Decima's promise

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London, 1882 - 244 pages

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Page 49 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 88 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 245 - SIME. 8vo, cloth, 15s. THE APOCALYPSE : A Series of Special Lectures on the Revelation of Jesus Christ. With Revised Text. 3 vols., 450-500 pp. in each. 8vo, cloth, 12s.
Page 245 - With Twelve Illustrations of Alpine Scenery and Flowers, by the Baroness Helga von Cramm. Printed in colours, under the superintendence of the Artist, by Kaufmann, of Baden.

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