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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ Short Family Prayers For Every Morning And Evening Of The
Week, And For Particular Occasions Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright E.P.
Dutton and Co., 1870 Religion; Prayerbooks; General; Family &
Relationships / Family Relationships; Religion / Prayerbooks /
General
Title: A discourse on the occasion of forming the African Mission
School Society: delivered in Christ Church, in Hartford,
Connecticut, on Sunday evening, Aug. 10, 1828.Author: Jonathan
Mayhew WainwrightPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana,
Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books,
pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the
time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich
in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and
westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions,
Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and
more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the
western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on
the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first
decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in
North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this
collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs,
culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It
provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++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: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00527200CollectionID:
CTRG10176717-BPublicationDate: 18280101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 24 p.; 21 cm
Title: The Land of Bondage, its ancient monuments and present
condition: being the journal of a tour in Egypt.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft.
Titles in this series include lectures, compiled sketches, and
chronological discourses on Greece, Rome, and other early European
and African civilisations. The collection also has a selection of
physical and classical geography texts. ++++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: ++++ British Library
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew; 1852. 8 . 10095.e.6.
Title: Inequality of individual wealth the ordinance of Providence
and essential to civilization: a sermon preached before His
Excellency John Davis, governor, His Honor Samuel T. Armstrong,
lieutenant governor, the Honorable Council, and the legislature of
Massachusetts, on the annual election, January 7, 1835.Author:
Jonathan Mayhew WainwrightPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++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: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03651500CollectionID:
CTRG01-B1990PublicationDate: 18350101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 60 p.; 24cm
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
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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 is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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!
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date:
1852 Original Publisher: D. Appleton Subjects: Egypt History /
Africa / General History / Ancient / Egypt History / Middle East /
Egypt Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Middle East Travel / Middle
East / Egypt Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the
original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing
text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get
free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from
more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SHIFTLESS ARABS. --
RAISING WATER 91 So I set myself about it, and starched and ironed
to show him how, and for a first attempt I flattered myself that I
got through pretty well. The Arabs are a shiftless set. In almost
every thing that they undertake we can show them a better way,
which they acknowledge at the moment; but when they are to do the
same thing again they go to work in their old fashion, so that
there is little satisfaction in teaching them. For all the little
changes and fixtures that I needed in my cabin, I had to use the
saw, the hammer and the chisel, myself; for I had no patience to
stand by and see the dragoman's clumsy attempts. A little before
twelve o'clock we came in sight of Benihassan, and saw, in the
lofty rocks, the excavations which we are to visit on our return,
as they are said to be very interesting, and even more ancient than
the tombs at Thebes. On the opposite bank of the river we saw the
people raising water by hand for irrigating the land. It is simple
enough, but must be somewhat laborious. A little hollow, shaped
like a well, is dug in the bank, on a level with the river. Into
this descends a bowl-shaped bucket, made of skin, and this is
attached to a pole secured by a pivot into an upright forked post,
like a common New England country well of the old time. The water
is thus raised to a reservoir above, from which another bucket
carries it to a third, until...
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