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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 ...

Excerpt from The Battle of the Falkland Islands: Before and AfterIn order to preserve accuracy as far as possible, each phase presented has been read and approved by officers who participated. The personal views expressed on debatable subjects, such as strategy, are sure to give rise to criticism, but it must be remembered that at the time of writing the exact positions Of the ships engaged in overseas operations were not fully known, even in ...

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Excerpt from Pulaski's LegionIn a careful examination of all the diaries at Bethlehem there is not the slightest reference to the presentation Of a banner, such as Longfellow narrates in his poem, to be found.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...

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Excerpt from An Abridgment of Wall's History of Infant BaptismBut after so great an interval of time as has since then elapsed, many things may have be come obscured, which can only be cleared up and understood by recurring to the history of the times in which the rule was given. This is evidently the case with baptism, and hence the great advantage of adverting to the history of the times of its institution.About the PublisherForgotten Books ...

Excerpt from Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a NationAch State should have, if possible, its own distinctive Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia, which should include the names of prominent citizens of the State, both liv ing and dead, embracing genealogical and biographical sketches, not only of those well known i...

Excerpt from The Haunted HouseIn an orchard grim and lonely, Stands the Haunted House alone, And the marsh winds go by only, And they sigh - and they groan, And receive no other answer but a moan.Every stunted tree is rotten, Full of wrinkles and of holes.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. F...

Excerpt from Speeches of the Right Honourable Lord Randolph Churchill, M. P., 1880 1888, Vol. 2 of 2I cannot conceal from you - it would be wrong if I concealed from you - my Opinion as to the dangerous and deadly nature of the combination which is now arrayed against the interests which you hold dear - the combination of Mr. Gladstone with his personal following, supported by the Radical party, and supported by the party which follows Mr. Par...

Excerpt from Carlyle Family and Descendants of John and Sarah (Fairfax) Carlyle: The Carlyle House and Its AssociationsAnnandale, which descended to his family for several generations. His wife's name was Matilda. He died about 1213.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 sta...

Excerpt from A Rape of Hallowe'enUpon the land have laid their somber pall! The days when few birds sing and dead limbs fall, And in each smile of joy there lingereth a tear.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,...

Excerpt from Thomas Family of Talbot County, Maryland: And Allied FamiliesThere was a morning when I longed for fame, There was a noontide when I passed it by, There is an evening when I think not shame Its substance and its being to deny, For if men bear in mind great deeds - the name Of him that wrought them shall they leave to die? Of if his name they shall have deathless writ.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousan...

Excerpt from Historical Discourse, Delivered at the Rededication of the Baptist Meeting-House, in Foxborough, Mass., January 22, 1879The rise and progress of Baptist sentiments in this town are included within the present century. In a brief sketch of the origin of this church by Warren Bird, he says, referring to something that took place in 1804: Brother Caleb Atherton and wife, who now resided in a remote corner, were, probably, at this tim...

Excerpt from Historical Discourse, Delivered at the Rededication of the Baptist Meeting-House, in Foxborough, Mass., January 22, 1879The rise and progress of Baptist sentiments in this town are included within the present century. In a brief sketch of the origin of this church by Warren Bird, he says, referring to something that took place in 1804: Brother Caleb Atherton and wife, who now resided in a remote corner, were, probably, at this tim...

Excerpt from The Commercial Organisation of Engineering Factories: A Handbook to Commercial Engineering, Being an Exposition of Modern Practice With Forms and Precedents for the Use of Directors, Secretaries, Managers, Accountants, Cashiers, and All Students of Industrial EconomyThe object of this work is to place in the hands of those responsible for the administrative control of our engineer ing workshops, and of aspirants thereto, a record ...

Excerpt from Constitutional Conflict in Provincial Massachusetts: A Study of Some Phases of the Opposition Between the Massachusetts Governor and General Court in the Early Eighteenth CenturyIt is necessary, first, to examine the two Opposing govern mental principles whose interaction is the key to the constitutional history of the provincial period. Three-quarters of a century of neglect by the home government had given the infant colony oppo...

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