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Excerpt from On the Use of Classical Metres in English The object of this paper will be an attempt to realize a dream, which has I suppose at one time or another been present to most of us, that classical metres might find a place in our language not merely distantly similar to that which they held in Latin and Greek, but really and actually the same, governed by rules equally strict and perfect, and producing on the ear the same pure delight...

Excerpt from Journal of Captain Pausch: Chief of the Hanau Artillery During the Burgoyne CampaignAppendix - Extract from Gen. Mss. Regarding Burgoyne's which was received after the gone to press.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 ...

Excerpt from The Campaign of Lieut.: Gen. John Burgoyne and the Expedition of Lieut. Col. Barry St. LegerAmber oftbe Life and Time: of Sn William fobmon Bart., Life and Writing: of Col. Wm. L. Stone, Reminiscence: of Saratoga and Ballxton, Translater of the Memoir: and Melltar] fournalx of Mrs. And Major General Riedexel, 6c, gj't.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.for...

Excerpt from A Review of the History of Chemical Therapy in Cancer Prior to this period it is clear that all classes of people - physicians, scholars, mendicant friars, and old women - treated all kinds of tumors with escharotic pastes and solutions, the most effective of which contained arsenic. The most skillful applications were undoubtedly made by the friars. The Hippocratic theory of the nature of cancer, "the atra bills, " was recognize...

Excerpt from Letters of Brunswick and Hessian Officers During the American Revolution In 1776, Professor August Ludwig Schlozer, of the University of Gottingen, established a monthly magazine called "Schlozer's Letter Exchange, " having for one of its objects the publication of private letters written by officers to their relatives and friends in Germany, from those portions of the world then engaged in war. This publication was continued thr...

Excerpt from Memoirs, and Letters and Journals, of Major General Riedesel, Vol. 1: During His Residence in America, Translated From the Original German of Max Von Eelking The life of General Riedesel, daring his residence in America, is a more complete and accurate history of the Campaign of General Burgoyne than any I that has yet appeared. The statements of our ablest historians concerning the movements of the British in that campaign are, ...

Excerpt from Matthias and His Impostures, or the Progress of Fanaticism: Illustrated in the Extraordinary Case of Robert Matthews, and Some of His Forerunners and Disciples Do it by ali means, if you can obtain the facts, was, in substance, the reply. Before, however, the work was seriously undertaken, the writer mentioned the project to a number of clerical, and other refi'gious friends, by every one of whom he was urged to proceed. The mate...

Excerpt from The Poetry and History of Wyoming: Containing Campbell's Gertrude, and the History of Wyoming, From Its Discovery to the Beginning of the Present Century The name of Mr. Miner will frequently appear in the notes and references of the present volume. He is an able man, s. 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...

Excerpt from Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman How to keep a secret - Unique illustration of the way to do it - Historical truth - Anecdote of a Chinese Emperor 9. 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 reconst...

Excerpt from Memoir of the Centennial Celebration The author would here acknowledge his obligations to Col. D. F. Ritchie of Saratoga Springs, and Mr. P. C. Ford of Schuylerville, for assistance in recalling the details of the celebration. 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 B...

Excerpt from Border Wars of the American Revolution, Vol. 2 of 2 On the 3oth of June, Clinton wrote to Sullivan that his, arrangements were complete, that all his stores and munitions of every description were at the lake, with two hundred and ten batteaux, and everything in readiness for embarcation the moment his orders to that effect should be received. On the 1st of July he proceeded to the lake himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Bo...

Excerpt from The Life and Times of Red-Jacket, or Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha: Being the Sequel to the History of the Six Nations The design of the lives of Johnson and Brant was not merely to embrace the biographies of the principal person ages themselves, but, under the shadow of their names, to preserve the history of the Six Nations during their lives, and, also, to gather up and reduce to form, in the life of the latter, the rich materials of the pr...

Excerpt from Orderly Book of Sir John Johnson: During His Campaign Against Fort Stanwix, From Nov 4th, 1776, to July 30th, 1777 This Orderly Book is of great value in several particulars. It shows, the intimate relation which existed between the campaign of Gen. 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 histo...

Excerpt from Life of Joseph Brant Thayendanegea, Vol. 1 of 2: Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution, and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne, And Other Matters Connected With the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, From the Peace of 1783 to Th But they fell upon Slumbering hamlets in the night, and massacred defenceless women and children This, again, was their own mode...

Excerpt from Maria Monk and the Nunnery of the Hotel Dieu: Being an Account of a Visit to the Convents of Montreal, and Refutation of the Awful Disclosures To an American who has not been abroad, and whose l/ eye is accustomed only to the light and airy towns and cities our own country, the narrow streets, and dark, massive-built stone dwellings and store-houses, erected with an eye rather to use, convenience, and comfort, than to the gratifi...

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Familiar Instructions On The Sacraments is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. 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. Hansebooks ne...

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