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Life of St. Rita of Cascia, O.S.ALife of St. Rita of Cascia, O.S.A. - from the Italian I. CASCIA: A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY II. RITA'S PARENTS III. RITA'S WONDERFUL CONCEPTION IV. RITA'S BIRTH V. THE WHITE BEES OF ST. RITA VI. RITA'S CHILDHOOD VII. RITA'S LOVE OF RETIREMENT VIII....
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Famous Men of Ancient TimesFamous Men of Ancient TimesThe reader of these pages will perhaps remark, that the length of the following sketches is hardly proportioned to the relative importance of the several subjects, regarded in a merely historical point of view. In explanation of this fact, the...
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Silver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe TaborSilver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe TaborCopyright 1950, 1955 by Caroline Bancroft All rights in this book are reserved. It may not be used for dramatic, radio, television, motion or talking picture purposes without written authorization. Johnson Publishing Co., Boulder, Colorado Caroline...
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Henry Irving's Impressions of AmericaHenry Irving's Impressions of America - Narrated in a Series of Sketches, Chronicles, and ConversationsThis book is the outcome of a desire to chronicle, in a lasting form, some of the events of a tour which your kindness has made a delight to Ellen...
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The Cornplanter MemorialThe Cornplanter Memorial - An Historical Sketch of Gy-ant-wa-chia—The Cornplanter, and of the Six Nations of Indians.The report of Hon. Samuel P. Johnson, on the completion of the monument authorized by the last Legislature, to be erected to the memory of Cornplanter, a Chief...
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Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 2 of 2Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 2 of 2Gordon revient au Soudan.Une proclamation du Mahdi.A Rahat.Le calife.Le Mahdi.Larrive de Husein Pacha.Lvacuation du Soudan proclame par Gordon.Evnements dans les diffrentes provinces.Larrive dOlivier Pain.Sa mission.Sa maladie et sa mort.Devant Khartoum.Mes lettres Gordon.Dans les fers.Episode du sige.La...
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Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 1 of 2Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 1 of 2Ce fut, pour moi, fort difficile dachever tranquillement mon travail, occup que jtais, non seulement par les affaires de service et la rdaction de rapports urgents pour le Gouvernement, mais encore, et pour une large part,...
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Ihmiskunnan edustajaIhmiskunnan edustajaRalph Waldo Emerson syntyi 25 p. toukok. 1803 Bostonissa. Hn kuului vuonna 1685 Amerikaan muuttaneeseen englantilaiseen dissenters' sukuun. [Dissenters'eiksi nimitettiin Englannissa valtiokirkkoon kuulumattomia uskonlahkoja.] Hnen esi-isns olivat kuudessa polvessa olleet pappeja, samalla myskin kulkien paikkakuntansa kirjallisten harrastusten etunenss. Papilliselle uralle antautui nuori Ralph...
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William Blake, Painter and PoetWilliam Blake, Painter and PoetThe position of William Blake among artists is exceptional. Of no other painter of like distinction, save Dante Rossetti, can it be said that his fame as a poet has fully rivalled his fame as a painter; much less that,...
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Boswell the BiographerBoswell the BiographerThe responsibility for upwards of 300 pages in print is a burden which my unaccustomed conscience cannot easily bear, and by accepting it I lose for ever the unassailable dignity of private criticism. In these circumstances I approach my readers in an...
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Ecce HomoEcce Homo - Complete Works, Volume Seventeen CONTENTS TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION PREFACE WHY I AM SO WISE WHY I AM SO CLEVER WHY I WRITE SUCH EXCELLENT BOOKS THE BIRTH Of TRAGEDY THOUGHTS OUT OF SEASON "HUMAN, ALL-TOO-HUMAN THE DAWN OF DAY JOYFUL WISDOM: LA...
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Memorias de José Garibaldi, volume 2Memorias de José Garibaldi, volume 2 - Traduzidas do manuscripto original por Alexandre DumasQuando entrei o rio, o exercito oriental achava-se em S. Jos de Uruguay e o d'Oribe em Boyada, capital da provincia d'Entre-rios. Ambos se preparavam para a luta e o exercito...
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RodneyRodneyGeorge Brydges Rodney, the most famous of the great generation of English admirals who raised the navy to the level at which Nelson found it, was by descent a Somersetshire man. The family was one of considerable antiquityof more antiquity indeed than fame. From...
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Recollections of a Confederate Staff OfficerRecollections of a Confederate Staff OfficerBY John W. Daniel Formerly Major and Assistant Adjutant-General Early's Division, Second Corps, A. N. V. A few months ago I entered a room where a group of five or six gentlemen were seated around a table in conversation....
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Mikael SperanskiMikael SperanskiEsill olevan kuvauksen Mikael Speranskista on professori M.G. Schybergson julaissut "Finsk Tidskriftiss" vuosina 1893 ja 1894. Sittemmin on filos. kand. Ernst Neovius akatemiallisessa vitskirjassaan "Suomen raha-asiain jrjestmisest Porvoon valtiopivi lhinn seuraavina vuosina" esittnyt Speranskin ja maamme vlisist kosketuskohdista listietoja, joihin pyydetn asianharrastajaa viitata....
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Victor HugoVictor Hugo1830!... Les gnrations actuelles doivent se figurer difficilement l'effervescence des esprits cette poque; il s'oprait un mouvement pareil celui de la Renaissance. Une sve de vie nouvelle circulait imptueusement. Tout germait, tout bourgeonnait, tout clatait la fois. Des parfums vertigineux se dgageaient des...
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A Georgian PageantA Georgian Pageant THE greater number of the papers in this series, dealing with some well-known persons and incidents of the latter half of the Eighteenth Century, are the practical result of a long conversation which the writer had with the late Professor J....
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Browere's Life Masks of Great AmericansBrowere's Life Masks of Great AmericansREAT oaks from little acorns grow. How big results may flow from small beginnings is typically illustrated by the possibilities of the present volume. It began with the bare knowledge that there was, once upon a time, a man...
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Robert Emmet: A Survey of His Rebellion and of His RomanceRobert Emmet: A Survey of His Rebellion and of His RomanceThe following unscientific monograph, a sort of little historical descant, is founded upon all the accurate known literature of the subject, and also largely on the Hardwicke MSS. These, in so far as they...
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Peter AbélardPeter AbélardThe author does not think it necessary to offer any apology for having written a life of Ablard. The intense dramatic interest of his life is known from a number of brief notices and sketches, but English readers have no complete presentation of...
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