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Title: The life of George Washington, late president and commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States of America.Author: John CorryPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in...

Excerpt from The Detector of Quackery, or Analyser of Medical, Philosophical, Political, Dramatic, and Literary Imposture: Comprehending a Sketch of the Manners of the AgeBefore we animadvert on the imposition' of modern nachs, let us just glance at the history of medicine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important ...

Excerpt from The Detector of Quackery, or Analyser of Medical, Philosophical, Political, Dramatic, and Literary Imposture: Comprehending a Sketch of the Manners of the AgeBefore we animadvert on the imposition' of modern nachs, let us just glance at the history of medicine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important ...

It is not enough to present the wisdom of love as a credible line of thought, the text must also leave the reader with a renewed sense of being in touch with the most compelling component in human life. It must move the heart as well as the mind. If, however, my writing elicits only an emotional response, I will have failed to trace the influence of love as it presses its way into every aspect of human existence-not only in personal relationsh...

Excerpt from The History of MacclesfieldNotes. (a) Merchant's Guild, a brotherhood of Merchants, or Tradesmen, empowered to prohibit any person, who is not admitted of their society, from following any trade or traffic with in the precincts granted to them, except at Fairs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important ...

Excerpt from The History of MacclesfieldNotes. (a) Merchant's Guild, a brotherhood of Merchants, or Tradesmen, empowered to prohibit any person, who is not admitted of their society, from following any trade or traffic with in the precincts granted to them, except at Fairs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important ...

Excerpt from Indian Affairs in Georgia, 1732-1756Florida a more immediate threat to Georgia than Louisiana. Spanish claims to georgia.-oglethorpe-sanchez treaties. Spaniards encourage Carolina slaves to run away. - Scalp buy ing. - Oglethorpe supported by Creeks, 1740. - Spaniards har assed by Creeks - Creeks seek Spanish friendship - English regain control of Creeks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare an...

Excerpt from Indian Affairs in Georgia, 1732-1756Florida a more immediate threat to Georgia than Louisiana. Spanish claims to georgia.-oglethorpe-sanchez treaties. Spaniards encourage Carolina slaves to run away. - Scalp buy ing. - Oglethorpe supported by Creeks, 1740. - Spaniards har assed by Creeks - Creeks seek Spanish friendship - English regain control of Creeks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare an...

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Excerpt from Life of George Washington, First President, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America: Interspersed With Biographical Anecdotes of the Most Eminent Men Who Effected the American RevolutionThe extensive settlement of Cholank was originally purchased by the Washington fam ily, the extreme fertility ofthe soil induced those settlers to cultivate tobacco in several plantations, for this purpose they purchase...

Excerpt from Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington: Late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of Their Armies, During the Revolutionary WarAmong thofe patriots who have a claim to our veneration, George Waihington appears in a confpicuous place m thefirfirank The ancefi ors of this extraordinary man, in the year 1657, emigrated from Englandto America, and fettled in the colony of Virgini...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Life of William Cowper, Esquire: With Critical Observations on His PoemsAmong those favourites of nature, whose superior endowments have contributed to the knowledge and happiness of mankind, the true poet has ever been regarded with the highest {degree of veneration. To give authen tic memorials of the great dead is the honour able employment of the biographer, and his records, when authentic, form one of the most amusing and...

Excerpt from Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington: Late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of Their Armies, During the Revolutionary WarThe difputes between Great Enron and her, colonies had now exil'ted, iboye ten years intervals of tranquility. The refervanon duty on tea, the {lationing a army 111 mahachufetts, the continuanc Board comtnihioners m Bollon, and the appomtmg the Govern...

Excerpt from The History of Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Vol. 1: Including Biographical Notices of Eminent and Distinguished NativesOf the manner in which the task has been executed, every Reader will determine for himself. The Author Wishes it had been completed more to his own satisfaction, and regrets that several errors of the press have escaped correction, especially in the early part of his volume. For these in particular he solici...

Excerpt from A Satirical View of London: Comprising Free Strictures on the Manners and Amusements of the Inhabitants of the English Metropolis, Observations on Literature and the Fine Arts, and Amusing Anecdotes of Public CharactersA general and cursory survey of the streets of London might induce the stranger to imagine that he had arrived in a perfect paradise. The beauty of elegant women moving with graceful ease in the public streets, the ...