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War and Education

War and Education

Porter Sargent

The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Uncle John's farm [by G.E. Sargent].

Uncle John's farm [by G.E. Sargent].

George Etell Sargent

George Etell Sargent, John (uncle, fict.name.) ... showing that by honesty, industry, and truthfulness, they may, under the Divine blessing, secure " a good name," and the respect of their superiors. ... Charlie Scott ; or, There's Time Enough.
Private Schools

Private Schools

Porter Sargent

ST. MICHAEL'S COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Coed — Ages 3V,-14 Newport, R.I. Rhode Island Ave. Tel. 1068. John Hall Snow, A.B., Harvard, M.A., Columbia, Head. Nursery Kindergarten Grades I-VIII High Sch 1. Art Music. Enr Boys 70, Girls 70.
Tales Round a Winter Hearth

Tales Round a Winter Hearth

Jane Porter

Jane Porter, Anna Maria Porter. prodigies of valour, Eustace and Baldwin de Bouillon gained the walls in one quar-' ter; and Godfrey, with De Bourg, and their followers on the other. My Baron and his, were with the latter. The town was carried ...
The Revolution of 1800: Democracy, Race, and the New Republic

The Revolution of 1800: Democracy, Race, and the New Republic

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Judith Sargent Murray and the Revolution of 1 800 Jeanne Boydston In the early 1790s Judith Sargent Murray was one of the most influential writers in New England and arguably in the United States. The author of a children's religious ...
General Edward Porter Alexander at First Bull Run: Account ...

General Edward Porter Alexander at First Bull Run: Account ...

Edward Porter Alexander

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
General Edward Porter Alexander at Antietam: Account of the ...

General Edward Porter Alexander at Antietam: Account of the ...

Edward Porter Alexander

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life.
Robertson Report

Robertson Report

E. Dale Hastin Smith

Lester Franklin Saffell. 2. Ruth Harriet Porter b 5 Jun 1900 Union Co, IA; m. 23 Jul 1917 George Anderson. 3. Edith Leota Porter b 31 Aug 1901 Union Co, IA; m 12 Feb 1927 Phil E. Petty. 4. Gladys Alona Porter b 29 Mar 1904 Union Co, IA; ...
The Media and Financial Crises: Comparative and Historical ...

The Media and Financial Crises: Comparative and Historical ...

Steve Schifferes

Notes 1 Dilwyn Porter pioneered research into the history of the financial press: Dilwyn Porter, '“A Trusted Guide of the Investing Public”: Harry Marks and the Financial News, 1884–1916', Business History, 28 (1986), pp. 1–17; Dilwyn Porter, ...
The Alcoholysis of Some Amine Salts

The Alcoholysis of Some Amine Salts

Frances Porter Stewart

Frances Porter Stewart. UC-NRLF HIINIHIWIHHMH lli) llHHlilNVIIHIHIIIV В 5 BDC ] ULB The alooholysis of some amine salts By Frances Porter Stewart. Front Cover.
Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World

Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World

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Senior Research Fellow Department of Historical and International Studies Dilwyn Porter, Dilwyn Porter, Adrian Smith. Contents. List of contributors vii Introduction 1 ADRIAN SMITH AND DILWYN PORTER 1 Sport and national identity in ...
Peace and Security: Implications for Women

Peace and Security: Implications for Women

Elizabeth Porter

Implications for Women Elizabeth Porter, Anuradha Mundkur. NEW APPROACHES TO PEACE AND CONFLICT PEACE AND SECURITY: implications for Women Elisabeth Porter & Anuradha Mundkur Professor Elisabeth Porter teaches ...
The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter

The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter

Cole Porter

From "Begin the Beguine" to "It's Delovely" to "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "I Get a Kick Out of You", here are the complete lyrics to the much-loved songs of Cole Porter--800 songs meant to be hummed, sung, danced to, and remembered.
Orphans' Home: The Voice and Vision of Horton Foote

Orphans' Home: The Voice and Vision of Horton Foote

Laurin Porter

In comparing the cycle with the works of William Faulkner and Eugene O'Neill, Porter positions Foote at the intersection of southern literature and American drama.
Rhetorical Ethics and Internetworked Writing

Rhetorical Ethics and Internetworked Writing

James E. Porter

In the second half of the book, Porter considers special cases involving electronic discourse on the networks that challenge or undermine conventional print-based law and ethics.
My Hand Will Write what My Heart Dictates: The Unsettled ...

My Hand Will Write what My Heart Dictates: The Unsettled ...

Frances Porter

From these rich, diverse (and largely unpublished) sources, Frances Porter and Charlotte Macdonald have built up a portrait of 'life as it happens' in nineteenth-century New Zealand. The women of this book are mainly Pakeha.
London: A Social History

London: A Social History

Roy Porter

Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.
Feminist Perspectives on Ethics

Feminist Perspectives on Ethics

Elizabeth Porter

In addressing the issue of ethics, Elisabeth Porter goesto the heart of some ofthemost heated debates in contemporary Western civilization. Issues suchasabortion, reproductive technology, pornography, loveand friendship are ones which ...
Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of ...

Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of ...

Edward Porter Alexander

Alexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East, from First Manass Rescued from an archive and published only eight years ago, this private memoir by Confederate General Porter Alexander is now recognized as one of the ...
One's Self I Sing, and Other Poems by Elizabeth Porter Gould

One's Self I Sing, and Other Poems by Elizabeth Porter Gould

Elizabeth Porter Gould

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World

Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World

Roy Porter

Porter immerses the reader in a society which, recovering from the horrors of the Civil War and decisively reinvigorated by the revolution of 1688, had emerged as something new and extraordinary - a society unlike any other in the world.

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