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The Two Great Retreats of HistoryThe Two Great Retreats of HistoryThe two following selections contain, first, Grote's account of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, taken from his "History of Greece," and, secondly, an abridgment of Count Sgur's narrative of Napoleon's retreat from Russia. Grote's History, based on...
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Anna Seward, and Classic LichfieldAnna Seward, and Classic LichfieldLiterature and music and science have been found this year amazingly prolific in centenary commemorations of their great exemplars, as a leading article in the Times, for April, 1909, has lately reminded us. Yet the death in 1809 of Anna...
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Ancient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyAncient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyThe purpose of this volume is to give a summary of what is known of American Antiquities, with some thoughts and suggestions relative to their significance. It aims at nothing more. No similar work, I believe, has been...
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The Care of BooksThe Care of Books When engaged in editing and completing The Architectural History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, I devoted much time and attention to the essay called The Library. The subject was entirely new; and the more I looked into it,...
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Les Cent Jours (2/2)Les Cent Jours (2/2) - Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la vie privée, du retour et du règne de Napoléon en 1815.L'empereur reut, la mme poque (1er mai), une nouvelle preuve du peu de confiance que mritent les hommes, et de l'horrible facilit...
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New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 - April-September, 1915 THE LUSITANIA CASE MR. BRYAN'S RESIGNATION PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPLY TO BERLIN THE LUSITANIA'S "GUNS" Dr. Meyer-Gerhard's Mission Germany's Press Opinion Press Opinion of the Allies American Comment...
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Mémoires de Hector BerliozMémoires de Hector Berlioz - comprenant ses voyages en Italie, en Allemagne, en Russie et en Angleterre, 1803-1865La vie n'est qu'une ombre qui passe; un pauvre comdien qui, pendant son heure, se pavane et s'agite sur le thtre, et qu'aprs on n'entend plus; c'est...
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Arago et sa vie scientifiqueArago et sa vie scientifique M. ISAAC PREIRE Tmoignage de gratitude pour l'hommage par lui rendu la Science. Les cimes leves de la science sont inaccessibles au grand nombre, mais elles ne sont pas toujours entoures de nuages, et les savants les plus illustres,...
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Souvenirs et correspondance tirés des papiers de Mme Récamier (2/2)Souvenirs et correspondance tirés des papiers de Mme Récamier (2/2)La mise excution des principes poss Vrone par les souverains allis, relativement l'Italie et surtout l'Espagne, amena dans le conseil des ministres Paris un dissentiment profond. Le duc Mathieu de Montmorency voulait que la dclaration...
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La ruelle mal assortieLa ruelle mal assortie - ou entretiens amoureux d'une dame éloquente avec un cavalier gascon plus beau de corps que d'esprit et qui a autant d'ignorance comme elle a de sçavoirTallemant des Raux, dans l'historiette qu'il a consacre Marguerite de Valois, premire femme de...
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Le péril jauneLe péril jaune Partout o l'ouvrier chinois ou mme ngre est en concurrence avec l'ouvrier blanc, dit M. E. Faguet2, celui-ci est vaincu. Nous avons assez vu cela dans l'Outre-Mer de Bourget, o le terrible problme des races est si nettement pos! L'ouvrier cinq...
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Vlaamsch Belgie sedert 1830Vlaamsch Belgie sedert 1830 - Eerste DeelIn 1905 vierde Belgi de vijf-en-zeventigste verjaring van zijn inrichting als zelfstandig rijk. Te dier gelegenheid heeft het Algemeen Bestuur van het Willems-fonds besloten een boek te laten verschijnen, dat een trouw beeld zou wezen van den toestand...
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Taistelu Roomasta IITaistelu Roomasta II - Historiallinen romaaniSill aikaa kun Guntaris ensin saattoi kuninkaan sotajoukkonsa lpi ja vannotti sill uskollisuudenvalan mink sotamiehet ilolla tekivtkin ja kuningas sitten vei vlsungin ja hnen pllikkns leiriin, jossa ihmetellen oli nhty, kuinka kuningas aivan kuin ihmeen kautta oli voittanut puolelleen...
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Chronicles of StrathearnChronicles of Strathearn This book has been written in connection with a Bazaar held in Crieff in the month of August, 1896, for the better endowment of the Parishes of ARDOCH, CRIEFF WEST, GLENDEVON, and MONZIE. The Editorial Committee venture to hope that the...
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On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An EssayOn The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay But if the heiress was already married and had sons, she need not be divorced and marry the next of kin, though that still lay in her power. It was considered sufficient if she set...
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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09It was to Portuguese enterprise that Christianity owed its introduction into Japan in the sixteenth century. As early as 1542 Portuguese trading vessels began to visit Japan, where they exchanged Western commodities for the then little-known products...
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The InquisitionThe Inquisition - A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the ChurchIn the print edition of this book, footnote numbers began with 1 on each page, and the footnotes appeared at the bottom of each page. In this electronic edition, the...
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A Text-Book of the History of ArchitectureA Text-Book of the History of Architecture - Seventh Edition, revisedThis text uses utf-8 (unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that your browsers...
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Viajes por EspañaViajes por Españai muy querido Mariano: Juntos hemos hecho, no slo algunos de los viajes que menciono en la presente obra, como el de Madrid Toledo y el de El Escorial vila, sino tambin el muy ms importante de la adolescencia hasta la vejez,...
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Peter the GreatPeter the GreatThe person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from which the...
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