compend
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It is an interesting compend of events, of which even a condensed history might fill a dozen volumes.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
It is hoped that the continued demand for this compend means a widening interest in the study of diseases of the skin, sufficiently keen as to lead to the desire for a still greater knowledge.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
Instead of an unsatisfactory compend, especially of subjects concerning which there are great differences of opinion, and considerable warmth of feeling, useful tables of important events are furnished in the Appendix.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
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 Binning, Hugh
They esteemed the reproach of it the compend of all reproaches, ingratum si dixeris, omnia dixeris.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
