The World of Man: Prose Passages, Chiefly from the Works of the Great Historians, Classical and English |
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... book is not simply a collection of passages from the writings of the great historians . Such collections exist already , and , by themselves , are of small value . It is naturally difficult to regard them as anything more than ...
... book is not simply a collection of passages from the writings of the great historians . Such collections exist already , and , by themselves , are of small value . It is naturally difficult to regard them as anything more than ...
Page vii
... books showered upon us in streams , copious but not always refreshing ; and particularly of those two recent products ... book will have done its work if it sends the reader to a library or to a bookshop - to expand them for himself . I ...
... books showered upon us in streams , copious but not always refreshing ; and particularly of those two recent products ... book will have done its work if it sends the reader to a library or to a bookshop - to expand them for himself . I ...
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... Book of the Kings , c . 560 B.C. Chap . xix . 10-12 , 23 , 24. A.V. 1611 THUS shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah , saying , Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee , saying , Jeru- salem shall not be delivered into the ...
... Book of the Kings , c . 560 B.C. Chap . xix . 10-12 , 23 , 24. A.V. 1611 THUS shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah , saying , Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee , saying , Jeru- salem shall not be delivered into the ...
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