Author: Margaret Cope
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243412099
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Excerpt from American Descriptive and Thoughtful Verse They seemed to come to me with hardly any effort of my own. The subject matter of the Descriptive verse was before my eyes, the verses written from time to time on little journeys or visits in Amercia, or at my own home at Awbury. He that hath eyes to see, let him see. The Thoughtful verse seemed to be given to me out of a clear sky - so that now I pass them on to others, feeling neither special pride nor responsibility, only hoping that there may be a few of the passing or future generation who will be old-fashioned enough to enjoy them, as I have in receiving them. 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.
American Descriptive and Thoughtful Verse (Classic Reprint)
Author: Margaret Cope
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243412099
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Excerpt from American Descriptive and Thoughtful Verse They seemed to come to me with hardly any effort of my own. The subject matter of the Descriptive verse was before my eyes, the verses written from time to time on little journeys or visits in Amercia, or at my own home at Awbury. He that hath eyes to see, let him see. The Thoughtful verse seemed to be given to me out of a clear sky - so that now I pass them on to others, feeling neither special pride nor responsibility, only hoping that there may be a few of the passing or future generation who will be old-fashioned enough to enjoy them, as I have in receiving them. 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: 9780243412099
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Excerpt from American Descriptive and Thoughtful Verse They seemed to come to me with hardly any effort of my own. The subject matter of the Descriptive verse was before my eyes, the verses written from time to time on little journeys or visits in Amercia, or at my own home at Awbury. He that hath eyes to see, let him see. The Thoughtful verse seemed to be given to me out of a clear sky - so that now I pass them on to others, feeling neither special pride nor responsibility, only hoping that there may be a few of the passing or future generation who will be old-fashioned enough to enjoy them, as I have in receiving them. 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.
American Descriptive and Thoughtful Verse
Author: Margaret Cope
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
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American Scripture
Author: Pauline Maier
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307791955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's []Common Sense[], which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions -- most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries -- that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do -- by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ -- we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307791955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's []Common Sense[], which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions -- most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries -- that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do -- by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ -- we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power.
The Annual American Catalogue 1886-1900
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
Author: Bibliographical Society of America
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Descriptive Bibliography
Author: George Thomas Tanselle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781883631192
Category : Bibliography, Critical
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"This book offers a comprehensive guide to descriptive bibliography--the activity of describing books as physical objects. The function of descriptive bibliography is to provide detailed historical accounts of the varied material forms in which texts have been transmitted and to show the relationships among those examples that claim to carry texts of the same work. The first part of this book contains five essays on general topics: an introduction to the field and its history; its relation to library cataloguing; the concept of ideal copy; the meanings of edition, impression, issue, and state; and tolerances in reporting details. The second part covers more specific subjects: transcription and collation; format; paper; typography and layout; typesetting and presswork; non-letterpress material; publishers' bindings, endpapers, and jackets; and overall arrangement. At the end is an appendix containing a sample description with detailed commentary, followed by a record of the literature of descriptive bibliography"--
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ISBN: 9781883631192
Category : Bibliography, Critical
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"This book offers a comprehensive guide to descriptive bibliography--the activity of describing books as physical objects. The function of descriptive bibliography is to provide detailed historical accounts of the varied material forms in which texts have been transmitted and to show the relationships among those examples that claim to carry texts of the same work. The first part of this book contains five essays on general topics: an introduction to the field and its history; its relation to library cataloguing; the concept of ideal copy; the meanings of edition, impression, issue, and state; and tolerances in reporting details. The second part covers more specific subjects: transcription and collation; format; paper; typography and layout; typesetting and presswork; non-letterpress material; publishers' bindings, endpapers, and jackets; and overall arrangement. At the end is an appendix containing a sample description with detailed commentary, followed by a record of the literature of descriptive bibliography"--
The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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The Annual American Catalogue ...
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Author: James W. Loewen
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595583262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595583262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
The New American Cyclopaedia
Author: George Ripley
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 808
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Languages : en
Pages : 808
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