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Great PossessionsGreat PossessionsFor these many years, since I have lived here in the country, I have had it in my mind to write something about the odour and taste of this well-flavoured earth. The fact is, both the sense of smell and the sense of...
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Adventures in FriendshipAdventures in FriendshipThis, I am firmly convinced, is a strange world, as strange a one as I was ever in. Looking about me I perceive that the simplest things are the most difficult, the plainest things, the darkest, the commonest things, the rarest. This...
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The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's ChaseThe Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase - With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan * * * * * * * * * * Joseph Addison, the Spectator, the true founder of our periodical literature, the finest,...
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Life of Johnson, Volume 5Life of Johnson, Volume 5 - Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) In every narrative, whether historical or biographical, authenticity is of the utmost consequence[1]. Of this I have ever been so firmly persuaded, that I inscribed a former...
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Thirty Years a SlaveThirty Years a Slave - From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis Hughes The institution of human slavery, as it existed in this country, has long been dead;...
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The Life of Lord ByronThe Life of Lord ByronMy present task is one of considerable difficulty; but I have long had a notion that some time or another it would fall to my lot to perform it. I approach it, therefore, without apprehension, entirely in consequence of having...
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Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, for Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (for Charity's Sake) in Washington JailPersonal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, for Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (for Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail - Including a Narrative of the Voyage and Capture of the Schooner Pearl Title: Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, for Four Years and Four Months...
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The Story of Louis Riel: The Rebel ChiefThe Story of Louis Riel: The Rebel ChiefAlong the banks of the Red River, over those fruitful plains brightened with wild flowers in summer, and swept with fierce storms in the winter-time, is written the life story of Louis Riel. Chance was not blind...
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The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)This volume is the outcome of many conversations with Lord Brampton and of innumerable manuscript notes from his pen. I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to present them to the public in such a manner that,...
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AutobiographyAutobiography CHAPTER VI. 1830-1840 COMMENCEMENT OF THE MOST VALUABLE FRIENDSHIP OF MY LIFEMY FATHER'S DEATHWRITINGS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS UP TO 1840 CHAPTER VII. 1840-1870 GENERAL VIEW OF THE REMAINDER OF MY LIFE.COMPLETION OF THE "SYSTEM OF LOGIC"PUBLICATION OF THE "PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY" MARRIAGERETIREMENT...
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American Indian StoriesAmerican Indian StoriesA wigwam of weather-stained canvas stood at the base of some irregularly ascending hills. A footpath wound its way gently down the sloping land till it reached the broad river bottom; creeping through the long swamp grasses that bent over it on...
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Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the GospelMemoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel "Anno Domini 1657. Though superstitious minds doe judge amisse of this buriall plane, yet lett them know hereby that the Scripture saith, The earth, it is the Lord's. And I say soe is this,...
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Life of Johnson, Volume 4Life of Johnson, Volume 4 - 1780-1784Being disappointed in my hopes of meeting Johnson this year, so that I could hear none of his admirable sayings, I shall compensate for this want[1] by inserting a collection of them, for which I am indebted to...
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Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and JournalsMaria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals"Sweeping" the heavensDiscovery of the comet, 1847Frederick VI. and the cometLetters from G. P. Bond and Hon. Edward EverettAdmiral SmythAmerican AcademyAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceExtract from diary, 1855Dorothea DixEstherDivers extracts from diary, 1853, 1854Comet of 1854Computations for...
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A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin VerplanckA Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - Delivered before the New-York Historical Society, May 17th, 1870At a special meeting of the New York Historical Society, held at Steinway Hall, on Tuesday evening, May 17, 1870, William Cullen Bryant...
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Excellent WomenExcellent WomenElizabeth Fry was born in Norwich, on the 21st of June, 1780. She was the third daughter of John Gurney, of Earlham, Norfolk, and Catherine Bell, daughter of Daniel Bell, merchant in London. Mrs. Bell was a descendant of the ancient family of...
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Stories of Great Americans for Little AmericansStories of Great Americans for Little Americans The primary aim of this book is to furnish the little learner reading matter that will excite his attention and give him pleasure, and thus make lighter the difficult task of learning to read. The ruggedness of...
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The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and GuideThe Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide - 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...
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Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave DeedsBeneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave DeedsSo rapid was the progress of the fire that, by the time the escapes reached the house, tongues of flame were shooting out from the windows, and it was impossible to place the ladders...
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White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of CalabarWhite Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar1. A Drunkard's Home 2. A Brave Girl 3. In Africa 4. On Her Own 5. Into the Jungle 6. A Brave Nurse 7. Witchcraft 8. The Poison Test 9. Victories for Mary...
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