Sir Philip Sidney, Cultural Icon

Sir Philip Sidney, Cultural Icon PDF

Author: R. Hillyer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-04-12

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0230106315

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This study analyzes Sir Philip Sidney's reputation from his own day to the present by discussing his reception in the work of authors as diverse in time and type as Sir Fulke Greville, Christopher Hill, Charles Lamb, Edmund Waller, and Thomas Warton the elder.

Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water

Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water PDF

Author: Mrs. Howard Vincent

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-16

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9781331485742

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Excerpt from Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water: The Journal of a Tour Through the British Empire and America MY husband, during his six years' tenure of the office of Director of Criminal Investigations, took the greatest interest in the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage. In taking leave of his young friends he promised to keep for their benefit a record of our travels through the British Empire and America. I have endeavoured to the best of my power to relieve him of this task. 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.