Bentley's Miscellany, 1859, Vol. 45 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
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ISBN: 9780266522201
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1859, Vol. 45 Amongst the biographical works of the year, Dr. Wiseman's Recol lections of the Four last Po are chiefly commended to notice by Signor Gavani's sharp and witty refutation, under a similar title, of every omnion, and almost every statement in them. Of the same degree of merit as an antidote - ap lying, however, to history rather than bio graphy - is Louis Blauc's c ear and crushing repl to the laring inaccu racies and feeble twaddle of Lord N ormanby's istorica Revelations. Mr. Hogg's Life of Shelley, not yet finished, is a work of such elaborate and unnecessary detail that we feel no desire to witness in completion; while of Mr. Trelawny's vainglorious Recollections of the Last Days of Byron and Shelley we refrain from expressing the Opinion Emphd by a Just indignation. The Life of Pope, by Mr. Carruthers. 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: William Harrison Ainsworth
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ISBN: 9780259010074
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1859, Vol. 46 This combination, then, presents us with every political element, save the Conservative, and we cannot think it miscalled when we bestow upon it the appellation of the Here and There Ministry. The lion and the lamb lie down in company, the ends of the earth are got together, but, in spite of this unexpected gathering, we do not believe that a political millennium is at hand. The team is a showy one, but there are in it bolters and starters, and kickers and gibers, and one at least who, if he has a chance, will again upset the coach. 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: Charles Dickens
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ISBN: 9780266398806
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Pages : 666

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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, Vol. 17 Thegflndchitclctstoodatthe foot of the Pontau Change; its ground is now occupied by a ears, and an elegant fountain. The agin ofthe Obitelet has been est in antiquity. It had once been a fostress; and its massive round-towers still betokened its Nextitmapriwmwhere thestillincreasingcityren. 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: Charles Dickens
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1850, Vol. 27 Without the slightest hesitation, Riccardo unburthened his whole soul to the ambassador, he revealed every act and every thoughhl! Left no point untouched. The minister was charmed with his candour, no man could have done otherwise than have felt the deepest sympathy in his wrongs and sufi'erings, although condemn ing the attempt u on a fellow-creature's life, by taking the law inn his own hands. However infamous the action the aggressor had committed. He gave Riccardo a passport, and, fearing that it might not be a sufficient protection, he walked with him to the port, where he took boat and pulled off to a British man-of-war bound to Sicily, and requested, as a personal favour of the captain, that he would land his young friend at Palermo. Upon Riccardo's arrival in Sicily he met an elderly English gentleman who desired a travelling companion, he engaged with him, and landed safely ill England a few months afterwards. 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: Charles Dickens
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ISBN: 9781527637894
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1857, Vol. 41 The Times, the other day, encouraged the public to infliction a little longer, on the ground that in April, 1858, unless revived by another war, the Income-tax will die a natural death, and in 1859 a large portion of debt, contracted in Long Annuities, will be for ever extinguished. But the proviso is by no means one that can be relied upon, particularly when we find the M3 saying, in the same article, that we are promised only one ear of it after next April, but that we are to believe it ii' we like, as it is not unreasonable to apprehend that another year more may be expended out of an ual quantity of original matter, - that is to say, a casual lapse of ten ya after the let of April. The Times further tells as that our agitation comes too late. Last April, it says, was the time, for before that month had e ired it had been fully explained that the laugh of the negotiation {gr peace) had cost a year's Income-tax, and t by the existing act we were saddled with it till April, 1858. That was the occasion to make a stir about it. 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: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780366102617
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1861, Vol. 49 Canterbury and its Archbishops 205 The Present State of Literature 215 Waiting till my Ship comes Home. By Mary C. F. Munster 219. 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: Charles Dickens
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ISBN: 9780265736654
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1851, Vol. 30 This great work' was opened, with appropriate ceremonies, and a splendid civic festival, on the 14th of October, 1842. The British consul, in accepting the invitation of the Common Council, to assist at this festival, Justly remarked, Tyrants have left monuments which call for admiration, but no similar work of a free people, for magnitude and utility, equals this great enterprise. Public feeling was $3 warm on this occasion. Of the procession of the trades, fire, w was three hours passing a given point, an enthusiastic citizen declared in print, that he watched and scrutinized it closel and could discover neither a drunkard nor a fool from first tolast. T might be a dificult matter to decide on the moral and intellectual condition of the indi viduals composing such a procession, but we may concedethat drunkards and fools are not the persons most likely to join in rejoicing for the introduction of pure water without stint or measure. The Great Aqueduct is forty-one miles in length, commencing with a dam across the Croton river, six miles above its month. This rm'ses the water one hundred and sixty-six feet above tide level, forming a lake or reservoir of four hundred acres in extent. Containing five hundred million gallons, above the level that would allow the A ueduct to dis charge thirty-five million gallons per day. From the roton Dam to Harlem River, something less than thirty-three miles, the Aqueduct is an uninterrupted conduit of h draulio masonry, of stone and brick; the greatest interior width, seven t five inches; the greatest height, eight feet five inches; the floor an inverted arch. The commissioners and chief engineers passed through its whole length on foot, as soon as it was completed; and, when the water was admitted, traversed it again in a boat built for the purpose. It crosses the Harlem River by a bridge of stone, fourteen hundred and fifiy feet long, and one hundred and fourteen feet above high-water mark. At the Receiving Reservoir forty miles from the Dam, the masonry gives place to iron pipes, through which the water is conveyed two miles further, to the distributing reser voir, from which point it runs, by means of several hundred miles of pipes, to every corner of the city. On the line of the Aqueduct are one hundred and fourteen culverts, and sixteen tunnels, and ventilators occur at the distance of one mile apart throughout the route. The Receiving Reservoir covers thirty-five acres, and contains one hundred and fifty million imperial gallons. The Distributing Reservoir has walls forty-nine feet in height, and contains twenty million gallons. The supply to each citizen is at resent almost unlimited, and afi'ordedat a very moderate annual rate. Pthe managers complain to the Common Council of the enormous waste during the summer, when sixty im perial gallons each twenty-four hours to every inhabitant, are delivered. But even at this enormous rate the uantity is ample, and it can be in creased at will by new reservoirs. No decent house is now constructed without a bath, an advantage to the health and comfort of the city, hardly to be overrated. Fountains adorn almost all the public places of any importance, and although in few instances as yet dignified by sculpture, these tastes and glimpses of Nature are in themselves invalu able, ofi'ering to the people at large a continual reminder of Mauty. Tranquillity, and innocent pleasure in the open air. There remains yet to be added those public vats for the use of poor women in washing, thatma befonndtnsoman Europeantowns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

Author: Charles Dickens
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ISBN: 9780656336838
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, Vol. 1 But, supposing it true, - and the joke is quite had enough to be authentic, - we must put in our plea that it is not to appl to us. The fact is absoluw undeniable that we originally vertised ourselves, or rather our work, as the wits'miscellan - thereby indicating, beyond all doubt, that we of the is cellany were ta. It is our firm hope that the public, which is in general a most tender-hearted individual, will not give us a rebuff similar to that which the unnamed young gentleman experienced at the hands, or the tongue, of the implacable Dean of St. Patrick. 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: William Harrison Ainsworth
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1863, Vol. 54 And once more little Bessie, wise and good girl though she was, wiped away the tears that would run down her cheeks when she remembered that her decision had probably driven from her one whose apparent partiality had produced, many a happy feeling in her innocent you heart. 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: William Harrison Ainsworth
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ISBN: 9780666206763
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Excerpt from Bentley's Miscellany, 1841, Vol. 9 Guy Fawkes: a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth, meengland m the Olden Time, by George Daniel. 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.