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RecollectionsRecollections - With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of I remember that in a fit of petulance at some childish misdemeanour, my mother once told me that I came into the world on the unlucky day of the fool's month. It...
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Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota HistoryOld Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Mr. Eli Pettijohn Mrs. Missouri Rose Pratt Mr. James McMullen Mrs. Samuel B. Dresser Mr. William W. Ellison Mr. Henry Favel Major Benjamin Randall Mrs. Duncan Kennedy Major S. A. Buell Mrs. Helen...
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 2Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 2Asked for the story of his early life and his recollections of slavery, Elisha replied: "Yes Ma'am, 'deed I'll tell you all I...
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Children of the Old TestamentChildren of the Old Testament Two boys, Joseph and Benjamin, sons of a rich Eastern shepherd, lived in their father's wide tent in the great valley of Hebron. Joseph was about seventeen years of age, and tall and strong, so that he could drive...
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The Expressman and the DetectiveThe Expressman and the DetectiveDuring the greater portion of a very busy life, I have been actively engaged in the profession of a Detective, and hence have been brought in contact with many men, and have been an interested participant in many exciting occurrences....
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Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter DavisOration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter DavisThe death of Hon. Henry Winter Davis, for many years a distinguished Representative of one of the Baltimore congressional districts, created a deep sensation among those who had been associated with him in national legislation,...
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Les Origines et la Jeunesse de Lamartine 1790-1812Les Origines et la Jeunesse de Lamartine 1790-1812Lamartine est de tous les potes clbres celui qui se prte le moins une biographie exacte, une chronologie minutieuse, aux petits faits et aux anecdotes choisies. Son existence, large, simple, ngligemment trace, s'idalise distance et se compose...
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Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In GeneralCornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General If you knew how often I have thought of you as I was writing this book,if you knew how there rose before my mind memories of long agoof those glorious evenings with all...
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The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. HayesThe Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. HayesGeorge Hayes, of Scotland, came to America by the way of England, and settled at Windsor, in the Colony of Connecticut, in 1682. He married, in 1683, Abigail Dibble, who was born on Long...
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Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and CabinetRecollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and...
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MemoirsMemoirsIt happened once in Boston, in the year 1861 or 1862, that I was at a dinner of the Atlantic Club, such as was held every Saturday, when the question was raised as to whether any man had ever written a complete and candid...
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Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 2Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 2 - suivie de ses œuvres morales, politiques et littérairesJ'ai reu depuis quelque temps, monsieur, votre dissertation sur la langue anglaise. C'est un excellent ouvrage, et qui sera trs-utile nos compatriotes en leur fesant sentir...
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The ViolinThe Violin - Its Famous Makers and Their ImitatorsThe favourable reception accorded to the previous editions of this work has not only added greatly to the pleasure attending the preparation of a new and revised edition, but has encouraged me to spare no effort...
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George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonThe twenty-second day of February is a national holiday in America because, as everybody knows, it is the anniversary of George Washington's birthday. All loyal Americans love and honor him, the greatest man in the history of the Republic. He was born in...
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Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and PatienceWoman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and PatienceA record of the personal services of our American women in the late Civil War, however painful to the modesty of those whom it brings conspicuously before the world, is due to...
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John ForsterJohn Forster - By One of His FriendsOne of the most robust, striking, and many-sided characters of his time was John Forster, a rough, uncompromising personage, who, from small and obscure beginnings, shouldered his way to the front until he came to be looked...
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MiltonMiltonFrancis Bacon, in one of his prose fragments, draws a memorable distinction between "arts mechanical" and "sciences of conceit." "In arts mechanical," he says, "the first device comes shortest, and time addeth and perfecteth. But in sciences of conceit the first author goeth farthest,...
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F. ChopinF. Chopinhopin! doux et harmonieux gnie! Quel est le cur auquel il fut cher, quelle est la personne laquelle il fut familier qui, en l'entendant nommer, n'prouve un tressaillement, comme au souvenir d'un tre suprieur qu'il eut la fortune de connatre? Mais, quelque regrett...
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The Romance of Old New England RooftreesThe Romance of Old New England RooftreesBoston L. C. Page & Company Mdcccciii Copyright, 1902 by L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated) All rights reserved Published, September, 1902 Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A. These little...
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The Life and Adventures of Nat LoveThe Life and Adventures of Nat Love - Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick"Having passed the half century mark in life's journey, and yielding to persistent requests of many old and valued friends of the past and present, I have decided...
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