The H Family Tr Linnan Axel And Anna And Other Tales Translated By Mary Howitt With A Portrait

Excerpt from The H Family: Tralinnan; Axel and Anna, Vol. 2 of 2: And Other Tales The challenge was accepted with laughter; the execution of it drew forth tears, - for the misery and the darkness of the past arose, and was felt as present. Three days after our little conversation, the bond maiden was written; and I proposed to read it aloud to my friend, while by way of prologue I said, I have here endeavoured to collect into one tangible picture what our forefathers believed respecting gods and men, about life and death, heaven and hell, as well as earthly things. In the dawn of the world, as in that of the day, we see first the shadows of night still rest on the earth, yet at the same time we behold the morning red of the eternal truth, and herald of the sun, in whose light our race has acquired light, and the slave his freedom. My friend listened to my prologue in silence, and I commenced my reading. 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.