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A Visit to the Philippine IslandsA Visit to the Philippine IslandsThe Philippine Islands are but imperfectly known. Though my visit was a short one, I enjoyed many advantages, from immediate and constant intercourse with the various authorities and the most friendly reception by the natives of every class. The...
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Cornish Saints and SinnersCornish Saints & SinnersIt was an old arrangement between Guy and myself to go somewhere as soon as the Long Vacation commenced, and the Bookworm, a relation of Guy's, was included on account of his[Pg 2] health. The doctor told him that if he...
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Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy. Stories and Sketches in South BurgundyBurgundy: The Splendid Duchy. Stories and Sketches in South BurgundyAlthough the history of Burgundy is intimately connected with that of Englandthe policy of the Valois Dukes, for example, affected profoundly our national destinies during the hundred years' warthe average English reader's knowledge of the...
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Caudebec in AmericaCaudebec in America - A Record of the Descendants of Jacques Caudebec 1700 to 1920It has been my pleasure and diversion during a period of many years to collect and tabulate data concerning the descendants of Jacques Caudebec. This has led to a study...
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A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 2 of 2A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 2 of 2 - Described in a Series of Letters by a LadyRide to ChillonCastle of La Tour du PeilChastellarChillonAttentive gendarmesOubliettesDestiny of their inhabitantsSalle de JusticeTorture roomEating hall with its fleurs-de-lisThe dungeonsThe beamThe...
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A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 1 of 2A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 1 of 2 - Described in a Series of Letters by a LadyLanding at CalaisMeeting of a Custom-House Officer with FannyHistorical remainsJohns mode of ConfessionThe Hero malgr luiThe CourtgainSt. OmersThe Abbey of St....
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A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United StatesA History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States - From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848In this volume I shall aim to give an account of the Norwegian immigration movement from 1825 down to 1848. Thereupon will follow a brief survey...
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Castles and Chateaux of Old BurgundyCastles and Chateaux of Old BurgundyThe Burgundy of Charlemagnes time was a much vaster extent of territory than that of the period when the province came to play its own kingly part. From the borders of Neustria to Lombardia and Provence it extended from...
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Spring in a Shropshire AbbeySpring in a Shropshire AbbeyA day in the heart of winterI lie in bedMy books, my dogsMy daughter BessFlowers from MentoneCromwells cabinetMy dog MouseThe feeding of the birdsThe recollection of the beautiful garden at La MortolaThe violets thereThe Wenlock chimesMy curtain, its strange devicesColouring...
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (3 of 9)Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (3 of 9) - Henrie the Sixt, Sonne and Heire to Henrie the Fift The formall recognisance or acknowledgement of the said homage. The bishop of Winchesters letter excusatorie. The articles of accusation and...
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (10 of 12)Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (10 of 12) - Edward the Second, the Sonne of Edward the FirstEdward, the second of that name, the sonne of Edward the first, borne at Carnaruan in Wales, began his reigne ouer England...
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (2 of 9)Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (2 of 9) - Henrie the Fift, Prince of Wales, Sonne and Heire to Henrie the Fourth A copie of the said ded. A copie of the said letters patents. A copie of that...
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (11 of 12)Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (11 of 12) - Edward the Third, Who Came to the Crowne by the Resignation of His Father Edward the Second The articles of agrement betwene the moonks of Burie and the inhabitants of...
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12)Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12) - Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the Third The copie of the Charter in French. In English thus. The copie of the second charter touching the...
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (08 of 12)Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (08 of 12) - Henrie the Third, the Eldest Sonne of King Iohn The earle of Penbroks short and swet oration as it is borrowed out of maister Fox. The confirmation of the charters,...
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L'Antologia di Gian Pietro VieusseuxL'Antologia di Gian Pietro Vieusseux Lavoro migliore, cio pi degno di Lei, dovrebb'essere questo, perch potessi offrirlo senza rossore. Eppure ho la ferma speranza che l'avere io in esso discorso di quel Gian Pietro Vieusseux, dal quale come altri molti ancor Ella (e con...
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Mediæval town seriesThe Story of ChartresAn excellent train, leaving the Gare S. Lazare at mid-day, runs through from Paris in one hour and a half. A good djeuner is served in the train on starting. Returning from Chartres, most of the trains run into the Montparnasse...
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Talleyrand: A Biographical StudyTalleyrand: A Biographical StudySainte-Beuve, after an attempt that one cannot describe as successful, declared that it is hardly possible to write the life of M. de Talleyrand. Frdric Masson noticed the figure of the great diplomatist as he passed with a disdainful ce Sphinx....
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On an Irish Jaunting-Car Through Donegal and ConnemaraOn an Irish Jaunting-Car Through Donegal and ConnemaraIn the compiling of this little book, I am deeply indebted for historical data, etc., to John Cooke, M.A., the Messrs. Black, Lord Macaulay, the Four Masters, and many others, from whose writings I have made extracts;...
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A Soldier of the LegionA Soldier of the Legion When Sergeant Morlae turned up at the Atlantic office and, with his head cocked on one side, remarked ingratiatingly, "I'm told this is the highest-toned office in the United States," there was nothing to do but to assure him...
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