The North American Review, Volume 81O. Everett, 1855 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 71
... learned , ac- curate , and thorough , — capital in copying inscriptions , meas- uring ruins , recording names and places , estimating distances , and the like , — but is rather dry to a general reader . Volney's book , translated nearly ...
... learned , ac- curate , and thorough , — capital in copying inscriptions , meas- uring ruins , recording names and places , estimating distances , and the like , — but is rather dry to a general reader . Volney's book , translated nearly ...
Page 255
... learned re- search , in a style at once perspicuous and elegant . It would not be easy to find in so narrow a compass so much interesting information , with so much of fine analysis and beautiful illustration . The richness , variety ...
... learned re- search , in a style at once perspicuous and elegant . It would not be easy to find in so narrow a compass so much interesting information , with so much of fine analysis and beautiful illustration . The richness , variety ...
Page 429
... learned musical scholars of Italy and Germany , who had ransacked all the noted deposi- tories of manuscripts and books on music , had come to the conclusion that nothing definite could be learned . The diffi- culty probably arises from ...
... learned musical scholars of Italy and Germany , who had ransacked all the noted deposi- tories of manuscripts and books on music , had come to the conclusion that nothing definite could be learned . The diffi- culty probably arises from ...
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