Biographical Guide to American Literature: A Classed List of Books Published in the United States of America During the Last Forty YearsTrübner and Company, 1859 - 554 pages |
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... late friend Dr. Ludewig . The second section , Contributions towards a History of American Literature , has been furnished by Benjamin Moran , Esq . , Assistant Secretary to the American Legation , and though brief , it is full of ...
... late friend Dr. Ludewig . The second section , Contributions towards a History of American Literature , has been furnished by Benjamin Moran , Esq . , Assistant Secretary to the American Legation , and though brief , it is full of ...
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... late Hermann Ludewig , Esq . , and is an enlarged edition , the fourth , of that mentioned at page XXXIII . of the Prolegomena . Mr. Gowans states in the Preface , that he commenced its compilation in 1840 , but he must pardon the ...
... late Hermann Ludewig , Esq . , and is an enlarged edition , the fourth , of that mentioned at page XXXIII . of the Prolegomena . Mr. Gowans states in the Preface , that he commenced its compilation in 1840 , but he must pardon the ...
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... late Mr. Grenville chiefly derived those rare works on America , which makes the Bibliotheca Grenvilliana almost indis- pensable to the collector of similar publications . The late Mr. Asher , of Berlin , also became a successful ...
... late Mr. Grenville chiefly derived those rare works on America , which makes the Bibliotheca Grenvilliana almost indis- pensable to the collector of similar publications . The late Mr. Asher , of Berlin , also became a successful ...
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... late years have enriched our bibliographical litera- ture . To us , as Germans , it is most gratifying that the initiative has been taken by a German bookseller himself , one of the most intelligent and active of our countrymen abroad ...
... late years have enriched our bibliographical litera- ture . To us , as Germans , it is most gratifying that the initiative has been taken by a German bookseller himself , one of the most intelligent and active of our countrymen abroad ...
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... ( late Lord Mahon ) , who says author " is an accomplished gentleman of Boston , in the United States , who has published an excellent account of his impressions of Italy , bringing to the subject a rich store of classical knowledge , a ...
... ( late Lord Mahon ) , who says author " is an accomplished gentleman of Boston , in the United States , who has published an excellent account of his impressions of Italy , bringing to the subject a rich store of classical knowledge , a ...
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Page 170 - JOHN. Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology.
Page 43 - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.
Page 356 - NICHOLSON.— A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing full instructions in the different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Also, the Art of Marbling Book-edges and Paper. By JAMES B. NICHOLSON. Illustrated.
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Page 94 - Bouvier, John. A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; with References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law.
Page 227 - OLLENDORFF'S NEW METHOD OF LEARNING TO READ, WRITE, AND SPEAK THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. To which is added, a Systematic Outline of the different Parts of Speech, their Inflection and Use, with full Paradigms, and a complete List of the Irregular Verbs.
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Page 94 - Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery, during the time of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, and of the several Commissioners of the Great Seal, and Lord Chancellor Loughborough, from 1778 to 1794, with the Annotations of Mr.