 | Christianity - 1882 - 662 pages
...generally, under an immense obligation. A short table of various readings is given in an appendix. Words, Facts, and Phrases. A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-of-the-way Matters. By ELIEZER EDWARDS. Chatto and Windus. Nothing is more vague than the phrase, ' Ont-of-the-way information,'... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - History - 1861 - 500 pages
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 | American literature - 1880 - 764 pages
...an a permanent spiritual influence and power, instead of a mere system of doctrines. Edwards (E.)— Words, Facts and Phrases: a Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-of-the-way Matters, 8vo. cloth, pp. viii. and 631. Philadelphia. 12s. 6d. Eidlitz (L.)— The Nature and Function of Art,... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor - Natural history - 1885 - 444 pages
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 | George Whitefield Samson - Art - 1868 - 444 pages
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 | Providence Athenaeum - 1871 - 1048 pages
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 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Arithmetic - 1872 - 404 pages
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 | Indic periodicals - 1873 - 756 pages
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 | George Chapman - 1875 - 556 pages
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 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1875 - 1875 - 128 pages
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Words, Facts, and Phrases : A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-of-the-Way Matters. By ELIEZER EDWARDS. 
