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Explanations a Sequel to Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. E-book. Formato PDF Robert Chambers - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
In my book. In doing so, I shall study to direct attention solely to fact and argument, or what appear as such, overlooking the uncivil expressions which the work has drawn forth in various quarters, and which, of course, can only be a discredit to.
Popular Rhymes of Scotland. E-book. Formato PDF Robert Chambers - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
The purpose of this work is to supply a presumed desideratum in popular antiquities. The various collections of Percy, Evans, Scott, and others, have now probably given to the world nearly all that is worth preserving of the songs and ballads of our island; and this section of British traditionary poetry has been received amongst the cultivated intellects of the country with a degree of favour which could not have been dreamed of in the days of Milton and Dryden. Careless unaffected graces, simple pathos and humour, the total absence of all those marks of the chisel of the literary workman, and of all those strainings after effect which mar the merits of so much elegant literature, have secured for these wildings of the national intellect an affectionate admiration and regard, of which many modem writers of native and acquired skill might well be envious.
History of the Rebellion of 1745-6. E-book. Formato PDF Robert Chambers - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
James, sixth of Scotland and first of England, was the common progenitor of the two families whose contentions for the throne Of Great Britain form the subject of this work. He was succeeded, at his death in 162 5, by his eldest surviving son Charles. Charles I., after a reign of twenty-three years, the latter portion of which had been spent in war with a party of his subjects, perished on the scaffold in 1649. Charles IL, eldest son of Charles I., lived in exile for eleven years after the death of his father, during which time the govern ment was vested first in a Parliament, and afterwards in a Protectorate. He was at length placed upon the throne, May 1660. This event is known in British history by the title of 'the Restoration.' Charles died without legitimate issue in 1685, and was succeeded by his brother James, who had previously been entitled Duke of York.