Books with author Virginia O'Brian

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++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>British Library<ESTCID>T110636<Notes>With a half-title.<imprintFull>Dublin : printed by B. Smith, for W. and H. Whitestone, T. Walker, W. Wilson, G. Gilbert [and 5 others in Dublin], 1783. <collation>xxiii,[1],288p. ; 12°

Excerpt from The American Wanderer, Through Various Parts of Europe, in a Series of Letters to a Lady: Interspersed With a Variety of Interesting AnecdotesWith unafi'eéled diflidence they are now fubmitted to the Public.-lt is a moot point, whether that hackneyed all fertion, the Author wrote not for the public eye, be a valid apology for the imperfection and inaccuracy incident to human pt'odtlélions - Yet it is fanélified by ufage and he who now, he fears too rafllly, {leps out of his private line be fore the awful tribunal Of criticifm, fen fible how much he will need indulgence, hopes it may be admitted in palliation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++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 LibraryT110636With a half-title.Dublin: printed by B. Smith, for W. and H. Whitestone, T. Walker, W. Wilson, G. Gilbert [and 5 others in Dublin], 1783. xxiii, [1],288p.; 12°

Excerpt from The Kentuckian in New York, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Adventures of Three SouthernsYou see, I do not call her Bell any more, nor do I mean to do so; the reason, perhaps, I may be able to tell you before they take the paper away from me.The name Bell, short and alone, somehow suited her character, as I then understood it, as well as my feelings towards her. She seemed to me a lively, intelligent little romp, and I loved her as such. Idid not then think myself capable of feeling any stronger attachment for any other character of beauty, or for any deeper or more profound characteristics of the female heart. In deed, I doubt whether I knew of, or believed in.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from The Kentuckian in New York, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Adventures of Three SouthernsYou see, I do not call her Bell any more, nor do I mean to do so; the reason, perhaps, I may be able to tell you before they take the paper away from me.The name Bell, short and alone, somehow suited her character, as I then understood it, as well as my feelings towards her. She seemed to me a lively, intelligent little romp, and I loved her as such. Idid not then think myself capable of feeling any stronger attachment for any other character of beauty, or for any deeper or more profound characteristics of the female heart. In deed, I doubt whether I knew of, or believed in.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.