compend

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It is made the very sum and compend of the law, the fulfilling of it; for the truth is the most effectual and constraining principle of obedience, and withal the most sweet and pleasant.

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

In January, 1874, he published, in the "Quarterly Journal of Science," a brief compend of the notes of his investigations during the four years preceding.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various

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

An admirable compend, and the best condensation we have seen.”

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

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