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bTitle:/b The Isle of Wight ... The photographic illustrations by R. Sedgfield and F. M. Good.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its col...

A treasure trove of the everyday language of the 19th century, uncovering the origins and meaning of many slang words still in use today.

This collection of poems covers a 45 year span on a variety of subjects, including love, marriage, religion, biography, family relationships, ethnic relations, social science, humor juvenile crime, pasturing, politics, and parenting. Most Christians live with the hope of going to Heaven at death and many of them envision heaven as their final home. Thus, funerals are called "home-going services." They see themselves heading upward in a golden ...

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Excerpt from The Isle of Wight Look farther, and you will fee lall year's branches below the water, flill clinging to the fubmerged ground. The branches now bear other fruit than blackberries, hips, and haws, amongft them floats other life than gnat and midge. Tiny little mollufcs have fixed upon the twigs, they are the young fry of thefruttz' del' mare, of the fea-fruit that men gather in nets. And in place of the midges you may mark tiny at...

A treasure trove of the everyday language of the 19th century, which also uncovers the origins and meaning of many slang words still in use today.

Excerpt from Passing English of the Victorian Era: A Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang and Phrase 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 original format whilst repairing imperfections p...

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Discusses the many organizations in Britain and the USA which are neither legally part of the state nor permitted to distribute any profits they earn. These "intermediate organizations" include charities, churches, famine relief agencies, non-state universities and social clubs.

This book is a major analysis of the role of political parties in the development and promotion of democracy. Alan Ware offers an original discussion of an area of political life which has remained surprisingly under-examined the impact of parties on democratic life.

This biography of Thomas E. Ware covers (78) years of relentless struggle for achievement and success in a segregated society on the streets of Washington D.C. Starting in 1929 and ending in 2007. As his younger brother I was blessed to grow up with him and watch him skillfully work his way through numerous Jim Crow policies, educational barriers, adversity and police intimidation. (Excerpts from passages in the book) Chap. 5 During the 1930's...

This biography of Thomas E. Ware covers (78) years of relentless struggle for achievement and success in a segregated society on the streets of Washington D.C. Starting in 1929 and ending in 2007. As his younger brother I was blessed to grow up with him and watch him skillfully work his way through numerous Jim Crow policies, educational barriers, adversity and police intimidation. (Excerpts from passages in the book) Chap. 5 During the 1930's...

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