compend

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For the annals of England, the Short History of England by J. R. Green is a most excellent compend.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

There is a third, which makes it not a little difficult, the quality, quantity, and intricacy of the matter, here to be confined to such a compend.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

With more immediate reference to the exposition herewith submitted, it is enough to intimate that it is neither a compend of criticism, nor merely a series of sermons.

From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William

In a brief compend, like the present work, it is not thought necessary to notice particularly the printed editions of the Hebrew Bible.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh