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Storia d'Italia dal 1789 al 1814, tomo IIStoria d'Italia dal 1789 al 1814, tomo II Pensieri di Buonaparte. Intenzioni del Direttorio circa le potenze d'Italia. Spoglio delle opere egregie delle belle arti: lusinghe ai dotti ed ai letterati. Tregua col duca di Parma. Come trattato il duca di Modena. Accidenti del...
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Storia d'Italia dal 1789 al 1814, tomo IIIStoria d'Italia dal 1789 al 1814, tomo III Pensieri di Buonaparte dopo le sue vittorie contro Alvinzi. L'Austria manda nuove genti in Italia sotto la condotta dell'arciduca Carlo. Qualit comparative di Buonaparte e dell'arciduca, e lor modo di guerreggiare. S'incomincia una nuova guerra. Contrasto...
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Storia d'Italia dal 1789 al 1814, tomo IStoria d'Italia dal 1789 al 1814, tomo I Proposito dell'opera. Stato d'Italia nel 1789. Come siano nati gli ordini feudali; poi come moderati. Opinioni ed inclinazioni del secolo in questa materia. Stato della religione; perch fu soppressa la societ dei gesuiti, e quali effetti...
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Studies of Travel: ItalyStudies of Travel: Italy The city of Mcenas, and of a whole crowd of famous men of later times, shows no outward signs of being much frequented by travellers. There is some difficulty there in getting so much as an Italian newspaper, and, though...
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William Gilbert, and Terrestial Magnetism in the Time of Queen ElizabethWilliam Gilbert, and Terrestial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth - A DiscourseWilliam Gilbert, the father of electrical science, was born in Colchester in 1540. Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1569, he...
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Soldiering in North CarolinaSoldiering in North Carolina - Being the experiences of a 'typo' in the pines, swamps, fields, sandy roads, towns, cities, and among the fleas, wood-ticks, 'gray-backs,' mosquitoes, blue-tail flies, moccasin snakes, lizards, scorpions, rebels, and other reptiles, pests, and vermin of the 'Old North...
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A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 2 (of 2)A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 2 (of 2)One remarkable circumstance among those which specially characterised the great intellectual movement in Italy in the sixteenth century, was the large part taken in it by women. The writers of literary history,a class especially abundant to...
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A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 1 (of 2)A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 1 (of 2)The degree in which any social system has succeeded in ascertaining woman's proper position, and in putting her into it, will be a very accurate test of the progress it has made in civilisation. And the...
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Beautiful EnglandDartmoor Dartmoor is a fine-sounding name, and no one would wish to displace it; yet in one sense it is a misleading and inappropriate designation of the great central Devonshire moorland. The moorland is not distinctively the moor of the Dart, any more than...
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The "Ayesha," being the adventures of the landing squad of the "Emden"The "Ayesha," being the adventures of the landing squad of the "Emden"Copyright, 1917, by RITTER & COMPANY All rights reserved, including the translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian First Printing, January, 1917 Second Printing, February, 1917 THE PLIMPTON PRESS NORWOOD MASS U S...
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The Tourist's Guide through the Country of CaernarvonThe Tourist's Guide through the Country of Caernarvon - containing a short sketch of its History, Antiquities, &c.A Nobleman, whose sole study is to do Good, and to promote the Happiness and Welfare of his Fellow Creatures; and who is highly Esteemed, and greatly...
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La vie en France au moyen âge d'après quelques moralistes du tempsLa vie en France au moyen âge d'après quelques moralistes du temps Le prsent ouvrage fait pendant celui que jai publi en 1904: La Socit franaise au moyen ge daprs dix romans daventure. Jai t amen le composer au cours de mes tudes sur...
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Patrañas or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and TraditionalPatrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and TraditionalYou will often have it said to you, when smarting under a disappointment, Never mind! it is all for the best! I dare say you are sometimes inclined to doubt the truth of this maxim; I remember when...
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Through Arctic LaplandThrough Arctic Lapland[ix] Note.River in Norsk is Elv; in Qfensk, Joki. Lake in Qfensk is Jrvi. J is pronounced as Y. [xii] [1] The wharves of Katherine Dock were black with many thousands of people, and all their eyes converged on a little auxiliary...
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The 116th Battalion in FranceThe 116th Battalion in FranceWith the assistance of the official War Diary and the proud memory of two years service with the 116th Battalion C.E.F. in France, the writer has compiled this small book for all ex-members of the Battalion, with the hope that...
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The Lenape Stone or, The Indian and the MammothThe Lenape Stone; or, The Indian and the MammothIn claiming an impartial examination of so extraordinary a carving as the "Lenape Stone" at the hands of archologists, the writer has had several difficulties to contend with. First, The fact that the carving is quite...
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Chelsea, in the Olden and Present TimesChelsea, in the Olden & Present TimesThere are circumstances in connection with the publication of this volume which I deem it necessary to mention. Some persons probably have thought that such an undertaking should have devolved on an individual possessing greater literary attainments, and...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 1 (of 9)The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 1 (of 9) - Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private Mr. Jefferson having, by his last will and testament, bequeathed to his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, all his manuscript papers, Congress,...
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Our Little Russian CousinOur Little Russian CousinA large country, called Russia, lies in the eastern part of Europe. It stretches from the icy shores of the Arctic Ocean, on the north, to the warm waters of the Black Sea, on the south. Many of the children of...
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Our Little Persian CousinOur Little Persian CousinPersia is mostly a tableland, from which rise many high mountains. In the winter come storms of snow and rain; in the spring the ground is green with grass and bright with many flowers; but in the late summer and fall...
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