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Excerpt from Mnemonics, or the New Science of Artificial Memory: Explained in Its Application to the Study of Numbers, the Sciences, And to the Useful Occupations of Life, Whereby the Natural Memory Is Greatly Assisted and StrengthenedSimonides was employed by Scopas, a rich Thessalian, to compose a panegyric on him for a certain sum of money, was invited to a festival, given by Scopas to his friends, in order to rehearse it, but was sordidly ...

Excerpt from Journal of a Tour in Italy, in the Year 1821: With a Description of Gibraltar, Accompanied With Several EngravingsThe Author has chie¿y to apprehend the criticism of those who have travelled in the country of which he writes, as they may reasonably look for subjects of a higher nature than the details of every day occur remoes. For travellers, however, the, work was not designed, but for those who have no personal ac quaintance wi...

Excerpt from The Character of Thomas Jefferson: As Exhibited in His Own WritingsMr. Jefferson's opinion that one generation of men cannot another, individually or collectively, to the fulfilment of tions - Letter to James Madison on the subject, dated Septem ber, 1789 - 40 doctor Gem - to J. W. Eppes - to J. Cartwright.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks....

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Excerpt from History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the United States Government, Which Led to the War of 1812 Occurrences of this kind, with others of a more serious and portentous description, seemed to indicate, in a clear and convincing manner, that the time had arrived when the public at large should be better informed on the sub ject of this convention. The objects for the accomplish ment of which it had orig...

Excerpt from An Introductort Lecture, Delivered Before the Law Class of Columbia College, New York: On Monday, November 1, 1858 In fine, speaking in general terms, but two systems of civil jurisprudence have challenged the attention of the world: the civil law of Rome and the common law of England. The first drew the most refined and philosophical distinctions in regard to property. The more it is studied, the more its truly symmetrical and m...

Excerpt from The Life of General Garibaldi: Translated From His Private Papers, With the History of His Splendid Exploits in Rome, Lombardy, Sicily and Naples, to the Present Time The succeeding pages are devoted to his services in Italy in the revolutions of 1849, 1859 and 1860, and a large proportion of their contents is occupied by his proclamations and other documents of his own, in translating which the same efforts have been made to ren...

Excerpt from The Northern Traveller, and Northern Tour: With the Routes to the Springs, Niagara, Quebec, the Tour of New-England, and the Routes From the SouthThe present fifth edition of the Northern Travel ler has been revised with care, and in many parts written over entirely anew. Abridgments have been made as far as was considered consistent with usefulness, and thus space has been found for the introduction of much matter not found in fo...

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Excerpt from The American Penny Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1846, Vol. 2: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Moral and Religious Principles The Areoi Society was a strange and detestable association, formed on the most immoral principles, and for the perpetration of the greatest crimes. It had existed from time immemorial, embraced a large portion of the people, and exerte...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine and Family Newspaper, 1845, Vol. 1: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Moral and Religious Principles Present arms! Bring up our piece with a quick motion, scow and ook fierce, to frighten the enemy. Take aim! Bring up the piece, look along the barrel, and give a yell. (poussez des cris.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes h...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1847, Vol. 3: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood EngravingsOur readers know that in some parts of the ocean there are enormous sea ani mals called Sepia, which are a kind of polypi. They have very long legs, and are said sometimes to seize upon the co ral divers along the coast of Italy. Mr. Beale tells us the following adventure with a creature of this sort.About the P...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1847, Vol. 3: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Moral and Religious Principles We have made a slight change in the title of our Magazine, and shall extend our plan, by the introduction of some new subjects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1845, Vol. 1: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Moral and Religious Principles T ere are some wonderful things about (feathers, which ought to be explained to those who have never been told the cause. The fibres of most feathers stick together, and so make the whole look smooth and connected, as if made of one pie...

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bTitle:/b The Roman Republic of 1849, with accounts of the Inquisition, etc.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include a...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...