Greece and the Greeks of the Present Day

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Thomas Constable, 1855 - 360 pages
 

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Page 361 - Full of the most instructive materials, and admirably compiled. We are sure that a career of unusual popularity awaits it ; nor can any student peruse it without being quickened by its example of candour, assiduity, and self -consecration.'' — Excelsior. " A lesson to the rising generation, which cannot fail to improve all who ponder it well and earnestly." — Britannia. " We close this volume with the feeling that we have almost lost a companion and friend in
Page 359 - Homoeopathy" misrepresented. By WILLIAM HENDERSON, MD, Professor of General Pathology in the University of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo, cloth.
Page 46 - His weighty falchion o'er his shoulder tied : His shaggy cloak a mountain goat supplied : With his broad spear, the dread of dogs and men, He seeks his lodging in the rocky den. There to the tusky herd he bends his way...
Page 144 - Patient permit the sadly pleasing strain ; Familiar now with grief, your tears refrain, And in the public woe forget your own ; You weep not for a perish'd lord alone.
Page 273 - ... is replaced on the fire until the contents seem ready to boil over, it is taken off, and set on again ; lastly, it is quickly poured into the cups. Some coffee drinkers have this preparation boiled as many as five times. Petros makes a rule of not putting his coffee more than three times on the fire. He takes care in filling the cups to divide impartially the coloured froth which rises above the coffeepot : it is the ka'imaki of the coffee.
Page 360 - The fruit alike of strong sense and philanthropic genius. . . . There is in every chapter much to instruct the mind as well as to mould the heart and to mend the manners. The volume has all the charms of romance, while every page is stamped with utility."—Christian Witness.
Page 361 - The true author of ' The Earnest Student ' is that student himself, who, with a power which is rarely equalled, and a sincerity, we believe, never excelled, has left us a record of human life which may not receive a place in the page of history, but — far better — will be treasured in many a heart, and strengthen many a Christian brother.

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