Download or read book The Heir of the Ages, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by James Payn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Heir of the Ages, Vol. 1 of 3 IE there is one attitude above all others that, in an Englishman at least, betokens personal complacency, and the sense of being monarch of all he surveys, it is the standing on his own hearthrug with his legs slightly apart, his back to the fire, and his coat-tails under his arms. Neither sculptor nor painter, so far as I know, has transferred this particular pose to marble or canvas - perhaps from the impossi bility of including within it the whole human form divine - but there is nothing equal to it in the way of characteristic significance. The vol. I. 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.