"Revision" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... shape of facts established beyond all controversy are abundant. Colonial history, thanks to colonial freedom, is almost wholly free from the distorting influence of political passion. South African history alone will need revision in the light of recent events. When, under the alchemy of free national institutions, Ireland has undergone the same transformation as South Africa, her unhappy history will be chronicled afresh with a juster sense of perspective and a juster apportionment ...
— The Framework of Home Rule • Erskine Childers
... Quaritch in 1859, and a large number of others, you will learn from time to time. Mr. J. H. Slater's 'Early Editions . . . of Modern Authors,' which appeared in 1894, will be of value to you, though like all works which deal with current prices it now needs revision. From the bibliographical standpoint it is excellent, but the safest guides to mere market values are the quarterly records of auction-sale prices entitled 'Book-Auction Records,' and the bi-monthly publication known as 'Book-Prices ...
— The Book-Hunter at Home • P. B. M. Allan
... works I have undertaken the revision," writes Dr. Johnson, "may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient, and claim the privilege of established fame and ...
— A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century • Henry A. Beers
... greater gains, one step, above all, is essential—the enactment this year of a substantial reduction and revision ...
— State of the Union Addresses of John F. Kennedy • John F. Kennedy
... exists a full collection (reproduced without revision from the stenographic reports) in fifteen volumes. Bismarck was not an orator in the ordinary acceptation of the word. His mode of address was conversational; his delivery was monotonous and halting. He ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5 • Various
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