Author: Francis Hopkinson
Publisher:
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Category : Political satire
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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The Battle of the Kegs
Author: Francis Hopkinson
Publisher:
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Category : Political satire
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Publisher:
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Category : Political satire
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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America Learns to Play
Author: Foster Rhea Dulles
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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My Brother Stephen (Classic Reprint)
Author: Morrison Foster
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331864694
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Excerpt from My Brother Stephen In person he was slender, in height not over five feet 7seven inches. His figure was handsome; exceedingly well proportioned. His feet were small, as were his hands, which were soft and delicate. His head was large and well proportioned. The features Of his face were regular and. Striking. His nose was straight, inclined to aquiline; his nostrils full and dilated. His mouth was regular in form and the lips full. His most remarkable feature were his eyes. They were very dark and very large, and lit up with unusual intelligence. His hair was dark, nearly black. The color of his eyes and hair he inherited from his mother, some Of whose remote ancestors were Italian, though She was directly Of English descent. In conversation he was very interesting, but more sugges tive than argumentative. He was an excellent listener, though well informed on every current topic. His father, William Barclay Foster, was an enter prising, prominent citizen and merchant of Pittsburgh, Pa., Of scotch-irish ancestry. Alexander Foster was the first Of the family who came to America. He emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1728, and settled in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had three sons and six daughters. 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: 9780331864694
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Excerpt from My Brother Stephen In person he was slender, in height not over five feet 7seven inches. His figure was handsome; exceedingly well proportioned. His feet were small, as were his hands, which were soft and delicate. His head was large and well proportioned. The features Of his face were regular and. Striking. His nose was straight, inclined to aquiline; his nostrils full and dilated. His mouth was regular in form and the lips full. His most remarkable feature were his eyes. They were very dark and very large, and lit up with unusual intelligence. His hair was dark, nearly black. The color of his eyes and hair he inherited from his mother, some Of whose remote ancestors were Italian, though She was directly Of English descent. In conversation he was very interesting, but more sugges tive than argumentative. He was an excellent listener, though well informed on every current topic. His father, William Barclay Foster, was an enter prising, prominent citizen and merchant of Pittsburgh, Pa., Of scotch-irish ancestry. Alexander Foster was the first Of the family who came to America. He emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1728, and settled in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had three sons and six daughters. 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.
Yvain
Author: Chretien de Troyes
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family
Author: Evelyn Foster Morneweck
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Subject India
Author: Henry Noel Brailsford
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Category : Citizenship
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
On Indian culture.
Publisher:
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Category : Citizenship
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
On Indian culture.
Letters at 3am
Author: Michael Ventura
Publisher: Spring Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"I'd rather have one or two of his whiplashing essays in my hands than almost any tome of philosophy". -- Thomas Moore
Publisher: Spring Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"I'd rather have one or two of his whiplashing essays in my hands than almost any tome of philosophy". -- Thomas Moore
Science at War
Author: George William Gray
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Publisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Wake the Town & Tell the People
Author: Norman C. Stolzoff
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822325147
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An ethnography of Dancehall, the dominant form of reggae music in Jamica since the early 1960s.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822325147
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An ethnography of Dancehall, the dominant form of reggae music in Jamica since the early 1960s.
Our American Music
Author: John Tasker Howard
Publisher:
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Category : Music, American
Languages : en
Pages : 841
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Publisher:
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Category : Music, American
Languages : en
Pages : 841
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