|
Showing 1 - 25 of
36 matches in All Departments
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1913 Edition.
The Englishman of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, especially of the latter, is seen to have exercised
considerable zeal in creating substitutes for his home, namely by
establishing a vast number of taverns, inns, clubs, gardens and
coffee houses. Those which already have existed in \"Old London\"
are described in this volume. Originally published in 1909.
The Englishman of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, especially of the latter, is seen to have exercised
considerable zeal in creating substitutes for his home, namely by
establishing a vast number of taverns, inns, clubs, gardens and
coffee houses. Those which already have existed in "Old London" are
described in this volume. Originally published in 1909.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Comprising An Account Of Those Ancient Fortresses Which From The
Days Of William, The Conqueror, Either Were The Homes Of English
Sovereigns Or Have Been Intimately Associated With The History And
Romance Of Their Lives. This scarce antiquarian book is included in
our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a
more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have
chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have
occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing
text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other
reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value
to researchers of domestic and international law, government and
politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School
LibraryCTRG95-B3873Includes index.Boston: Little, Brown, 1907. xiv,
331 p., 24] leaves of plates (1 folded): ill.; 22 cm
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
No evidence is available to establish the actual date when the
Tabard was built; Stow speaks of it as among the "most ancient" of
the locality; but the nearest approach to definite dating assigns
the inn to the early fourteenth century. One antiquary indeed fixes
the earliest distinct record of the site of the inn in 1304, soon
after which the Abbot of Hyde, whose abbey was in the neighbourhood
of Winchester, here built himself a town mansion and probably at
the same time a hostelry for travellers. Three years later the
Abbot secured a license to erect a chapel close by the inn. It
seems likely, then, that the Tabard had its origin as an adjunct of
the town house of a Hampshire ecclesiastic.
No evidence is available to establish the actual date when the
Tabard was built; Stow speaks of it as among the "most ancient" of
the locality; but the nearest approach to definite dating assigns
the inn to the early fourteenth century. One antiquary indeed fixes
the earliest distinct record of the site of the inn in 1304, soon
after which the Abbot of Hyde, whose abbey was in the neighbourhood
of Winchester, here built himself a town mansion and probably at
the same time a hostelry for travellers. Three years later the
Abbot secured a license to erect a chapel close by the inn. It
seems likely, then, that the Tabard had its origin as an adjunct of
the town house of a Hampshire ecclesiastic.
The Englishman of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, especially of the latter, is seen to have exercised
considerable zeal in creating substitutes for his home, namely by
establishing a vast number of taverns, inns, clubs, gardens and
coffee houses. Those which already have existed in "Old London" are
described in this volume. Originally published in 1909.
JOHN H A R VA RD AND HIS TIMES BY HENRY C. SHELLEY AUTHOR OF
LITERARY BY-PATHS OF OLD ENGLAND, ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS 190 7 LITTLE, BJLOWST, - AJ D A. II right reserved, J.
FAEBIHILL fc Co. BOSTON, HARVARD HOUSE, STRATFORD-ON-AVON.
FBONTISHECE. See page 80 TO CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT WHOSE PRESIDENCY
OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY ADDS AN ILLUSTRIOUS CHAPTER TO ITS ANNALS
PREFACE A IONG the names graven on the foun dation stones of
American history none is so deeply carved or is so rich in prom ise
of endurance as that of John Harvard. In fact, no name has been for
so many gen erations so literally a household word It was familiar
long before the name of George Washington become a commonplace of
Ameri can speech and, no matter what new sons of fame may be born
in the future, there is little fear that eclipse will overtake the
renown of John Harvard. Yet, for all that, the founder of Americas
first seat of learning is one of the most shad owy figures in the
history of the Republic. Up to some twenty years ago, John Harvard
was, in Lowells phrase, scarce more than a name Earlier still
another writer made the felicitous reflection that John Harvard
seems to be the Melchisedec of the first age of the vii PREFACE
Colony of Massachusetts. He is known to us only as a priest of the
Most High God, 3 and as one who gave gifts. 5 So far as any
certified facts concerning his lineage or circumstances have been
presented to us, he is without father, without mother, without
descent, having neither beginning of days nor a known resting-place
for his mortal dust. Of course this paucity of knowledge could not
be charged to a lack of zeal among those industrious genealogists
for whom New Eng landhas long been famous. So far back as 1842,
James Savage offered the seductive reward of five hundred dollars
for five lines of information about John Harvard in any capacity,
public or private. But no one could claim it. Unfortunately the
reward does not still hold good. Otherwise there might be numerous
applicants. To whom, however, the prize would fall need not be
discussed here. It would make neces sary an attempt to decide to
whom belongs the honour of being the first discoverer of John
Harvards baptismal entry in the archives of St. Saviours Church,
Southwark, London. Without entering upon the somewhat heated viii
PREFACE and ungenealogical wranglings which marred the unearthing
of the Harvard baptismal rec ords, wills, etc, a tribute of
gratitude for much assiduous research must be paid to William
Rendle and Henry F. Waters. Their labours have made this book
possible. Perhaps, however, it may be necessary to add that for the
theories advanced in these pages the present writer is alone
responsible. No doubt most interest will be concentrated on the
attempt to prove that the parents of John Harvard were introduced
to each other by William Shakespeare. To the author, the ar guments
adduced constitute a strong case of circumstantial evidence.
Perhaps the mere statement of those arguments may lead to further
investigation and convincing proof. One other remark seems needful.
This is a pioneer effort to reveal the character of John Harvard.
It may seem incredible, yet is nevertheless strictty true, that the
present vol ume is the first to be written on the young minister
whose generosity had such an impor tant influence on the beginnings
of education in America. The pioneer is liable totake the wrong
trail now and then, and some allowances ix PREFACE will no doubt be
made on that score. Yet the hope is entertained that the following
chapters visualise the life and character of John Harvard to an
extent hitherto believed impossible. li. O S. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AN
expression of sincere gratitude for generous assist ance in the
preparation of this volume is hereby ten dered to William Chawner,
Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England the Hon. Joseph H.
Choate John La Farge the Bishop of Southwark Sidney Colvin the Rev.
W...
|
|