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Download or read book Some Famous Women of Wit and Beauty written by John Fyvie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Famous Women of Wit and Beauty: A Georgian Galaxy The first of the following biographical studies originally appeared in the pages of The Nineteenth Century, the second in King and Country, the third in The Quarterly Review, the fourth in The anglo-saxon Review, the sixth and seventh in Ternple Bar, and they are now reprinted by the courtesy of the editors of those periodicals. The fifth and eighth are here printed for the first time. The author hopes that they may at least serve as a, reminder that superlative beauty, brilliant wit, and lives full of strange happenings, are not the. 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 The Wits and Beaux of Society Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Grace Grace and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wits and Beaux of Society, Vol. 1 of 2 IN revising this publication, it has scarcely been found necessary to recall a single opinion relative to the subject of the Work. The general impressions of characters adopted by the Authors have received little modification from any remarks elicited by the appear ance of The Wits and Beaux of Society. 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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