Author: John Timbs

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-24

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9781330292914

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Excerpt from Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families: Illustrative of English The Ancestral Histories of the Great Families of England are rich beyond compare in Episodes of Thought and Action, such as are the master springs by which the word is moved. The gravity of History has been estimated as 'Philosophy teaching by example.' In this long lesson, how intricate is the chequer-work of success and defeat, of light and shade; yet how interesting to those who delight to seek out the motives of human action in the lives of masterminds, their rise and fall! In the Histories of Great Families, which are the nooks and bye ways of History proper, are to be found garnered many records of vicissitudes, which sometimes make men giddy by looking too long upon their wheels. 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 Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families written by John Timbs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families: Illustrative of English The Ancestral Histories of the Great Families of England are rich beyond compare in Episodes of Thought and Action, such as are the master springs by which the word is moved. The gravity of History has been estimated as 'Philosophy teaching by example.' In this long lesson, how intricate is the chequer-work of success and defeat, of light and shade; yet how interesting to those who delight to seek out the motives of human action in the lives of masterminds, their rise and fall! In the Histories of Great Families, which are the nooks and bye ways of History proper, are to be found garnered many records of vicissitudes, which sometimes make men giddy by looking too long upon their wheels. 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.