Biography & Autobiography
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. III (of VI), "The Eternal Quest"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. III (of VI), "The Eternal Quest" - The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings In the beginning of March, 1757, I received a letter from my friend Madame Manzoni, which she sent...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison" - The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings The reader can easily guess that there was a change as sudden as a transformation in a...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. I (of VI), "Venetian Years"The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. I (of VI), "Venetian Years" - The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be...
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Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical SketchesModern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical SketchesThe sketches which make up this volume are neither purely critical nor merely biographical. They endeavor to give the American reader a clear and just idea of each individual in his intellect, his character, his place in...
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Edward Hoare, M.A.: A record of his life based upon a brief autobiographyEdward Hoare, M.A.: A record of his life based upon a brief autobiographyIt was on the 20th of August, 1864, that the Rev. Edward Hoare, on the deck of the steamer from Boulogne to Folkestone, spoke kindly words of sympathy to a schoolboy returning...
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Vies des dames galantesVies des dames galantesP A R LE SEIGNEUR DE BRANTOME NOUVELLE DITION REVUE ET CORRIGE SUR L'DITION DE 1740 AVEC DES REMARQUES HISTORIQUES ET CRITIQUES PARIS GARNIER FRRES, LIBRAIRES-DITEURS 6, RUE DES SAINTS-PRES, 6 D'autant que vous m'avez fait cet honneur souvent la Cour...
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An Edinburgh Eleven: Pencil Portraits from College LifeAn Edinburgh Eleven: Pencil Portraits from College LifeI missed him, and I have heard a good many journalists say since then that he is a difficult man to hit. One who began by liking him and is now scornful, which is just the reverse...
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A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the ReformationA Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the ReformationThe object of this little work, is, to show to the English reader, that Wales has produced a number of highly talented and distinguished individuals;...
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Voltaire: A Sketch of His Life and WorksVoltaire: A Sketch of His Life and WorksHe would be a bold person who should attempt to say something entirely new on Voltaire. His life has often been written, and many are the disquisitions on his character and influence. This little book, which at...
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Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 1 (Vol. 1 - 4)Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 1 (Vol. 1 - 4)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Pourquoi ce...
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Life of BeethovenLife of Beethoven - Including his correspondence with his friends, numerous characteristic traits, and remarks on his musical worksDURING the painful illness of full four months which terminated in the death of Ludwig van Beethoven, he was one day conversing with Hofrath von Breuning...
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Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American IndiansDescriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American IndiansThe following Descriptive Catalogue is intended to systematize the collection of Photographic Portraits of Indians now in the possession of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, and to place on record all the information we...
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William Hickling PrescottWilliam Hickling PrescottFor the purely biographical portion of this book an especial acknowledgment of obligation is due to the valuable collection of Prescott's letters and memoranda made by his friend George Ticknor, and published in 1864 as part of Ticknor's Life of W. H....
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Noble Deeds of American WomenNoble Deeds of American Women - With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More ProminentThe advantages of Biography are obvious and great. To the weight of precept, it adds the force and efficacy of example. It presents correct and beautiful models, and awakens the...
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Historic Shrines of AmericaHistoric Shrines of America - Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them NotablevCircular tours have long been popular in England. There was a timeas there will be a time againwhen American visitors felt that to...
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Ecce Homo! Or, A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of NazarethEcce Homo! Or, A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth - Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels ALTHOUGH the writings of the New Testament are in the hands of every one, nothing is more uncommon than to find the professors...
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Famous American StatesmenFamous American Statesmen"With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; ... what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to counteract its materialities," says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspiration, both to young and...
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Women Painters of the WorldWomen Painters of the World - From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day WHAT is genius? Is it not both masculine and feminine? Are not some of its qualities instinct with manhood, while others delight us with...
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Canute the Great, 995 (circa)-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking AgeCanute the Great, 995 (circa)-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking AgeToward the close of the eighth century, there appeared in the waters of Western Europe the strange dragon fleets of the Northmen, the "heathen," or the vikings, as they called...
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Life and Writings of Maurice MaeterlinckLife and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"Maurice Maeterlinck.Il dbuta ... dans La Pliade par un chef-d'uvre: Le Massacre des Innocents. Albert Mockel devint plus tard son patient et infatigable aptre Paris. C'est lui qui nous fit connatre Les Serres Chaudes et surtout cette Princesse Maleine...
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