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Excerpt from Unpublished Letters of Lady Bulwer Lytton to A. E. Chalon, R. A: With an Introduction and NotesBefore brie¿y recapitulating the details of Lady Bulwer Lytton's life, it must be pointed out that the statements in the book written in vindication of her memory by her executrix, Miss Louisa Devey, in 1887, do not always coincide with those given by the present Lord Lytton.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

Excerpt from The School for Husbands, Vol. 2 of 3: Or Molière's Life and TimesIt only became La Troupe da Roi, in 1665, and later, at the death of Moliere, it joined the Troupe da Marais.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 reconstr...

Excerpt from The School for Husbands, Vol. 1 of 3: Or Moliere's Life and TimesSuetonius tells us, that when the youthful Nero was brought the first death-warrant to sign, his heart was lacerated by the deepest, and most sincere, emotions of pity and regret, and that, in appending his signature to it, the future tyrant exclaimed, with genuine remorse.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. F...

Excerpt from The World and His Wife, or a Person of Consequence, Vol. 3 of 3: A Photographic Novel"First, of panegyric. Every man is honourable who is so by law, custom, or title. The public are better judges of what is honourable than private men. The virtues.of great men, like those of plants, are inherent in them, whether they are exerted or not, and the more strongly they are inherent, the less they are exerted, as a man is the more rich t...

Excerpt from Behind the Scenes: Three Volumes in OneThe original intention of the Authoress was merely to have appeared as the Editor of this work, but circumstances have occurred during its progress through the press, which render the acknowledgment of the authorship desirable.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 impor...

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Excerpt from The World and His Wife, or a Person of Consequence, Vol. 1 Horns, the execution of which was both witty and sentimental, for there was much point about the horns, and a great depth of sole about the boots, so that a poet, if poets (even small-beer poets) ever frequented alehouses, might have taken it for an allegorical tableau of Italy, between the horns of that social and political dilemma which seem ever to prevent her getting ...

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Excerpt from Bianca Capello: An Historical Romance As Vasari had foretold, Baptists Bonsventuri was not proof against the 'hie'rits of a nephew so powerfully recommended to him, although to_ the ld money-spinner's notions there was even an extravagance in Pietto's auty which he did not quite approve, (and, indee to any truth, the young man did ssess quite enough to have supplied h f a dozen econouiicfily fashioned'ihortalsg while the also! La...

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Excerpt from Unpublished Letters of Lady Bulwer Lytton to A. E. Chalon, R. A: With an Introduction and NotesBefore brie¿y recapitulating the details of Lady Bulwer Lytton's life, it must be pointed out that the statements in the book written in vindication of her memory by her executrix, Miss Louisa Devey, in 1887, do not always coincide with those given by the present Lord Lytton.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

Excerpt from Cheveley, or the Man of Honour, Vol. 2 of 2 What superior beings your sex are, are they not, Mr. Mowbray 2 asked Fanny ironically, as the door closed on her brutal brother-ih-law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digita...

Excerpt from The School for Husbands, Vol. 2 of 3: Or Molière's Life and Times It only became La Troupe da Roi, in 1665, and later, at the death of Moliere, it joined the Troupe da Marais. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally ...

Excerpt from Miriam Sedley, or the Tares and the Wheat, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of Real Life On our return home, Mademoiselle inquired if my uncle was out, and hearing that he was in the library with Belzoni, she gave us leave to go to him, and I was to say that she was tres contente de moi, neither more, nor less, and that he would know what that meant. Accordingly I ran in, singing my own praises, and, like most persons who do so, was taken at ...

Excerpt from The School for Husbands, Vol. 1 of 3: Or Moliere's Life and Times Suetonius tells us, that when the youthful Nero was brought the first death-warrant to sign, his heart was lacerated by the deepest, and most sincere, emotions of pity and regret, and that, in appending his signature to it, the future tyrant exclaimed, with genuine remorse, - "Quam Vellem Ne Scire Litteras!" And, in like manner, I am never compelled by dire necess...

Excerpt from The World and His Wife, or a Person of Consequence, Vol. 1 Horns, the execution of which was both witty and sentimental, for there was much point about the horns, and a great depth of sole about the boots, so that a poet, if poets (even small-beer poets) ever frequented alehouses, might have taken it for an allegorical tableau of Italy, between the horns of that social and political dilemma which seem ever to prevent her getting ...

Excerpt from The World and His Wife, or a Person of Consequence, Vol. 3 of 3: A Photographic Novel"First, of panegyric. Every man is honourable who is so by law, custom, or title. The public are better judges of what is honourable than private men. The virtues.of great men, like those of plants, are inherent in them, whether they are exerted or not, and the more strongly they are inherent, the less they are exerted, as a man is the more rich t...

Excerpt from Behind the Scenes: Three Volumes in OneThe original intention of the Authoress was merely to have appeared as the Editor of this work, but circumstances have occurred during its progress through the press, which render the acknowledgment of the authorship desirable.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 impor...

Excerpt from Cheveley, or the Man of Honour, Vol. 1 of 3Knowing, dear sir, that you are always more busy than any one else, I will not trespass longer on your valuable time, than to assure you that I am, and ever shall be.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-a...