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Mesdames Nos Aïeules: dix siècles d'élégancesMesdames Nos Aïeules: dix siècles d'élégancesIl n'y a de nouveau dans ce monde que ce qui a suffisamment vieilli, a dit, non pas un 6 grand philosophe mais une femme, la couturire de Josphine de Beauharnais, pouse de Napolon Bonaparte, consul de la Rpublique...
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The Red TavernThe Red TavernS-s-st, there, good gossip, wake up, I pray thee! Hearest thou not voices yonder in our lordship's tent? Methinks I can see between the trees the glimmer of his council-candle. Even now he doth plan the attack, whilst this cursed cross-bow is...
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Filosofía Americana: EnsayosFilosofía Americana: EnsayosQue una discusin haya agitado a las inteligencias durante siglos, no es motivo para dejarla de la mano, sin tentar antes el ensayo de probar una de dos cosas: o alguna solucin que se encuentre, o que la cuestin es insoluble. Creo...
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 12 (of 16)Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 12 (of 16) Nel corso di questa storia abbiamo di gi due volte invitati i nostri leggitori a trattenersi con noi, per dare insieme uno sguardo allo spazio trascorso. Dopo il 1303 abbiamo procurato di...
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 13 (of 16)Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 13 (of 16) Negoziazioni di Lodovico XII in Italia. Continuazione della guerra di Pisa; questa citt, abbandonata dai Veneziani, continua a difendersi. I Francesi conquistano il ducato di Milano. Lodovico Sforza vi rientra dopo cinque...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United StatesLife of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United StatesAn attempt has been made in the following pages to portray Abraham Lincoln, mainly in his relations to the country at large during his eventful administration. With this view, it has not been deemed necessary...
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 11 (of 16)Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 11 (of 16) Lorenzo de' Medici subentra nel credito di suo padre sopra la repubblica fiorentina. Fasto ed ambizione dei nipoti di Sisto IV; prima campagna di Giuliano della Rovere, che in appressa fu Giulio...
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Soldier Rigdale: How He Sailed in the Mayflower and How He Served Miles StandishSoldier Rigdale: How He Sailed in the Mayflower and How He Served Miles StandishHow those yards seesawed up and down with the rolling of the ship, and the mastheads, they dipped too, quite as if they might pitch down upon a body! Miles Rigdale,...
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and WorkThe Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and WorkI was present on one occasion at a popular lecture delivered in Greenwich, when the lecturer referred to the way in which so many English people travel to the ends of the earth in...
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London in the Sixties (with a few digressions)London in the Sixties (with a few digressions)London in the sixties was so different from the London of to-day that, looking back through the long vista of years, one is astonished at the gradual changesunnoticed as they proceed. Streets have been annihilated and transformed...
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Histoire de Flandre (T. 1/4)Histoire de Flandre (T. 1/4)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Il est devenu aujourd'hui peu prs inutile...
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Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2Thiers as Chief of the ExecutiveNegotiations respecting a new Anglo-French Commercial TreatyReturn of the PrincesEmbarrassment caused by the Comte de ChambordQuestion of voting in the House of LordsThiers elected PresidentState of parties in FranceIrritation...
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Auszug aus der Alten, Mittleren und Neueren GeschichteAuszug aus der Alten, Mittleren und Neueren GeschichteDas vorliegende geschichtliche Handbuch, seit der neunten Auflage von dem jetzigen Herausgeber bearbeitet, ist durch Umgestaltung und Vermehrung des Inhalts bei den wiederholten Auflagen mehr und mehr ein Werk des Herausgebers geworden, von ihm zu vertreten hinsichtlich...
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Albert BallinAlbert BallinMY principal reason for publishing the information contained in this volume is to keep alive the memory of Albert Ballin. I particularly desire to show what was his share in bringing about the economic advance of Germany during the golden age of the...
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Tom Strong, Lincoln's ScoutTom Strong, Lincoln's Scout - A Story of the United States in the Times That Tried Men's SoulsMany of the persons and personages who appear upon the pages of this book have already lived, some in history and some in the pages of "Tom...
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The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2)The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2)Fortune cast the life of Polybius in stirring times. His special claim to our admiration is that he understood the importance in the history of the world of the changes which were passing under his eyes, and...
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The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2)The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2)1. The distance from the strait and town of Rhegium to Tarentum is more than two thousand stades;B.C. 209, Coss. Q. Fabius Maximus V. Q. Fulvius Flaccus IV. and that portion of the shore of Italy is...
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Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. RegimentReminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment I hope no one will think that I aspire to the severe dignity of a historian in these rambling reminiscences which are to follow. I am well content to take an humbler part. With...
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History of ScotlandHistory of ScotlandThe country (1)the people (2)Roman occupation (3)English invasion (4)the Scots (5)introduction of Christianity (6)conversion of the Picts (7)conversion of the English (8)English conquests (9)union of Picts and Scots (10)the Northmen (11)the Commendation (12)annexation of Strathclyde (13)acquisition of Lothian (14)Cnut's invasion (15)Macbeth (16)English...
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A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer InfantryA History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer InfantryIn this sketch of the military career of the 9th Ill. Vol. Inft., my object has been, to present the facts connected with its organization, and its connection with the various battle-scenes through which it has...
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