The Romance Of Names Classic Reprint

Author : Ernest Weekley
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ISBN 13 : 9781331180517
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Romance of Names (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest Weekley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Romance of Names The interpretation of personal names has always had an attraction for the learned and others, but the first attempts to classify and explain our English surnames date, so far as my knowledge goes, from 1605. In that year Verstegan published his Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, which contains chapters on both fontnames and surnames, and about the same time appeared Camden's Remains Concerning Britain, in which the same subjects are treated much more fully. Both of these learned antiquaries make excellent reading, and much curious information may be gleaned from their pages, especially those of Camden, whose position as Clarencieux King-at-Arms gave him exceptional opportunities for genealogical research. From the philological point of view they are of course untrustworthy, though less so than most modern writers on the same subject. About the middle of the nineteenth century, the period of Archbishop Trench and Canon Taylor, began a kind of boom in works of this kind, and books on surnames are now numerous. But of all these industrious compilers one only, Bardsley, can be taken seriously. His Dictionary of English Surnames, published (Oxford Press, 1901) from his notes some years after his death, is invaluable to students. 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.

Author : Ernest Weekley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266779865
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surnames (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest Weekley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Surnames The volume now offered to those who were kind enough to be interested in my Romance of Names is a second offshoot of the Dictionary of English Surnames on which I have been engaged for some years. It differs in several ways from the former booklet. The Romance of Names was an attempt at a general survey of the subject, and, like all such first attempts, it contained a good many inaccuracies and dubious statements' of which I have tried to purge later editions. It made no special attempt to deal with the curiosities of surname etymology, and the temptation to explore by-ways was firmly resisted. 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.

Author : Arthur W. Marchmont
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ISBN 13 : 9781330561508
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Name of a Woman written by Arthur W. Marchmont and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from In the Name of a Woman: A Romance "Help!" The cry, faint but strenuous, in a woman's voice, rang out on the heavy hot night air, and told me that one of those abominable deeds that were so rife in the lawless Bulgarian capital was in progress, and I hastened forward in angry perplexity trying to locate the sound. I knew what it meant. I had been strolling late through the hot, close streets between the Park and the Cathedral, when a woman closely hooded had hurried past me, dogged by a couple of skulking, scuttling spies, and I had turned to follow them. Across the broad Cathedral Square I had lost sight of them, and, taking at random one of the streets on the opposite side of the square, I was walking and listening for some sound to guide me in their direction. "Help!" came the cry again, this time close to me from behind a pair of large wooden gates, one of which stood ajar. I pushed it open and crossed the courtyard before a large house, loosening as I ran the blade of the sword-stick I carried. 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.

Author : Nellie van de Grift Sanchez
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330569412
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spanish and Indian Place Names of California written by Nellie van de Grift Sanchez and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Spanish and Indian Place Names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance The author wishes to express grateful appreciation of generous aid given in the preparation of this book by Herbert E. Bolton, Ph. D., Professor of American History in the University of California. Acknowledgment is also due to Dr. A. L. Kroeber, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Harvey M. Hall, Assistant Professor of Economic Botany, Dr. John C. Merriam, Professor of Palaeontology, Dr. Andrew C. Lawson, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, all of the University of California; Mr. John Muir, Father Zephyrin Engelhardt, O. F. M., Mr. Charles B. Turrill, of San Francisco, and many other persons in various parts of the state for their courtesy in furnishing points of information. For the sources used in the work, the author is indebted, in great measure, to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, and to the many writers from whose works quotations have been freely used. 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.

Author : George Eliot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.R2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scenes of Clerical Life (Classic Reprint) written by George Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 1900 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scenes of Clerical Life Litany, only to feel with more intensity my burst into the conspicuousness of public life when I was made to stand up on the seat during the psalms or the singing. 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.

Author : Russell H. Conwell
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 233 pages
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Download or read book The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor (Classic Reprint) written by Russell H. Conwell and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor The author cannot do less than acknowledge, in this place, his great obligations to the father and mother of Mr. Taylor, to Mrs. Annie Carey, his sister, and to Dr. Franklin Taylor, his cousin, for their generous courtesy and most important assistance in gathering the facts for this volume. 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.

Author : Justus Miles Forman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483258761
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jason written by Justus Miles Forman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Jason: A Romance Before the War Office a little black slip of a milliner's girl dodged under the horse's head, saving herself and the huge box slung to her arm by a miracle of agility, and the cocher called her the most frightful names, Without turn ing his head and in a perfunctory tone quite free from passion. 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.

Author : George Gilbert
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484144421
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of the Purple written by George Gilbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from In the Shadow of the Purple: A Royal Romance My story is founded on fact, and nearly every incident in it has a historical basis, but I have cut and condensed my annals in places, which I believe (within limit) is an allowed privilege. The one imaginary scene of any importance is the interview in Chapter XXXVIII. I have avoided as much as possible the introduction of private personages whose names are not mentioned in the details of the life of this excellent lady already given to the public, and all my characters are well-known men of the day. 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.

Author : Julian Hawthorne
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267151196
Total Pages : 308 pages
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Download or read book Love Or a Name written by Julian Hawthorne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Love or a Name: A Story That proves you can behave yourself if you choose to. Mind I never catch you in a rage again! Warren stood there for an hour and thought it over. Then his father took him down, and his mother caressed and comforted him. But he never forgot the insight into himself Which the incident had given him. His passions and impulses were strong; but, if he chose, he was stronger. And for the most part though With certain important exceptions, as we shall see - he did so choose, m the future. 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.

Author : M. G. Lewis
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Feudal Tyrants, Or the Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans, Vol. 2 Of 4 written by M. G. Lewis and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Feudal Tyrants, or the Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans, Vol. 2 of 4: A Romance Part of her adventures in the number of those papers, which L was compelled to rest01e to the Abbess' s custody; but I am rather more inclined to believe, that Time has destroyed the remainder of these memoirs, Whose conclusion I am so desirous of perusing. 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.