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Page 11 - A work much in advance of any book in the language treating of this group of organisms. Indispensable to every student of the Myxogastres.
Page 1 - The Middle Ages, from the Fourth to the Fourteenth Century. By CW OMAN, MA, Fellow of All Souls', Oxford. Illustrated. Demy 8vo.
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Page 14 - The translation is an excellent piece of English, and the introduction is a masterly exposition. We augur well of a series which begins so satisfactorily.
Page 1 - A most splendid and fascinating book on a subject of undying interest. The great feature of the book is the use the author has made of the existing portraits of the Caesars and the admirable critical subtlety he has exhibited in dealing with this line of research. It is brilliantly written, and the illustrations are supplied on a scale of profuse magnificence.
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Page 32 - FIRST LATIN READER. With Notes adapted to the Shorter Latin Primer and Vocabulary.
Page xx - But what success Vanessa met Is to the world a secret yet. Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain; Or whether he at last descends To act with less seraphic ends ; Or, to compound the business, whether They temper love and books together ; Must never to mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious Muse unfold.