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Excerpt from The Practical Irrigator and Drainer The following treatise on irrigation was drawn up and published at the request of those for whom the author has had the honour of converting land into irrigated meadow in order to point out, in a practical manner, the different methods of their formation, and, more particularly, what was necessary to be attended to in their management, as well as to shew the result of experiments made in Scotla...

Excerpt from Flemish Relics: Architectural, Legendary, and Pictorial, as Connected With Public Buildings in Belgium Dear William, The title of this Book indicates that its concern is with the past, and that its nature is fragmentary. The text describes the most famous buildings in the Low Countries, details much of their history and that of those who used them, and contains remarks upon pictures by Memlinc and the Van Eycks. About the Publ...

Excerpt from The Manuscripts of Erdely a Romance, Vol. 1 It is doubtful what was the original rank in life, and what the parentage of the celebrated individual, who will stand forward a principal agent in the following narrative. The birth of George Martinuzzi occurred, it is supposed, in Croatia, somewhere about the latter part of the fifteenth century, and proved the advent of as fatal calamities to his adopted country, as ever overwhelmed...

Excerpt from The Manuscripts of Erdély, Vol. 3 of 3: A Romance "Anne ego terrigenas potius mirabor in ipsis Procubuisse satis, vitæ quibus attulit idem Principium finemque dies, quam cæsa Getarum Agmina, quos tantis aluit Bellona tropoeis, Totaque sub galeis Mavortia canuit aætas?" De Bello Getico. "It is the duty of him that holds the standard to die upon the place." - South. "They linger yet Avengers of their native land." Gray. The obj...

Excerpt from Gibraltar and Its Sieges: With a Description of Its Natural Features The year 1704 was the year of Blenheim, that wonderful victory of Marlborough's which dissipated Lewis the Fourteenth's dreams of universal empire. As stars are extinguished in the light of dawn, so in the lustre of this great triumph England's minor successes by sea and land were forgotten. And to this day, while most men remember when Blenheim was won, few are...

Excerpt from Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 3: Division I, Political and Personal Satires (No, 3117 to No, 3804), 1751 to C. 1760These rounds of Doddington were received, according to the print, with contempt and derision, both by the king and his courtiers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of...

Excerpt from Dante Gabriel Rossetti Byron's physicians, with whom his lordship fell foul in a certain Episl/e to Mr. Murray, and who, with other things in verse and prose, wrote a sanguinary novelette called 7726 Vampire, which still retains its shadow of a reputation. Arrived in London Gabriele Rossetti maintained himself as a teacher of his native tongue, and succeeded so well in that capacity that the Professorship of Italian in King's Col...

Excerpt from Normandy, Its Gothic Architecture and History: As Illustrated by Twenty-Five Photographs From Buildings in Rouen, Caen, Mantes, Bayeux, and Falaise, A SketchDe la Grosse Horloge, Rouen Church of St. Ouen, Interior, Caen Bayeux Cathedral, from the South West.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 his...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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