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Recollections of Jacob Chase: A Paper Read Before the Newport Historical Society at the Regular Quarterly Meetings, November 18, 1918 (Classic Reprint)

Lloyd M Mayer

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Description:Excerpt from Recollections of Jacob Chase: A Paper Read Before the Newport Historical Society at the Regular Quarterly Meetings, November 18, 1918 The great poet loved his quiet New England surround ings, and their only rivals were conjured up from the books of travel he had read. But we have seen and touched and lived in many of those other parts of the world which his pen so beautifully sketched. \ve have stood on the banks of the sluggish, muddy Arno; we have gazed on the snow tipped Apennines; we have watched the glacier-born tor rent plunging mist-wreathed from crag to crag with sullen roar to wind at last through sweet green meadows sparkling with the gorgeous wild flowers of beautiful Switzerland. Some of us have watched the dawn and the sunrise flood with exquisite coloring the ice-bound peaks of the giant Himalayas. But never was the ascendency of all this sub limity of nature in her grandest mold so great as to make our dear old Narragansett Bay and its adjacent shores seem small. Let us assume, therefore, that Jacob Chase, at nine years of age, was a happy little boy. He does not appear from his memoirs to have taken any very great interest in the momentous events of those davs. We do not find in them any mention of the great war, the achievement of our honored Perry or anything of the sort. His first impres sions appear to be of the school he attended, and especially of the schoolmaster, who is described as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recollections of Jacob Chase: A Paper Read Before the Newport Historical Society at the Regular Quarterly Meetings, November 18, 1918 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Recollections of Jacob Chase: A Paper Read Before the Newport Historical Society at the Regular Quarterly Meetings, November 18, 1918 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Recollections of Jacob Chase: A Paper Read Before the Newport Historical Society at the Regular Quarterly Meetings, November 18, 1918 The great poet loved his quiet New England surround ings, and their only rivals were conjured up from the books of travel he had read. But we have seen and touched and lived in many of those other parts of the world which his pen so beautifully sketched. \ve have stood on the banks of the sluggish, muddy Arno; we have gazed on the snow tipped Apennines; we have watched the glacier-born tor rent plunging mist-wreathed from crag to crag with sullen roar to wind at last through sweet green meadows sparkling with the gorgeous wild flowers of beautiful Switzerland. Some of us have watched the dawn and the sunrise flood with exquisite coloring the ice-bound peaks of the giant Himalayas. But never was the ascendency of all this sub limity of nature in her grandest mold so great as to make our dear old Narragansett Bay and its adjacent shores seem small. Let us assume, therefore, that Jacob Chase, at nine years of age, was a happy little boy. He does not appear from his memoirs to have taken any very great interest in the momentous events of those davs. We do not find in them any mention of the great war, the achievement of our honored Perry or anything of the sort. His first impres sions appear to be of the school he attended, and especially of the schoolmaster, who is described as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recollections of Jacob Chase: A Paper Read Before the Newport Historical Society at the Regular Quarterly Meetings, November 18, 1918 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Recollections of Jacob Chase: A Paper Read Before the Newport Historical Society at the Regular Quarterly Meetings, November 18, 1918 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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