Word: forme
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
THIS is the Student's edition, corresponding to the "History of the Middle Ages," published in the same form. The whole work is compressed into one by no means unwieldy volume, of very clear type, the only omissions being certain parts of the less important remarks, and most of the notes printed at the foot of the pages. Altogether it will be found to be a very convenient edition, and hardly inferior, in point of matter, to the larger...
...view of these things, it has been deemed advisable by some to form a project by which these wants could be supplied, and they have now the pleasure to present, for the consideration of all interested, a scheme for the foundation of a French society...
...proposed to form a society, to which the membership shall be limited, and for admission to which shall be required, besides election, a fair knowledge of conversational and classical French...
THIS is, in compact form, a record of investigation and discovery, which shows how large and active is the army of workers in the interest of science. So comprehensive a work could not be entirely free from error, but it is almost so. As a book of reference it is invaluable, and can be by no means uninteresting to the general reader...
...while having the wisdom and the character to guide her aright, decline to develop their qualities more palpably to the public eye. "There is such a thing as being so fastidious about means as never to be able to reach a practical end. There may likewise be a form of conditional sluggishness which covers an aversion to the labors and obligations incident to successful exertion under the guise of want of opportunity." It is beyond dispute that under no other government is so full and free opportunity given to all usefully to develop every natural and acquired power they...