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The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November, 1909The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November, 1909In this book is provided a collection of documents illustrative of European life and institutions from the German invasions to the Renaissance. Great discrimination has been exercised in the selection and arrangement of these sources,...
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The War and the Gospel: Sermons and Addresses During the Present WarThe War and the Gospel: Sermons and Addresses During the Present WarAs is usual in Cathedrals, it is the duty of the Dean of Canterbury to preach on the chief Festivals of the Christian year; and most of the following Addresses have been delivered...
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Memoirs of General Count Rapp, first aide-de-camp to NapoleonMemoirs of General Count Rapp, first aide-de-camp to NapoleonI do not pretend to be an historical character; but I was long near a man who has been the object of base misrepresentations, and I commanded brave troops whose services have been disowned. The former...
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Michigan's Copper Country in Early PhotosMichigan's Copper Country in Early PhotosHistory, with all of its ramifications, is a complex subject. Often, students pursue it with only the written word in hand, in an attempt to gain a deeper, and more meaningful understanding of it. This is usually the case...
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The Drums of WarThe Drums of WarWe had been travelling since morning, three of usmy father, General Count Mahon, myself, and Joubertto say nothing of Marengo the boarhound which followed our carriage. The great old family travelling-carriage, packed with luggage, wine, and cigars, and drawn by two...
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Dans le cloaqueDans le cloaque - Notes d'un membre de la Commission d'enquête sur l'affaire RochetteLe Figaro menait une violente campagne contre M. Caillaux, ministre des finances, et sa politique fiscale. Il l'accusait, notamment, d'avoir entrav le cours rgulier de la justice pour servir l'escroc Rochette....
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The Camp-fires of NapoleonThe Camp-fires of Napoleon - Comprising The Most Brilliant Achievemnents of the Emperor and His Marshals The vivid pictures of war, however ensanguined, have a wonderful attraction for the mass of men. They stir the heart like a trumpet. No narratives are so generally...
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The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. Volume 6 (of 6)The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. Volume 6 (of 6) - Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 6Journal from Carlsbad to ParisCynthiaEgerWallensteinWeissenstadt BerneckMemoriesBayreuthVoltaireHollfeldThe churchThe little girl with the basketThe inn-keeper and his maid-servantBambergThe female hunchbackWrzburg: its canonsA drunkardThe swallowThe inn at...
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Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and PeopleParis Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People The first invitation I ever received into a purely Parisian interior might have been copied out of a novel by Paul Bourget. Its lure was thus phrased: Un peu de musique et dagrables femmes. It...
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From the Log of the VelsaFrom the Log of the Velsa THE skipper, who, in addition to being a yachtsman, is a Dutchman, smiled with calm assurance as we approached the Dutch frontier in the August evening over the populous water of the canal which leads from Ghent to...
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The American RaceThe American Race - A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South AmericaSo far as I know, this is the first attempt at a systematic classification of the whole American race on the basis of language. I do...
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Life in the Far WestLife in the Far West The London newspapers of October 1848 contained the mournful tidings of the death, at St Louis on the Mississippi, and at the early age of twenty-eight, of Lieutenant George Frederick Ruxton, formerly of her Majesty's 89th regiment, the author...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 2 (of 7)The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 2 (of 7)Engraved by T. A. Dean.LORD CHANCELLOR SOMERS.From a Picture by Sir G. Kneller,in the possession of the Royal Society.Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.London, Published by Charles Knight, Pall...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9)The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) - Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private (final form sigma) in the middle of a word has been normalized to . Greek diacritics were normalized to be all...
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Captivity of the Oatman GirlsCaptivity of the Oatman Girls - Being an Interesting Narrative of Life Among the Apache and Mohave IndiansThe second edition of this book (six thousand copies) was nearly exhausted in the California and Oregon trade within a few months after its publication. Numerous friends...
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The Trial of Aaron BurrThe Trial of Aaron BurrAmong the records of the United States Courts at Richmond, Virginia, are the original papers in the case of the United States versus Aaron Burr, Indictment for Treason. The tawny fingers of time have dealt gently with these papers, and...
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Notes on the Floridian Peninsula Its Literary History, Indian Tribes and AntiquitiesNotes on the Floridian Peninsula; Its Literary History, Indian Tribes and AntiquitiesThe present little work is the partial result of odd hours spent in the study of the history, especially the ancient historyif by this term I may be allowed to mean all that...
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The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. volume 5 (of 6)The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. volume 5 (of 6) - Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 5The Roman Embassy continuedLetter to Madame RcamierDispatch to M. le Comte PortalisConclavesDispatches to M. le Comte PortalisLetters to Madame RcamierDispatch to M. le Comte...
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Yorkshire Dales and FellsYorkshire Dales and FellsThis book is a companion volume to that entitled Yorkshire Coast and Moorland Scenes, which was published in 1904. It describes a tract of country that is more full of noble and imposing scenery than the north-eastern corner of the county,...
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 38, March 20, 1841The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 38, March 20, 1841and we now return to it with pleasure to notice another of the beautiful architectural remains of antiquity seated on its banksthe celebrated Abbey of the Holy Cross. This noble monastic ruin is situated...
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