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A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon BayleyA Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley - Formerly a Slave, in the State of Delaware, North AmericaIn presenting the following fragments to the attention of the public, it appears necessary to state the manner in which they came...
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Narrative of Henry Box BrownNarrative of Henry Box Brown - Who Escaped from Slavery Enclosed in a Box 3 Feet Long and 2 WideNot for the purpose of administering to a prurient desire to hear and see some new thing, nor to gratify any inclination on the part...
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Biographical catalogue of the portraits at Weston, the seat of the Earl of BradfordBiographical catalogue of the portraits at Weston, the seat of the Earl of BradfordA true delineation, even of the smallest man, and his scene of pilgrimage through life, is capable of interesting the greatest man; for all men are to an unspeakable degree brothers,...
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Nagyokról és kicsinyekrőlNagyokról és kicsinyekrőlA korona csodlatos kszer. Nemcsak ragyog, de melegit is. Nemcsak uralkodik, de vonz is. Hatsa egszen hasonl eszmnyi szpsg szz hajadon tekintetnek hatshoz. De ht a korona mily hatalom akkor: a mikor eszmnyi szpsg n homlokn ragyog? A ki e mellett mg...
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The Rising Son or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored RaceThe Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored RaceSimultaneously with the landing of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower, on Plymouth Rock, December 22d, 1620, a clumsy-looking brig, old and dirty, with paint nearly obliterated from every part, slowly sailed up the...
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The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His AchievementsThe Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His AchievementsThe calumniators and traducers of the Negro are to be found, mainly, among two classes. The first and most relentless are those who have done them the greatest injury, by being instrumental in their enslavement...
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Gene Stratton Porter, Best-SellerGene Stratton Porter, Best-SellerAlthough Gene Stratton Porter resided in this city only a few weeks in 1913, her life was closely associated with the Fort Wayne area. Born in rural Wabash County and educated in Wabash, the noted Hoosier author established residence successively in...
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English Men of LettersAdam SmithEarly in 1793 Dugald Stewart read at two meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his Account of the Life and Writings of Adam Smith. Written with the sympathetic pen of a friend and disciple in the Corinthian style that Stewart loved, the...
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The Life of CervantesThe Life of CervantesTHREE hundred years ago this month the First Part of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha was published in Madrid, and the world was made the richer by a book which will last until the silver chord be loosed...
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The story of my childhoodThe story of my childhoodOur classes in The History of the United States are studying about you, and we want to know more. Our teacher says she has seen you. That you live in, or near Washington, District of Columbia, and that, although very...
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Biographical catalogue of the portraits at Longleat in the county of Wilts, the seat of the Marquis of BathBiographical catalogue of the portraits at Longleat in the county of Wilts, the seat of the Marquis of BathA true delineation, even of the smallest man, and his scene of pilgrimage through life, is capable of interesting the greatest man; for all men are...
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"Praeterita": souvenirs de jeunesse"Præterita": souvenirs de jeunesseChapitre I. Les sources de la Wandel Chapitre II. Herne Hill.Les amandiers en fleur Chapitre III. Les rives de la Tay Chapitre IV. Sous de nouveaux matres Chapitre V. Le Parnasse et le Plynlimmon Chapitre VI. Schaffhouse et Milan Chapitre VII....
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Narratives of Colored AmericansNarratives of Colored AmericansLindley Murray, the Grammarian, and author of several excellent School and Reading books, in his last Will bequeathed certain funds to Trustees in America, his native country, for several benevolent objects, including the gratuitous distribution of "books calculated to promote piety...
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Sir George Etienne Cartier: His Work for Canada and His Services to MontrealSir George Etienne Cartier: His Work for Canada and His Services to MontrealThe great interest that has been aroused in the Cartier Centenary movement was shown by the large gathering which assembled at the Canadian Club luncheon in the Sailors' Institute on Monday, April...
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Visszaemlékezéseim (2. kötet)Visszaemlékezéseim (2. kötet)Mogorva id s nyirkos hideg volt; az eget szrke felhk boritottk s a fldet hviz lepte el. s n mgis oly bartsgos szinben lttam mindent! elttem tndklt szles e vilgon a legkedvesebb vrosom: Pest, rm mosolygott a Dunapart, s ugy rmlett, mintha...
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Visszaemlékezéseim (1. kötet)Visszaemlékezéseim (1. kötet)A vndor, hajnal ta killott fradalmai utn, alkonyatkor ha megpihen, elmerengve nzi a leldoz napot, s elgondolkozik azon benyomsokon, amiket utjban a tjak, esemnyek s viszontagsgok lelkre tettek. Azutn behunyja szemeit, hogy lomba merljn. n is fradt vndor vagyok, napom mr leldozik,...
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Kurgast: Aufzeichnungen von einer Badener KurKurgast: Aufzeichnungen von einer Badener Kur Man sagt von den Schwaben, da sie erst mit vierzig Jahren gescheit werden, und die Schwaben selber, im Selbstvertrauen nicht stark, sehen das zuweilen als eine Art von Schande an. Es ist aber das Gegenteil, es ist eine...
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The Story of a Great SchoolmasterThe Story of a Great SchoolmasterTHE WHEELS OF CHANCE LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM KIPPS TONO BUNGAY ANN VERONICA MR. POLLY THE NEW MACHIAVELLI MARRIAGE THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN BEALBY THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH THE SOUL...
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History of King Charles the First of EnglandHistory of King Charles the First of EnglandThe 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...
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From 7 to 70: Memories of a Painter and a YankeeFrom Seven to Seventy: Memories of a Painter and a YankeeFor years I have wanted to make two cartoonsthe first, dated 1800, to be simply a lovely woman holding a baby, and called, New England with Her Child America. In the second, dated 1900,...
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