The Childhood of the World: A Simple Account of Man in Early TimesMacmillan and Company, 1873 - 118 pages |
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... BIOGRAPHICAL and PHILOSOPHICAL CATALOGUES . ) ESSAYS , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL . Chiefly on the British Poets . 8vo . 12s . 6d . 66 Distinguished by a remarkable power of analysis , a clear state- ment of the actual facts on which ...
... BIOGRAPHICAL and PHILOSOPHICAL CATALOGUES . ) ESSAYS , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL . Chiefly on the British Poets . 8vo . 12s . 6d . 66 Distinguished by a remarkable power of analysis , a clear state- ment of the actual facts on which ...
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... Biographical Memoir , Notes , and Glossary , by ALEXANDER SMITH . Two Vols . 66 ' Beyond all question this is the most beautiful edition of Burns yet out . " - EDINBURGH DAILY Review . The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe . Edited from the ...
... Biographical Memoir , Notes , and Glossary , by ALEXANDER SMITH . Two Vols . 66 ' Beyond all question this is the most beautiful edition of Burns yet out . " - EDINBURGH DAILY Review . The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe . Edited from the ...
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... Biographical and Critical Memoir by FRANCIS TURNER Palgrave , and copious Notes . pp . xliii . , 559. Price 3s . 6d . " Scott , " says Heine , " in his every book , gladdens , tranquillizes , and strengthens my heart . " This edition ...
... Biographical and Critical Memoir by FRANCIS TURNER Palgrave , and copious Notes . pp . xliii . , 559. Price 3s . 6d . " Scott , " says Heine , " in his every book , gladdens , tranquillizes , and strengthens my heart . " This edition ...
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... Biographical Introduction by HENRY KINGSLEY . pp . xxxi . , 607 . Price 35. 6d . Of this matchless truth - like story , it is scarcely possible to find an unabridged edition . This edition may be relied upon as containing the whole of ...
... Biographical Introduction by HENRY KINGSLEY . pp . xxxi . , 607 . Price 35. 6d . Of this matchless truth - like story , it is scarcely possible to find an unabridged edition . This edition may be relied upon as containing the whole of ...
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... , within less than ninety pages , as much sound criticism and as comprehensive a biography as the student of Dryden need desire . " - PALL MALL GAZETTE . Cowper's Poetical Works . Edited , with Notes and Biographical GLOBE LIBRARY . 57.
... , within less than ninety pages , as much sound criticism and as comprehensive a biography as the student of Dryden need desire . " - PALL MALL GAZETTE . Cowper's Poetical Works . Edited , with Notes and Biographical GLOBE LIBRARY . 57.
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Page 83 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 47 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
Page 79 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
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