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The Library, 1903
"Municipal reference bulletin", no. 14- issued as part of v. 15, no. 5-
 

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Página 103 - THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES. Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and assist in Literary Composition. By PETER MARK ROGET, MD, FRS Recomposed throughout, enlarged and improved, partly from the Author's Notes, and with a full Index, by the Author's Son, JOHN LEWIS ROGET. Crown 8vo, 9s. net. Willich.— POPULAR TABLES for giving information for ascertaining the value of Lifehold, Leasehold, and Church Property, the Public Funds, etc.
Página 146 - There have been men with deeper insight; but, one would say, never a man with such abundance of thoughts : he is never dull, never insincere, and has the genius to make the reader care for all that he cares for. The sincerity and marrow of the man reaches to his sentences. I know not anywhere the book that seems less written. It is the language of conversation transferred to a book. Cut these words and they would bleed ; they are vascular and alive.
Página 105 - This story is concerned with the adventures of a much and justly respected stockbroker, and is founded on the known action of a drug sometimes prescribed for hay fever ; but, naturally, the Authors have aimed more at amusement than at scientific accuracy.
Página 63 - Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.) (Dyeing Fancy Goods.) THE ART OF DYEING AND STAINING MARBLE, ARTIFICIAL STONE, BONE, HORN, IVORY AND WOOD, AND OF IMITATING ALL SORTS OF WOOD. A Practical Handbook for the Use of Joiners, Turners, Manufacturers of Fancy Goods, Stick and Umbrella Makers, Comb Makers, etc.
Página 146 - I remember the delight and wonder in which I lived with it. It seemed to me as if I had myself written the book, in some former life, so sincerely it spoke to my thought and experience.
Página 174 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.
Página 145 - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Página 55 - Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on those Injurious and Beneficial to Crops.
Página 9 - THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS, wherein is told somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, their Friends, their Neighbours, their Foemen, and their Fellows-in-Arms. Written in Prose and Verse. Square cr.
Página 77 - We have tried to arrange a pleasant week for you, and if you do not see what you want ask for it and we will try to accommodate you.

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