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Là-basLà-bas"You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the...
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Old English Sports, Pastimes and CustomsOld English Sports, Pastimes and CustomsEncouraged by the kind reception which his former book, Our English Villages, met with at the hands of both critics and the public, the author has ventured to reproduce in book-form another series of articles which have appeared during...
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Reseña Veridica de la Revolución FilipinaReseña Veridica de la Revolución FilipinaEspaa domin las Islas Filipinas por ms de Tres siglos y medio, durante los cuales, abusos de la frailocracia y de la Administracin acabaron con la paciencia de los naturales, obligndoles en los das 26 al 31 de Agosto...
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The Life of Napoleon I (Complete)The Life of Napoleon I (Complete)DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ACTON, K.C.V.O., D.C.L., LL.D. REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, IN ADMIRATION OF HIS PROFOUND HISTORICAL LEARNING, AND IN GRATITUDE FOR ADVICE AND HELP GENEROUSLY GIVEN. An apology seems...
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Native Races and the WarNative Races and the WarAPOLOGY FOR "YET ANOTHER BOOK" ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN QUESTION. FUTURE PEACE MUST BE BASED ON JUSTICE,TO COLOURED AS WELL AS WHITE MEN. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGALIZED SLAVERY AND THE SUBJECTION OF NATIVES BY INDIVIDUALS. THE TRANSVAAL IN 1877: ITS BANKRUPTCY:...
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As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1882-11/12)As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1882-11/12) Ironia, verdadeira liberdade! s tu que me livras da ambio do poder, da escravido dos partidos da venerao da rotina, do pedantismo das sciencias, da admirao das grandes personagens, das mystificaes da...
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The Congo and Coasts of AfricaThe Congo and Coasts of Africa The Deliverance. The River Raced over the Deck to a Depth of Four or Five Inches. Between Her Cabin and the Wood-pile, were Stored Fifty Human Beings No matter how often one sets out, "for to admire, and...
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New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth CenturyNew Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century - A Study of Social, Political, and Religious DevelopmentsThe substance of the following volume was delivered in the form of lectures in the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh during Session 1904-5. As "Alexander Robertson" lecturer in...
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The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)The demand for this work so far exceeded my expectations that I was unable to make any considerable changes in the second edition, issued in March, 1902; and circumstances again make it impossible for me to...
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The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) "Let my son often read and reflect on history: this is the only true philosophy."Napoleon's last Instructions for the King of Rome. BATTLE OF ULM BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ BATTLE OF JENA BATTLE OF FRIEDLAND BATTLE...
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Italian JourneysItalian Journeys We did not know, when we started from home in Venice, on the 8th of November, 1864, that we had taken the longest road to Rome. We thought that of all the proverbial paths to the Eternal City that leading to Padua,...
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Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections)Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections)The facts of Lincoln's early life are best stated in his own words, communicated in 1859[see Appendix] to Mr. J. W. Fell, of Bloomington, Illinois. Unlike many men who have risen from humble surroundings, Lincoln never boasted of his...
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Historia CalamitatumHistoria CalamitatumThe "Historia Calamitatum" of Peter Ablard is one of those human documents, out of the very heart of the Middle Ages, that illuminates by the glow of its ardour a shadowy period that has been made even more dusky and incomprehensible by unsympathetic...
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 - 1593-1597 The events related in the present volume (159397) conclude the first quarter-century of the history of Manila as a Spanish settlement. That city, although small, is gaining in importance and prosperity; it is...
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 - 1597-1599 The present volume covers the years 159799, and is mainly occupied with the details of the Philippine colony's internal affairs and development Mindanao has been conquered, but proves to be an unprofitable possession,...
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The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian RomanceThe Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance The central incident of this novel is that most extraordinary of all punishments known to English criminal law, the peine forte et dure. The story is not, however, in any sense historical. A sketchy background of...
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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 - (From Barbarossa to Dante)Issued Strictly as a Limited Edition. In Volume I of this Set will be found the Official Certificate, under the Seal of the National Alumni, as to the Limitation of the Edition,...
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Enoni: muistoja Napoleonin ajoiltaEnoni: muistoja Napoleonin ajoiltaOlin lukenut enoni kirjeen jo sataankin kertaan, niin ett muistin sen ulkoa. Vaan sittenkin otin sen taskustani ja, istuessani laivan laitamalla, luin sen uteliaana, aivan kuin olisin ensi kertaa sen avannut. Ksiala oli varovaista ja kulmikasta, niin kuin sopikin odottaa miehelt,...
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The Touchstone of FortuneThe Touchstone of Fortune - Being the Memoir of Baron Clyde, Who Lived, Thrived, and Fell in the Doleful Reign of the So-called Merry Monarch, Charles IIGoddess Fortune seems to delight in smiling on a man who risks his all, including life, perhaps, on...
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The Lure of the NorthThe Lure of the NorthDinner was nearly over at the big red hotel that stands high above the city of Quebec, and Thirlwell, sitting at one of the tables, abstractedly glanced about. The spacious room was filled with skilfully tempered light that glimmered on...
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