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Excerpt from Celebrities I Have Known, Vol. 1 of 2: With Episodes, Political, Social, Sporting, and TheatricalThe people are fashioned according to the example of their King, and edicts are of less power than the model which his life exhibits.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 Book...

Excerpt from Fashion Then and Now, Vol. 2 of 2: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Social, Political, Military, Dramatic, and Sporting, With Remarks on Dress, Elections, Duelling, Amateur Theatricals, Racing, Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Skating, Golfing, Curling, Deep Sea Fishing, YachtingIn this statement some latitude must be allowed to the zeal and affection of the tutor, for it is not very easy to conceive how a child's feelings could take the impr...

Excerpt from Celebrities I Have Known, Vol. 2 of 2: With Episodes, Political, Social, Sporting, and TheatricalAlas! My friend, had all been such as thou Honest and true - I had not mourn'd thee now The springy turf of Goodwood's Wide domain.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 ...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Memoir of Charles Gordon Lennox, Fifth Duke of RichmondIn 18 1 8 the Duke was appointed governor-general of Canada, but he enjoyed a brief tenure of his honours, for he died in Upper Canada, on August 28, 1819. As so many statements, more or less incorrect, have been published about the sad death of this popular nobleman, the following account, Obtained from an eye-witness, will probably be read with interest.About the PublisherFo...

Excerpt from My Recollections From 1806 to 1873, Vol. 1 of 2TO resume - at the time I write Of, drinking was one Of the grossest vices of the day, and as the Goodwood Hunt was then in its glory, Stoke was the scene of many vivacious and bibacious nights. Six O'clock was the latest hour at which people sat down to dinner, indeed in many houses, it took' place an hour earlier, and as among the fox-hunters there were at least some half-dozen four...

Excerpt from Plays, Players and Playhouses at Home and Abroad, Vol. 2 of 2: With AnecdotesSo fearful were the authorities that the King would be molested in the Strand that, just before leaving Carlton House for Drury Lane, I was told we were to take a circuitous route by St. Martin's Church and Long Acre.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book i...

Excerpt from Pictures of Sporting Life and Character, Vol. 2 of 2Our readers will perceive that, in the above list we do not confine ourselves entirely to aristocratic amusements, but include those of a more plebeian nature, in which the humbler classes can take part, for, with no wish to advocate a levelling system, we own ourselves to be the uncompromis ing advocates of the legitimate English recrea tions among our less fortunate brethren.Ab...

Excerpt from Coaching With Anecdotes of the RoadAbout 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 original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the...

Excerpt from Drafts on My Memory, Vol. 1 of 2: Being Men I Have Known, Things I Have Seen, Places I Have VisitedDukes Of York, Beaufort, Richmond, and St. Alban's, the Prince Louis Napoleon and the Em peror Napoleon III., are among the inmates Of my royal and noble gallery, which is closed by the bust of the late Prince Consort.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgot...

Excerpt from Sport at Home and Abroad, Vol. 1 of 2The New Year is always an interesting point Of our existence. It was formerly Ushered in With odes and sonnets, of Which the following may furnish a fair Specimen.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 techno...

Excerpt from Pictures of Sporting Life and Character, Vol. 1 of 2Gossip, an old woman's tale. So, weighing the matter attentively over in our mind, we have decided upon a title that embraces the object we have at heart, that of having a large margin left us for pictures OF sporting life and character.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a r...

Excerpt from Compton Audley, Vol. 1 of 3: Or Hands Not HeartsThe memory of the contests, the sight of those who had survived the destruction of the battle field, associated as all was with the du ties of religious worship, was well calculated to inspire the purest feeling of veneration, and produce an in¿uence on the mind, ap proaching to sublimity. A spirit of holiness cast over every soul a glow of patriotism, and the service of the nation's...

Excerpt from Compton Audley, Vol. 3 of 3: Or Hands Not HeartsMiss fitz-annandale, (so the lady was called in the white satin playbill, trimmed with pink, ) looked towards the stage box, exclaimed Mr. Ravensworth 'tis he clasped her hands, beat her forehead, uttered a shriek, and fell, appa rently lifeless, upon the stage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbook...

Excerpt from Compton Audley, Vol. 2 of 3: Or Hands Not HeartsIt is one of the vulgar errors to believe that to be rich and liberal is the only requisite to become the "veritable Amphitryon, " but those who have weighed the matter, and reflected on the qualities that are indispensable to merit this title, will soon be convinced that a good Amphitryon is a rara avis.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...