"Preface" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... therefore, that for, with him, the old reading might be, with them; which is a very small emendation, and takes away the difficulty before us. Nor is Dr. Hudson's conjecture, hinted at by Mr. Hall in his preface to the Doctor's edition of Josephus, at all improbable, that this Banus, by this his description, might well be a follower of John the Baptist, and that from him Josephus might easily imbibe such notions, as afterwards prepared him to have a favorable opinion of Jesus Christ ...
— The Life of Flavius Josephus • Flavius Josephus
... this great work, its author was bowed down by poverty and infirmities, and nothing was done for him by the king or his courtiers. The last glimpse of the life of Cervantes I have space for, is from his own inimitable pen, and is taken from the preface to the "Labors of Persiles and Sigismunda," which was ...
— Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 of 8 • Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
... Edited by his Daughter, with a Preface and Notes by his Son. Illustrated with many Copies from his own Sketches, and of a MS. page of "The Song of ...
— Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece - or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding • George Greenwood
... the authorities for the conception of love which I have ascribed to the ancients in the preface to the second ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
... descriptions, in case of species represented in Europe, are based upon those of European authors; for forms first described in this country, the original descriptions have been consulted. A bibliography follows this preface. ...
— The North American Slime-Moulds • Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
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