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Excerpt from Speech (Suppressed by the Previous Question) Of Mr. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, on the Removal of the Public Deposites, and Its ReasonsI feel myself, therefore, under an obligation of irremissible duty to ask the indulgence of the House for a few remarks upon the question now before them. I cannot promise to shed any new light upon the subject, but, if I do but repeat that which has been better said before, I will at leas...

Excerpt from The Bible: A Scientific Revelation A miracle is a supernatural act, caused by god's will. All physical laws. There fore, are subject to His Will. Miracles and scientific action united in the creation of all physical laws, yet they are liable to interruption by man's will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproductio...

Excerpt from A Review From Home: In Answer to the Reviewers and Repudiators of Uncle Tom's Cabin, By Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe The criminal trembles when truth is deposed against him - so it is with those who oppose the material subject of this book, reviewing it upon technicalities instead of principle, and thus South Carolina, more sickly than her sisters, calls loudest for a physician. The truth lays prostrate at her own door, and her de...

Excerpt from Public Debts: An Essay in the Science of Finance The author desires to make public recognition of the assistance rendered to him by the late Mr. Raphael A. Bayley, of the Department of Warrants in the United States Treasury, in placing at his disposal certain manu scripts upon questions pertaining to public indebtedness. He also desires to acknowledge the in¿uence of M. Leroy Beaulieu's masterly work upon the Science of Finance i...

Excerpt from Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D To the author of this book it has long seemed that a plain, straightforward story of Samuel Johnson would supply a desideratum in the literature appropriate to the youth of this country. It is true, we have his biography drawn up for us bv a master hand, and with a minuteness and fullness touching certain periods of the great moralists life that is without precedent or example in biographical litera...

Excerpt from Wykehamica, a History of Winchester College and Commoners: From the Foundation to the Present Day The authorities, written and oral, from whom I have learned the particulars contained in the following pages, are mainly as follows : - For the history and description of Winchester - Milner, Woodward, and T. Warton, together with some ancient maps of the town. For the life of the Founder - the biographies of Chaundler, Martin, and...

A critical view of the Sovereign Rule of South Carolina and of southern laws, life and hospitality

Adams¿s Diary is a font of information on Revolutionary resistance in New England, debates in the early Continental Congresses, and diplomacy and financing of the American Revolution. Presented in full, we have a basis for comprehending him: an extraordinary human being, master of robust, idiomatic language, diarist in the great tradition.

John Adams' Diary, partially published in the 1850's, has proved a quarry of information on the rise of Revolutionary resistance in New England, the debates in the early Continental Congresses, and the diplomacy and financing of the American Revolution, but it has remained unfamiliar to the wider public. "It is an American classic, " Zoltán Haraszti said recently, "about which Americans know next to nothing." Yet the DiaryâEUR(TM)s historical...

Henry AdamsâEUR(TM)s letters are among the best in the language. They are, in Alfred KazinâEUR(TM)s words, âEURœmagnificent, his most spontaneous and freest literary works.âEUR? With the completion of this edition, they may well be judged his most significant achievement. âEURœThe letters are not a gloss on a lifeâEUR(TM)s work, in a real sense they are his lifeâEUR(TM)s work, âEUR? the reviewer for American Literature stated. We encounter Ada...

Henry AdamsâEUR(TM)s letters are among the best in the language. They are, in Alfred KazinâEUR(TM)s words, âEURœmagnificent, his most spontaneous and freest literary works.âEUR? With the completion of this edition, they may well be judged his most significant achievement. âEURœThe letters are not a gloss on a lifeâEUR(TM)s work, in a real sense they are his lifeâEUR(TM)s work, âEUR? the reviewer for American Literature stated. We encounter Ada...

John Adams's Diary, partially published in the 1850s, has proved a quarry of information on the rise of Revolutionary resistance in New England, the debates in the early Continental Congresses, and the diplomacy and financing of the American Revolution, but it has remained unfamiliar to the wider public. "It is an American classic, " Zoltán Haraszti said recently, "about which Americans know next to nothing." Yet the Diary's historical value m...

Henry AdamsâEUR(TM)s letters are among the best in the language. They are, in Alfred KazinâEUR(TM)s words, âEURœmagnificent, his most spontaneous and freest literary works.âEUR? With the completion of this edition, they may well be judged his most significant achievement. âEURœThe letters are not a gloss on a lifeâEUR(TM)s work, in a real sense they are his lifeâEUR(TM)s work, âEUR? the reviewer for American Literature stated. We encounter Ada...

John AdamsâEUR(TM)s Diary, partially published in the 1850s, has proved a quarry of information on the rise of Revolutionary resistance in New England, the debates in the early Continental Congresses, and the diplomacy and financing of the American Revolution, but it has remained unfamiliar to the wider public. âEURœIt is an American classic, âEUR? Zoltán Haraszti said recently, âEURœabout which Americans know next to nothing.âEUR? Yet the Di...

A sweeping novel of the time when the Holy Land was torn between the Crescent and the Cross. In this historical fiction set against the Crusades, the hero O'Neill, his sacrifice for the Arab girl he loves, and the treachery of the Knights Templar Grand Master, all play a part. Donn Byrne (Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne) was born in New York City. Shortly after his birth, however, his parents took him back to the land of his forefathers. There he was ...

Excerpt from Castles of Ireland: Some Fortress Histories and LegendsI regret to say that space forbids my mentioning by name all those owners of castles and others who have so generously assisted me in compiling the following accounts, but perhaps I may be allowed to specially acknowledge the valuable help I received from the Librarian and Assistant Librarians of the National Library, Dublin, Lord Walter Fitzgerald, and Mr. Herbert Wood, of th...

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ONE is a collection of Villanelles that come from a lifetime of madness, dysfunction, liberation and freedom. Writing these poems filled a need to put my experiences into existence outside my mind. My hope is that people will savor each one of these diverse poems and find bits of pieces of themselves and share the pieces of me that flowed through to gain recognition. My experiences are me. The Villanelle as I understand it was popular among lo...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Genera and Species of Recent Shells Part III will contain a catalogue of the remainder of the collection, but on ac count of the number of species yet undetermined, the printing of it is deferred to some future time. Meanwhile any species, from countries other than the above named, which are not generally distributed in collections, will be received in ex change. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hu...

A new chapter in John Adam's diplomatic career opened when the Dutch recognized the United States in April 1782. This volume chronicles Adam's efforts to achieve these objectives.