a striking picture , and while the written or spoken words are soon forgotten , the impression made by the artist is indelible . The Weekly maintains a posi- tive position , and expresses ...
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... description of the surface drainage , climate , soil , minerals , ag- riculture , manufactures , commerce , railroads , canals , political organization , chief cities , educational facilities , and history of the State , and is ...
... description of the surface drainage , climate , soil , minerals , ag- riculture , manufactures , commerce , railroads , canals , political organization , chief cities , educational facilities , and history of the State , and is ...
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... descriptions of children . - Boston Transcript . She looks out upon the world with the most entire enjoyment of all the good that there is in it to enjoy , and with an enlarged compassion for all the ill that there is in it to pity ...
... descriptions of children . - Boston Transcript . She looks out upon the world with the most entire enjoyment of all the good that there is in it to enjoy , and with an enlarged compassion for all the ill that there is in it to pity ...
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... descriptions , whether of nature , or of life and character ; his almost super- natural insight into the workings of the human heart , and his unceasing fertility of thought and happy ex- actitude of illustration . - Pall Mall Gazette ...
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... descriptions , and the vivid force and at last to take a personal interest in all his adventures . truth of his narrative , that reading his work is like | —Athenæum , London . Travels in Yucatan . Incidents of Travel in Yucatan . By ...
... descriptions , and the vivid force and at last to take a personal interest in all his adventures . truth of his narrative , that reading his work is like | —Athenæum , London . Travels in Yucatan . Incidents of Travel in Yucatan . By ...
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Page 190 - The Greek Testament : with a critically revised Text ; a Digest of Various Readings ; Marginal References to Verbal and Idiomatic Usage ; Prolegomena ;"and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers. By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury. Vol. I., containing the Four Gospels.
Page 136 - The Desert of the Exodus. Journeys on Foot in the Wilderness of the Forty Years' Wanderings, undertaken in connection with the Ordnance Survey of Sinai and the Palestine Exploration Fund. By EH PALMER, MA, Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic and Fellow of St.
Page 67 - MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL With a Portrait of William of Orange.
Page 227 - A Dictionary of Practical Medicine: Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially...
Page 217 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Page 44 - A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great, with a sketch of the subsequent History to the present time. New Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price js. 6d. Tales of Ancient Greece.
Page 67 - Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland. With a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of "The Thirty Years
Page 92 - Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion derived from the Literal Fulfilment of Prophecy, particularly as Illustrated by the History of the Jews, and the Discoveries of Recent Travellers.
Page 128 - Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border. Comprising Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains; Explorations of New Territory; a Trip across the Rocky Mountains in the Winter; Descriptions of the Habits of Different Animals...
Page 115 - ... no one can become her convert without renouncing his moral and mental freedom and placing his civil loyalty and duty at the mercy of another ; and when she has equally repudiated modern thought and ancient history.