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Arnold BöcklinArnold BöcklinArnold Bcklin gehrt zu jenen Malern, die in den zwanziger und dreiiger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts geboren, in den fnfziger und sechziger Jahren mit den Traditionen der Corneliusschule gebrochen und in Deutschland eine neue Kunst heraufgefhrt haben, eine Bltezeit der Malerei, wie sie...
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Liberalism and the Social ProblemLiberalism and the Social ProblemThese are the principal speeches I have made within the last four years. They have been chosen and collected with the idea of presenting a consistent and simultaneous view of the general field of British politics in an hour of...
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En chine: Merveilleuses histoiresEn chine: Merveilleuses histoiresEsprer, c'est vivre. Nous ne vivons vraiment que par l'attente d'on ne sait quoi d'heureux qui va probablement nous arriver tout l'heure... ce soir... demain... ou l'anne prochaine. Alors, n'est-ce pas? tout sera chang; les conditions de notre vie seront transformes;...
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Maroessia: De Ukraineesche Jeanne D'ArcMaroessia: De Ukraineesche Jeanne D'ArcIk houd veel van die streken, waarover men weinig spreekt, die de vreemdeling niet bezoekt, die men aan zich zelf overlaat, die haar schuilplaatsen en haar geheimen, haar groote smarten en haar eenvoudige genoegens voor zich houden. De geschiedenis van...
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Letters from FranceLetters from FranceThese letters are in no sense a historyexcept that they contain the truth. They were written at the time and within close range of the events they describe. Half of the fighting, including the brave attack before Fromelles, is left untouched on,...
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The Moravians in LabradorThe Moravians in LabradorThis document was originally published in 1822 and contains archaic spelling, and a number of obvious typographical errors, the latter of which have been corrected. For a complete list, please see the end of this document. The present small volume which,...
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The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History. Vol. 1The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History. Vol. 1As these pages have passed through the press, mingled feelings of pain and pleasure have actuated my heart. Who shall speak the regret that she, to whom its composition was a work of love,...
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ThuringenThuringen - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873Kent ge Thuringen, lezer? Zoo niet, dan mist ge een zeker aantal aangename herinneringen, weldadige indrukken, die, naar ik meen, weinig andere landen van zoo luttele uitgestrektheid u in gelijke mate geven kunnen. Zoo ja, dan zal...
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The War After the WarThe War After the WarFor nearly three years Europe has been drenched with blood and rent with bitter strife. Millions of men have been killed or maimed: billions of dollars in property have gone up in smoke and ruinall part of the mighty sacrifice...
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Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnStatesmeneven the greatesthave rarely won the same unquestioning recognition that falls to the great warriors or those supreme in science, art or literature. Not in their own lifetime and hardly to this day have the claims to supremacy of our own Oliver Cromwell,...
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My War Experiences in Two ContinentsMy War Experiences in Two Continents[Pg ix] In presenting these extracts from the diaries of my aunt, the late Miss Macnaughtan, I feel it necessary to explain how they come to be published, and the circumstances under which I have undertaken to edit them....
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Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and LimerickOrange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and LimerickThe subject of Ireland is one which has, for some years, been a very prominent one, and is likely, I fear, for some time yet to occupy a large share of public attention. The discontent,...
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L'ami FritzL'ami FritzLorsque Zacharias Kobus, juge de paix Hunebourg, mourut en 1832, son fils Fritz Kobus, se voyant la tte d'une belle maison sur la place des Acacias, d'une bonne ferme dans la valle de Meisenthl, et de pas mal d'cus placs sur solides hypothques,...
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Het Vrije RuslandHet Vrije Rusland - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873De schetsen, die wij onzen lezers onder dezen titel aanbieden, zijn ontleend aan het voor een paar jaren verschenen boek van den met lof bekenden engelschen schrijver, William Hepworth Dixon, Free Russia, het vrije Rusland,...
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The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914 TROOPS AT HOME (Duty Paid) It would be well if those wishing to send Tobacco or Cigarettes to our soldiers would remember those still in Great Britain. There are thousands of Regulars and Territorials awaiting...
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The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 but in comfort with a Durham-Duplex Razor Safety, the razor which enables you to shave with the barber's diagonal stroke without fear of cutting yourself. As a gift to a man friend nothing is more...
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With Our Soldiers in FranceWith Our Soldiers in France The world is at war. Already more than a score of nations, representing a population of over a thousand millions, or two-thirds of the entire human race, are engaged in a life-and-death struggle on the bloody battlefields of Europe,...
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ActéActécrit en 1839, ce roman peu connu est l'une des rares fictions de Dumas se situant dans l'antiquit (avec, bien entendu, Isaac Laquedem, son grand roman inachev). Act est une jeune Corinthienne qui devient la matresse de l'empereur Nron. Son histoire permet l'crivain d'voquer...
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In Luxemburg's GutlandIn Luxemburg's Gutland - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907Geen land ter wereld ongetwijfeld waarop men met meer recht dit zoo juiste woord van den Franschen schrijver G. Valbert2 mag toepassen dan op het groothertogdom Luxemburg, welks zoo verlichte regeering al den tijd dat...
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Types of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British NavyTypes of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British NavyAlthough the distinguished seamen, whose lives and professional characteristics it is the object of this work to present in brief summary, belonged to a service now foreign to that of the United States,...
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