Studies in English Prose, Consisting of Specimens of the Language in Its Earliest, Succeeding, and Latest Stages

Studies in English Prose, Consisting of Specimens of the Language in Its Earliest, Succeeding, and Latest Stages PDF Author: Joseph Payne
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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Studies in English Prose, Consisting of Specimens of the Language in Its Earliest, Succeeding, and Latest Stages

Studies in English Prose, Consisting of Specimens of the Language in Its Earliest, Succeeding, and Latest Stages PDF Author: Joseph Payne
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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Publisher and Bookseller

Publisher and Bookseller PDF Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 844

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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.

Reference Catalogue of Current Literature

Reference Catalogue of Current Literature PDF Author:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Studies in English Poetry

Studies in English Poetry PDF Author: Joseph Payne
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368853473
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Knowledge for the Time: A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on Subjects of Living Interest, Useful Curiosity, and Amusing Research

Knowledge for the Time: A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on Subjects of Living Interest, Useful Curiosity, and Amusing Research PDF Author: John Timbs
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736413866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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The great value of contemporary History—that is, history written by actual witnesses of the events which they narrate,—is now beginning to be appreciated by general readers. The improved character of the journalism of the present day is the best evidence of this advancement, which has been a work of no ordinary labour. Truth is not of such easy acquisition as is generally supposed; and the chances of obtaining unprejudiced accounts of events are rarely improved by distance from the time at which they happen. In proportion as freedom of thought is enlarged, and liberty of conscience, and liberty of will, are increased, will be the amount of trustworthiness in the written records of contemporaries. It is the rarity of these high privileges in chroniclers of past events which has led to so many obscurities in the world's history, and warpings in the judgment of its writers; to trust some of whom has been compared to reading with "coloured spectacles." And, one of the features of our times is to be ever taking stock of the amount of truth in past history; to set readers on the tenters of doubt, and to make them suspicious of perversions; and to encourage a whitewashing of black reputations which sometimes strays into an extreme equally as unserviceable to truth as that from which the writer started. It is, however, with the view of correcting the Past by the light of the Present, and directing attention to many salient points of Knowledge for the Time, that the present volume is offered to the public. Its aim may be considered great in proportion to the limited means employed; but, to extend what is, in homely phrase, termed a right understanding, the contents of the volume are of a mixed character, the Author having due respect for the[v] emphatic words of Dr.

Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature

Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature PDF Author: Samuel Halkett
Publisher: Ardent Media
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Languages : en
Pages : 418

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The Publishers' Trade List Annual

The Publishers' Trade List Annual PDF Author:
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Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1756

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The Boy's Own Book

The Boy's Own Book PDF Author: William Clarke
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 768

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Old Jolliffe

Old Jolliffe PDF Author: Mrs. Henry S. Mackarness
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Languages : en
Pages : 66

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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1066

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