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A Calendar of Scottish SaintsA Calendar of Scottish SaintsThe title of Scottish, applied to the holy ones whose names occur in these short notices, must be understood to refer not so much to their nationality as to the field in which, they laboured or the localities where traces...
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JeugdherinneringenJeugdherinneringenOverduidelijke druk- en spelfouten in het origineel zijn gecorrigeerd; deze zijn voorzien van een dunne rode stippellijn, waarbij de Brontekst via een zwevende pop-up beschikbaar is. Variaties in spelling (met/zonder trema, met/zonder afbreekstreepje) zijn behouden. Van mijn eerste levensjaren weet ik alleen iets door...
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English Men of LettersSpenserTranscriber's Notes: Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. Some typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected. A complete list follows the text. Greek words that may not display correctly in all browsers are transliterated in the text using...
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Riverside Biographical Series, number 1Andrew JacksonIn Lafayette Square, which fronts the White House at Washington, there is an equestrian statue of a very thin, long-headed old man whose most striking physical characteristics are the firm chin and lips and the bristling, upright hair. The piece is not a...
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A Farmer's Wife: The Story of RuthA Farmer's Wife: The Story of Ruth ALTEMUS' BEAUTIFUL STORIES SERIES BY ILLUSTRATED PHILADELPHIA HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 31018 Author: Willard, James Hartwell Release Date: Jan 19, 2010 Format: eBook Language: English
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La vie de Rossini, tome IILa vie de Rossini, tome IIJai entendu pour la premire fois la Cenerentola Trieste; elle tait divinement chante par madame Pasta, aussi piquante dans le rle de Cendrillon qu'elle est tragique dans Romo; par Zuchelli, dont le public de Paris a le tort de...
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La vie de Rossini, tome ILa vie de Rossini, tome ICette mme anne, Beyle fit tirer un autre titre avec la mention: seconde dition, titre qui contenait du reste une faute d'impression, car on ne voyait qu'un s Rossini. Un carton de quatre pages donnant une notice sur la...
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 2Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 2WILLIS EASTER, 85, was born near Nacogdoches, Texas. He does not know the name of his first master. Frank Sparks brought Willis to...
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Vie de Christophe ColombVie de Christophe ColombJe regarderai toujours comme un honneur infini que vous ayez bien voulu me permettre de publier mon livre sous vos auspices; et c'est vous, dont le noble cur, le loyal caractre et l'esprit lev peuvent si bien apprcier en quoi consiste...
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Mémoires inédits de Mademoiselle George, publiés d'après le manuscrit originalMémoires inédits de Mademoiselle George, publiés d'après le manuscrit originalNote de transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris dans cette version...
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George BorrowGeorge Borrow - Times Literary Supplement, 10th July 1903It is a singular coincidence, perhaps, that during one and the same summer we should be celebrating centenaries of Samuel Pepys and George Borrow. Pepys died in the early summer of 1703; Borrow was born in...
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My Private MenagerieMy Private Menagerie - from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19This ebook is an extract from The Works of Thophile Gautier, Volume Nineteen, translated and edited by F. C. de Sumichrast. Only the references to this work have been retained on the title...
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Calamities and Quarrels of AuthorsCalamities and Quarrels of AuthorsSuch a superiority do the pursuits of Literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in them, merits the pre-eminence above those that excel the most in the common and vulgar professions.Hume. The Calamities...
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Men of the BibleMen of the BibleA great many people are afraid of the will of God, and yet I believe that one of the sweetest lessons that we can learn in the school of Christ is the surrender of our wills to God, letting Him plan...
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Alexandre HerculanoAlexandre HerculanoUm paladino illuminado e moo, intemerato no ardor da juventude e na exaltao da crena que nem o martyrio lograria dominar ou perverter, sonhou a redempo da patria desolada pelas guerras, pela fome, pela oppresso de tyrannias vidas e corruptas, por hypocrisias sordidas...
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The Brownings, Their Life and ArtThe Brownings, Their Life and ArtThe present volume was initiated in Florence, and, from its first inception, invested with the cordial assent and the sympathetic encouragement of Robert Barrett Browning. One never-to-be-forgotten day, all ethereal light and loveliness, has left its picture in memory,...
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Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great - Makers of HistoryThe history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why...
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Achter de schermenAchter de schermen Jos. J. Schrmann. Sarah Bernhardt. Mijn betrekkingen tot Gekroonde Hoofden Eleonora Duse. Andr Antoine. BEROEMDE TENORS. Gayarr. Tamagno. Ernesto Nicolini. Roberto Stagno. Angelo Massini. Enrico Caruso. Paoli. Jeanne Granier. Paderewski. Jan Kubelik. Christine Nilson. Felia Litvinne. Charles Lamoureux. Isadora Duncan. Suzanne...
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 1Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 1WILL ADAMS was born in 1857, a slave of Dave Cavin, in Harrison Co., Texas. He remained with the Cavins until 1885, then...
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A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss AustenA Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen Not long ago, a party of friends were sitting at luncheon in a suburb of London, when one of them happened to make some reference to Maple Grove and Selina, and to...
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