Download or read book Heroes of Land and Sea Classic Reprint written by Henry Newbolt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heroes of Land and Sea I have come home from Canada, and I am sending you a book to read you and all other young Canadians. It is mainly about my own countrymen, English and Scottish, but I hope that will not prevent you from being interested in it, for you know that our history and our great men of the past belong to you as well as to us. 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.

Download or read book HEROES OF THE SEA CLASSIC REPRINT written by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. THACKERAY and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Great Deeds on Land and Sea Classic Reprint written by William Henry Fitchett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Great Deeds on Land and Sea Sidney Smith's escape from the Temple made him a popular hero in England. He was known to have great influence with the Turkish authorities. And he was sent to the East as commander of the squadron at Alexandria. 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.

Download or read book Old Ironsides the Hero of Tripoli and and Other Tales and Adventures on Sea and Land Classic Reprint written by Edward S. Ellis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Ironsides the Hero of Tripoli and and Other Tales and Adventures on Sea and Land It was during the Civil War that I first saw Charles Stewart, popularly known as 'Old Ironsides," but generally called Commodore Stewart by his neighbors. He was living at White Hill, on the outskirts of Bordenton, N. J., and made famous afterward as the residence of Mrs. Delia Parnell, his daughter-in-law. It was on a crisp winter day in mid-winter. When I presented myself at the door I was told that the commodore was at work in the barn. Going thither I found the great naval hero busily pouring corn into a sheller, the handle of which a lusty Irishman was turning. The commodore good-naturedly laid aside his implement and briskly led the way to the house, where we chatted for a couple of hours. He insisted upon my coming again, and I did so quite frequently, through summer and winter, until near his final sickness. 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.

Download or read book Heroes of the Norselands written by Katharine F. Boult and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heroes of the Norselands: Their Stories Retold Lands were peopled, came there Odin, a mighty god, out of the East, to rule and direct them: for he saw that these men with fair hair and blue eyes would do great deeds, and that, because of them, the North should be held in honour of all nations as long as the earth should last. Sad was he, knowing that, for him and his, the end of all would come ere the greatness of this people reached its height. Yet was he content, since he, the all-father, could teach them truth and honour and the love of glory, and to die joyfully, before the Twilight of the Gods crept over the earth, and since he knew that the kingdom of a gentler god would follow his. Now the world was upheld by the mighty ash tree, Yggdrasil, and round it on all sides was the sea; and beyond the sea, ' the frozen land of the giants - Jotunheim. 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.

Download or read book The Heroes of England written by John George Edgar and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Heroes of England: Stories of the Lives of England's Warriors by Land and Sea The advantages to be derived by boy-readers from such a work, if perused in an intelligent Spirit, will hardly be questioned. Even the historical information to be thus acquired is not to be lightly regarded. But, apart from that consideration, it will not be denied that such scenes as those of the Black Prince treating his van quished enemy with chivalrous courtesy; Sir Philip Sidney handing the untasted cup of water to the dying soldier with the immortal words, Thy necessity is greater than mine; and Havelock, after showing himself through life the Christian soldier, saying at the hour of death Come, my son; and see how a Christian man can die! Are well calculated to enlist the sympathies, elevate the thoughts, and ennoble the aspirations of youthful readers. 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.

Download or read book Splendid Deeds of American Heroes on Sea and Land Vol 1 written by Bishop Samuel Fallows and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Splendid Deeds of American Heroes on Sea and Land, Vol. 1: Embracing a Comprehensive Summary of the Glorious Naval and Military Events From Washington to Dewey; Living Issues In the portion of this work which treats of "Splendid Deeds" we are brought face to face with the question: "Is war ever justifiable?" And, connected with this interrogatory, is the further question: "Should the deeds of war be enlarged upon and even glorified?" The admirable words of the Rev. F. A. Noble, D. D., which follow this introduction, uttered in the presence of many of the brave heroes of our great civil war, will answer fully the first question. We may say in reply to the second interrogation, that no nation which is worthy to live can sever itself from its past history and disparage the deeds of the men who have helped give it life, continuance, progress and glory. God has put the martial spirit in the breasts of men. It is not a mere survival of a savage ancestry. It is to be a constant force. The youthful spirit must be ever ready to do and dare. Woe to that people when the fires of a generous, self-sacrificing enthusiasm among them shall have died out. Until the better day shall come, as come it surely will, when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more, we must have a well disciplined army and a formidable navy. We must be ready to maintain our providential position among the nations of the earth. By the very possession of the warlike means of self-preservation, and by the unquestioned ability to use them, we shall be able to secure ultimately the peace of mankind. In the unfolding years the martial spirit will not be displayed in the maiming and killing of men. It will find its expression in fighting the great moral battles which will be constantly imminent, until the millennial glory shall flood the globe. In "Splendid Deeds" we have narrated the conflicts with England, with Mexico, with our brethren of the South, with Spain and with the Filipinos. The wars are all over, thank God, except the contest with the guerrilla bands in our island possessions. 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.

Download or read book Sea Kings and Naval Heroes written by John G. Edgar and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sea Kings and Naval Heroes: A Book for Boys The propriety and policy of directing the attention of English boys of the nineteenth century to the achievements of men who, at various periods of modern history, have made their names known to fame as Sea Kings and Naval Heroes, will be questioned by few in the present circumstances of Europe. Under an impression that such is the prevailing senti ment, I have ventured on writing the follow ing biographical sketches, with the object of interesting my juvenile readers in the careers of the principal personages among their anoes tors, who, from the time of Rollo and Hasting to that of Nelson and Collingwood, figured conspicuously as maritime warriors; and I have endeavored to give variety to the work by narrating with care the enterprises, the bat tles, and the adventures in which they took prominent parts. 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.

Download or read book Our Country in War and Relations With All Nations written by Murat Halstead and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Country in War and Relations With All Nations: A History of War Times, and American Heroes on Land and Sea On the front of the palace at Versailles, is in golden letters the famous inscription, "To All the Glories of France," and the splendor of the sentiment has preserved from the ruthless hands of revolution, and from defacement by enemies in temporary triumph, the marbles of the magnificent edifice and the proud letters of gold. The memories of nations have many forms of expression, and it is not those distinguished by pomp that seem to have been the most certainly preserved and to possess the greater assurance of perpetuity. In the mounds of the ancient cities on the Euphrates, in the hills of desolation that mark the sites of mighty capitals, are found cylinders of burnt clay on which are the records of the dynasties that have otherwise perished, of peoples among whose memorials no tower stands to tell the tale of the race, no arch abides to speak of the vanished ages or locate in the abyss beyond the era of history, the empires that are lost. It is the cylinder of clay that has the quality of immortality. Still more in the printed leaves of our time will be found the pages that minister to the pride of people, and on which are inscribed the lessons of the rise and fall of nations that shall enshrine the lives of great men and apply the excellence of good deeds. It is hoped in this volume to assemble the glories of our country, not alone those of war, but of peace, and especially to celebrate the policies that are executed for the general welfare, and the things that are done with public purpose for the common good. 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.

Download or read book Heroes of the Dawn Classic Reprint written by Violet Russell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heroes of the Dawn Peace up to Heaven, Heaven down to earth; Earth under Heaven, Strength in every one. Sometimes, too, when great heroes were dying Dana would appear to them in the form of a grey-necked crow. 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.

Download or read book Heroes Every Child Should Know written by Hamilton Wright Mabie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heroes Every Child Should Know: Tales for Young People of All the World's Heroes in All Ages They had worked and thought and dreamed only a little time before they began to explain the marvelous earth on which they found themselves and the strange things that happened in it; the vastness and beauty of the fields, woods, sky and sea, the force of the wind, the com ing and going of the day and night, the warmth of sum mer when everything grew, and the cold of winter when everything died, the rush of the storm and the terrible brightness of the lightning. They had no idea of what we call law or force; they could not think of anything being moved or any noise being made unless there was some one like themselves to move things and make sounds; and so they made stories of gods and giants and heroes and nymphs and fawns; and the myths, which are poetic explanations of the world and of the life of men in it, came into being. 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.

Download or read book Land and Sea Tales Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Land and Sea Tales Amongst the most active officers who had served in the Parliamentary army in the first instance, and who afterwards became a firm and attached follower of Cromwell during the Commonwealth, was Major Phillips, a man eminently suited for the times in which he lived. Bold and resolute, active, but wary, he seldom met with reverses; and when they did come, the apparently habitual coolness of his tempera ment prevented him from being betrayed into any hasty measure, or yielding, under any circumstances, to despondency. 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.

Download or read book Stories from a Wonder Book for Girls and Boys Classic Reprint written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-11-24 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stories From a Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys The stories that you are to read in this book are some of the oldest and most beautiful in the world. Long, long ago they were told by Greek mothers to their children, and even in those days they were old. When they were first imagined nobody can tell, nor know for certain what they first meant. Some learned men in our own times have fancied that they were not stories about real people that lived in the world, but about sun and stars, about sky and clouds and wind and sea, about day and night and the passing seasons. They have thought that as men and women in the childhood of the world watched the wonderful changes that pass over the face of sky and land and sea, they explained those changes to themselves as scenes in the lives of mysterious beings, gods in Shape like unto men, but in power infinitely greater. Others, again, have held that Hercules and Bellerophon were real heroes, and Midas a real king, and that after their death the fame of their valour and riches grew into the marvellous legends that you will read here. 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.

Download or read book Heroes and heroines of chivalry The Junior Classics written by William Patten and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book Heroes of the Nations written by Herman Smith Alshouse and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book For Love of Country written by Cyrus Townsend Brady and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from For Love of Country: A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Since the action of this story falls during the periods, and the book deals with personages and incidents, which are usually treated of in the more serious pages of history, it is proper that some brief word of explanation should be written by which I might confirm some of the romantic happenings hereafter related, which to the casual reader may appear to draw too heavily upon his credulity for acceptance. The action between the Randolph and the Yarmouth really happened, the smaller ship did engage the greater for the indicated purpose, much as I have told it; and if I have ventured to substitute another name for that of the gallant sailor and daring hero, Captain Nicholas Biddle, who commanded the little Randolph, and lost his life, on that occasion, I trust this paragraph may be considered as making ample amends. 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.

Download or read book Makers of the World s History and Their Grand Achievements written by Henry Davenport Northrop and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Makers of the World's History and Their Grand Achievements: Containing Graphic Accounts of Men and Women Whose Daring Deeds Have Given Them World-Wide Fame Comprising Heroes of Land and Sea In the part on Naval Heroes the great Masters of the Sea are grouped together, and graphic accounts are furnished of their heroic achievements, including Paul jones, Lord Nelson, Commodore Perry, Farragut, Cushing, Dewey, Schley, Wainwright, Sampson and many others. Their personal heroism is the wonder of all readers, and the theme of song and story. Among Military Heroes the first is our own Immortal Washington, followed by Putnam, Ethan Allen, Nathan Hale, Molly Pitcher, Napoleon, Duke of Wellington, Grant, Meade, Lee, Stonewall jackson, Sherman, Sheridan, Roosevelt, and other heroic patriots whose majestic figures are seen through the hot hail of battle, contending for an idea. 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.