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After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819The knowledge of Major Frye's manuscript and the privilege of publishing it for the first time I owe to the kindness of two French ladies, the Misses G. Their father, a well known artist and critic, used to...
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The Lands of the SaracenThe Lands of the Saracen - Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and SpainThis volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels, of which the "Journey to Central Africa," already published, is the first part. I left home, intending to spend a...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 2, part 1: James MonroeA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe The first volume of this compilation was given to Congress and the public about May 1, 1896. I believe I am warranted in saying here that it met...
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Die Brüder WrightDie Brüder Wright - Eine Studie ueber die Entwicklung der Flugmaschine von Lilienthal bis Wright Der Prophet gilt nichts im Vaterlande! Dieses alte Sprichwort will andeuten, dass infolge der Unvollkommenheit der menschlichen Natur das Verdienst hervorragender Mnner oft nicht so gewrdigt wird, wie es...
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The Log of a NoncombatantThe Log of a NoncombatantIn the following pages the ego is thickly spread. Their publication is the result of persuasion from many sources that, before returning to the war zone, I should put into connected form my personal experiences as correspondent during the first...
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The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26This year is followed by the convention of Caudium, so memorable on account of the misfortune of the Romans, the consuls being Titus Veturius Calvinus and Spurius Postumius. The Samnites had as their commander that year Caius...
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Quinze Jours en ÉgypteQuinze Jours en ÉgypteMon itinraire est la course d'un homme qui va vers le ciel, la terre et l'eau, et qui revient ses foyers avec quelques images nouvelles dans la tte et quelques sentiments de plus dans le coeur. _Au commencement de dcembre 1907,...
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American Scenes, and Christian SlaveryAmerican Scenes, and Christian Slavery - A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United StatesDuring his recent sojourn in the United States, the Author did not conceive the intention of writing a book on the subject. All he contemplated was the publication...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 4: James MadisonA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 4: James Madison James Madison was born in King George County, Va., on the 16th of March, 1751. He was the son of James Madison, the family being of English descent,...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 3: Thomas JeffersonA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Va., on April 2 (old style), 1743. He was the oldest son of Peter Jefferson, who died in 1757. After...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 2: John AdamsA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 2: John Adams John Adams was born on October 19 (old style), 1735, near Boston, Mass., in the portion of the town of Braintree which has since been incorporated as Quincy....
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Algonquin Indian TalesAlgonquin Indian Tales DEAR FRIEND: Your book of stories gathered from among my tribe has very much pleased me. The reading of them brings up the days of long time ago when I was a boy and heard our old people tell these tales...
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Dio's Rome, Volume 5Dio's Rome, Volume 5 - An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form At the death of Claudius the leadership on most just principles belonged...
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Dio's Rome, Volume 4Dio's Rome, Volume 4 - An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form[-1-] My record has so far stated what the Romans both did and...
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Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1As I know no man who surpasses yourself either in combining a love of the most romantic fiction with the coolest good sense, or in passing from the driest metaphysical questions to the...
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A Publisher and His FriendsA Publisher and His Friends - Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843When my Grandfather's Memoirs were published, twenty years ago, they met with a most favourable and gratifying reception at the hands...
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Crescent and Iron CrossCrescent and Iron CrossIn compiling the following pages I have had access to certain sources of official information, the nature of which I am not at liberty to specify further. I have used these freely in such chapters of this book as deal with...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 2, part 2: John Quincy AdamsA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 2, part 2: John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, eldest son of John Adams, second President, was born at Braintree, Mass., July 11, 1767. He enjoyed peculiar and...
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The Tragedies of the MediciThe Tragedies of the Medici The origin of the Medici family is lost in the mists of the Middle Ages, and, only here and there, can the historian gain glimpses of the lives of early forbears. Still, there is sufficient data, to be had...
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A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 - With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. *[NOTE: Suitable reproductions of the illustrations were not available at the...
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