Author: William Byrd
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265448168
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Excerpt from The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; And a Progress to the Mines, Written From 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published Here lieth The Honorable William Byrd, Esq., Being born to one of the amplest fortunes in this country, He was sent early to England for his education; Where, under the care and direction of Sir Robert Southwell, And ever favoured with his particular instructions, He made a happy proficiency in polite and various learning. By the means of the same noble friend, was introduced to the acquaintance of many of the first persons of that age For knowledge, wit, virtue, birth, or high station, And particularly contracted a most intimate and bosom friendship With the learned and illustrious Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery. He was called to the bar in the Middle Temple. 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.
The Westover Manuscripts
Author: William Byrd
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265448168
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Excerpt from The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; And a Progress to the Mines, Written From 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published Here lieth The Honorable William Byrd, Esq., Being born to one of the amplest fortunes in this country, He was sent early to England for his education; Where, under the care and direction of Sir Robert Southwell, And ever favoured with his particular instructions, He made a happy proficiency in polite and various learning. By the means of the same noble friend, was introduced to the acquaintance of many of the first persons of that age For knowledge, wit, virtue, birth, or high station, And particularly contracted a most intimate and bosom friendship With the learned and illustrious Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery. He was called to the bar in the Middle Temple. 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.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265448168
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Excerpt from The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; And a Progress to the Mines, Written From 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published Here lieth The Honorable William Byrd, Esq., Being born to one of the amplest fortunes in this country, He was sent early to England for his education; Where, under the care and direction of Sir Robert Southwell, And ever favoured with his particular instructions, He made a happy proficiency in polite and various learning. By the means of the same noble friend, was introduced to the acquaintance of many of the first persons of that age For knowledge, wit, virtue, birth, or high station, And particularly contracted a most intimate and bosom friendship With the learned and illustrious Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery. He was called to the bar in the Middle Temple. 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.
The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina
Author: William Byrd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Liste générale des postes de France par ordre de J. B. Colbert ...
The Westover Manuscripts
Author: William Byrd
Publisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"The manuscripts of Col. William Byrd, of Westover ..., of different dates from 1728 to 1736, are contained in a large folio volume bound in parchment, which has been carefully preserved in his family, until recently placed in the hands of the editor ... The manuscripts offer abundant internal evidence that they were written merely for the amusement of the author, and for the perusal of his family and friends, and not with any view to their being printed"--Page iii
Publisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"The manuscripts of Col. William Byrd, of Westover ..., of different dates from 1728 to 1736, are contained in a large folio volume bound in parchment, which has been carefully preserved in his family, until recently placed in the hands of the editor ... The manuscripts offer abundant internal evidence that they were written merely for the amusement of the author, and for the perusal of his family and friends, and not with any view to their being printed"--Page iii
The Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover
Author: William Byrd
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469606933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469606933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Dividing Line Histories of William Byrd II of Westover
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Francis Perego Harper
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Author: Anderson Galleries, Inc
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum ...
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Southern and South-western Sketches
Author: Gentleman of Richmond
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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