Download or read book The Pageant of British History Classic Reprint written by Sir James Edward Parrott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pageant of British History T be Master of tbe Pageant spurs into tbe arena; be wanes bis baton, and tbe f trumpets sound. [n tbe distance you see a long frocession begin to wind its way across tbe greensward, and as it draws nearer and nearer you recognize tbe form and fasbion of men and women wbose names are writ large in tbe annals of our land. Here tbey come - bing and queen, statesman and priest, warrior and mercbant, poet and man of law, sbifiman and craftsman, yeoman and peasant - a motley tbrong, all sorts and conditions of men and women, bn and low, rieb and poor, gentle and simple, noble and base, bero and craven; yet eacb in bis or ber several degree a maber of bistory. T bese are tbe counterfeit presentments of tbe men and women wbo tbrougb twice a tbousand years bane made us wbat we are, and our glorious land wbat it is. 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 Book of the Pageant written by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book of the Pageant: Philadelphia, October 9th, 1908 In this historical pageant, the first to be organized and given in this country, a large field was afforded to the historians and artists who have so devotedly worked to make the representation a success. N 0 city in the United States can supply so many episodes of picturesque importance. Founded by Penn under a form of government which was apostrophized by Voltaire and all the liberal philosophers of the eighteenth century as an example to the world in mercy, justice and liberty, Philadelphia and Penn sylvania have a unique place in the history of the world. The good and interesting Quaker pe0p1e have given a great deal to America and an attempt has been made to commemorate this service. The other national elements which had a part in the early development of the city and the commonwealth - the Dutch, Swedish, Welsh, German and Scotch - have not been neglected and Franklin's part in stamping his character upon the community later in the colonial period introduces to view one of the great figures of the world. During the Revolution Philadelphia was the meeting ground for all the colonies. Until the end of the century the city was the capital of the United States. Here Congress assembled. Here Washington, Franklin, Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Adams and the rest lived and wrought in the service of a nation which has grown great and populous beyond the expectations of them all. Here on this ground the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were framed, debated and adopted. Hither came ambassadors of foreign powers and through our streets tramped the British, French and Continental armies during the war that established the freedom of the American states. 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 Staying Power written by Peter Fryer and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. First published in 1984 amid race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a deeply political act, revealing how Africans, Asians, and their descendants had been erased from British history. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from the pioneering nurse and war hero Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of black presence in Britain. By rewriting black Britons into British history, showing where they influenced political traditions, social institutions, and cultural life, Staying Power presented a radical challenge to racist and nationalist agendas. This edition includes a new foreword by Gary Younge examining the book's continued significance in shaping black British identity today, alongside the now-classic introduction by Paul Gilroy.

Download or read book The Pageant of British History written by Sir James Edward Parrott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pageant of British History The Master of the Pageant spurs into the arena; he waves his baton, and the trumpets sound. In the distance you see a long procession begin to wind its way across the greensward, and as it draws nearer and nearer you recognize the form and fashion of men and women whose names are writ large in the annals of our land. Here they come - king and queen, statesman and priest, warrior and merchant, poet and man of law, shipman and craftsman, yeoman and peasant - a motley throng, all sorts and conditions of men and women, high and low, rich and poor, gentle and simple, noble and base, hero and craven; yet each in his or her several degree a maker of history. These are the "counterfeit presentments" of the men and women who through twice a thousand years have made us what we are, and our glorious land what it is. 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 Pasts at play written by Rachel Bryant Davies and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together scholars from disciplines including Children’s Literature, Classics, and History to develop fresh approaches to children’s culture and the uses of the past. It charts the significance of historical episodes and characters during the long nineteenth-century (1750-1914), a critical period in children's culture. Boys and girls across social classes often experienced different pasts simultaneously, for purposes of amusement and instruction. The book highlights an active and shifting market in history for children, and reveals how children were actively involved in consuming and repackaging the past: from playing with historically themed toys and games to performing in plays and pageants. Each chapter reconstructs encounters across different media, uncovering the cultural work done by particular pasts and exposing the key role of playfulness in the British historical imagination.

Download or read book The Pageant of Canadian History Classic Reprint written by Anne Merriman Peck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pageant of Canadian History The unconventional pattern of this book requires some ex planation for readers who expect to find the historical narrative proceeding chronologically from year to year. I have seen the vigorous history of Canada in big sweeps of movement; the dramatic period of French exploration and the life of New France; the pursuit of fur which carried explorers and traders all the way to the Pacific; the growth of a few small British colonies into the Dominion of Canada; tllen the winning of the west and the advance to modern nationhood. This method in volves some shuffling back and forth in time, but it makes clear the motive power of ideas and ambitions that urged the people on from one period to another of their history. The book is as the title indicates, a pageant, a story of the land and people, rather than a historian's study. It has been written for my fel low Americans, to pass on my discovery of the vivid history of our northern neighbors and my admiration for them. The book is also offered to Canadians in the hope that they will accept this interpretation of their story by an enthusiastic friend across the border. I wish to express my appreciation to many Canadi ans of town and country who welcomed me with so much friendliness; to librarians, and to officers of 'a variety of institu tions who courteously gave their time and interest to help me with information. 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 An Appeal to the King s Most Excellent Majesty and to the British Nation Classic Reprint written by William Carmichael Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Appeal to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and to the British Nation The period having arrived, when it has become a duty incumbent upon me to vindicate my character from the disgrace and obloquy, which inevitable attaches to that of an individual removed from the head of a public office of great trust and responsibility, I shall not shrink from the task; however irksome and painful its execution may be to myself, and however distressing and agonising the result of my labors may, and no doubt will prove to several individual whose conduct I have necessarily animadverted upon, in the progress of my narrative. Such of that number, who composed, either my official equals, or my official inferiors, I consider too despicable to waste another syllable upon them, or upon their conduct. I shall consequently now leave those individuals to their own meditations, to the reflections of the public, and to the process of the Law. The Earl of Liverpool, one of that number, who composed my former official superiors, has, since this pamphet was put to press, been called into the presence of his Maker - the just, all-wise, and omnipotent Judge of the Universe; "There is no shuffling, there the action lies In it's true nature; and we ourselves compelled, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence." - Hamlet. I shall therefore abstain from making any further remarks upon his Lordship's conduct towards me; but merely express my hope, that God above will render unto him more Justice in Heaven than he did unto me upon Earth. 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 Pageant of Enlightenment Classic Reprint written by Florence K. Doll and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pageant of Enlightenment TO the music Of the overture there enters a symbolic figure, the Spirit Of Enlightenment, who represents the dynamic force Of the Pageant. She bears in her hands the scrolls Of the world's history. She walks slowly across the green to her throne. Upon arriving there, by her power, she lights the fire Of knowledge in her tripod. She then summons the pageant to take place before her. 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.

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Download or read book Seeing It Through written by Arthur St. John Adcock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Seeing It Through: How Britain Answered the Call At this moment, when all these and other social and political disputes at home and in our Colonies had us entangled in a very Gordian knot of difficulties - the enemy struck. And in a flash all our discords ended, and the whole British Empire, united as it never had been united before, rose out of chaos and stood four-square against the common danger. NO wonder Germany was surprised we were a little surprised ourselves at the instant unanimity with which all' our warring elements coalesced and, as at a sudden bugle-call, were gathered into a loyal and mighty brotherhood with a single determination shaping all its energies - a determination to fit itself Swiftly and at any personal sacrifice to cope with and crush for ever the most ruthless, the most soulless renas cence of barbarism that has ever threatened the peace and hopes of the civilised world. 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 An Appeal to the Public Spirit of Great Britain Classic Reprint written by Associate Professor of Theology Charles Marsh and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Appeal to the Public Spirit of Great Britain There are seasons, in which no apology can be demanded from the humblest writer, who discourses on the public affairs. His effort becomes dignified by its object. In times of real danger, when the whole zeal of the community is called for by a great and tremendous necessity, he is only discharging a debt, when he brings forward his share of contribution to the common deliberations, and assists in diffusing the sense of a just and provident alarm. In such times, indolence and inaction assume the character and complexion of a treason. The spirit of the British nation is far from being sluggish, or inert. 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 A People s History of Classics written by Edith Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A People’s History of Classics explores the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, whose voices have been almost completely excluded from previous histories of classical scholarship and pedagogy, in Britain and Ireland from the late 17th to the early 20th century. This volume challenges the prevailing scholarly and public assumption that the intimate link between the exclusive intellectual culture of British elites and the study of the ancient Greeks and Romans and their languages meant that working-class culture was a ‘Classics-Free Zone’. Making use of diverse sources of information, both published and unpublished, in archives, museums and libraries across the United Kingdom and Ireland, Hall and Stead examine the working-class experience of classical culture from the Bill of Rights in 1689 to the outbreak of World War II. They analyse a huge volume of data, from individuals, groups, regions and activities, in a huge range of sources including memoirs, autobiographies, Trade Union collections, poetry, factory archives, artefacts and documents in regional museums. This allows a deeper understanding not only of the many examples of interaction with the Classics, but also what these cultural interactions signified to the working poor: from the promise of social advancement, to propaganda exploited by the elites, to covert and overt class war. A People’s History of Classics offers a fascinating and insightful exploration of the many and varied engagements with Greece and Rome among the working classes in Britain and Ireland, and is a must-read not only for classicists, but also for students of British and Irish social, intellectual and political history in this period. Further, it brings new historical depth and perspectives to public debates around the future of classical education, and should be read by anyone with an interest in educational policy in Britain today.

Download or read book The Glory and Shame of England Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by C. Edwards Lester and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Glory and Shame of England, Vol. 1 I do not expect much good-will from the British Government, or most of the British aristocracy, for writing this book. I am working for the emancipation of whole nations, and the eleva tion of all men. England has always been working for the overthrow of rival nationalities, and the political subjection of men. England fights for the few - I for the many. She for Aristocracy - I for Democracy. She for the present - I for the future. No wonder we-should not agree any too well. In justice to myself, however, it should be always held'in mind, that, in speaking of England, I mean the Government and the ruling classes of the British empire - not the British people, for whom I entertain all the sympathies which spring unbidden from the common fountains of kindred, language, laws and religion. 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 Middle English Literature written by Christopher Cannon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.

Download or read book The Pageant of Parliament Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Michael Macdonagh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pageant of Parliament, Vol. 2 The hon. Gentleman on his legs has long ago said all he really had to say. Why the blank does he not sit down? The others ask themselves, and they look at him ferociously. He is in that curious predicament of the unpractised and self-conscious speaker that he does not know how to stop. SO he continues his harangue, not that he has anything more to say, but that it seems easier to go on talking to Mr. Speaker than to finish and sit down. Mr. Speaker, certainly, is listening amiably, politely, but scarcely sympathetically. The arguments seem to bring no conviction to Mr. Speaker. Across the face Of Mr. Speaker no smile ickers at the jokes. Mr. Speaker follows the remarks of the hon. Member solely to see that he does not Offend against the rules. It must be a trying ordeal addressing the House of Commons, that most fastidious or inattentive of audiences, and not the least Of its terrors are the sleepless eyes and the vigilant ears Of the ever watchful Mr. Speaker. Still, the fate of those to whom was given the chance of taking part in the debate might have been worse. At any rate, they have had the relief and the satisfaction of self-expression. The debate might have closed, and left them, like the unsuccessful competitors for the Speaker's eye, with carefully prepared unspoken speeches lying oppressively on their minds. 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 Tarnished Coronets written by M. Nelson D'auvergne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tarnished Coronets: Studies in the History of the British Peerage IN an hereditary senate mediocrity recognises its best safeguard against the domination of greatness. If men as dull as the herd did not occupy positions Of authority, true aristocrats might Obtain those posi tions and force the herd along at a faster pace than it wished to travel. Thus is explained the relative popularity the hereditary peerage has enjoyed in this country, especially among the classes most fearful Of the depredations Of intellect. The admitted superiority of a class Of men who do not even profess to be wiser, braver or better than those below is, moreover, exceedingly restful and comforting to the community; for where merit is not the standard Of excellence or the road to dis tinction it can not be accounted any disgrace to remain at the bottom Of the scale. Thus the nation is spared all feverish emulation in the matter Of moral worth, and the energy saved can be devoted to money getting and amusement. These I take to be the grounds on which the institution Of a peerage charged from generation to generation with the function Of law-making may be defended in this country. They are not, Of course. 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 Historical Pageant written by Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Pageant: Hudson-Fulton Celebration, September 25 to October 9, 1909 The American Period, so-called to distinguish it from the Indian, Dutch and English Periods, but more properly called the United States Period, of course began with the Declaration of Independenceon July 4, 1776. Prior to that date the colonies were fighting for their rights as colonies, not for national independence; after that date they were, by the terms of the Declaration, free and independent States. So much has been written to popularize the history of the States east and south of New York that comparatively few people realize how many important events took place in New York during the Revolu tion. As we are celebrating the history of the Hudson River it is interesting to recall that the possession of the Hudson was the great central object of contention between the British and the Americans, the British believing that if they could secure it they could cut the colonies in two, defeat them in detail, and establish a safe route of communication between their base of supplies in Canada and the base of war in New York. Fulton's great achievement, twenty-four years after the close of the Revolution, was the cardinal event of the Nineteenth century, with reference to this celebration. In depicting, in the great Historical Parade, important scenes in these four periods, the hudson-fulton Celebration Commission has aimed not only to present a spectacle which will be memorable but also to give an impetus to historical research and to present historic scenes so that they will impress themselves more clearly on the minds of the spectators than could be done by books and pictures. The work of building the floats for these moving tableaux has been going on in New York City for many months, and the work of construction has required the services of all kinds of artists and artisans. The artist most familiar with this kind of work was sum moued to design the pageant, and for about a year nearly two hundred workmen at a time have been engaged on the actual construction. 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.