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Excerpt from The Harp of Zion: A Collection of Poems, &C, As a token of an earnest desire for the Gathering of the Saints, he bequeathes the Copyright of the work to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund.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...

Excerpt from Remarks on the Leading Proofs Offered in Favour of the Franklinian System of Electricity: With Experiments to Shew the Direction of the Electric Effluvia, Visibly Passing From What Has Been Termed Negatively Electrified BodiesIf the experiments are made as they ought to be, I truft the appearances produced, will determine the direction of the eleé'cric ef¿u via to be from what is called a negatively electrified conductor, and, if ...

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Excerpt from A Study of the English Metamorphosis: Written by the GentI appreciate that I owe thanks to many friends who have encouraged me in my work. I am especially indebted to Professor Clyde B. Cooper of Armour Institute who drew my attention to Marston, and to Professor John Matthews Manly, Professor Albert H. Tolman, and Professor Charles R. Baskerville of the University of Chicago, who strengthened me by their broad scholarship and fri...

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Excerpt from Teares for the Death of Alexander Earle of Dunfermeling, Lord Chancellar of ScotlandThe Earl of Dunfermline, whose death forms the subject of the Poem, was a man of considerable talent. In like manner with the celebrated Sir Thomas Hamilton, his professional ex ertions as a lawyer, were the primary cause of his subsequent elevations Having been appointed an Ordinary Lord of Session, he was afterwards promoted to the situation of P...

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The story comes from the Second Book of Samuel and tells of the incestuous passion of Amnon, David's eldest son, for his half-sister, Tamar and the subsequent murder of Amnon by his brother Absolom. Amnon's lust is set in the context of complementary passions of ambition and revenge, reflected in Absolom and Tamar respectively.

The use of GIS, and its application for solving environmental problems is growing rapidly. This powerful set of tools can be used to great effect in hydrological modeling, environment and habitat assessments, ecosystem studies, monitoring of wetlands and forested watersheds, urban studies, agricultural impact assessment and much more. GIS for Watershed and Water Resource Management explains the fundamentals, demonstrates new approaches, techni...

Excerpt from Remarks on the Leading Proofs Offered in Favour of the Franklinian System of Electricity: With Experiments to Shew the Direction of the Electric Effluvia, Visibly Passing From What Has Been Termed Negatively Electrified Bodies If the experiments are made as they ought to be, I truft the appearances produced, will determine the direction of the eleé'cric ef¿u via to be from what is called a negatively electrified conductor, and, i...

George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) was a rare combination of African and Arctic explorer. A 'pop star' of his day, he caught the public's Romantic imagination by battling against untrustworthy allies, callous slave owners, destitution, and disease in the desert, and by struggling against freezings, hunger, thirst, and over-exertion in the Polar region. The geographical detail in his journals helped to lay the path for other explorers and his genu...

William Charles Lyon was one of several prominent soldiers in New Zealand in the nineteenth century who bridged the divide between the British Army and the Colonial Forces. A failed affair and family forced him to retire from his regiment and emigrate to New Zealand. Plagued by self-doubt and debt, he rose to the opportunities presented by what remained of the New Zealand Wars and the various internal and external threats to the colony that fo...

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In late nineteenth-century Germany, the onset of modernity transformed how people experienced place. In response to increased industrialization and urbanization, the expansion of international capitalism, and the extension of railway and other travel networks, the sense of being connected to a specific place gave way to an unsettling sense of displacement. John Lyon analyzes works of three major representatives of German Realism-Wilhelm Raabe,...

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