DR. ROGET'S THESAURUS of ENGLISH WORDS and PHRASES Classified and Arranged as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and assist in Literary Composition.
"There cannot be the slightest doubt that, upon the whole, it is one of the most learned as well as one of the most admirable contributions that have been made to philology in this country since the 'Hermes' of Harris, and the 'Diversions of Purley' by Horne Tooke."—Observer.
"Dr. Roget's 'Thesaurus' will be found a most useful supplement to our ordinary English dictionaries. Its value will be most recognised by those who are best acquainted with the language, and best practised in its use. The mere arrangement of the groups of words, unaccompanied by definitions, suggests often various ideas associated with the different expressions. In such practical operation as translation from a foreign language, the utility of such a Thesaurus is obvious."—Literary Gazette.
"The man who in writing cannot find the fit word to express a thought, may, if it please him, take down Dr. Roget's 'Thesaurus,' look for the class containing any word of similar idea, and there he will find a miscellaneous collection, as complete as the compiler could make it, of words and phrases from which he may employ his tact to pick the syllables that suit him best.... The practical employer of the book will be directed to the object of his search by a full Synopsis of Categories at the beginning, or a very ample alphabetical index of words placed at the end, occupying 170 three-columned pages. The philosophic student of the English language may undoubtedly pick up many ideas from the grouping of our words and vulgarisms here attempted, and attempted with a great deal of success."—Examiner.
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THE PRACTICAL WORKING of THE CHURCH OF SPAIN. By the Rev. FREDERICK MEYRICK, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.
"Pleasant meadows, happy peasants, all holy monks, all holy priests, holy every body. Such charity and such unity, when every man was a Catholic. I once believed in this Utopia myself but when tested by stern facts, it all melts away like dream."—A. Welby Pugin.
"The revelations made by such writers as Mr. Meyrick in Spain and Mr. Gladstone in Italy, have at least vindicated for the Church of England a providential and morally defined position, mission, and purpose in the Catholic Church."—Morning Chronicle.
"Two valuable works ... to the truthfulness of which we are glad to add our own testimony: one, and the most important, is Mr. Meyrick's 'Practical Working of the Church of Spain.' This is the experience—and it is the experience of every Spanish traveller—of a thoughtful person, as to the lamentable results of unchecked Romanism. Here is the solid substantial fact. Spain is divided between ultra-infidelity and what is so closely akin to actual idolatry, that it can only be controversially, not practically, distinguished from it: and over all hangs a lurid cloud of systematic immorality, simply frightful to contemplate. We can offer a direct, and even personal, testimony to all that Mr. Meyrick has to say."—Christian Remembrancer.
"I wish to recommend it strongly."—T. K. Arnold's Theological Critic.
"Many passing travellers have thrown more or less light upon the state of Romanism and Christianity in Spain, according to their objects and opportunities; but we suspect these 'workings' are the fullest, the most natural, and the most trustworthy, of anything that has appeared upon the subject since the time of Blanco White's Confessions."—Spectator.
"This honest exposition of the practical working of Romanism in Spain, of its everyday effects, not its canons and theories, deserves the careful study of all, who, unable to test the question abroad, are dazzled by the distant mirage with which the Vatican mocks many a yearning soul that thirsts after water-brooks pure and full."—Literary Gazette.
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