The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford; the Hon. Sir Dudley North; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North: Together with the Autobiography of the Author, Volume 2

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Page 10 - Consolation of Philosophy. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of. With an English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which Is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F.
Page 12 - CHINA, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, with some account of Ava and the Burmese, Siam^ and Anam, Map, and nearly 100 Illustrations. CRAIK'S (GL) Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties.
Page 8 - II.— History of the Revolt in the Netherlands, the Trials of Counts Egmont and Horn, the Siege of Antwerp, and the Disturbance of France preceding the Reign of Henry IV.
Page 22 - Successors of Mohammed. Life of Goldsmith. Sketch-book. Tales of a Traveller. Tour on the Prairies. Conquests of Granada and Spain. Two Parts. Life and Voyages of Columbus. Two Parts. • Companions of Columbus: Their Voyages and Discoveries. Adventures of Captain Bonneville in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West.
Page 282 - Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty trade ; the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed to meet with agreeable conversation. And the booksellers themselves were knowing and conversible men, with whom, for the sake of bookish knowledge, the greatest wits were pleased to converse.
Page 2 - New Volumes of Standard Works in the various branches of Literature are constantly being added to this Series, which is already unsurpassed in respect to the number, variety, and cheapness of the Works contained in it. The Publishers beg to announce the following Volumes as recently issued or now in preparation : — Goethe's Faust.
Page 13 - MILLER'S History of the AngloSaxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
Page 11 - Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy. With Notes, Introduction of Guizot, and the Critical Notice of M. Delille, by T. Forester, MA To which is added the CHRONICLE OF St. EvROULT.
Page 216 - That there can be no trade unprofitable to the public; for if any prove so, men leave it off; and wherever the traders thrive, the public, of which they are a part, thrives also.
Page 17 - Manual of Technical Analysis ; a Guide for the Testing and Valuation of the various Natural and Artificial Substances employed in the Arts and Domestic Economy, founded on the work of Dr. Bolley. Edit by Dr. Paul. 100 Woodcuts. BRIDGEWATER TREATISES. Bell (Sir Charles) on the Hand ; its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as evincing Design. Preceded by an Account of the Author s Discoveries in the Nervous System by A.

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