"Thesaurus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... writings in many languages Mr. Frazer has read and digested with extraordinary care, so that his book will be for years the book of reference on such matters, not only in England, but in France and Germany. It is a perfect thesaurus of Greek topography, archaeology, and art. It is, moreover, far more interesting than any dictionary of the subject; for it follows the natural guidance of the Greek traveller, examining every town or village which he describes; analysing and comparing ...
— The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) • Sir James George Frazer
... Valerius, Practica exorcistarum; also the Thesaurus exorcismorum (Cologne, 1626), ...
— History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom • Andrew Dickson White
... train at 8 P.M. Having searched the thesaurus in vain for adjectives, I must, as a substitution, hie me to comparison in ...
— Strictly Business • O. Henry
... questions he put to them, whispered to his school-fellows, "Is he not a fine old Grecian?" The Doctor, overhearing this, turned hastily round and exclaimed, "I am indeed an old Grecian, my little man. Did you never see my head before my Thesaurus?"' The Praepostors, learning the dignity of their visitor, in a most respectful manner showed him the College. Wooll's Life of Dr. Warton, p. 329. Mason writing to Horace Walpole about some odes, says:—'They are so lopped and mangled, that they are worse now than the ...
— Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 • Boswell
... Memoir of Amos Lawrence. Poetical Works of Milton, Cowper, Scott. Elegant Miniature Volumes. Arvine's Cyclopaedia of Anecdotes. Ripley's Notes on Gospels, Acts, and Romans. Sprague's European Celebrities. Marsh's Camel and the Hallig. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words. Hackett's Notes on Acts. M'Whorter's Yahveh Christ. Siebold and Stannius's Comparative Anatomy. Maroon's Geological Map, U.S. Religious and Miscellaneous Works. Works in the various Departments of Literature, ...
— The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Mueller • George Mueller
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