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Darkest IndiaDarkest India - A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out"The remarkable reception accorded to General Booth's "In Darkest England and the Way Out," makes it hardly necessary for me to apologise for the publication of the following pages, which...
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Verhaal van het vergaan van het jacht de SperwerVerhaal van het vergaan van het jacht de Sperwer - En van het wedervaren der schipbreukelingen op het eiland Quelpaert en het vasteland van Korea (1653-1666) met eene beschrijving van dat rijkTalrijk zullen de Nederlanders niet zijn die weten dat een opvarende van een...
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A Visit to the United States in 1841A Visit to the United States in 1841 In visiting the United States, the objects which preferred the chief claim to my attention were the universal abolition of slavery, and the promotion of permanent international peace. Deeply impressed with the conviction that the advancement...
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Ancient Classics for English ReadersCiceroI have to acknowledge my obligations to Mr. Forsyth's well-known 'Life of Cicero', especially as a guide to the biographical materials which abound in his Orations and Letters. Mr. Long's scholarly volumes have also been found useful. For the translations, such as they are,...
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Goede Vaêr TrompGoede Vaêr Tromp - of hoe de Vereenigde Provinciën eene zeemogendheid werden1 De scheldnaam Koningsmoorders werd door den Kommandeur Jan Van Galen in 1653 aan de Engelschen gegeven. Daar het Nederlandsche zeevolk echter zeer op het Engelsche geheten was, zoo is het wel waarschijnlijk...
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A Grandmother's RecollectionsA Grandmother's RecollectionsThe best bed-chamber, with its hangings of crimson moreen, was opened and aireda performance which always caused my eight little brothers and sisters to place themselves in convenient positions for being stumbled over, to the great annoyance of industrious damsels, who, armed...
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Histoire de la Révolution française, Tome 06Histoire de la Révolution française, Tome 06Le gouvernement venait d'immoler deux partis la fois. Le premier, celui des ultra-rvolutionnaires, tait vritablement redoutable, ou pouvait le devenir; le second, celui des nouveaux modrs, ne l'tait pas. Sa destruction n'tait donc pas ncessaire, mais pouvait tre...
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 7Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Charlie Vaden's father ran away and went to the war to fight. He was a slave and left his owner. His mother...
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The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2Liszt's life was so lengthy and so industriously amorous, that it is possible only to float along over the peaks, to touch only the high points. Why, his letters to the last of his loves alone make...
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Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in AmericaRussell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in America - The Work and the ManThe measure of greatness is helpfulness. We have gone back to the method of the Master and learned to test men not by wealth, nor by birth, nor by...
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A Description of Modern BirminghamA Description of Modern Birmingham - Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and LeamingtonThe author's avowed object, is to arrange the ancient and modern names, in a clear and methodical manner, so...
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In the Claws of the German EagleIn the Claws of the German EagleHorrible they are indeed. But my experiences in the war zone render them no longer incomprehensible. For, while over there, in my own blood I felt the same raging beasts. Over there, in my own soul I knew...
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The RefugeesThe Refugees - A Tale of Two Continents It was the sort of window which was common in Paris about the end of the seventeenth century. It was high, mullioned, with a broad transom across the centre, and above the middle of the transom...
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Wanderings in WessexWanderings in Wessex - An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Dear hills do lift their heads aloft From whence sweet springes doe flow Whose moistvr good both firtil make The valleis covchte belowe Dear goodly orchards planted are In frvite...
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The Churches of Coventry: A Short History of the City & Its Medieval RemainsThe Churches of Coventry: A Short History of the City & Its Medieval RemainsThe principal authorities for the history of Coventry and its churches have been Dugdale's "Antiquities of Warwickshire" and the "Illustrated Papers and the History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry,"...
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A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American IndiansA Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American IndiansThere is also a single Greek word. If any of these characters do not display properly, or if the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you...
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Mystic Isles of the South SeasMystic Isles of the South Seas.I am in a hovel at the back of my hotel, and contemplate the page 67yard. The extraordinary life of the place flows round and near my roomfor here no one, man or woman, scruples to come through ones...
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The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years AgoThe Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years AgoFor most people, interest in the doings of our forefathers in India dates from our wars with the French in the middle of the eighteenth century. Before then their lives are generally...
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Fighting in FlandersFighting in Flanders Special Correspondent of The New York World With The Belgian Forces In The Field Author of "The Last Frontier" "Gentlemen Ravers," "The End of the Trail," "The Road to Glory," etc. With Illustrations from Photographs By Mr. Donald Thompson Nothing is...
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Autobiographical SketchesAutobiographical Sketches 1885. I am so often asked for references to some pamphlet or journal in which may be found some outline of my life, and the enquiries are so often couched in terms of such real kindness, that I have resolved to pen...
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