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A Catalogue of Twenty-five Thousand Volumes of Choice, Useful, and Curious ... - Page 158
by John Russell Smith - 1860 - 582 pages
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Shakesperiana: A Catalogue of the Early Editions of Shakespeare's Plays, and ...

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 68 pages
...that he h;is learnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment. The text is «t pleasing that we scarcely dream of its sterling value ; and it seems as if, in unison with t]te woodcuts, which so cleverly explain its points and adorn its various topics, the whole design...
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A Memoir of the Life, Writings, and Mechanical Inventions of Edmund Cartwright

Mary Strickland, Jane Margaret Strickland - 1843 - 424 pages
...amusing anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has srnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment. The text is so sasing that we scarcely dream of its sterling value ; and it seems us if, in unison with the foucuts,...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 81

1845 - 678 pages
...anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has lenrnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment. The text is so pleasing that e scarcely dream of its sterling value ; and it eems as if, in unison with the woodcuts, an unversa...
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Letters of the Kings of England: Now First Collected from Royal ..., Volume 2

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1846 - 520 pages
...anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has learnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment....scarcely dream of its sterling value ; and it seems at if, in unison with the woodcuts, which so cleverly explain its points and adorn its various topics,...
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Bookseller's Catalogues. Continued as John Russell Smith's Old Book ..., Part 1

John Russell Smith - 1846 - 396 pages
...anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has learnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment. The text is so pleasing that we sca,cely dream of its sterling value; and it seems as if, in unison with the woodcuts, which so cleverly...
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A Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Tongue: A Grammar After Erasmus Rask ; Extracts ...

Edward Johnston Vernon - 1846 - 238 pages
...to find that he has learnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment. The teit is so pleasing that we scarcely dream of its sterling value ; and it seems us if, in unison with the woodcuts, which so cleverly explain its points and adorn its various topics,...
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The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Town and Port of Rye, in the ...

William Holloway (of Rye in Sussex.) - 1847 - 660 pages
...anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has learnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment....its sterling value ; and it seems as if, in unison wiih the woodcuts, which so cleverly explain its point* and adorn its various topics, the whole design...
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Archaeologia Cambrensis

1847 - 500 pages
...ion, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has learnt so much, whilst he appeared to bo pursuing mere entertainment. The text is so pleasing...it seems as if, in unison with the woodcuts, which »o cleverly explain its points and adorn its various topics, the whole design w.-re intended for a...
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A Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary

Joseph Bosworth - 1848 - 296 pages
...anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has learnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment....dream of its sterling value ; and it seems as if, :n unison with the woodcuts, whicü so cleverly explain Us points and adorn its various topics, the...
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The Anglo-Saxon version of the life of st. Guthlac, orig. written in Latin ...

Guthlac (st.), Felix (monk of Crowland.) - 1848 - 154 pages
...anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has learnt so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment....that we scarcely dream of its sterling value ; and jt seejns HS if, in unison with the woodcuts, which so cleverly explain its points and adorn its various...
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