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Excerpt from Stories From Virginia History, for the Young As a veteran in your noble mission, I say to you, let us work together to bring back the past of our noble Old State, so that the children of the future may gather strength to go forward with brave, firm footsteps, putting their feet into the prints their fathers have left, so that it may con tinue to be the pride of the Old Dominion that her sons grow stronger and stronger, and her da...

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The Holcombes - A Story of Virginia Home-Life is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hanse...

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Excerpt from Women, or Chronicles of the Late War A true artist, before he touches his canvas, paints upon the retina of his mind's eye a perfect representation of the scene he wishes to portray with the skilful pencil of his fancy here deepening a shade and there developing an expression, until he sees it the perfect embodiment of his idea, nor does he rest satisfied until the glowing canvas presents a re¿ection of this, its original. About...

Excerpt from Pantomimes, or Wordless Poems The real object in body training is a more perfect marriage of the soul and body. The difference between the awkward move ment and stolid faces of many persons of even pronounced intelli gence, and the graceful movements and speaking countenance of the stage artist, illustrates the contrast between mere contiguity and unity. The discord setween soul and body, as shown in the face, is often very stri...

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Excerpt from The Holcombes: A Story of Virginia Home-Life It is not my design, in the following pages, to enter the arena in defense of departed institutions, or to provoke political animosities. I have, on the contrary, chosen that period in the history of my State when these discussions had but little place in family interests. In short, it has been my endeavor to present to the world a faithful picture of a Virginia home as it was before t...

Excerpt from History of Virginia, for the Use of SchoolsIn the preparation of this volume for the use of schools, I have been actuated by an earnest desire to place before her youth a faithful record of the past history of the old Mother of States and Statesmen, a record so full of honor that her children may well be proud of it. I have attempted no dry details, no po litical dissertations, but have adopted the familiar style of a story from t...

Excerpt from Stories From Virginia History, for the Young As a veteran in your noble mission, I say to you, let us work together to bring back the past of our noble Old State, so that the children of the future may gather strength to go forward with brave, firm footsteps, putting their feet into the prints their fathers have left, so that it may con tinue to be the pride of the Old Dominion that her sons grow stronger and stronger, and her da...

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Excerpt from History of Virginia: For the Use of SchoolsIn preparing the book I have freely made use of the labors of others, to whom only a general acknowledgment can be made.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 reconstruct the wor...

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