This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...cannot afford to waste my time making money." 2. "The Angel of the Battlefield." 3. "Liberator of South America." 4. "The Poet of Freedom." 5. "The Father of the United States Constitution." 6. "The Star of Napoleon." 7. The writer to whom Titus gave the sacred books from the Temple at the destruction of Jerusalem. 8. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...cannot afford to waste my time making money." 2. "The Angel of the Battlefield." 3. "Liberator of South America." 4. "The Poet of Freedom." 5. "The Father of the United States Constitution." 6. "The Star of Napoleon." 7. The writer to whom Titus gave the sacred books from the Temple at the destruction of Jerusalem. 8. "The Homeliest Man of Antiquity." 9. "The Hero of Moorsfield." 10. "The noblest Knight who ever won his spurs in the field of Science." 11. The man whose religion has now more followers than any other. 12. The Admiral whose motto was "Victory or Westminster Abbey!" 13. The Poet who was a Puritan under Cromwell, a Churchman under Charles II, and a Catholic under James II. 14. The great Musician who received thanks from the Sovereigns of Europe for the symphony which he composed on the victory of Waterloo. 15. "The foremost man in all the world." 16. "Age cannot wither nor custom stale her infinite variety." 17. The hero of Thermopylae. 18. "Young Hickory." 19. The only officer of the United States who led his troops into a foreign capital. 20. "Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." 21. "The Father of the English Novel." 22. The poet whose stepdaughters sold his writings to the ragpickers. 23. "The elephant who swallowed a Nightingale." 24. "He that gained a hundred fights Nor ever lost an English gun." 25. "Astrophel." 26. The peasant-girl who became a queen. 27. "The Great Commoner." 28. "The Great Prussian Drill-Sergeant." 29. The king who said, "I am the Sta...
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VG / illustrated green cloth lightly rubbed. Light spine end wear / text slightly foxed / binding tight. A collection of original, literary ingenuities and historical recreations, interspersed with charades, anagrams, and digram and jingle-puzzles.
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