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History of Florence and of the Affairs of ItalyHistory of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy - From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent Niccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one of the most eminent political writers of any age or country, was born at...
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The History of Herodotus — Volume 2The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 This text was prepared from the third edition, printed in 1914, by MacMillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, London. Greek text has been transliterated and marked with brackets, as in the opening citation above. 1. In...
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Eminent VictoriansEminent VictoriansTHE history of the Victorian Age will never be written; we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historianignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. Concerning...
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 JAMES was now at the height of power and prosperity. Both in England and in Scotland he had vanquished his enemies, and had punished them with a severity which had indeed...
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The Memoirs of General Baron de MarbotThe Memoirs of General Baron de MarbotPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about...
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Los Bombardeos Atomicos de Hiroshima y NagasakiLos Bombardeos Atomicos de Hiroshima y Nagasaki Este reporte describe los efectos de las bombas atmicas que bombardearon las ciudades de Hiroshima y Nagasaki el 6 y el 9 de agosto de 1945, respectivamente. Resume toda la informacin que est disponible sobre dao hecho...
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History of PhoeniciaHistory of Phoenicia 01 (return) [ Die Phnizier, und das phnizische Alterthum, by F. C. Movers, in five volumes, Berlin, 1841-1856.] 02 (return) [ History and Antiquities of Phoenicia, by John Kenrick, London, 1855.] 03 (return) [ Histoire de lArt dans lAntiquit, par MM....
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Travels through France and ItalyTravels through France and Italy Many pens have been burnished this year of grace for the purpose of celebrating with befitting honour the second centenary of the birth of Henry Fielding; but it is more than doubtful if, when the right date occurs in...
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Unbeaten Tracks in JapanUnbeaten Tracks in JapanHaving been recommended to leave home, in April 1878, in order to recruit my health by means which had proved serviceable before, I decided to visit Japan, attracted less by the reputed excellence of its climate than by the certainty that...
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Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and SpeechesThoughts on the Present Discontents, and SpeechesEdmund Burke was born at Dublin on the first of January, 1730. His father was an attorney, who had fifteen children, of whom all but four died in their youth. Edmund, the second son, being of delicate health...
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A Little Tour in FranceA Little Tour in FrancePlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million...
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China and the ManchusChina and the ManchusIt is impossible to give here a complete key to the pronunciation of Chinese words. For those who wish to pronounce with approximate correctness the proper names in this volume, the following may be a rough guide: a as in alms....
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Extracts from the Diary of William BrayExtracts from the Diary of William BrayMr. Bray was born at Shere, on the 15th of November, 1736. He was the youngest of the three sons who survived their father Edward Bray, Esq. George the eldest, who was in the Church, and the second...
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Chinese SketchesChinese Sketches The following Sketches owe their existence chiefly to frequent peregrinations in Chinese cities, with pencil and note-book in hand. Some of them were written for my friend Mr. F. H. Balfour of Shanghai, and by him published in the columns of the...
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An Account of EgyptAn Account of Egypt HERODOTUS was born at Halicarnassus, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, in the early part of the fifth century, B. C. Of his life we know almost nothing, except that he spent much of it traveling, to collect the...
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The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran ArabsThe Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran ArabsTHE work entitled "The Albert N'yanza Great Basin of the Nile," published in 1866, has given an account of the equatorial lake system from which the Egyptian river derives its source. It...
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A Record of Buddhistic KingdomsA Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms - Being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline Life of F-Hien; Genuineness and Integrity of the Text of his Narrative; Number of...
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History of Friedrich II of Prussia — AppendixHistory of Friedrich II of Prussia — Appendix This Piece, it would seem, was translated sixteen years ago; some four or five years before any part of the present HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH got to paper. The intercalated bits of Commentary were, as is evident,...
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History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 The Twelve Hercules-labors of this King have ended here; what was required of him in World-History is accomplished. There remain to Friedrich Twenty-three Years more of Life, which to Prussian History are as full of...
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History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 There were yet, to the world's surprise and regret, Three Campaigns of this War; but the Campaign 1760, which we are now upon, was what produced or rendered possible the other two;was the crisis of...
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