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This is a modern scan of a rare, readable and fascinating history of Falmouth written over 100 years ago. It is an exhaustive study of the town, covering Arwenack, Pendennis, the Killigrew family, Falmouth in the eighteenth century, the Packet Ship Service and the story of the town's growth. Susan Gay used many old documents and maps during her research for this book, many of which have sadly since been lost or destroyed, making the informa...

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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 Harry's Big Boots: A Fairy Tale, for Smalle FolkeThere needs no Author's apology for aught written for the young. The mind of childhood contains no criticism, it enjoys: the heart of childhood possesses no cynicism, it believes. It would seem thus a wasteful weariness to give a recondite meaning to what will be received with a single-hearted simplicity, were' it not that a parable may ever be either a tale or a sermon, losing noth...

Excerpt from The Spirit of the New Testament, or the Revelation of the Mission of ChristScattered among the time-worn records known as the New Testament are to be found the veiled truths, and yet they are only concealed to the outer reason: to the spirit they shine with the star of prophecy, and reveal the future in the story of the past.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...

Excerpt from The Spirit of the New Testament, or the Revelation of the Mission of ChristScattered among the time-worn records known as the New Testament are to be found the veiled truths, and yet they are only concealed to the outer reason: to the spirit they shine with the star of prophecy, and reveal the future in the story of the past.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...

Excerpt from Old Falmouth: The Story of the Town From the Days of the Killigrews to the Earliest Part of the 19th CenturyThe old Assembly-room still exists, the only testi mony remaining as to the former routs and gaieties, for otherwise Flushing nestles under the hill as of yore, but has long become silent and dumb and reveals nothing of its old bustle and stir.Yet papers and letters must once have been written which would possess a priceless...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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Excerpt from Harry's Big Boots: A Fairy Tale, for Smalle FolkeThere needs no Author's apology for aught written for the young. The mind of childhood contains no criticism, it enjoys the heart of childhood possesses no cynicism, it believes. It would seem thus a wasteful weariness to give a recondite meaning to what will be received with a single-hearted simplicity, were' it not that a parable may ever be either a tale or a sermon, losing nothi...

Excerpt from Old Falmouth: The Story of the Town From the Days of the Killigrews to the Earliest Part of the 19th Century The old Assembly-room still exists, the only testi mony remaining as to the former routs and gaieties, for otherwise Flushing nestles under the hill as of yore, but has long become silent and dumb and reveals nothing of its old bustle and stir. Yet papers and letters must once have been written which would possess a price...

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