The Life of William Pinkney (Classic Reprint)

The Life of William Pinkney (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Pinkney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2015-07-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781331228813

Excerpt from The Life of William Pinkney Maryland has been far more favored by Divine Providence in her list of illustrious sons, and exciting historic incidents, than by the pen of skilful and enlightened historians or faithful and competent biographers. This is just matter of surprise, and good ground of impeachment. Next to the production of great men, who inscribe their names upon the monuments of their country's glory, is the energetic endeavor to hand down to after ages a true and faithful record of their deeds; and, what is of greater importance still (for deeds lose something of their power to fascinate and charm by the changing scenes of the present moment), of their intellectual qualities and moral virtues, which are the true picture of the man, and make up his claim to an immortality on the earth. It is no less the duty than the interest of the State to be jealous of the glory of the past. It is her treasury of wealth, from which she may draw largely not only for present exigencies but for future advancement. The most illustrious of the historians of Rome thus wrote: - "Nam saepe audivi, 0. Maxumum, P.Scipionem, praeterea civitatis nostrae praeclaros viros solitos ita dicere, cum majorum imagines intuerentur, vehementissume sibi animum ad virtutem accendi. 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."

Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of William Pinkney (Classic Reprint)

Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of William Pinkney (Classic Reprint)
Author: Henry Wheaton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2015-07-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781331021018

Excerpt from Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of William Pinkney Be it remembered, that on the 28th day of April, A.D. 1826, in the 50th year of the Independence of the United States of America, Henry Wheaton, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of William Pinkney, ' By Henry Wheaton Ardebat cupiditate sic, ut in nullo unquam flagrantins studium viderim. Erat in verborum splendore elegans, compositione aptus, facultate copiosus: in disserendo mira explicatio: cum de jure civili, cum de aequo el bono disputaretur, argumentornm et similitudinum copia." In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act tor the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." 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."

Captain Bill Pinkney's Journey

Captain Bill Pinkney's Journey
Author: Bill Pinkney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1995
Genre: Boats and boating
ISBN: 9780812602487

Bill Pinkney tells about becoming a captain and fulfilling his childhood dream of sailing around the world.

Blood on the Forge

Blood on the Forge
Author: William Attaway
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2013-12-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590178084

Praised by both Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, this classic of Black literature is a brutal depiction of the Great Migration from the Jim Crow South This brutally gripping novel about the African-American Great Migration follows the three Moss brothers, who flee the rural South to work in industries up North. Delivered by day into the searing inferno of the steel mills, by night they encounter a world of surreal devastation, crowded with dogfighters, whores, cripples, strikers, and scabs. Keenly sensitive to character, prophetic in its depiction of environmental degradation and globalized labor, Attaway's novel is an unprecedented confrontation with the realities of American life, offering an apocalyptic vision of the melting pot not as an icon of hope but as an instrument of destruction. Blood on the Forge was first published in 1941, when it attracted the admiring attention of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison. It is an indispensable account of a major turning point in black history, as well as a triumph of individual style, charged with the concentrated power and poignance of the blues.