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Excerpt from June on the Miami: An Idyl More than half a century ago the author be gan the composition of the poem, June on the Miami, an early version of which appeared in his first published volume, issued in 1871. And now long out of print. But the attractive theme which had so strongly impressed his imag ination in his boyhood, continued to engross his fancy, demanding ampler treatment, and after the lapse of forty years he undertook the ...

Excerpt from Floridian Sonnets Outre-mer Nir'vana of Indolence Fountain of Youth The Golden. Treasury Shakespeare in His Sonnets Michael Angelo. 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 reconstruct the work, preserving the origina...

Excerpt from Footprints of the Pioneers in the Ohio Valley: A Centennial Sketch France and England in the Western World, America's Quadri-Centennial. - The Year 1888. - Discovery of the Great West. - Conquest of New France. - Ohio Land Company of Virginia. - Settlement of Kentucky. - The Athens of the West, Massachusetts Colonizes The Ohio Country, The Ordinance of 1787. - The Ohio Land Company of Massachusetts. - The Planting of Marietta on ...

Excerpt from William Davis Gallagher: A Biographical Sketch William Davis Gallagher, poet, editor, and public official, was born in Philadelphia, August 21, 1808. His father, Bernard Gallagher, familiarly called "Barney, " was an Irishman, a Roman Catholic, a participant in the rebellion that, in 1803, cost Robert Emmett his life. "Barney" Gallagher migrated to the United States, landing at the city of brotherly love, where, by the aid of Joh...

Excerpt from Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley: Historical and Biographical Sketches Though not confined strictly to the history of begin aings, this imperfect survey of the cultural elements of early western society is concerned, in the main, with per sons and events belonging to the period closed by the Civil War. As a rule, the biographical parts of the nar rative relate to the dead, but exceptions are made in the case of m...

Excerpt from Cincinnati: A Civic Ode Cincinnati A Civic Ode I O not unsung, not unrenowned, Ere brave Saint Clair to his reward had gone, Or yet from yond the ample bound Of green Ohio's hunting-ground Tecumseh faced the Anglo-Saxon dawn, My City Beautiful was throned and crowned: Then all Hesperia confest, With jubilant acclaim, Her sovereign and inviolable name, Queen of the West! II Upon the proud young bosom she was nursed, Of...

Excerpt from Dramas and Dramatic Scenes The comic selections, in several instances, essentially include, the underplots of the dramas from which they are taken, and are, therefore, quite complete in themselves. Some of the sprightliest pieces, as "Braggadocio" and "Detraction, " comprise satisfactory portions of plays that, as a whole, are not adapted to the modern stage. The version of "William Tell" here given is not identical with the comm...

Excerpt from Poems of William Haines Lytle Edited In the Appendix to his Geography and History of the Western States, published in Cincinnati in 1828, Timothy Flint gives a personal narrative from the pen of General Lytle, whom he describes as a distinguished and respectable citizen of the State of Ohio, who has been in that country from Ike beginning, and who probably has seen as much of its progress as any other man in it. About the Publis...

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Excerpt from Tom TadI bet you it is. Hurry, Tom. Let's play circus. This limb is a trapeze. You hang on to me and swing out, and I'll hold fast by one leg.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, preserving the ori...

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