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chrestomathy

[kres-tom-uh-thee] / krɛsˈtɒm ə θi /


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Perhaps relevant: The Ted Cruz 2016 pocket Constitution that his volunteers distribute features a Ted Cruz introduction and a Ted Cruz chrestomathy before the document’s text.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2016

To be sure, there are large and hairy losers in this chrestomathy.

From Time Magazine Archive

His latest chrestomathy reaffirms Gould's position alongside Physician-Essayist Lewis Thomas as an indispensable bridge between the "two cultures."

From Time Magazine Archive

Today Tomfoolery, a chrestomathy of 28 Lehrer hits, seems about as audacious as a glass of eggnog.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Persian text of these fables appeared in 1805 in the chrestomathy appended to Fr.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Remy, Arthur F. J.

With the Arabic sources, the Qurān, the chrestomathies of de Sacy and Kosegarten, and others, we are not here concerned.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Remy, Arthur F. J.

Mrs. Smith, of Jersey City, has undertaken to prepare a series of chrestomathies of the Iroquois language, and has already made much progress.

From First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 by Various

The distribution of the Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages is resulting in the collection of a large series of chrestomathies, which it is believed will be worthy of publication.

From First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 by Various




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