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Trois mois sous la neige: Journal d'un jeune habitant du JuraTrois mois sous la neige: Journal d'un jeune habitant du JuraJeunes amis, Le rcit que nous vous prsentons, sous un titre qui peut vous tonner, repose cependant sur un fond de vrit; il ne surprendra nullement les personnes qui connaissent les pays de montagnes...
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From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to NorthFrom the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to NorthTitle: From the Cape to Cairo The First Traverse of Africa from South to North Author: Ewart S. Grogan and Arthur H. Sharp Release Date: April 14, 2014 [EBook #45396] Language:...
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De Belgische omwentelingDe Belgische omwentelingOverduidelijke druk- en spelfouten in het origineel zijn gecorrigeerd; deze zijn voorzien van een dunne oranje stippellijn, waarbij de Brontekst via een zwevende pop-up beschikbaar is. Variaties in spelling (met/zonder accent, met/zonder koppelteken) zijn behouden. Errata zijn in de tekst gecorrigeerd; deze...
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Rückreise von Java nach Europa mit der sogenannten englischen Überlandpost im September und October 1848Rückreise von Java nach Europa mit der sogenannten englischen Überlandpost im September und October 1848Anfangs war es nicht meine Absicht, diese Reise zu verffentlichen, besonders weil andere Arbeiten mich sehr beschftigten. Ich hatte jedoch das Meiste auf der Reise (von Java bis Holland) selbst...
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Lincolniana Or, The Humors of Uncle AbeLincolniana; Or, The Humors of Uncle Abe Is Joe Miller "complete?" I doubt it, maugre the pretenses of title-pages. An old joke is sometimes like a piece of painted glass in a kaleidoscopeevery turn gives it a new aspect, and the new view is...
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The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the WigwamThe Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam These sketches are drawn from a great variety of sources, and are intended, not only to exhibit the Indian character in all its phases, but to comprise in a small compass a valuable collection of...
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The Blue and the Gray; Or, The Civil War as Seen by a BoyThe Blue and the Gray; Or, The Civil War as Seen by a Boy - A Story of Patriotism and Adventure in Our War for the Union OOKS without number have been written upon the Civil War. There will probably be many more, for...
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Artists and Arabs Or, Sketching in SunshineArtists and Arabs; Or, Sketching in Sunshine The advantage of winter studios abroad, and the value of sketching in the open air; especially in Algeria. 'The best thing the author of a book can do, is to tell the reader, on a piece of...
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History of the Anglo-Saxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman ConquestHistory of the Anglo-Saxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest - Second EditionAlmost every historian has set out by regretting how little is known of the early inhabitants of Great Britaina fact which only the lovers of hoar antiquity deplore, since from...
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The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and MankindThe Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and MankindTHIS Outline of History is an attempt to tell, truly and clearly, in one continuous narrative, the whole story of life and mankind so far as it is known to-day. It is written...
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Our English Towns and VillagesOur English Towns and Villages1. A little boy, who had been born in a log cabin in the backwoods of Canada, was taken by his father, when he was about eight years old, to the nearest settlement, for the first time in his life....
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New Zealanders at GallipoliNew Zealanders at GallipoliIt was recognized that the Official History would necessitate considerable research, would take a long time to write, and then must be largely a study of strategy and tactics; but somethingthat would be concise and interesting, not expensive, and available at...
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Wager of Battle: A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood ForestWager of Battle: A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood Forest It is, perhaps, unfortunate that the period and, in some degree, the scene of my present work, coincide nearly with those of the most magnificent and gorgeous of historical romances, Sir Walter Scott's...
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Through Bosnia and Herzegovina with a Paint BrushThrough Bosnia and Herzegovina with a Paint BrushThe following sketches and notes were originally intended as personal reminiscences of a very interesting and enjoyable holiday spent in a country somewhat out of the beaten track. But changes forecasted by the authoress having become actual...
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Paris and Its StoryParis and Its StorySIX centuries have failed to efface from the memory of the French people the misery and devastation wrought by the hundred years wars, as travellers in rural France will know. Paris saw little of Charles who, after the temporary activity excited...
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I promessi sposiI promessi sposi. - Opere di Alessando Manzoni, vol. 1Chiudendo il Discorso che prepose alla ristampa, per la Biblioteca Italiana del Le Monnier, dei Versi e delle Prose del Parini (1846), Giuseppe Giusti scriveva: Cos la Lombardia perd il suo poeta; e non poteva...
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Arvid Kurck och hans samtidaArvid Kurck och hans samtidaI. Kurckska tten. II. P sotsng och br. III. Rnker. IV. I knektstugan. V. Klas Kurck hller ting. VI. Frsmdd. VII. Brllop. VIII. Varningar. IX. Dramat utspelas. X. Epilogen. XI. I bo skola. XII. Affrslif p 1500-talet. Arvid Kurck p...
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L'Histoire de France racontée par les Contemporains (Tome 4/4)L'Histoire de France racontée par les Contemporains (Tome 4/4) - Extraits des Chroniques, des Mémoires et des Documents originaux, avec des sommaires et des résumés chronologiquesNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve...
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Taten des grossen AlexanderTaten des großen Alexander EINGANG. Einige werden zu Preis und Rhmen gefhrt durch die Tugendkraft ihrer geliebten Helden, die anderen durch die kriegerischen Taten; die dritten durch deren Weisheit, viertens endlich manche durch wundersame Begebungen und Zeichen. Aber in Ordnung aller Heldennamen der vergangenen...
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A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret BreckinridgeA Memorial of Mrs. Margaret BreckinridgeMore than a year has now passed since Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge, the beloved subject of the following brief notices, was taken from us into the saints' everlasting rest. By that event, the little family of which she was the...
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