Biography & Autobiography
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The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 1 of 2The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 1 of 2 It has long seemed to me that the history of the Bront family is incomplete, and, in some senses, not well understood. Those who have written upon itas I shall...
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Recollections and Impressions, 1822-1890Recollections and Impressions, 1822-1890My father was, as I have said elsewhere, a clergyman in Boston, Massachusetts, a Unitarian minister to the First Church, standing in a long line of men, of whom the earliest was severely orthodox, while he abhorred orthodoxy. Yet he was...
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Some Jewish Witnesses For ChristSome Jewish Witnesses For ChristThe history of the Mission to the Jews is coeval with the history of the Christian Church. The names of Christ's disciples mentioned in the Gospels are nearly all those of Jews, and in the Epistles a great many of...
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The Story of a LifeThe Story of a LifeThe story of any life, if fully portrayed, should be more interesting than the story of a dream-phantom of fiction. In hearing of one who really lived, there is with us the feeling that the sunshine which greets our eyes,...
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Thomas Hart BentonThomas Hart BentonEven before the end of the Revolutionary War the movement had begun which was to change in form a straggling chain of sea-board republics into a mighty continental nation, the great bulk of whose people would live to the westward of the...
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Les pianistes célèbres: silhouettes & médaillonsLes pianistes célèbres: silhouettes & médaillonsL'accueil bienveillant fait par le public mes tudes sur les pianistes clbres, m'a dcid runir en un volume cette premire srie de trente esquisses. J'ose esprer qu'en changeant de publicit, ils ne changeront pas de fortune et que, sous...
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Victor Hugo: His Life and WorkVictor Hugo: His Life and WorkI began this study of Victor Hugo in December last, and arrangements were made for its early publication. The great poet has now passed away, and this melancholy event gives the biographical portion of the present volume a completeness...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 (of 10)Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 (of 10)DECLINING HEALTH OF CHARLES, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH. LETTER ON THE DEATH OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE. PROVINCIAL ANTIQUITIES, ETC. EXTENSIVE SALE OF COPYRIGHTS TO CONSTABLE AND CO. DEATH OF MR. CHARLES CARPENTER. SCOTT ACCEPTS THE...
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Queens of the French StageQueens of the French StageArmande Grsinde Claire Elisabeth Bjart, for that was the bride's name, is described in the marriage deed as the daughter of the late Joseph Bjart, cuyer, sieur de Belleville, and of his widow, Marie Herv. Joseph Bjart, it should be...
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The Katipunan or, The Rise and Fall of the Filipino CommuneThe Katipunan; or, The Rise and Fall of the Filipino CommuneManila, 21st (Aug. 96).The Governor General to the Colonial Minister: Vast organization of secret societies discovered with anti-national tendencies. Twenty-two persons detained, among them the Gran Oriente (of Philippine freemasonry) of the Philippines, and...
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A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of MarlboroghA Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh Opinion is a mighty matter in war, and I doubt but the French think it impossible to conquer an army that he leads, and our soldiers think the same;...
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Ma vie musicaleMa vie musicaleA la mort du regrett compositeur, par les mains pieuses de sa veuve, musicienne experte, elle-mme, fut dit l'original des mmoires du dfunt compositeur, sous le titre de Ma vie musicale et dont le haut intrt attira l'attention de la presse et...
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The True Story of My Parliamentary StruggleThe True Story of My Parliamentary StruggleSo much misapprehension and misrepresentation prevails as to what has really taken place in the House of Commons with reference to my Parliamentary struggle, that I reprint the Report of the Second Select Committee and the Evidence taken...
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John Woolman's JournalThe Journal, with Other Writings of John WoolmanFrom the days of Charles Lamb to those of Dr. Eliot of Harvard, the unique charm and worth of the Journal of John Woolman have been signalled by a thinker of distinction here and there, and the...
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Henry JamesHenry JamesI wish to acknowledge my indebtedness for help in compiling the bibliography to Mr James B. Pinker, Miss Wilma Meikle, and Messrs Constable; and to Messrs Macmillan for the loan of the New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James....
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Garcia the Centenarian and His TimesGarcia the Centenarian and His Times - Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science"Mr Sterling MacKinlay has written a charming account of the great contralto. He has written his book in a light and interesting...
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John Greenleaf Whittier: His Life, Genius, and WritingsJohn Greenleaf Whittier: His Life, Genius, and WritingsWho does not admire and love John Greenleaf Whittier? And who does not delight to do him honor? He was a man raised up by Providence to meet an exigency in human history, and an exigency in...
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General Georgios Karaiskakis' BiographyΗ Βιογραφία του στρατηγού Γεωργίου ΚαραϊσκάκηNote: The tonic system has been changed from polytonic to monotonic. The spelling of the book has not been changed otherwise. Bold words are included in &, while words in italics in _. Footnotes have been converted to endnotes....
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Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE ALBERT AND THE ROYAL FAMILY. From the picture of F. Winterhalter, at Buckingham Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece Authority...
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Reminiscences of Anton ChekhovReminiscences of Anton ChekhovSome corrections of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are marked like this in the text. The original text appears when hovering the cursor over the marked text. A list of amendments is at the end of the text. Once...
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