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... Fcap . 8vo . price 3s . cloth ; 3s . 6d . gilt edges . A Hand - Book of the History of the United States . Including the Colonial Period ; War of Independence ; Constitution of the States ; Slavery and other Causes leading to the ...
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... Fcap . 8vo .; price 5s . cloth ; 5s . 6d . gilt edges . Frank and Andrea ; Or Forest Life in the Island of Sardinia . By ALFRED ELWES . Illus- trated by DUDLEY . Fcap . 8vo . Price 5s . cloth ; 5s . 6d . gilt edges . " The descriptions ...
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... Fcap . 8vo ; price 5s . cloth ; 5s . 6d . gilt edges . " We trust Old England may ever have writers as ready and ... Fcap . 8vo . price 5s . cloth ; 5s . 6d . gilt edges . The White Elephant ; Or the Hunters of Ava , and the King of the ...
... Fcap . 8vo ; price 5s . cloth ; 5s . 6d . gilt edges . " We trust Old England may ever have writers as ready and ... Fcap . 8vo . price 5s . cloth ; 5s . 6d . gilt edges . The White Elephant ; Or the Hunters of Ava , and the King of the ...
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... and Select Scripture Passages . Fcap . 8vo . price 4d . limp cloth . classes . These little works are admirably adapted for circulation among the working The Fairy Tales of Science . A Book for Youth PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH AND FARRAN . 9.
... and Select Scripture Passages . Fcap . 8vo . price 4d . limp cloth . classes . These little works are admirably adapted for circulation among the working The Fairy Tales of Science . A Book for Youth PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH AND FARRAN . 9.
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Page 29 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
Page 103 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls, by thousands they pour, And down from the ceiling, and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the bishop they go.
Page 79 - By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound; Beneath its base are heroes...
Page 29 - True Stories from Ancient History, chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne. Twelfth Edition.
Page 23 - Glimpses of Nature ; And Objects of Interest described during a Visit to the Isle of Wight. Designed to assist and encourage Young Persons in forming habits of observation. By Mrs. LOUDON. Second Edition, enlarged. With Forty-one Illustrations. 3s. 6d. cloth. "We could not recommend a more valuable little volume. It is full of information, conveyed in the most agreeable manner."— Literary Gazette.
Page 173 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Page 32 - The British History briefly told, and a Description of the Ancient Customs, Sports, and Pastimes of the English. Embellished with Portraits of the Sovereigns of England in their proper Costumes, and 18 other Engravings. 3s. 6d. cloth. Chit-chat ; Or, Short Tales in Short Words. By the author of "Always Happy.
Page 7 - Our Soldiers, or ANECDOTES OF THE CAMPAIGNS AND GALLANT DEEDS OF THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. By WHG KINGSTON. With Frontispiece.