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Page 15 - An English Greek Lexicon ; Containing all the Greek Words used by Writers of good authority; citing the Authorities in Chronological Order for every Word used ; explaining the Construction ; and giving the Declension or Conjugation of each Word when irregular ; and marking the Quantities of all doubtful Syllables. By CD Yonge, BA
Page 256 - are thus likely not only to buy foreign goods dearer, but to ' sell our own cheaper, than if there was a more perfect freedom ' of trade. As defence, however, is of much more importance ' than opulence, the Act of Navigation is, perhaps, the wisest
Page 27 - of or false : but his character as a thinker can be slightly valued only by such as know it ill ; and as a man, approved by action and suffering, in his life and in his death, he ranks with a class of men who were common only in better ages than ours."—State of German Literature, by
Page 9 - juggling fiends That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 24 - Adventures in the Pacific : With Observations on the Natural Productions, Manners, and Customs of the Natives of the various Islands ; Remarks on the Missionaries, British and other Residents, &c. By John Coulter, MD Author of " Adventures on the Western Coast of South America.
Page 28 - Church Advocate. The Rationale of Religious Inquiry ; Or, the Question stated, of Reason, the Bible, and the Church. By JAMES MARTINEAU. Third Edition. With a Critical letter on Rationalism, Miracles, and the Authority of Scripture, by the late Rev. JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE. Post 8vo. 4s. paper cover ; 4s. 6d. cloth. Sermons of Consolation.
Page 14 - History of' Art, by its Monuments, From its Decline in the Fourth Century to its Restoration in the Sixteenth. Translated from the French of Seroux D'Agincourt. In Three Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-five Subjects, on Three Hundred and Twenty-eight Plates.
Page 255 - all nations to bring to it the goods which it has occasion ' to purchase ; and for the same reason, it will be most likely to ' sell dear, when its markets are thus filled with the greatest « number of buyers. The Act of Navigation, it is true, lays no
Page 293 - But who is he, in closet closely-pent, Of sober face, with learned dust besprent? Right well mine eyes arede the myster wight, On parchment scraps y-fed, and Wormius hight. To future ages may thy dulness last, As thou preserv'st the
Page 536 - contains— Reviews, with copious Extracts, of every important New English Book, and of the more important Foreign Works. Reports of the Proceedings of the Learned and Scientific Societies, with Abstracts of all papers of interest. Authentic Accounts of all Scientific Voyages and Expeditions. Criticisms on Art, with Critical Notices of Exhibitions, Picture Collections, New Prints, &c.