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A "Temporary Gentleman" in FranceA "Temporary Gentleman" in FranceThe writer has introduced this "Temporary Gentleman" to many good fellows in England, France, and Flanders, and is very anxious to introduce him on a really friendly footing to all his brothers-in-arms across the Atlantic; from New York to San...
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 45, 1736The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 45, 1736 - Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those...
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Die Uhren: Ein Abriss der Geschichte der ZeitmessungDie Uhren: Ein Abriß der Geschichte der ZeitmessungSchon lange suchen glaubenslose Vertreter der modernen Naturwissenschaft die glnzenden Erfolge, die in der Erkenntnis der materiellen Welt errungen worden sind, zu verwerten, um geistige Strmungen zu erregen und Ideen zu verbreiten, die das Christentum unterwhlen sollen....
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Kuuden vuosikymmenen ajoilta: Muistelmia SuomestaKuuden vuosikymmenen ajoilta: Muistelmia SuomestaVanhempaini koti uudessa Helsingiss; perhesuhteita vanhaan Turkuun. "Sota" "kun vainolainen tuli maahan". Ruotsin aika. Ruotsin historia kodissani. Uudet valtiolliset olot; keisarit Aleksanteri I ja Nikolai I. Pelon aikaa. Venlist vaikutusta, venjnkieli, suomalaisia Venjn palveluksessa. Mit ajateltiin; hiljaista talttumista; unta avoimin...
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The Boys' Life of LafayetteThe Boys' Life of LafayetteThis is no work of fiction. It is sober history; yet if the bare facts it tells were set forth without the connecting links, its preface might be made to look like the plot of a dime novel. It is...
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The Romance of Modern SiegesThe Romance of Modern Sieges - Describing the personal adventures, resource and daring of besiegers and beseiged in all parts of the worldThese chapters are not histories of sieges, but narratives of such incidents as occur in beleaguered cities, and illustrate human nature in...
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A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2The first of two maps precedes the Introduction. It lacks a caption but probably depicts the Kabul or Khood Cabul Pass. "Boot Khak" named on the map is probably the "Bhoodkhak" of the Journal. The absence of...
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Veljekset: Talvinen tarinaVeljekset: Talvinen tarinaI. Lyhyt kertomus siit, mit masterin poissa ollessa tapahtui. II. Mit masterin poissa ollessa tapahtui. (Jatkoa.) III. Masterin vaellukset. IV. Mr. Henryn krsimykset. V. Y helmikuun 28:tta piv vasten vuonna 1757. VI. Lyhyt kertomus siit, mit tapahtui masterin ollessa toisen kerran poissa....
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Old Court Life in France, vol. 1/2Old Court Life in France, vol. 1/2ALL my life I have been a student of French memoir-history. In this species of literature France is remarkably rich. There exist contemporary memoirs and chronicles, from a very early period down to the present time, in which...
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Aus halbvergessenem Lande. Culturbilder aus DalmatienAus halbvergessenem Lande. Culturbilder aus DalmatienDie Shne des alten Hellas hatten einst seine Inseln bevlkert und die heitere Sitte ihres Vaterlandes war mit ihnen eingezogen in die neue Erde. Die stolze Roma hatte ihren wuchtigen Arm ausgestreckt ber die lachende Kste und wie mit...
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English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2)English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2)The Volunteer movement was well shown in a print by A.M., November 1803: Boney attacking the English Hives, or the Corsican caught at last in the Island. There are many hives, the chief of...
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English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)This book is not intended to be a History of Napoleon the First, but simply to reproduce the bulk of the Caricatures and Satires published in England on our great enemy, with as much...
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Adventures of a Soldier, Written by HimselfAdventures of a Soldier, Written by Himself - Being the Memoirs of Edward Costello, K.S.F. Formerly a Non-Commissioned Officer in the Rifle Brigade, Late Captain in the British Legion, and Now One of the Wardens of the Tower of London; Comprising Narratives of the...
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Kasakat: Kaukasialainen kertomusKasakat: Kaukasialainen kertomusMoskovassa on kaikki vaiennut. Silloin tllin kuuluu jossain rattaiden vikin talvisilta kaduilta. Ikkunoista ei ny en valoa, ja lyhdyt ovat sammuneet. Kirkoista kumajavat kellojen net ja vyryen nukkuvan kaupungin yli ennustavat aamua. Kadut ovat tyhjt. Vliin jossain inen ajuri kapeajalaksisella reelln sekoittaa...
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 16 (of 20)Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 16 (of 20)September 12, 1867, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia were fully represented in what was called the Border State Convention, which assembled in the Front Street Theatre, Baltimore. The object, in the...
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 15 (of 20)Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 15 (of 20)Thirteen governments founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are...
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 14 (of 20)Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 14 (of 20)The seat of Hon. John P. Stockton, as Senator from New Jersey, was contested at this session of the Senate, on the ground of irregularity in the election. The Judiciary Committee, by their Chairman, Mr. Trumbull,...
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 13 (of 20)Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 13 (of 20)Dear Sir,At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the colored citizens of this city, held in the Philadelphia Institute this evening, the undersigned were charged with the duty of conveying to you, in behalf of twenty-five...
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The Journal of Joachim HaneThe Journal of Joachim Hane - containing his escapes and sufferings during his employment by Oliver Cromwell in France from November 1653 to February 1654Joachim Hane, the author of the following journal and the hero of the adventures recorded in it, was a German...
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LiverpoolLiverpoolDEVONNORTH DEVONSOUTH IRELAND JAMAICA THE UPPER ENGADINE NORWEGIAN FJORDS PARIS Neither guide-book nor history nor commercial estimate, this Book merely attempts the much less laborious task of handing on the instant effect produced by that active, tangible quantity, the Liverpool of the present day;...
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