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  • Interesting Incidents Connected with the Life of George Bickers: Originally a Farmer's Parish Apprentice at Laxfield, in Suffolk, but now Residing in Oulton

    The writer of these pages was born at Laxfield, a village in the County of Suffolk, on the 16th day of January, 1809, the forty-eighth year of our good King George the Third’s happy reign. That eventful day was to me the commencement of a long and sometimes tedious journey: oftimes I have had to encounter great perils and dangers, but out of all the Lord hath delivered me. That eventful day ... Leer más

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  • Interesting Incidents Connected With the Life of George Bickers

    Bickers shares anecdotes from his youth, career, and personal life, highlighting moments of adversity, success, and unexpected twists. Through these stories, readers are introduced to a range of experiences, from his struggles with societal challenges to moments of personal triumph, providing a nuanced view of his character and values.The work emphasizes themes of perseverance, resilience, and the ... Leer más

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  • A Working Woman's Life: An Autobiography

    This early work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It is an autobiographical work and details the life of a working woman and her experiences. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the history of working women. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely ... Leer más

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  • English Eccentrics: a Gallery of Weird and Wonderful Men and Women

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    Eccentricity exists particularly in the English, states Dame Edith Sitwell, because of “that peculiar and satisfactory knowledge of infallibility that is the hallmark and the birthright of the British nation.” Originally published in the 1930s, The English Eccentrics has lost none of its vitality and wit. We find hermits, quacks, mariners, indefatigable travelers, and men of learning. We meet the ... Leer más

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  • Annals of the Famine In Ireland

    In January, 1847, during the height of the Famine in Ireland, Asenath Hatch Nicholson began her one-woman relief operation in Dublin, organizing a soup-kitchen, visiting homes of the poor and distributing bread in the streets. In a uniquely personal campaign, this remarkable individual travelled the country, aiming to alleviate the starving conditions in Dublin and the West of Ireland and ... Leer más

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  • Eccentric Preachers

    Profiles of Protestant preachers by a 19th century English Baptist, known as "the Prince of Preachers". Chapters include: 1. What is Eccentricity? 2. Who have been called Eccentric? 3. Causes of Eccentricity 4. Hugh Latimer 5. Hugh Peters 6. Daniel Burgess 7. John Berridge 8. Rowland Hill 9. Matthew Wilks 10. William Dawson 11. Jacob Gruber 12. Edward Taylor 13. Edward Brooke 14. Billy Bray. ... Leer más

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    In "A Handful of Stars: Texts That Have Moved Great Minds," Frank Boreham crafts an intricately woven tapestry of reflections on influential literary and philosophical texts that have shaped the contours of human thought. Through a series of eloquent essays, Boreham elucidates the profound impact these works have had on great thinkers, employing a lyrical style that marries personal introspection ... Leer más

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  • Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses

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  • The Joys of Excess

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    As well as being the most celebrated diarist of all time, Samuel Pepys was also a hearty drinker, eater and connoisseur of epicurean delights, who indulged in every pleasure seventeenth-century London had to offer.Whether he is feasting on barrels of oysters, braces of carps, larks' tongues and copious amounts of wine, merrymaking in taverns until the early hours, attending formal dinners with ... Leer más

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    "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" is a fascinating firsthand account of life in 17th-century England, written by Samuel Pepys, a civil servant, member of Parliament, and noted diarist.Pepys began writing his diary on January 1, 1660, at the age of 26, and continued it for nearly a decade. The diary provides a detailed and intimate portrait of Pepys' life and times, including his work as a naval ... Leer más

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