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Excerpt from Deeds of Daring Done by GirlsOf a joyous afternoon in May, my Lady Eleonore took it into her head to go into the court to see her hawk. For these many months I'd been train ing of it for her, and in all the mews there was not another ¿ew so true, aimed so swift, and brought back her quarry so little torn.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.co...

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 ...

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This book presents the basic theory of the current comparator, methods of construction leading to high ratio accuracies and the operating principles of the various applications.

This book draws on the life of Presbyterian minister and diarist Archibald Simpson (1734-1795) to examine the history of evangelical Protestantism in South Carolina and the British Atlantic during the last half of the eighteenth century. Although he grew up in the evangelical heartland of Scotland in the wake of the great mid-century revivals, Simpson spurned revivalism and devoted himself instead to the grinding work of the parish ministry. A...

Excerpt from Flower Fables and FanciesTrue clients of the sunne White Tulips Pa'rma Violets Marie Louise Violets Sweet White Violets The Hero of the Violet Nymphaea Odorata Lily of the Valley Lilium Harrisii Calla Lily Lilium Auratum Victoria Regia Lotus Pond.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 wor...

Excerpt from Orlando, Or a Womans Virtue: A Tragedy in Five ActsAccomplish thou the thing wherein thy 3011 Did fail seize on her convey her quickly And in safety Here.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 work, preser...

Excerpt from William Lloyd GarrisonSeveral years ago a new bronze statue was placed in the Commonwealth Avenue Park, in Boston.The unveiling of the statue passed almost unnoticed. There was no speech-making, no gathering of the crowd.But a group of little girls, playing there later, ran up to the sitting figure, and one of them, climbing upon its knee, gave it a hearty kiss.Few of our statues have been welcomed in just that way. Perhaps becaus...

Excerpt from Reign of Terror, Historically and Biographically Treated: Being a Compend of the French Revolution, From Its Commencement to the Fall of Robespierre, Compiled From the Most Authentic WritersIn the present instance, it has been the object of the compiler to give the reader a book free from historic pomp, and merely comprising the actually important and interesting events of an era in French history. He has not attempted a philosoph...

Excerpt from The Old Furniture Book: With a Sketch of Past Days and WaysOak panelling, like everything else, passed through various periods and styles. In Queen Elizabeth's time the panels were carried to within about two feet Of the cornice, then, after some years, there came a division into lower and upper panelling, the upper beginning at about the height Of the back Of a chair from the ¿oor. Pictures became more common, and they were frequ...

Excerpt from Life and Services of Gen. Anthony Wayne: Founded on Documentary and Other Evidence, Furnished by His Son, Col. Isaac WayneTwo years subsequently, James, assisted by the King of France, and depending greatly upon the favor able disposition of the Catholic population of Ireland towards him, landed upon that island, with the pur pose of regaining the sceptre of Great Britain. Wil liam promptly encountered him, and the celebrated batt...

Excerpt from Observations on the Use of Bathing, Warm and ColdMy Lord, If I could want better motives for laying this flight treatise at your lordship's feet, there is a duty would compel me to it: the thought on which 'tis built was wholly yours: and tho' my very just sense of its imperfections forbids my putting my name to the piece, I may, without boasting, say, that I felt an extreme pride when your lordship thought me equal to the underta...