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An Introduction to the History of JapanAn Introduction to the History of Japan[Pg1] AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF JAPAN INTRODUCTION The history of Japan may be useful to foreigners in several different ways. If we do not take into account the serviceableness of detached historical data or groups of...
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Colorado—The Bright Romance of American HistoryColorado—The Bright Romance of American History Whose work in laying the foundation of the magnificent superstructure of our great State, as Abraham Lincoln said of the heroes of Gettysburg, "is far beyond our poor power to add or detract." It is Emerson's beautiful thought...
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General Georgios Karaiskakis' BiographyΗ Βιογραφία του στρατηγού Γεωργίου ΚαραϊσκάκηNote: The tonic system has been changed from polytonic to monotonic. The spelling of the book has not been changed otherwise. Bold words are included in &, while words in italics in _. Footnotes have been converted to endnotes....
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Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift (Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734)Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift (Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734)The shifting combinations of party, from the settlement of the constitution at the Revolution to a later period, is an attractive study to any who wish to find the origin of abuses which...
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Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE ALBERT AND THE ROYAL FAMILY. From the picture of F. Winterhalter, at Buckingham Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece Authority...
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A Maid of Many MoodsA Maid of Many Moods It was Christmas Eve, and all the small diamond window panes of One Tree Inn, the half-way house upon the road from Stratford to Shottery, were aglitter with light from the great fire in the front room chimney-place and...
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A Hind Let LooseA Hind Let Loose - Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its PeriodsPresuming it is thy desire to answer the holy and honourable designation I accost...
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Sheffield and its Environs 13th to the 17th centurySheffield and its Environs 13th to the 17th century - A descriptive catalogue of land charters and other documents forming the Brooke Taylor collectionMy thanks are due to Colonel H. Brooke Taylor, for permission to search his chambers in the Town Hall at Bakewell...
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Συρανό δε ΜπερζεράκΣυρανό δε Μπερζεράκ . , , , , , , , . , , , . , . , . . , . . . . , . , , , , , , , , . , , , . . , ,...
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History of the Buccaneers of AmericaHistory of the Buccaneers of AmericaThe accounts given by the Buccaneers who extended their enterprises to the Pacific Ocean, are the best authenticated of any which have been published by that class of Adventurers. They are interspersed with nautical and geographical descriptions, corroborative of...
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The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of RacesThe Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races - With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of MankindWITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE INFLUENCE IN THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF MANKIND. FROM THE FRENCH OF COUNT A. DE...
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A History of the Cries of London, Ancient and ModernA History of the Cries of London, Ancient and ModernWe frequently meet with the pieman in old prints; and, in Hogarths March to Finchley, there he stands in the very centre of the crowd, grinning with delight at the adroitness of one robbery, while...
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Life in the Confederate ArmyLife in the Confederate Army - Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army, and Some Experiences and Sketches of Southern LifeThe following account of my experiences as a private soldier in the Confederate Army during the great war of 1861-'65...
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Cedric, the ForesterCedric, the ForesterThat was a blithe spring morning when the messenger from the King brought to my father the order to join the army at Lincoln for the great expedition into Scotland. Six armored knights with their squires and a hundred men-at-arms made up...
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Passeggiate per l'Italia, vol. 2Passeggiate per l'Italia, vol. 2Var critici italiani, occupandosi del primo volume di queste Passeggiate per l'Italia con cortesi parole di lode al coraggioso editore romano ed al traduttore, domandavano per quali ragioni quest'ultimo avesse voluto mantenere l'incognito. Dinanzi ad opere severe e poderose, quali...
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Through Shot and FlameThrough Shot and Flame - The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De WetTO MY WIFE WHO WAS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS WHO ENDURED IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AND WITH...
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A Short View of the Laws Now Subsisting with Respect to the Powers of the East India CompanyA Short View of the Laws Now Subsisting with Respect to the Powers of the East India Company - To Borrow Money under their Seal, and to Incur Debts in the Course of their Trade, by the Purchase of Goods on Credit, and by...
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Great RaleghGreat RaleghThis book has been written for the general reader. Caveat scholasticus. My aim has been to make the character of Ralegh live again, and to draw a picture of the times in as lively a manner as I see it. England in Elizabeth's...
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Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2 (of 2)Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2 (of 2)It was in December 1566, during Marys residence at Craigmillar, that a proposal was made to her by her Privy Council, which deserves particular attention. It originated with the Earl of Bothwell, who was now...
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Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 2)Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 2)During the reigns of James IV. and James V., Scotland emerged from barbarism into comparative civilization. Shut out, as it had previously been, from almost any intercourse with the rest of Europe, both by the...
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