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Thirty Years in AustraliaThirty Years in AustraliaI knew nothing whatever of Australia when I rashly consented to marry a young man who had irrevocably bound himself to go and live there, and, moreover, to go within three months of the day on which the wild idea occurred...
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Amerika, sen löytö, valloitus ja kehitysAmerika, sen löytö, valloitus ja kehitysJos jostakin muusta kiertothdest, jossa asukkaiden sivistyskanta ja lyvoima olisi monta vertaa mahtavampi kuin meidn, esimerkiksi Mars-thdest, miss muutamain taivaantuntijain vakuutuksen mukaan viljelys ja viisaus on monta miljoonaa vuotta meiklisten edell meidn maamme plle yht'kki ilmestyisi, rettmn suurilla ilmalaivoilla...
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Sketch of the life of Abraham LincolnSketch of the life of Abraham LincolnTime out of mind, words prefatory have been considered indispensable to the successful publication of a book. This sketch of the Life and Death of Abraham Lincoln is intended as an accompaniment to the Historical Painting which has...
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The Cries of LondonThe Cries of London - Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times There are few subjects, perhaps, so eagerly attended to by the young as those related by their venerable parents when assembled round the fire-side, but more particularly descriptions...
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Martyria or, Andersonville PrisonMartyria; or, Andersonville PrisonNeither does he, at this late date, seek to rekindle the smouldering embers of hate and conflict, nor, Antony-like, attack persons under the recital of the wrongs. Vengeance does not belong to the human race. There are times in the history...
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Gentlemen RoversGentlemen RoversThis book is written as a tribute to some men who have been overlooked by History and forgotten by Fame. Though they won for us more than half the territory comprised within our present-day borders, not only have no monuments been erected to...
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England, Canada and the Great WarEngland, Canada and the Great WarCanada, as one of the most important component parts of the British Empire, is going through the crucial ordeal of the great crisis which will determine her destinies jointly with those of the whole world. Instantly put under the...
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Mediæval town seriesThe Story of Florence[vii] THE present volume is intended to supply a popular history of the Florentine Republic, in such a form that it can also be used as a guide-book. It has been my endeavour, while keeping within the necessary limits of this...
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The Influence of the Organ in HistoryThe Influence of the Organ in History - Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston UniversityThe history of the Organ runs back so far into the centuries, that no matter what point one might select for...
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Cleopatra's NeedleCleopatra's Needle - A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the HieroglyphicsThe London Obelisk, as the monument standing on the Thames Embankment is now called, is by far the largest quarried stone in England; and the mysterious-looking characters covering its four...
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I mesi dell'anno ebraicoI mesi dell'anno ebraicoCon quella modestia, che La predistingue, La S. S. volle presentarmi la Sua Opera I mesi dell'anno Ebraico affine di avere il mio avviso prima di pubblicarla. Io la lessi col maggior piacere, dacch vi si comprendono nozioni storiche ed archeologiche...
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The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot SamsonThe Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot SamsonSamson and his Arch-Eulogist.Abbot Samson of St. Edmundsbury and his biographer, Jocelin of Brakelond, undoubtedly owe such immortality as they possess to their introduction to the world at...
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Life in an Indian OutpostLife in an Indian OutpostOur first view of the HimalayasAcross India in a troop trainA scattered regimentAn elephant-haunted railwayKinchinjungaThe great Terai JungleRajabhatkawaIn the days of Warren HastingsHillmenRoving ChineseWe arrive at Buxa RoadRelieved officersAn undesirable outpostMarch through the forestThe hillsA mountain roadLovely sceneryBuxa DuarA lonely...
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Sodoma e Gomorra: Cronistoria del Libertinaggio attraverso i secoli ed il mondoSodoma e Gomorra: Cronistoria del Libertinaggio attraverso i secoli ed il mondoLa corruzione nell'antichit.I diversi culti di Venere e loro pratiche manifestazioni. I misteri di Iside e di Osiride in Egitto. Sodoma e Lesbo. L'amore dei filosofi pei fanciulli. Efebi e Cinedi. Storia di...
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Considerations on Religion and Public EducationConsiderations on Religion and Public Education - With remarks on the speech of M. Dupont delivered in the National Convention of France, together with an address to the ladies, &c. of Great Britain and IrelandIf it be allowed that there may arise occasions so...
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Pioneer Day ExercisesPioneer Day ExercisesAt the meeting of the Ladies' Library Association on April 26, the following program was carried out, the papers having been prepared for the occasion by some of the survivors of the early settlers of Schoolcraft and Prairie Ronde: At the urgent...
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Le comte de MoretLe comte de MoretLe voyageur qui, pour ses affaires ou pour son plaisir, venait, vers la fin de l'an de grce 1628, passer quelques jours dans la capitale du royaume des Lys, comme on disait potiquement cette poque, pouvait avec certitude s'arrter, recommand ou...
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Mexikon valloitus: Kappale Amerikan historiaaMexikon valloitus: Kappale Amerikan historiaaNeljsataa vuotta on nyt umpeen kulunut siit, kun Christoforo Colombo laski laivansa tuon uuden maailman rannalle, joka sittemmin ern toisen retkeilijn kunniaksi sai nimekseen Amerika. Lokakuun 27 pivn 1492 tuli Colombo suurelle Cuban saarelle, lydettyns vh ennen muutamia pienempi luotoja....
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Souvenirs de Charles-Henri Baron de GleichenSouvenirs de Charles-Henri Baron de GleichenNote 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. L a duchesse de Choiseul, qui...
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The Byzantine EmpireThe Byzantine Empire - Third EditionFifty years ago the word Byzantine was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was dismissed by modern historians as depressing and monotonous. The great Gibbon had branded...
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