The Remarkable Life, Adventures and Discoveries of Sebastian Cabot, of Bristol: The Founder of Great Britain's Maritime Power, Discoverer of America, and Its First Colonizer

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S. Low, son, and Marston, 1869 - 190 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 8 - The Silent Hour: Essays, Original and Selected. By the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Σελίδα 6 - About in the World. Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life." " It is not easy to open it at any page without finding some handy idea.
Σελίδα 7 - We should be glad if any words of ours could help to bespeak a large circulation for this handsome attractive book." — Illustrated Times. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Written by Sir PHILIP SIDNEY. Edited, with Notes. by the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Σελίδα 2 - Designs engraved in the first style of art under the superintendence of JD COOPER. Small 4to. Handsomely bound, js. 6d. Higginson (TW) Atlantic Essays. Small post 8vo. 6s. Hitherto. By the Author of
Σελίδα 12 - A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe, on Rivers and Lakes of Europe.
Σελίδα 4 - ... praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name— Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause. This is the happy Warrior; this is he That every man in arms should wish to be.
Σελίδα 14 - The book for all boys in whom the love of travel and adventure is strong. They will find here plenty to amuse them and much to instruct them besides.
Σελίδα 8 - Essays on English Writers, for the Self-improvement of Students in English Literature. "To all (both men and women ) who have neglected to read and study their native literature we would certainly suggest the volume before us as a fitting introduction.
Σελίδα 4 - Joinville, not only in their glistening armour, but in their every-day attire, are brought nearer to us, become intelligible to us, and teach us lessons of humanity which we can learn from men only, and not from saints and heroes. Here lies the real value of real history. It widens our minds and our hearts, and gives us that true knowledge of the world and of human nature in all its phases which but few can gain in the short span of their own life, and in the narrow sphere of their friends and enemies....
Σελίδα 12 - Hayes (Dr.) Cast Away in the Cold; an Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures. By Dr. I. ISAAC HAYES, Author of "The Open Polar Sea.

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