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Excerpt from The Meanest Man I Ever Knew: SermonWas my youthful consternation what I beheld in the personality of the impatient. Imperative and unreason able landlord, one of the recognized bode of the faithful bnnd' which bresided over the destiny of tho How often in the otter days have I heard him as he approached the throne of grace, enriching his petitions 'with such familiar phrases as Dear Lord, Blels'ed Mneter and a'omniootent Jehovah. ...

Excerpt from The Sandalwood Trade and Traders of PolynesiaCharles Savage, a Swede, wrecked in 1808, is reported as having been the first who taught the Fijians the use of fire arms. By one party among the natives his name was mentioned with horror, and by another in terms of admiration. As a warrior he led hostile tribes against other islands. But in March, 1814, in a battle at Viti Levu, he was defeated, together with the master of an English...

Excerpt from I, MyselfI hold in my hand a pen, whose handle is as smooth as ivory and as pink as human ¿esh when the rosen hue of health kindles its surface, and yet as strong as though carved out of a human bone in whose perfect fibre no ¿aw Shall be detected. The pen I use is as a spear of light, the diamonds of whose twin converging points are as true each to the other as life and light. I will dip my pen in the warm crimson spray Shot fort...

Excerpt from The Sandalwood Trade and Traders of PolynesiaCharles Savage, a Swede, wrecked in 1808, is reported as having been the first who taught the Fijians the use of fire arms. By one party among the natives his name was mentioned with horror, and by another in terms of admiration. As a warrior he led hostile tribes against other islands. But in March, 1814, in a battle at Viti Levu, he was defeated, together with the master of an English...

Excerpt from I, MyselfI hold in my hand a pen, whose handle is as smooth as ivory and as pink as human ¿esh when the rosen hue of health kindles its surface, and yet as strong as though carved out of a human bone in whose perfect fibre no ¿aw Shall be detected. The pen I use is as a spear of light, the diamonds of whose twin converging points are as true each to the other as life and light. I will dip my pen in the warm crimson spray Shot fort...

Excerpt from History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798, &C, : Containing an Impartial Account of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, From the Year 1782, Till the Suppression of the RebellionHow far I may be justifiable in devoting any portion of my time to the writing of a preface, on account of puerile and unfounded objections, I know not precisely, but such may be expected.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hun...

Excerpt from History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798, &C, : Containing an Impartial Account of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, From the Year 1782, Till the Suppression of the RebellionHow far I may be justifiable in devoting any portion of my time to the writing of a preface, on account of puerile and unfounded objections, I know not precisely, but such may be expected.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hun...

Excerpt from The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798, &C, : Containing an Impartial Narrative of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, From the Year 1982, Till the Total Suppression of the InsurrectionsMbarbarity of rebels and loyalists Bloody decree of the parliament Accession of Charles II.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis ...

Excerpt from The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798, &C, : Containing an Impartial Narrative of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, From the Year 1782, Till the Total Suppression of the Insurrection, With a Review of the History of IrelandHenry acknowledged lord of tha country John, Henry's son, made governor of Ireland Miserable state of Ireland during 400' years Accession.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hu...

Excerpt from The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798, &C, : Containing an Impartial Narrative of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, From the Year 1982, Till the Total Suppression of the InsurrectionsMbarbarity of rebels and loyalists Bloody decree of the parliament Accession of Charles II.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis ...

Excerpt from Lunar and Time Tables, Adapted to New, Short, and Accurate Methods for Finding the Longitude by Chronometers and Lunar Distances: Including Methods of Applying Corrections to a Lunar Distance for the Spheroidal Figure of the Earth, the Apparent Elliptical Forms of the Sun and Moon, and for the Temperature and Density of the AtmosphereMathematicians of the highest celebrity, and found to be correct.Second, that Captain Thomson's Ta...

Excerpt from The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798, &C, : Containing an Impartial Narrative of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, From the Year 1782, Till the Total Suppression of the Insurrection, With a Review of the History of IrelandHenry acknowledged lord of tha country John, Henry's son, made governor of Ireland Miserable state of Ireland during 400' years Accession.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hu...

Excerpt from History of Scots Affairs, Vol. 3 of 3: From MDCXXXVII to MDCXLISince the publication of the First Volume, access has been obtained to the Register of the Provincial Assembly or Synod of Murray, from which the passages which follow, containing every notice of the Author, of any interest, have been transcribed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbook...

Excerpt from The Old Plantation: And Other PoemsThe statesmen of today must leave to a future generation the solution of a problem we were not permitted to handle in the way we thought best, and one, if tampered with by ignorance and prejudice, may not only destroy our civilization, but wreck our republic.Besides the above-mentioned poem, I have included some smaller poems, a number of which were the effusions of boyish fancies in early youth,...

Excerpt from An Historical and Geographical Memoir of the North-American Content: Its Nations and TribesIt is a badge of distinction, which makes all other honours sit with a better grace. Doubtlessly, as Horace says, and as many of even kings and nobles have said, since Horace's time, true nobility resides in the mind, and is not to be measured by splendid titles and ancestral dignity. It cannot with unerring certainty, be transmitted from fa...

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