 | 1865 - 962 pages
...by Sir Thomas Lawrence, limo. cloth extra, price 6s. ; or handsomely bound in calf antique, 10s. 6d. 'Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for a more sightly volume wa» never seen.'— ILLUS. LON. Nitws. ' An admirable version of an excellent book. Not only is the... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1866 - 328 pages
...friend of their closets." — Archbishop of York, at the Literary Fund Anniversary. May 10, 1865. " Could not be presented in a more exquisite form ;...sightly volume was never seen. " — Illustrated London " An admirable version of an excellent book. Not only is the translation a thoroughly idiomatic one,... | |
 | Martha Stone Hubbell - 1867 - 362 pages
...their hearts, and the friend of their closets." — Archbishop of York, at the Literary Fund, 1865. " Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for...volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " An ndmirable version of an. excellent book. Not only is the translat,on a thoroughly idiomatic one,... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1867 - 334 pages
...their hearts, and the friend of their ctosets." — Archbishop of York, at the Literary Fund, 1865. *' Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for...volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " An atlniirable version of an excellent book. Not only is the translation a thoroughly idiomatic one,... | |
 | Isaac Israel Hayes - 1867 - 478 pages
...their hearts, and the friend of their closets."—- Archbishop of York, at the Literary Fund, 1865. " Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for...volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " An admirable version of an excellent book. Not only is the translation a thoroughly idiomatic one,... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Dodge - 1867 - 364 pages
...closets" — Archbishop of York, at the Literary Fond, 1865. " Could not be presented in a more exqnisite form, for a more sightly volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " An admirable version of an excellent book. Not only is the translation a thoroughly idiomatic one,... | |
 | John Call Dalton - 1868 - 440 pages
...usually ascribed to Thomas A Kempis. With a Vignette from an Original Drawing by Sir Thomas Lawrence. '' Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for...volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " The preliminary essay is well-written, good, and interesting." — Saturday Review. " Evinces independent... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 240 pages
...it acceptable even to those who can enjoy the work without a translator's aid." — Nonconformist. " Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for...volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " The preliminary essay is well-written, good, and interestmg."— Saturday Review. IV. FAMILIAR WORDS.... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1868 - 404 pages
...their hearts, and the friend of their closets." — Archbishop of York, at the Literary Fund, 1865. " Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for...volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " An admirable version of an excellent book. Not only is the translation a thoroughly idiomatic one,... | |
 | Émile de KÉRATRY (Count.) - 1868 - 368 pages
...their hearts, and the friend of their closets." — Archbishop of York, at the Literary Fund, 1865. " Could not be presented in a more exquisite form, for...volume was never seen." — Illustrated London News. " An admirable version of an excellent book. Not only is the translation a thoroughly idiomatic one,... | |
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Familiar Words. An Index Verborum, or Quotation Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Phrases and Sentences that have become embedded in the English language. 3rd and enlarged Edition. "The most extensive dictionary of quotation we have met with. 
