compend
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This volume is worth owning by itself, as a most convenient and reliable compend of recent History, Biography, Statistics, &c., &c.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
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 E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
The acting of the heart in supplication, is a kind of compend and result of all these, as one perfume made up of many simples.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
As for the chapter of good breeding, it is wide of comprehension, being a compend of things perfect.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
As the revelation did not consist in doctrines, so the doctrine we require is not a creed or compend of doctrines.
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
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