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Excerpt from Readings in Biography: A Selection of the Lives of Eminent Men of All NationsThe author has lost no opportunity of pointing out to the notice of his readers, the wondrous manifestations of an overruling Providence with which history abounds, and the numerous occasions on which the blind designs of men have been directed to work the will of the Almighty. There is no lesson which history teaches more fully and impressively, than the...

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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 ...

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Excerpt from Chapters on Coronations: Comprising Their Orgin, Nature, and HistoryTm, subject of this work is one which has engaged less attention than any other connected with the regalities and antiquities. Mr. Arthur taylon's Glory of Regality is the only volume on Coronations intended for anything more than a temporary purpose, the gra tification of curiosity, when the approaching celebration of such a ceremonial directs public attention to...

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Excerpt from The Student's Manual of Modern History: Containing the Rise and Progress of the Principal European Nations, Their Political History, and the Changes in Their Social ConditionIN this the sixth edition the Supplementary Chapter has been considerably enlarged, so as to bring down the History to the Treaty of Peace signed at Paris, March 30, 1856, the Chronological Tables first introduced into the fifth edition have been retained. On ...

Excerpt from Romantic Biography of the Age of Elizabeth, or Sketches of Life From the Bye-Ways of History, Vol. 1 of 2His career was then abruptly terminated by a sudden descent through a trap-door into regions unknown, whence he was rescued bruised, bat tered, and confounded, by some mysterious agency, and led to his place upon the stage. This was rather a bad preparation for witnessing what is not very tolerable at any time, an undress rehea...

Excerpt from Romantic Biography of the Age of Elizabeth, Vol. 2 of 2: Or, Sketches of Life From the Bye-Ways of HistoryReformation assumed in that city, and to asoer tain the nature Of the in¿uence which the peculi arities of its developement were likely to exercise. This will require us to give some sketch of the life Of John Calvin he was not, indeed, a hero of the Elizabethan age, but there was scarcely any one who exercised greater in¿uenc...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the House of Orleans, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Characters in France During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesThe committee OF inquiry into the attempted escape OF the king. - its report. - the jacobin club. - the club OF the corde liers. - its proceedings - measures OF the constitutionalists. - AO ceptance BY the king OF the revised constitution. - the national assemb...

Excerpt from Life and Times of Sir Robert Peel, Vol. 2When Arthur first at court began To laugh in Treasury Sleeves, He entertained nine serving-men, The whole of whom were thieves.One-third of them were paltry slaves, One-third of them were ¿ats, One-third of them were arrant knaves.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...