An Alphabet of History: The Words (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Nesbit, Wilbur Dick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330801768 ISBN 13 : 9781330801765

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from An Alphabet of History



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Alexander the Great was a victim of fate, And he sighed there was naught to delight him When he brandished his sword and defiantly roared And could not get a country to fight him. All the armies hed chased, all the lands laid to waste, And he clamored for further diversions; And our history speaks of his grip on the Greeks And his hammerlock hold on the Persians. Though the Gordian knot, cut in two, in a spot In his palace was labeled a relic, Though Bucephalus, stuffed, gave him fame, he was huffed He was grouchy and grumpy, was A leck. And the cause of his woe, he would have you to know, Was the fact that he never was able Toconduct a big scrap that a versatile chap Of a war correspondent would cable. Stead of being quite glad, he would grow very sad When he told of the fellows whod fought him, As he thought of the lack of the clicking kodak In the hands of a man to snapshot him. We are told that he wept, and in dolefulness crept Through his palace the reason is hinted: There were not at that time magazines for a dime, And his articles could not be printed. Though it may seem unkind, ere his life weve outlined, We must say in some ways he was hateful; And in truth, we have heard he went back on his word, And was not Alexander the Grateful.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330801768
• ISBN 13: 9781330801765
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 32
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