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Excerpt from Two MillionsFirkin was worth two millions his Inventory, Of Real and Personal, told the pleasing story, two solid Millions, everybody said it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the ori...

Excerpt from Mrs. Limber's Raffle, or a Church Fair and Its VictimsThe narrative of Mrs. Limber's experience in the management of a church-fair raffle, as contained in the following pages, was published in 1876, anonymously, in order that the moral which it sought to enforce might stand on its own merits, free from any element, either of strength or weakness, attaching to personal advocacy. The book was widely circulated, and its condemnation ...

Excerpt from Martin Van Buren: Lawyer, Statesman and ManI said he was a great lawyer. This, to most readers, is a mere phrase. And, for such readers, it would not help them to a clearer meaning if they were to be referred to adjudged cases in Johnson's Reports.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical wo...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from Nothing to Wear, and Other Poems This volume, published in compliance With many friendly requests for a new edition of my poems, contains selections from an edition published in 1871, long since out of print, with other poems of more recent date. The fact that Nothing to Wear, first published in New York in 1857, repro duced in a multitude of forms in Great Britain, and translated into French and German, still holds a place in pu...

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Excerpt from The Revision of the Statutes of the State of New York and the Revisers: An Address Delivered Before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, January 22, 1889Resolved, That the letter of Mr. Butler be entered on the Minutes, and that the proposition as therein made be accepted with the cordial thanks of the Committee, that Mr. Butler be requested to prepare the Memorial referred to in his letter, so that it may be read o...

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Excerpt from Evert Augustus Duyckinck: A Memorial Sketch Read Before the New York Historical Society, January 7, 1879 In attempting a sketch of the life and literary labors of our late associate, Evert A. Duyckinck, I dismiss, at the outset, any misgivings as to the degree of general interest attaching to a career whose daily course came so little under public observation, and whose chosen aims were so far removed from the ordinary pursuits o...