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Instead, he creates “The Ibis Chrestomathy”, supposedly compiled by Neel Rattan.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh » Print 2009
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Instead, he creates “The Ibis Chrestomathy”, supposedly compiled by Neel Rattan.
Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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Chrestomathy, which appears at the end of the book.
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A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L. Mencken: I'm not inclined to choose catchall anthologies as representatives, and you could certainly go with his landmark, The American Language, instead, but for a working journalist like Mencken, this collection of daily vituperation, chosen by Mencken himself, seems appropriate.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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H.L Mencken has an essay republished in the collection A Mencken Chrestomathy in which he critiques the myth of the “liberal” Holmes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pop Quiz on the History of the Fourth Amendment: 2007
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Comrade Kevin's Chrestomathy "another damn stupid liberal blog" joins the Atlanta young adult UU blogosphere.
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These impose on him not only the right to give counsel but also the obligation to take advice from others (Il. 9. 98-102; cf. the beginning of an early epic, the Cypria, in Proclus 'Chrestomathy 1, where Zeus deliberates with Themis about starting the Trojan War).
Dictionary of the History of Ideas MARTIN OSTWALD 1968
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Chrestomathy_; _Annals of the Kings of Assyria_; _Studies in Eastern
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Buslaeff, with his "Historical Chrestomathy", wove together the literary annals of Russia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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A Jewish Rabbi carried him through the Chrestomathy and the Five books of Moses.
An Apology for African Methodism Benjamin Tucker 1867
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