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Privateers and PrivateeringPrivateers and Privateering[Pg v]A few words of explanation are necessary as to the pretension and scope of this volume. It does not pretend to be a history of privateering; the subject is an immense one, teeming with technicalities, legal and nautical; interesting, indeed, to...
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Voyage d'un jeune grec à Paris (Vol. 2 of 2)Voyage d'un jeune grec à Paris (Vol. 2 of 2)Philomnor, n Rhodes, fait ses tudes Athnes.M. Fauvel.Le jeune grec quitte l'Achae.Il se retire Parga.Il abandonne la Grce.Il fait voile pour l'Italie.Il parcourt les tats de cette presqu'le; il se rend en Hollande et en...
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Voyage d'un jeune grec à Paris (Vol. 1 of 2)Voyage d'un jeune grec à Paris (Vol. 1 of 2)Encore un tableau de Paris! diront peut-tre quelques censeurs. S'agit-il des murs du temps, d'anecdotes, de monumens, de reformes utiles, d'embellissemens nouveaux? L'auteur croit-il que nous avons oubli le Siamois de Dufresny, l'Espion turc, les...
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Välskärin kertomuksia 4.2Välskärin kertomuksia 4.2 - Vaasan prinsessa 1. Hammarbyn kukkaset 2. Linn ja hnen oppilaansa 3. Ern iltana Hammarbyss 4. Kirje, nimi ja mielilause 5. Perhosten ajelija 6. Eerikki Ljung psee hoviin 7. Sorvipenkin ress ja vierashuoneessa 8. Taisteluja vallasta 9. Kuninkaan oppipoika 10. Uusi...
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The Female Soldier Or, The Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah SnellThe Female Soldier; Or, The Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah SnellWho took upon herself the Name of James Gray; and, being deserted by her Husband, put on Mens Apparel, and travelled to Coventry in quest of him, where she enlisted in Col. Guises...
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Richard III: His Life and Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent ResearchRichard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research There are periods of history when the greatest caution is called for in accepting statements put forward by a dominant faction. Very early in my life I came to the conclusion...
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Heath's modern language seriesLe mari de madame de SolangeEMILE SOUVESTRE was born at Morlaix in Brittany, April 15, 1806. His father was a civil engineer, and he intended following the same profession. After his father's death he changed his mind and began to study law, but being...
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The Friars in the PhilippinesThe Friars in the PhilippinesThe following pages originally appeared as magazine articles. In both England and America the papers were favorably received; and as the public has not heard the last of the Friars in the Philippines, it seemed worth while to reproduce them...
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Af mit LevnedAf mit Levnedbenlyse trykfejl er rettet i denne e-bog, men forfatterens stavning er i vrigt bevaret, herunder varierende stavemder som igjennem/igennem og offre/ofre. En enkelt rettelse noteret i slutningen af den trykte bog er indfrt i e-bogens tekst. En ordliste med vrige rettelser er...
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Lodges in the WildernessLodges in the WildernessThe world moves rapidly and with increasing momentum. Even regions remote from those communities which the stress of increasing population and the curse of unleisured industrialism send spinning down the ringing grooves of change, are often so disturbed or overwhelmed by...
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Le Cardinal de RichelieuLe Cardinal de RichelieuAucun homme d'tat n'a, d'une main aussi forte que Richelieu, travaill fonder en France le pouvoir monarchique et l'unit nationale; aucun n'a mieux ouvert notre pays les voies de l'avenir. Voyons, d'un coup d'il rapide, o en tait le royaume de...
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Ten Years Near the German Frontier: A Retrospect and a WarningTen Years Near the German Frontier: A Retrospect and a WarningThe purpose of this book is to show the reflections of Prussian policy and activity in a little country which was indispensable to Prussia in the founding of the German Empire, and which, in...
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The Story of Bacon's RebellionThe Story of Bacon's RebellionAfter the thrilling scenes through which the Colony of Virginia passed during its earliest days, the most portentous, the most dramatic, the most picturesque event of its seventeenth century history was the insurrection known as "Bacon's Rebellion." All writers upon...
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Välskärin kertomuksia 4.1Välskärin kertomuksia 4.1 - Erämaiden kevät. Porvariskuningas.1. Uudenkaupungin rauha 2. Uudenkaupungin satamassa 3. Kolme pakolaista 4. Syysmyrskyt v. 1721 5. Sotaretki Raumalla 6. Joulukuun piv Vaasassa 7. Larssonin perhe 8. Pakolaiset ermaassa 9. Talvi- ja kevtpivi 10. Sissi ajaa saalistaan 11. Valtioviisas ja hnen...
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The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 INSTITUTIONS FOR SAILORS, IN NEW-YORK. RURAL LIFE IN VIRGINIA: THE "SWALLOW BARN." GEORGE H. BOKER. HERR FLEISCHMANN IN THE HAREM. TO THE CICADA. TRICKS ON TRAVELLERS AT WATERLOO. STUDIES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, A PHANTASY. THE...
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Missing FriendsMissing Friends - Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880)was born in Copenhagen in the year 1850. My father was a builder there in moderately good circumstances. I was the second son of a large family, and it was my parents'...
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Erskine Dale—PioneerErskine Dale—Pioneer Streaks of red ran upward, and in answer the great gray eye of the wilderness lifted its mist-fringed lid. From the green depths came the fluting of a lone wood-thrush. Through them an owl flew on velvety wings for his home in...
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Anthropological Records, Vol. 16, No. 6Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820The general anthropology and history of the California natives has been exhaustively studied, in particular their archaeology and ethnography. Much is also known concerning the vicissitudes of their existence since the coming of the white...
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A Canterbury PilgrimageA Canterbury PilgrimageTO Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson, We, who are unknown to him, dedicate this record of one of our short journeys on a Tricycle, in gratitude for the happy hours we have spent travelling with him and his Donkey. We do not think...
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The Life of Benjamin FranklinThe Life of Benjamin Franklin - With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers We trust that you will be thoroughly satisfied with this book. During the long period of time that the...
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