The endeavour has not been to chronicle facts, but to put together a series of pictures of persons and events, so as to arrest the attention, and give some individuality and distinctness to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable... The Romance of Astronomy - Page 31by Robert Kalley Miller - 1873 - 146 pagesFull view - About this book
| Bibliography, National - 1868 - 794 pages
...with characters and scenes exhibited with боте relief. It aims to present, not merely facts, but a series of pictures of persons and events so as to arrest the attention and give some individuality aud distinctness to the recollection by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. The... | |
| George Boole - Differential equations - 1865 - 310 pages
...Rollo to Edward II. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Extra fcap. 8vo. Second Edition. 5J. The endeavour has not been to chronicle facts, but...to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. The " Cameos " are intended as a book for young people just beyond the... | |
| George Boole - Differential equations - 1865 - 344 pages
...Edward II. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Extra fcap. 8vo. Second Edition, enlarged. 3^. 6d. The endeavour has not been to chronicle facts, but...persons and events, so as to arrest the attention, and givt sjme individuality and distinctness to the recollection, by gathering togethtr details at the... | |
| George Biddell Airy - Light, Wave theory of - 1866 - 246 pages
..."The Heir of Redclyffe." Extra fcap. 8vo. Second Edition, enlarged. 5*. A SECOND SERIES nearly ready. The endeavour has not been to chronicle facts, but...to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. The " Cameos " are intended as a book for young people just beyond the... | |
| Sir John Budd Phear - 1866 - 272 pages
...Edward II. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Extra fcap. 8vo. Second Edition, enlarged. 3-r. 6d. The endeavour has not been to chronicle facts, but to. put together a serifs of pictures of persons and events, so as to arrest the attention, and give some individuality... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1868 - 456 pages
...into the real spirit of events, and to be struck with characters and scenes presented in some relief. The endeavour has not been to chronicle facts, but...to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. Begun many years since, as the historical portion of a magazine, the... | |
| American periodicals - 1868 - 846 pages
...extremely elementary histories that are writMi tor children. "The endeavour," according tn the author, " has not been to chronicle facts, but to put together a series of pictures of pei> us and events, so as to arrest the attention, un<l give some individuality and distinctness to... | |
| William Stanley Jevons - Analogy - 1869 - 190 pages
...Edward II. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Extra fcap. 8vo. Second Edition, enlarged. 3^. 6d. The endeavour has not been to chronicle facts, but...to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. The " Cameos" are intended as a book for young people just beyond the... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - Great Britain - 1869 - 492 pages
...spirit of events, and to be struck with characters and scenes presented in some relief. The endeavor has not been to chronicle facts, but to .put together...to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. Begun many years since, as the historical portion of a magazine, the... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - Great Britain - 1869 - 488 pages
...spirit of events, and to be struck with characters and scenes presented in some relief. The endeavor has not been to chronicle facts, but to put together...to the recollection, by gathering together details at the most memorable moments. Begun many years since, as the historical portion of a magazine, the... | |
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