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Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 2Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 2Je vois aujourd'hui qu'une qualit commune tous mes amis tait le naturel ou l'absence de l'hypocrisie. Mme Vignon et ma tante Sraphie m'avaient donn, pour cette premire des conditions de succs dans la socit actuelle, une horreur qui m'a...
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Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 1Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 1Nous tentons pour la premire fois de donner au public lettr les uvres compltes de Stendhal. L'dition publie par MM. Calmann-Lvy, en volumes d'aspects et de mrites divers, n'est pas complte et ne rpond pas aux exigences de la...
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The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)After an interval of about five years, the second volume of Mr. Alexander Rogers translation of Jahngrs Memoirs has been published by the Royal Asiatic Society. It is a smaller work than the first volume,...
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Life and public services of Martin R. DelanyLife and public services of Martin R. Delany - Sub-Assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and late Major 104th U.S. Colored TroopsAt the close of every revolution in a country, there is observed an effort for the gradual and...
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Baden-Powell of MafekingBaden-Powell of MafekingTHE AUTHOR DESIRES TO EXPRESS HIS OBLIGATIONS TO MISS BADEN-POWELL AND TO THE REV. CANON HAIG-BROWN FOR THEIR KINDNESS IN AFFORDING HIM HELP AND INFORMATION IN PREPARING THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF MAJOR-GENERAL BADEN-POWELL'S CAREER. It may well and fittingly be complained that...
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The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2)The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2)Mr. Rogers translated the Memoirs of Jahngr several years ago from the edition which Sayyid Amad printed at Ghazipur in 1863 and at Allyghur in 1864. Orientalists are greatly indebted to the Sayyid for his...
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Horace Walpole: A memoirHorace Walpole: A memoir - With an appendix of books printed at the Strawberry Hill PressThe Walpoles of Houghton.Horace Walpole born, 24 September, 1717.Lady Louisa Stuart's Story.Scattered Facts of his Boyhood.Minor Anecdotes.'La belle Jennings.'The Bugles.Interview with George I. before his Death.Portrait at this time.Goes...
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian BiographyA Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography - Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth centuryIt is now thirty-three years since the first volume of biographies bearing the title Representative Canadians...
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Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2]Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] - Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs,...
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Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2]Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] - Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs,...
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The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of CanadaThe Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of CanadaThe following memoir was written from the dictation of Josiah Henson. A portion of the story was told, which, when written, was read to him, that any errors of statement might be...
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The Courtships of Queen ElizabethThe Courtships of Queen Elizabeth - A history of the various negotiations for her marriageIt has been my pleasant duty to consider carefully in chronological order a great mass of diplomatic documents of the time of Elizabeth, in which are reflected, almost from day...
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The Gold-Headed CaneThe Gold-Headed CaneWilliam Macmichael, the author of the Gold-Headed Cane, was born at Bridgenorth, in Shropshire, in 1784, and after receiving his education at the grammar school of that town, entered as a student at Christ Church, Oxford, where, after receiving his degree of...
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Josephine E. Butler: An Autobiographical MemoirJosephine E. Butler: An Autobiographical MemoirJosephine Butler was one of the great people of the world. In character, in work done, in influence on others, she was among that few great people who have moulded the course of things. The world is different because...
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William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareThe true title of this work should be, "Apropos to Shakespeare." The desire of introducing, as they say in England, before the public, the new translation of Shakespeare, has been the first motive of the author. The feeling which interests him so profoundly...
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Kaarle XII:n historiaKaarle XII:n historiaIhmeellinen ja killinen muutos Kaarle XII:n luonteessa. Kahdeksantoistavuotiaana hn ky sotaa Tanskaa, Puolaa ja Venj vastaan, ptt Tanskan-sotansa kuudessa viikossa, ly kahdeksalla tuhannella ruotsalaisella kahdeksankymment tuhatta venlist ja hykk Puolaan. Puolan ja sen hallinnon kuvaus. Kaarle voittaa useita taisteluja, psee Puolan herraksi...
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Honoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac Vers 1835, nous habitions deux petites chambres dans l'impasse du Doyenn, la place peu prs qu'occupe aujourd'hui le pavillon Mollien. Quoique situ au centre de Paris, en face des Tuileries, deux pas du Louvre, l'endroit tait dsert et sauvage, et il...
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Honoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac Around 1835, I lived in two small rooms in the Impasse du Doyenn, not far from the current location of the Pavillon Mollien. Although it was located in the center of Paris facing the Tuilleries and just a few steps from...
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From Farm Boy to SenatorFrom Farm Boy to Senator - Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel WebsterBut thirty years have elapsed since the death of Daniel Webster, and there is already danger that, so far as young people are concerned, he will become an...
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Historical Characters: Mackintosh, Talleyrand, Canning, Cobbett, PeelHistorical Characters: Mackintosh, Talleyrand, Canning, Cobbett, PeelThe sale which this work has had in its original form has induced my publisher to recommend a cheaper and more popular one; and I myself gladly seize the opportunity of correcting some of the errors in print...
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