Vicissitudes of families ... Fourth edition
Author : Bernard Burke
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Page : 448 pages
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Release : 1860
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Author : Bernard Burke
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Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 1860
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Author : Bernard Burke
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Release : 1883
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Author : Bernard Burke
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Page : 448 pages
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Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781331317036
Excerpt from A Second Series of Vicissitudes of Families - The jest at which fools laugh the loudest, The downfall of our old nobility - Which may forerun the ruin of a kingdom. I've seen an idiot clap his hands and shout To see a tower like yon stop to its base In headlong ruin; while the wise look'd round, And fearful sought a distant stance to watch What fragment of the fabric next should follow; For when the turrets fall, the walls are tottering. Walter Scott. The decadence of noble and wealthy families is a fact of too frequent occurrence to be now a subject of doubt or dispute, but the cause of such decadence, though equally obvious, seems to have puzzled a host of enquirers: the whole matter is referable to a few general agents. Historically considered, the decay and extinction of great Houses may be mainly attributed to the Civil Wars, from Hastings to Culloden, and to the law of attainder, which, in England more than in any other country of Europe, undermined and overthrew the landed Aristocracy. So fatal, indeed, was the operation of that law, that, of the twenty-five Barons who were appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Charta, there is not now in the House of Peers a single male descendant! 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.
Author : Bernard Burke
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Page : 456 pages
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Release : 2020-05-15
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ISBN : 9780461946819
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Author : John Bernard Burke
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Page : 452 pages
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Release : 2018-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781377655871
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Author : Bernard Burke
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Page : 444 pages
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Release : 2020-07-18
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Author : Bernard Burke
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Page : 452 pages
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Release : 1860
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Bernard Burke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 23,75 MB
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780656005741
Excerpt from Vicissitudes of Families, Vol. 1 This new and compact edition of the Vicissitudes of Families has been very carefully revised, re-modelled, and in many pa1 ts re - written. Originally the work appeared In three distinct series, published at different periods, and was not devoted exclusively to one matter, The Vicissitudes of Essays on'other subjects were introduced, thus somewhat marring the unity Of the whole plan. My present purpose is, by the omission of a few irrelevant chapters, and by the addition of new stories Iof appropriate interest, to produce a substantive and complete record of the changeful fortunes of great houses, a work, in fact, illustrative of that portion so eventful, and yet so little known, of domestic history. My topic is the greatness that has gone by, passing either rapidly, like the lion struck down in his pride, or slowly, like the oak for ages withering away. In the performance of my task, I have left no available source of information unexplored. I have, too, and I trust successfully, endeavoured to avoid the introduction of a single narrative, or the expression of a single word. 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.
Author : Bernard Burke
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Page : 458 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 2020-05-11
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ISBN : 9780371932193
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Author : Bernard Burke
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Release : 1869
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