Excerpt from Harvard Classics, Vol. 1Hereby, too, I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves and their own past actions; and I shall indulge it without being tiresome to others, who, through respect to age, might conceive themselves obliged to give me a hearing, since this may be read or not as any one pleases. And, lastly (i may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody), perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own vanity. Indeed, I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, Without vanity I may say, &c., but some vain thing immediately followed. Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to His kind providence, which lead me to the means I used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume, that the same goodness will still be exercised toward me, in continuing that happiness, or enabling me to bear a fatal reverse, which I may experience as others have done: the com plexion of my future fortune being known to Him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afﬂictions.The notes one of my uncles (who had the same kind of curiosity in collecting family anecdotes) once put into my hands, furnished me with several particulars relating to our ancestors. From these notes I learned that the family had lived in the same village, Ecton, in Northamptonshire, for three hundred years, and how much longer he knew not (perhaps from the time when the name of Franklin, that before was the name of an order of people, was assumed by them as a surname when others took surnames all over the kingdom), on a freehold of about thirty acres, aided by the smith's business, which had continued in the family till his time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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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Excerpt from The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction: Pepita Jiménez, by Juan Valera; A Happy Boy, by Björnstjerne Björnson; Skipper Worse, by Alexander L. KiellandAfter the revolution in 1868 Valera held high office during the short reign Of Amadeo Of Savoy, but withdrew when the republic was set up.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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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Considered ""the most remarkable delineation of pioneer life on the coast of Maine that has ever been published,"" this little book has been through numerous printings. It was originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine. It first appeared in book form in 1904. Charles W. Eliot was president of Harvard University for forty years, and he initiated the movement to create Acadia National Park.

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Excerpt from The Harvard Classics, Vol. 28: Essays, English and American William makepeace thackeray, one of the greatest of English novel ists, was born at Calcutta, India, on July 18, 1811, where his father held an administrative position. He was sent to England at six for his educa tion, which he received at the Charterhouse and Cambridge, after which he began, but did not prosecute, the study of law. Having lost his means, in part by gambling, he made up his mind to earn his living as an artist, and went to Paris to study. He had some natural gift for drawing, which he had already employed in caricature, but, though he made interesting and amusing illustrations for his books, he never acquired any marked technical skill. He now turned to literature, and, on the strength of an appointment as Paris correspondent of a short-lived radical newspaper, he married. Ou the failure of the newspaper he took to miscellaneous journalism and the reviewing of books and pictures, his most important work appearing in F raser's Magazine and Punch. In 1840 his wife's mind became clouded, and, though she never recovered, she lived on till 1894. 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.

Excerpt from The Harvard Classics, Vol. 39: Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books; With Introduction and NotesBut there are other reasons why a Preface may be presented apart from its parent work, and may, indeed, be expected some times to survive it. The Prologues and Epilogues of Caxton were chieﬂy prefixed to translations which have long been super seded; but the comments of this frank and enthusiastic pioneer of the art of printing in England not only tell us of his personal tastes, but are in a high degree illuminative of the literary habits and standards of western Europe in the fifteenth century. Again, modern research has long ago put Raleigh's History of the: World out of date; but his eloquent Preface still gives us a rare picture of the attitude of an intelligent Elizabethan, of the generation which colonized America, toward the past, the pres ent, and the future worlds. Bacon's Great Restoration is no longer a guide to scientific method; but his prefatory statements as to his objects and hopes still offer a lofty inspiration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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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Excerpt from The Harvard Classics, Vol. 28: Essays, English and AmericanWilliam makepeace thackeray, one of the greatest of English novel ists, was born at Calcutta, India, on July 18, 1811, where his father held an administrative position. He was sent to England at six for his educa tion, which he received at the Charterhouse and Cambridge, after which he began, but did not prosecute, the study of law. Having lost his means, in part by gambling, he made up his mind to earn his living as an artist, and went to Paris to study. He had some natural gift for drawing, which he had already employed in caricature, but, though he made interesting and amusing illustrations for his books, he never acquired any marked technical skill.He now turned to literature, and, on the strength of an appointment as Paris correspondent of a short-lived radical newspaper, he married. Ou the failure of the newspaper he took to miscellaneous journalism and the reviewing of books and pictures, his most important work appearing in F raser's Magazine and Punch. In 1840 his wife's mind became clouded, and, though she never recovered, she lived on till 1894.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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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Harvard Classics, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The Harvard Classics, Vol. 50: The Editor's Introduction, Reader's Guide, Index to the First Lines of Poems, Songs and Choruses, Hymns and Psalms; General Index, Chronological Index (Classic Reprint)

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction: Pepita Jiménez, by Juan Valera; A Happy Boy, by Björnstjerne Björnson; Skipper Worse, by Alexander L. Kielland (Classic Reprint)

John Gilley of Baker's Island

Harvard Classics, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The Harvard Classics, Vol. 28: Essays, English and American (Classic Reprint)

The Harvard Classics, Vol. 39: Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books; With Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction: Pepita Jiménez, by Juan Valera; A Happy Boy, by Björnstjerne Björnson; Skipper Worse, by Alexander L. Kielland (Classic Reprint)

The Harvard Classics, Vol. 28: Essays, English and American (Classic Reprint)

Harvard classics 1910