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Tales of a Cruel CountryTales of a Cruel CountryThen came sudden alarms; hurryings to and fro; trepidations of innumerable fugitives, I knew not whether from the good cause or the bad; darkness and lights; tempest and human faces; and at last, with the sense that all was lost,...
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Las fiestas de San JuanLas fiestas de San Juan - Reseña histórica de lo que han sido y de lo que son relación verídica de las que se celebran en este año de 1868Nota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios...
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Book of Nations, for ChildrenBook of Nations, for ChildrenThe Spaniards live in Spain. They are tall, and thin, with dark complexions. The men shave their beards, but leave mustachios on their upper lip. The gentlemen pay great regard to the ladies, and it is common for a gentleman...
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The Philosophy of BeardsThe Philosophy of Beards - A Lecture Physiological, Artistic & Historical OUR most universal and most imaginative Poet, whose single lines are often abstracts and epitomes of poems, makes Hamlet exclaimWhat a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in...
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The Costume of ChinaThe Costume of China - Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the ChineseExhibiting the various kinds of weapons, offensive and defensive, in use among the Chinese infantry, cavalry, artillery, and bowmen, arranged on a stand or frame of wood. One or more...
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The History of Court FoolsThe History of Court FoolsIn the days of old, it happened that all Olympus was dull, and Zeus complained, yawning the while, that there was not a fool amongst the gods, with wit enough to keep the divine assembly alive, or to kill the...
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Tea, Its Mystery and HistoryTea, Its Mystery and HistoryBefore Tea found its way to England, it had been brought to Holland, thanks to the treaty made by the Dutch with the Japanese. If the Dutchman, as a rule, did not forego his favourite lager and schnapps to take...
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Pogonologia Or, A Philosophical and Historical Essay on BeardsPogonologia; Or, A Philosophical and Historical Essay on BeardsWHATEVER concerns the manners and customs of a people, says Rollin, shews their genius and character; and this is what may be called the soul of history. I am led to think, that a picture of...
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Superstition and ForceSuperstition and Force - Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, TortureThe history of jurisprudence is the history of civilization. The labors of the lawgiver embody not only the manners and customs of his time, but also its innermost...
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Gloves, Past and PresentGloves, Past and PresentMost men, apparently, take their gloves for granted. In these days the little refinements of civilization are accepted among us without a thought; but in so doing we lose a great deal of enjoyment which we never were intended to overlook....
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The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century WilliamsburgThe Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg - An Account of His Barbering, Hair-dressing, & Peruke-Making Services, & Some Remarks on Wigs of Various Styles.Richard Gamble, barber and perukemaker of Williamsburg in the middle years of the eighteenth century, appears to have remained a bachelor all...
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The cries of London and public edificesLondon Cries & Public EdificesThe Tinker is swinging his fire-pot to make it burn, having placed his soldering-iron in it, and is proceeding to some corner or post, there to repair the saucepan he carries.We commence with the most interesting edifice in our capital,...
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The Art of Tying the Cravat Demonstrated in sixteen lessonsThe Art of Tying the Cravat; Demonstrated in sixteen lessonsNo one accustomed to mix with the higher classes of society will be at all inclined to dispute the advantages arising from a genteel appearance; it therefore becomes necessary that the means of acquiring this...
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The Picture Gallery ExploredThe Picture Gallery Explored - Or, an account of various ancient customs and manners: interspersed with anecdotes and biographical sketches of eminent personsAlthough nothing is original in the following little work, except the dialogue, which was necessary as a connecting link; yet the compiler...
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"Good-Morning, Rosamond!""Good-Morning, Rosamond!"Young Rosamond Mearely might beas indeed she wasthe richest and fairest woman in Roseborough, and the widow of a gentleman whose name the hamlet and countryside mentioned still with the bated breath of pride; but she would no more have dared to appear...
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St Nicotine or, the Peace PipeSt Nicotine of the Peace PipeThe history and associations of tobacco carry the thoughts back to the jubilant days when Good Queen Bess was the idol of her people, to the stirring times when bounding gaiety and lusty banter found expression in unrestrained mirth...
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Allgemeiner deutscher Bier-CommentAllgemeiner deutscher Bier-CommentEin allgemeiner deutscher Bier-Comment nennt sich dies Bchlein, wohl einzig mit Recht: denn es ist wirklich hervorgegangen aus dem an den verschiedenen deutschen Hochschulen und bei den verschiedensten studentischen Korporationen herrschenden Kneip-Comment; dabei ist unter Zurckgehen auf die ltere Zeit, soweit es...
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The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining HistoryThe Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History - (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts)HAT the history and curiosities of Ale and Beer should fill a bulky volume, may be a subject for surprise to the unthinking reader; and that surprise will probably...
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Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices, and Other StoriesWhy Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices, and Other StoriesIF ever there was a Tory upon earth, the Frau Frohmann was a Tory; for I hold that landed possessions, gentle blood, a gray-haired butler behind ones chair, and adherence to the Church of England, are...
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Tales of All CountriesTales of All CountriesThe Pyreneean valley in which the baths of Vernet are situated is not much known to English, or indeed to any travellers. Tourists in search of good hotels and picturesque beauty combined, do not generally extend their journeys to the Eastern...
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