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

He's such a compend of beauties, meseems, indeed, from him The      world all beauty borrows that lives in lands and seas.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

His principal literary work was Li Livres dou Tresor, written in French, an interesting compend of the omne scibile.

From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Norton, Charles Eliot

Now we shall speak a word of these two cardinal graces which are the compend of all graces,—as the objects of them are the abridgment of the Scriptures,—faith and love.

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

An epitome, compend, or compendium is a condensed view of a subject, whether derived from a previous publication or not.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin