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The Defence of Duffer's Drift
- Author: Swinton Ernest Dunlop
- Genre: Parodies
The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a book written by Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, who was an eyewitness of several wars and moreover Lieutenant during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). In the book he gives a detailed account of the event, mostly describing the tactics used while defending the river crossing by 50 men of an infantry. He summarizes the war’s resume not omitting faults and mistakes that enemies never forgive. Swinton gives lessons, so thoroughly explaining every action and using special war terms that the reader can learn much from that.
The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Voltaire's Henriad
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ovid travestie a burlesque upon ovids epistles
- Author: alexander radcliffe
- Genre: Parodies
This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office.
The first six books of Virgil's Aeneid
- Author: Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL
- Genre: Parodies
Title vignette Errata on p. [24] (first count) John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Quincy Adams ESTC Also available on microfilm John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
interpretations a book of first poems
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
A modern priestess of Isis;
- Author: Solovʹev, Vsevolod Sergeevich, 1849-1903
- Genre: Parodies
The original appeared in eight of the monthly numbers for 1892 of the Russky vyesnik and was published in book form in 1893 Appendix: A. Abstract of pamphlet entitled: "H. P. Blavatsky and a modern priest of truth. Reply of Madame Y to Mr. Vs. Solovyoff." By Madame Vera Jelihovsky. B. Reply to Madame Jelihovsky's pamphlet...By V. S. Solovyoff. C. The sources of Madame Blavatsky's writings. By W. E. Coleman