Word: compress
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Chicago: Callaghan & Co.). The author apologizes for consenting to its appearance in this country. It is, he says, but a sketch, written as part of a larger book for German readers - Marquardsen's 'Handbuch des Oeffentlichen Rechts.' - He was limited, moreover, to a very inadequate space, and had to compress his material unduly, and wholly to throw out much; and 'my only literary resources were my private library and the notes previously taken in the British Museum and American libraries.' These explanations are, indeed, helpful in getting at the right point of view for judging of the book...
...Ireland Professor of Exegesis has begun by laying the university under a great obligation. He has undertaken to compress his introductory remarks into two lectures, instead of three, as at first advertised. Would our gratitude be greater or less if he followed the example of some previous professors, and abstained from lecturing at all? - [Oxford Magazine...