Pessimism: A History and a Criticism, Volume 1

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H. S. King, 1877 - 477 pages

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Page 17 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 20 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst). The History of Creation. Translation revised by Professor E. Ray Lankester, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo.
Page 20 - HAWEIS, Rev. HR, MA— Current Coin. Materialism— The Devil — Crime — Drunkenness — Pauperism — Emotion — Recreation —The Sabbath.
Page 16 - A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great, with a sketch of the subsequent History to the present time. New Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 7*. 6d. Tales of Ancient Greece.
Page 15 - Jesus of Nazareth. With a brief sketch of Jewish History to the Time of His Birth. Small crown 8vo, 6s. COGHLAN, J.
Page 21 - HOPKINS (Ellice). Life and Letters of James Hinton, with an Introduction by Sir WW Gull, Bart., and Portrait engraved on Steel by CH Jeens.
Page 18 - FRASER (Donald). Exchange Tables of Sterling and Indian Rupee Currency, upon a new and extended system, embracing Values from One Farthing to One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and at Rates progressing, in Sixteenths of a Penny, from is.
Page 28 - RIBOT, Prof. Th.— English Psychology. Second Edition. A Revised and Corrected Translation from the latest French Edition. Large post 8vo, gs.
Page 27 - Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. By Rev. Canon G. RAWLINSON, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. Prof. RA REDFORD, LL.B., MA, Rev. WS LEWIS, MA, Rev. JA MACDONALD, Rev. A. MACKENNAL, BA, Rev. W. CLARKSON, BA, Rev. F. HASTINGS, Rev. W. DINWIDDIE, LL.B., Rev. Prof. ROWLANDS, BA, Rev. G. WOOD, BA, Rev. Prof. PC BARKER, MA, LL.B., and the Rev.
Page 18 - Y (Rev. Henry) — ANCIENT ROME AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION : An Outline of the History of the City from its First Foundation down to the Erection of the Chair of St. Peter, AD 42-47. With numerous Illustrations of Ancient Monuments, Sculpture, and Coinage, and of the Antiquities of the Christian Catacombs.

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