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... account of his visits to the Museum . In a letter to the Rev. Wm . Mason , dated July 23 , 1759 , he says , - " I am just settled in my new habitation in Southampton Row , and , though a solitary and dispirited creature , not unquiet ...
... account of his visits to the Museum . In a letter to the Rev. Wm . Mason , dated July 23 , 1759 , he says , - " I am just settled in my new habitation in Southampton Row , and , though a solitary and dispirited creature , not unquiet ...
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... account to quit the room during the hours when it was open to visitors . In 1824 the duties were made over to an attendant of the room under the management of the Principal Librarian . In consequence of complaints that the Reading Room ...
... account to quit the room during the hours when it was open to visitors . In 1824 the duties were made over to an attendant of the room under the management of the Principal Librarian . In consequence of complaints that the Reading Room ...
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... account which has been given above of the arrange- ments made for the superintendence of the Reading Room , it would almost appear as though the superintendence decreased with the increase of the number of readers . But this apparent ...
... account which has been given above of the arrange- ments made for the superintendence of the Reading Room , it would almost appear as though the superintendence decreased with the increase of the number of readers . But this apparent ...
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... . Rivadeneira . Milano , 1812-14 . 8 ° London , 1858.8 ° Argent . 1783-81 . 8 ° 4 vol . Paris . ( Didot , ) 1838. 8 ° C Vol . 3. Lincolnshire : — Account of the Gentlemen's Statistique Religieuse Constantinus Magnus, Hilarius.
... . Rivadeneira . Milano , 1812-14 . 8 ° London , 1858.8 ° Argent . 1783-81 . 8 ° 4 vol . Paris . ( Didot , ) 1838. 8 ° C Vol . 3. Lincolnshire : — Account of the Gentlemen's Statistique Religieuse Constantinus Magnus, Hilarius.
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... account of the English translations . London ( Bagster ) , 1841. 4 ° Greek . Novum Testamentum Græce . Recensuit C. Tisch- Lipsia , 1849. 8 ° endorf . Н kaivη Aιaðŋên . The New Testament , the re- ceived text ; with Readings from ...
... account of the English translations . London ( Bagster ) , 1841. 4 ° Greek . Novum Testamentum Græce . Recensuit C. Tisch- Lipsia , 1849. 8 ° endorf . Н kaivη Aιaðŋên . The New Testament , the re- ceived text ; with Readings from ...
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Page 233 - FRS Coloured Map of the Geography of Plants. SMITH'S (Pye) Geology and Scripture ; or, the Relation between the Scriptures and Geological Science. With Memoir. STANLEY'S Classified Synopsis of the Principal Painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, including an Account of some of the early German Masters.
Page 176 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Page xx - They are fitted at each end with galvanized iron leather covered, and wadded pads placed next the skeleton bookcase framing, to prevent injury to the binding when the books are taken out or replaced. Between these pads the skeleton framing of the cases forms an aperture by which a current of air may pass and ventilation be kept up throughout. The shelves rest upon brass pins, the holes for which are pierced at...
Page 141 - Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion derived from the Literal Fulfilment of Prophecy. By ALEXANDER KEITH, DD 37th Edition, with numerous Plates, in square 8vo.
Page 83 - LIVES AND VOYAGES OF DRAKE, CAVENDISH, AND DAMPIER; Including "an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the Bucaniers.
Page 194 - PASCAL'S Thoughts. Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul. 3rd Edition, y, dd. PAULI'S (Dr. R.) Life of Alfred the Great. Translated from the German. To which is appended Alfred's ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF OROSIUS. With a literal Translation interpaged, Notes, and an ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR and GLOSSARY, by B. Thorpe. 5^. PAUSANIAS
Page 4 - History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815.
Page 23 - APOSTOLICAL ACTS AND EPISTLES, From the Peschito, or Ancient Syriac. To which are added, the remaining Epistles, and the Book of Revelation, after a later Syrian Text. Translated, with Prolegomena and Indices, by JW...
Page xxi - In the decoration of the interior dome, light colours and the purest gilding have been preferred. The Great Room, therefore, has an illuminated and elegant aspect. The decorative work may be shortly described : — The inner surface of the dome is divided into twenty compartments by moulded ribs, which are gilded with leaf prepared from unalloyed gold, the soffites being in ornamental patterns, and the edges touching the adjoining margins fringed with a leafpattern scolloped edge.
Page 180 - History of the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles. Translated by JE Ryland. 2 vols. 3^. 6d. each. Memorials of Christian Life In the Early and Middle Ages ; including Light in Dark Places.