Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... published a great number of books : but nothing has escaped the wreck of time , except the books of Epistles , and the Panegyric upon Trajan , ' which has ever been considered as a masterpiece . His letters seem to have been in- tended ...
... published a great number of books : but nothing has escaped the wreck of time , except the books of Epistles , and the Panegyric upon Trajan , ' which has ever been considered as a masterpiece . His letters seem to have been in- tended ...
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... published in the modern fashion , would extend to nearly twenty - five octavo volumes . " - DIBDIN : Typographical ... publish the Roman authors in their original tongue . Indeed , had not the French furnished Caxton with materials , it ...
... published in the modern fashion , would extend to nearly twenty - five octavo volumes . " - DIBDIN : Typographical ... publish the Roman authors in their original tongue . Indeed , had not the French furnished Caxton with materials , it ...
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... published in Latin , Lovanii , 1565 et 1566 , fol .; in English , Lond . , 1557 , fol .; best Latin edit . , Francf . , 1689 , fol . " The indictment was then read by the attorney- general . It set forth that Sir Thomas More , trai ...
... published in Latin , Lovanii , 1565 et 1566 , fol .; in English , Lond . , 1557 , fol .; best Latin edit . , Francf . , 1689 , fol . " The indictment was then read by the attorney- general . It set forth that Sir Thomas More , trai ...
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... published at Madrid , -Part I. 1605 , small 4to ; Part II . 1615 , small 4to . " Both Don Quixote and Sancho are thus brought before us like such living realities that , at this mo ment , the figures of the crazed , gaunt , dignified ...
... published at Madrid , -Part I. 1605 , small 4to ; Part II . 1615 , small 4to . " Both Don Quixote and Sancho are thus brought before us like such living realities that , at this mo ment , the figures of the crazed , gaunt , dignified ...
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... published , Oxford , 1837-9 , 12 vols . 8vo . " A writer as distinguished in works of practi- cal piety was Hall . His Art of Divine Medita- tion , his Contemplations , and indeed many of his writings , remind us frequently of [ Jeremy ] ...
... published , Oxford , 1837-9 , 12 vols . 8vo . " A writer as distinguished in works of practi- cal piety was Hall . His Art of Divine Medita- tion , his Contemplations , and indeed many of his writings , remind us frequently of [ Jeremy ] ...
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