Famous Men of Ancient Times
‹
›
- Browse Category
We Begin at the EndLearn More - Choice Picks
- Top 100 Free Books
- Blog
- Recently Added
- Submit your eBook
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
9 Jun, 2020
The reader of these pages will perhaps remark, that the length of the following sketches is hardly proportioned to the relative importance of the several subjects, regarded in a merely historical point of view. In explanation of this fact, the author
... Read more
The reader of these pages will perhaps remark, that the length of the following sketches is hardly proportioned to the relative importance of the several subjects, regarded in a merely historical point of view. In explanation of this fact, the author begs leave to say, that, while he intended to present a series of the great beacon lights that shine along the shores of the past, and thus throw a continuous gleam over the dusky sea of ancient history,—he had still other views. His chief aim is moral culture; and the several articles have been abridged or extended, as this controlling purpose might be subserved. Less
- File size
- Print pages
- Publisher
- Language
- ISBN
- 2098.346 KB
- 298
- Public Domain Book
- English
- 978-1986936378
Author
Related Books
The Golden Asse:
The Desultory Man:
An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions: And of the Late Discovery of Ancient American Records:
The Satires of Persius:
De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream:
La Poupée Sanglante:
Erthe Upon Erthe:
The Spinners:
Emilian The Fool:
The Rāmāyana, Volume Two:
Richelieu: A Tale of France, v. 1/3:
Agincourt A Romance:
The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians:
La Odisea:
Rim o' the World:
Gioia:
Egyptian Tales, Translated From the Papyri - First Series Ivth to Xiith Dynasty:
Grimhild's Vengence: Three ballads:
Pioneers and Founders:
Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti:
Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia:
Join us and get access to all your favourite books
It’s free
