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Excerpt from An Oration Delivered Before "the Associated Disciples of Washington, " on the 22d of February, 1812: The First Anniversary of the InstitutionWe Will not detain you to relate the painful, but glorious history of our 1evolution, fbr we have dwelt often and long upon its (11812165868, its hopes and its triumphs, but Will commence at that period of awful rest when, exhausted by loss ofblood and sustenance, America, the battle done, bo...

Excerpt from The Genius of Masonry: Or a Defence of the Order, Containing Some Remarks on the Origin and History, The Uses and Abuses of the Science, With Some Notices of Other Secret Societies in the United States, in Three LecturesAt the threshold, I make this distinct declarction, that no political, party, or sectarian views no ma sonic excitement, or momentary resentments have entered into the work I propose to publish. This is the simple ...

Excerpt from Lectures on American Literature: With Remarks on Some Passages of American HistoryThe characters of the Mathers, father and son. William Penn, the rapid growth of his colony. The literature of Pennsylvania. The origin of Yale College. Mention of Berkley dean of Derry, his bounty, his pro phetick poem. The administration of Governor Saltonstall. The liberal views of Calef. Burnett, his eloquence, and writings. Jeremy Dummer. Lieute...

Excerpt from Library of American History, Vol. 2: A Reprint of Standard Works Connected by Editorial Remarks, Abounding With Copious Notes, Biographical Sketches, and Miscellaneous Matter, Intended to Give the Reader a Full View of American History, From the Earliest Discovery to the Present TimeOne of these, consisting of botha naval and land force, was committed to Sir George Collyer and General Matthews, who made a descent on Vir ginia. The...

Excerpt from The Bachelors, and Other Tales: Founded on American Incidents and CharactersIf we look carefully into what is called a heroic age, we shall find that the deeds of the sword am'fanfiient, unless embalmed by the pen. The record that a light was kindled, lives longer than the light itself. No one man can do much for a nation's fame, that must be built up as the monument to Kosciusko's memory in Poland, where, to accomplish the great ...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

About the Book This category is about Memoirists who write about a range of events, or about a specific event, that took place during their lives, sometimes in the form of a diary. These events may have been momentous in history, or may have merely been recordings of everyday happenings in their lives, which gain interest as time passes. Sometimes memoirs describe a complete life. Memoirs include those of: Anna Green Winslow, Thomas Hill Green...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from Tales of the Garden of Kosciuszko Are mostly founded on incidents in real life, and several of them are not as singular or romantic as the facts or the chronicles from which they were drawn would warrant. A part of one of these tales, The Lost Child, was written several years since, but circumstances prevented me fi'om finishing it until now. The rest of them are as fresh as the blossoms of June were when I conceived the thought ...

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

bTitle:/b The Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson River and its vicinity, illustrated in a series of views ... With historical and descriptive illustrations by S. L. K.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspaper...

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