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Liberdade de ImprensaLiberdade de ImprensaPara Vossa Magestade, pelo douto tribunal da Relao de Lisboa, se aggrava Jos Garcia de Lima, de esta cidade, do venerando despacho pelo qual a simples requerimento do Ministerio Publico, o meritissimo juiz de direito do 2. districto criminal d'esta comarca o...
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Barbara LaddBarbara Ladd She knew very well that she should have started earlier; but if there was one thing that could daunt her wayward and daring little spirit, it was the dark. Now, as she stood, wide-eyed and breathless with suspense, beside her open window,...
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Contemporary American History, 1877-1913Contemporary American History, 1877-1913In teaching American government and politics, I constantly meet large numbers of students who have no knowledge of the most elementary facts of American history since the Civil War. When they are taken to task for their neglect, they reply that...
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The Khedive's CountryThe Khedive's CountryMans oldest pursuit was undoubtedly the tilling of the soil. He may in his earliest beginnings have combined therewith a certain amount of hunting while he was waiting for his crops to grow, and was forced into seeking wild fruits and turning...
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Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary RidgeChattanooga or Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge from Moccasin Point I wish to describe to the comrades present a great battle which resulted in a victory for the Union, and to introduce you to some of our Western soldiers. If I can give you...
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Rural RidesRural RidesFog that you might cut with a knife all the way from London to Newbury. This fog does not wet things. It is rather a smoke than a fog. There are no two things in this world; and, were it not for fear...
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From Kingdom to ColonyFrom Kingdom to Colony When William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in 1066, and achieved for himself the title of "Conqueror," one of those who accompanied him was Robert D'Evreux, younger son of Walter, Earl of Rosmar, feudal owner and ruler of the town...
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The Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in the World WarThe Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in the World War - The authentic and comprehensive narrative of the gallantIf love, admiration and respect, with a sense of personal gratification at seeing the hopes and predictions of years fulfilled, may be pleaded as justification...
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The New GermanyThe New GermanyThe following account of events in Germany during the period from the Armistice to the Treaty of Versailles was written mostly in the summer of 1919. But the events of the succeeding period from the signature of the Treaty to its ratification...
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Notes of a staff officer of our First New Jersey Brigade on the Seven Day's Battle on the peninsula in 1862Notes of a staff officer of our First New Jersey Brigade on the Seven Day's Battle on the peninsula in 1862In accordance with your request I give you herewith my recollections of the Battle of Gaines' Mills. In order to give a minute description...
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The Life and Public Services of James A. GarfieldThe Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield - Twentieth President of the United States, Including Full and Accurate Details of His Eventful Administration, Assassination, Last Hours, Death, Etc., Together with Notable Extracts from His Speeches and LettersMore eloquent voices for Christ and...
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Cathedral Cities of EnglandCathedral Cities of EnglandN the following accounts of the Cathedral Cities of England, technical architectural terms will necessarily appear, and to the end that they should be comprehensive, I give here a slight sketch of the origin of the various forms, and the reasons...
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History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain, Vol. 3History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain, Vol. 3 - And Biographical & Critical MiscellaniesIt was in the beginning of the eighth century, in the year 711, that the Arabs, filled with the spirit of conquest which had been breathed...
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Peeps Into China Or, The Missionary's ChildrenPeeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children"I hope my word is always a word of honour; I thought everybody's word ought to be that," Sybil Graham replied a little proudly, for when she had run quickly to bring such important news to her brother,...
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The True Benjamin FranklinThe True Benjamin FranklinThis analysis of the life and character of Franklin has in view a similar object to that of the volume entitled The True George Washington, which was prepared for the publishers by Mr. Paul Leicester Ford and issued a year or...
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With Our Fighting MenWith Our Fighting Men - The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great WarIn sending forth this book I wish to acknowledge the kindness and co-operation of many friends, new and old, who have made my task easy and my story, so...
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The Formation of Christendom, Volume VIIPeter's Rock in Mohammed's Flood, from St. Gregory the Great to St. Leo III This volume is strictly in continuance of the two which it followsThe Throne of the Fisherman built by the Carpenter's Son, and The Holy See and the Wandering of the...
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The Story of the Great War, Volume 7The Story of the Great War, Volume 7 - American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.On August 1, 1917, the second day of the Franco-British offensive in Flanders, Field Marshal Haig's troops...
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Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the RevolutionFamiliar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution - with a Memoir of Mrs. AdamsThirty-five years ago a collection of letters written during the period of the Revolution and later, by John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, came...
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Roman Society from Nero to Marcus AureliusRoman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius There must always be something arbitrary in the choice and isolation of a period of social history for special study. No period can, from one point of view, be broken off and isolated from the immemorial influences...
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