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Author: Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331022919 Category : Languages : en Pages : 162
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Excerpt from Anecdotes and Biographical Sketches Among the numerous papers, letters, journals, of the late Duchess of Devonshire which fell into the hands of her executors, were found several small volumes of Anecdotes and Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Persons, which gives them an interest. The Duchess herself was a person of acknowledged talent, and associating with all that were most celebrated at home and abroad, no one could be better qualified than herself in forming a just opinion of the persons she came in contact with, and by most of whom she was loved and admired. 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 present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331022919 Category : Languages : en Pages : 162
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Excerpt from Anecdotes and Biographical Sketches Among the numerous papers, letters, journals, of the late Duchess of Devonshire which fell into the hands of her executors, were found several small volumes of Anecdotes and Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Persons, which gives them an interest. The Duchess herself was a person of acknowledged talent, and associating with all that were most celebrated at home and abroad, no one could be better qualified than herself in forming a just opinion of the persons she came in contact with, and by most of whom she was loved and admired. 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 present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Abigail Mott Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780332132860 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 412
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Excerpt from Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Color: To Which Is Added a Selection of Pieces in Poetry The following remarks, as well as divers other pieces in this selection, are generally taken from An Inquiry into the Intellectual and Moral Faculties of the Ne groes, by gregorie. 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 present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: James D. Elderkin Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267188512 Category : Languages : en Pages : 218
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Excerpt from Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of a Soldier of Three Wars After we unloaded at Albany and started on our return trip we went very slow, only using one horse and not running nights. The forward cabin was used for the horses and the after cabin for a dining-room and sleeping room. For a long distance the canal runs parallel with the Mohawk river, and is very high, sometimes fifty feet above the river. On this occasion, as we were passing through Little Falls, we were just coming out of a lock, when the towline broke and the horse went down the embankment. It killed the horse and nearly killed me. I felt the effects of the fall for years after. 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 present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Mark Twain Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 2942
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In 'Mark Twain's Comedy Classics: 190+ Stories & Sketches (Illustrated Edition)', readers are treated to a collection of humorous tales and witty sketches that showcase Mark Twain's comedic genius. Twain's signature satirical style is on full display as he expertly critiques the social norms and conventions of his time with sharp wit and clever wordplay. Each story and sketch is a masterclass in comedic writing, making this book a must-read for fans of humor and satire. The illustrations included in this edition add an extra layer of enjoyment to Twain's timeless humor, bringing his characters and settings to vivid life. Mark Twain's work continues to resonate with readers today, proving the enduring relevance of his comedic voice. It's a delightful read that will leave you chuckling and contemplating long after you've finished.
Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1984880330 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 338
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The instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series. “Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again “Engaging. . . . In Gates’s telling, the Black church shines bright even as the nation itself moves uncertainly through the gloaming, seeking justice on earth—as it is in heaven.” —Jon Meacham, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Stony the Road and The Black Box, and one of our most important voices on the African American experience, comes a powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America. For the young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., growing up in a small, residentially segregated West Virginia town, the church was a center of gravity—an intimate place where voices rose up in song and neighbors gathered to celebrate life's blessings and offer comfort amid its trials and tribulations. In this tender and expansive reckoning with the meaning of the Black Church in America, Gates takes us on a journey spanning more than five centuries, from the intersection of Christianity and the transatlantic slave trade to today’s political landscape. At road’s end, and after Gates’s distinctive meditation on the churches of his childhood, we emerge with a new understanding of the importance of African American religion to the larger national narrative—as a center of resistance to slavery and white supremacy, as a magnet for political mobilization, as an incubator of musical and oratorical talent that would transform the culture, and as a crucible for working through the Black community’s most critical personal and social issues. In a country that has historically afforded its citizens from the African diaspora tragically few safe spaces, the Black Church has always been more than a sanctuary. This fact was never lost on white supremacists: from the earliest days of slavery, when enslaved people were allowed to worship at all, their meetinghouses were subject to surveillance and destruction. Long after slavery’s formal eradication, church burnings and bombings by anti-Black racists continued, a hallmark of the violent effort to suppress the African American struggle for equality. The past often isn’t even past—Dylann Roof committed his slaughter in the Mother Emanuel AME Church 193 years after it was first burned down by white citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, following a thwarted slave rebellion. But as Gates brilliantly shows, the Black church has never been only one thing. Its story lies at the heart of the Black political struggle, and it has produced many of the Black community’s most notable leaders. At the same time, some churches and denominations have eschewed political engagement and exemplified practices of exclusion and intolerance that have caused polarization and pain. Those tensions remain today, as a rising generation demands freedom and dignity for all within and beyond their communities, regardless of race, sex, or gender. Still, as a source of faith and refuge, spiritual sustenance and struggle against society’s darkest forces, the Black Church has been central, as this enthralling history makes vividly clear.
Author: T. L. Phipson Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365422792 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 270
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Excerpt from Biographical Sketches: And Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists Of their own voices as heard by an audience. They also sang in the various churches, and the evening was generally passed in discussions on style, etc., with the professor. 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 present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Robert Walser Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 1466834951 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 218
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In her preface to Robert Walser's Selected Stories, Susan Sontag describes Walser as "a good-humored, sweet Beckett." The more common comparison is to "a comic Kafka." Both formulations effectively describe the reading experience in these stories: the reader is obviously in the presence of a mind-bending genius, but one characterized by a wry, buoyant voice, as apparently cheerful as it is disturbing. Walser is one of the twentieth century's great modern masters—revered by everyone from Walter Benjamin to Hermann Hesse to W. G. Sebald—and Selected Stories gives the fullest display of his talent. "He is most at home in the mode of short fiction," according to J. M. Coetzee in The New York Review of Books. The stories "show him at his dazzling best."
Author: Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire
Author: Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire
Author: Abigail Mott
Author: James D. Elderkin
Author: Mark Twain
Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Author: T. L. Phipson
Author: Robert Walser
Author: Washington Irving
Author: Charles Edward Potter
Author: Charles Henry Timperley