| American Geographical Society of New York - Electronic journals - 1897 - 642 pages
...other States will soon follow. We have had many scientific treatises upon physiographic subjects, but this is the first time, so far as we know, that a State has been analyzed from the standpoint of the modern science of physiography for the understanding... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1926 - 476 pages
...through the years to Paul Fort and Paul Valery. Valery, only recently, was taken into the French academy. This is the first time, so far as we know, that a real effort has been made' to present to the English-reading public a few gems of French poetry. The... | |
| Lydia H. Liu - History - 2004 - 346 pages
...inside a teakwood case.7 The Reverend John Hykes of the American Bible Society noted with special pride: "This is the first time, so far as we know, that a copy of the New Testament in the Chinese language has been received into the Imperial Palace. It is... | |
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