Biography & Autobiography
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The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatThe Life and Times of Alfred the Great - Being the Ford lectures for 1901The present work contains the lectures delivered by me on the Ford foundation in Michaelmas Term, 1901. The lectures are printed substantially as they were delivered, with the exception that...
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A Life of Walt WhitmanA Life of Walt WhitmanWHITMANS AMERICA The men of old declared that the lands of adventure lay in the West, for they were bold to follow the course of the sun; and to this day the bold do not look back to seek romance...
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The life of VoltaireThe life of Voltaire uvres Compltes de Voltaire. Beuchot. La Jeunesse de Voltaire. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire au Chteau de Cirey. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire la Cour. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire et Frdric. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire aux Dlices. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire et J. J. Rousseau. Gustave Desnoiresterres....
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Memoirs of John AbernethyMemoirs of John Abernethy - With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First PublishedIn publishing a third edition of these Memoirs, I have to express the grateful sense I entertain of the indulgence with...
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Goodbird the Indian: His StoryGoodbird the Indian: His StoryIn 1907, I was sent out by the American Museum of Natural History, to begin anthropological studies among the remnants of these peoples, on Fort Berthold Reservation; and I have been among them each summer, ever since. In 1908, and...
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Wellington's Army, 1809-1814Wellington's Army, 1809-1814Much has been written concerning Wellington and his famous Peninsular Army in the way of formal history: this volume, however, will I think contain somewhat that is new to most students concerning its organization, its day by day life, and its psychology....
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95th.)Recollections of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95th.) - with anecdotes of his officers and his comradesThe following pages, describing the chequered life of a private soldier, who served during the most glorious period of our military history, speak so plainly for themselves, as scarcely to...
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First VoyageThe Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.With Lieutenant Cook, in this voyage, embarked Joseph Banks, Esquire, a gentleman possessed of considerable landed property in Lincolnshire. He received the education of a scholar rather...
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Suomalaisia sankareita I: Historiallisia kertomuksiaSuomalaisia sankareita I: Historiallisia kertomuksiaNykyn, jolloin koko sivistysmaailma el Mars-jumalan merkeiss, on syyt palauttaa muistoomme niit omia urhojamme, jotka kuluneina aikoina ovat vertaan vuodattaneet synnyinmaansa puolesta, piirten miekankrjell nimens sen historian lehdille. Tasapuolisesti historian kulkua tarkastaessamme on meidn myntminen, ett sodilla ja miekkamiehillkin, erittinkin...
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Suomalaisia sankareita II: Historiallisia kertomuksiaSuomalaisia sankareita II: Historiallisia kertomuksiaNevajoen suulla, siell miss tm valtava vesivyl suuria kiemuroita tehtyn moniksi suuhaaroiksi jakautuen purkautuu Suomenlahteen, seisoi Kiveksten vanha talo. Noiden suuhaarojen vliss on joukko suurempia ja pienempi saaria, mutta kaikista vhptisimmlle niist oli Kiveksten kantais pirttins rakentanut. Saarta oli jo...
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Word Portraits of Famous WritersWord Portraits of Famous WritersThe world has always been fond of personal details respecting men who have been celebrated. These were the words of Lord Beaconsfield, and with them he prefixed his description of the personal appearance of Isaac DIsraeli; but we hardly need...
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The Great Lord Burghley: A study in Elizabethan statecraftThe Great Lord Burghley: A study in Elizabethan statecraftFor nearly half a century William Cecil, Lord Burghley, exercised greater influence over the future fortunes of England than ever fell to the share of a statesman before or since. It was a period when Medival...
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The Dickens CountryThe Dickens CountryIt seems but a week or two ago that Frederic Kitton first mentioned to me the preparation of the volume to which I have now the melancholy privilege of prefixing a few words of introduction and valediction. It was in my office...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7)The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7)Engraved by J. Posselwhite.GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.From a Print by Paul Pontius, after a Picture by Van Dyck.Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.London, Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street....
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Jewish PortraitsJewish PortraitsThe papers which form this volume have already appeared in the pages of Good Words, Macmillans Magazine, The National Review, and The Spectator, and are reprinted with the very kindly given permission of the editors. The Frontispiece is reproduced through the kindness of...
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Cleopatra: A StudyCleopatra: A StudyNous venons de recevoir votre chque, et nous vous envoyons en change, par la prsente lettre, tant en notre nom quau nom de lauteur, lautorisation exclusive de publier aux Etats-Unis, une traduction de ltude de Mr. Henry Houssaye sur Cloptre. Nous saisissons...
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Cabezas: Pensadores y Artistas, PolíticosCabezas: Pensadores y Artistas, Políticos - Obras Completas Vol. XXIINota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La portada fue diseada por el transcriptor y se...
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Signers of the DeclarationSigners of the Declaration - Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of IndependenceNearly two hundred years have passed since America proclaimed her independence. Yet this action and the beliefs and hopes motivating those responsible for it are as central to us as...
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A Colored Man Round the WorldA Colored Man Round the WorldThe Author of this book, though a quadroon, is pleased to announce himself the Colored man around the world. Not because he may look at a colored mans position as an honorable one at this age of the world,...
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Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and DiaryLucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and DiaryIt was the purpose of Miss Larcom to write a sequel to her hook, A New England Girlhood, in which she intended to give some account of her life in the log-cabins on the Western prairies as a pioneer...
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