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... will present as a special gift to all new and renewing subscribers (on request) a copy of the Portrait of Theodor Herzl from the autographed etching by Hermann Struck (the frontispiece to this issue), printed on art paper, and admirably suited for framing. The Portrait will be sent, carefully wrapped, to any address desired. Present subscribers may secure this gift by remitting now for an extension of their subscription for one year, regardless of the ...

— The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 • Various

... sometimes in the pocket, or about the neck; sometimes it was fixed upon the church, which we see at this day, and always hoisted to the top of the steeple. The rudiments of learning began with the cross; hence it stands to this moment as a frontispiece to the battledore, which likewise bears ...

— An History of Birmingham (1783) • William Hutton

... qualifications as a translator are not small. His version, which is considerably the best in the language, is happily easily accessible owing to its early popularity. It first appeared in 1647 in the form of a handsomely printed quarto with portrait and frontispiece engraved after the Ciotti edition of 1602, the remaining copies being re-issued with additional matter the following year; it went through two editions between the restoration and the end of the century, and was again reprinted ...

— Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama - A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration - Stage in England • Walter W. Greg

... By George Barr McCutcheon. With Color Frontispiece and other illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Beautiful inlay picture in colors of Beverly on ...

— The Forsaken Inn - A Novel • Anna Katharine Green

... must beg your pardon; here's no Prologue to be had to-day; our new play is like to come on, without a frontispiece; as bald as one of you young beaux, without your periwig. I left our young poet, snivelling and sobbing behind the scenes, and cursing somebody that has ...

— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden

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