The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 Seiten |
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Seite 515 - An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought : a Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic.
Seite 518 - A General Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical ; forming a complete Gazetteer of the World. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE New Edition. 8vo. price 31s. 6d. M'Culloch's Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Seite 512 - STUDENT'S MANUAL of the HISTORY of INDIA, from the Earliest Period to the Present.
Seite 1 - SPIRITUAL SONGS' for the SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS throughout the Year. By JSB MONSELL, LL.D. Vicar of Egham and Rural Dean. Fourth Edition, Sixth Thousand. Fcp.
Seite 520 - A SYSTEM of SURGERY, Theoretical and Practical. In Treatises by Various Authors.
Seite 170 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
Seite 2 - History of Discovery in our Australasian Colonies, Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, from the Earliest Date to the Present Day. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. 8vo. with 3 Maps, 20s. The Capital of the Tycoon ; a Narrative of a 3 Years
Seite 513 - SKETCH of the HISTORY of the CHURCH of ENGLAND to the Revolution of 1688. By the Right Rev. TV SHORT, DD Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Eighth Edition. Crown 8vo. Is. 6d. HISTORY of the EARLY CHURCH, from the First Preaching of the Gospel to the Council of Nicaea. AD 325. By ELIZABETH M. SEWEIX, Author of 'Amy Herbert.