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The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt - One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and TravelsIn publishing this volume I am discharging a duty solemnly imposed upon me by my lamented father, just...

No Cross, No Crown - A Discourse, Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of ChristNo Cross, No Crown, should have ended here; but that the power which examples and authorities have put upon the minds of the people, above the most...

Social Life in England Through the CenturiesA little boy, who had been born in a log-cabin in the backwoods of Canada, was taken by his father, when he was about eight years old, to the nearest settlement, for the first time in his life....

Della illustrazione delle lingue antiche e moderne e principalmente dell'italiana - procurata nel secolo XVIII. dagli Italiani - Parte IL'Italia, che all'altre nazioni dette l'esempio, ed apr la strada a scuotere il giogo della barbarie, e dell'ignoranza, non cess mai dopo quell'epoca di somministrare...

Gulliverin matkat kaukaisilla maillaIsllni, pienen maatilan omistajalla Nottingham-shiress, oli viisi poikaa. Minut, jrjestyksess kolmannen, hn lhetti Cambridgeen, Emanuel College nimiseen kouluun. Neljntoista vanha olin sinne mennessni ja opiskelin siell kolme vuotta. Olisin siell opintoni pttnytkin, mutta kun ei isn niukoista varoista riittnyt minulle tarpeeksi...

The Works of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester - Consisting of Satires, Songs, Translations, and other Occasional Poems Title: The Works of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester Subtitle: Consisting of Satires, Songs, Translations, and other Occasional Poems Author: Earl of,...

The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment - From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present TimeCONSIDERING that this short study can claim to be nothing more than a rapid and somewhat summary survey of the history of The Book, it eschews all...

The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War The author of this book is my neighbor. He was a Confederate, and I a Union soldier. Virginia born, he worked hard in youth. A country lawyer, a member of the Senate of West...

The Diary of a FreshmanMamma left for home this afternoon. As I want to be perfectly truthful in my diary, I suppose I must confess that before she actually went away I sometimes thought I should be rather relieved when she was no longer...

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, April 6, 1895A. That is the published opinion, but the matter has not been put absolutely to the test. However, the pleasure of the artists is not to be considered when the recreations of Brixton and Tooting...

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) - Literally Translated, with NotesStrabo, the author of this work, was born at Amasia, or Amasijas, a town situated in the gorge of the mountains through which passes the river Iris, now the Ieschil Irmak, in...

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) - Literally Translated, with NotesIn this book many city names are spelled in different ways. When the correct spelling is obvious these have been corrected for the sake of consistency. See the list of modern names...

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) - Literally Translated, with NotesSUMMARY. That geographical investigation is not inconsistent with philosophy.That Homer gives proof of it throughout his poems.That they who first wrote on the science have omitted much, or given disjointed, defective, false,...

The Drama of Love and Death: A Study of Human Evolution and TransfigurationLove and Death move through this world of ours like things apartunderrunning it truly, and everywhere present, yet seeming to belong to some other mode of existence. When Death comes, breaking into...

The Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber; Or, The Search for the Lost TenderfootAuthor of The Boy Scouts First Camp Fire, The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge, The Boy Scouts on the Trail, The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods, The Boy Scouts...

Confessions of a ThugThe tale of crime which forms the subject of the following pages is, alas! almost all true; what there is of fiction has been supplied only to connect the events, and make the adventures of Ameer Ali as interesting as the...

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899 - Volume LV, No. 1, May 1899Hardly two years ago the names Dawson and Klondike were entirely unknown to the outside world, and geographers were as ignorant of their existence as was at that time the less learned...

Up Terrapin RiverTerrapin River flows through the northern part of Arkansas. It is a small stream, winding its way among hills, which here with graceful slope, and there with rugged brows, overlook the smooth and gliding water. The water, when the current is not...

A Man's WorldI have sought in vain for a title which would be truly descriptive of the subject and form of my book. It is not a "Journal" nor a "Diary" for these words signify a daily noting down of events. Neither "Memoirs" nor...

L'escole des filles - réimpression complète du texte original sur la contrefaçon hollandaise de 1668 LEscole des Filles ou la Philosophie des Dames, divise en deux dialogues. Agere et pati. Corrig et augment dun combat du ... et du ..., dune (sic) dialogue entre...