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Memoirs of the Comtesse Du BarryMemoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry - With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV Up to the time of the Du Barry the court of France had been the stage where the whole political and human drama of that...
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The Civilization of ChinaThe Civilization of China The aim of this work is to suggest a rough outline of Chinese civilization from the earliest times down to the present period of rapid and startling transition. It has been written, primarily, for readers who know little or nothing...
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The Civilisation of the Renaissance in ItalyThe Civilisation of the Renaissance in ItalyDR. Burckhardts work on the Renaissance in Italy is too well known, not only to students of the period, but now to a wider circle of readers, for any introduction to be necessary. The increased interest which has...
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The Valet's Tragedy, and Other StudiesThe Valet's Tragedy, and Other Studies These studies in secret history follow no chronological order. The affair of James de la Cloche only attracted the authors attention after most of the volume was in print. But any reader curious in the veiled intrigues of...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandA Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandI had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long, that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the...
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Beasts, Men and GodsBeasts, Men and Gods When one of the leading publicists in America, Dr. Albert Shaw of the Review of Reviews, after reading the manuscript of Part I of this volume, characterized the author as The Robinson Crusoe of the Twentieth Century, he touched the...
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Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching onOld John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on This book is for busy people who have not the time to read at large upon the subject. Those who would adequately master all the bearings of the story here briefly told must read...
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Liber Amoris, Or, The New PygmalionLiber Amoris, Or, The New Pygmalion The circumstances, an outline of which is given in these pages, happened a very short time ago to a native of North Britain, who left his own country early in life, in consequence of political animosities and an...
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My Memories of 80 YearsMy Memories of Eighty Years For many years my friends have insisted upon my putting in permanent form the incidents in my life which have interested them. It has been my good fortune to take part in history-making meetings and to know more or...
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The Education of Henry AdamsThe Education of Henry AdamsTHIS volume, written in 1905 as a sequel to the same author's "Mont Saint Michel and Chartres," was privately printed, to the number of one hundred copies, in 1906, and sent to the persons interested, for their assent, correction, or...
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Confessions of an English Opium-EaterConfessions of an English Opium-EaterI here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life: according to my application of it, I trust that it will prove not merely an interesting record, but in a considerable degree useful and...
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Eight Years' Wanderings in CeylonEight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Task CompletedThe Mountain-topChange in the Face of NatureOriginal Importance of Newera Ellia"The Path of a Thousand Princes"Vestiges of Former PopulationMountainsThe Highlands of OuvaAncient Methods of IrrigationRemains of AqueductsThe Vale of RubiesAncient OphirDiscovery of Gold-Mineral ResourcesNative Blacksmiths. Poverty of SoilCeylon...
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The Autobiography of Charles DarwinThe Autobiography of Charles Darwin [My fathers autobiographical recollections, given in the present chapter, were written for his children,and written without any thought that they would ever be published. To many this may seem an impossibility; but those who knew my father will understand...
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Travels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth; with Fragmenta regaliaTravels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth; with Fragmenta regalia - or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favouritesQueen Elizabeth herself, and London as it was in her time, with sketches of Elizabethan England, and of its great men in the...
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History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) 1. Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus,* to all the followers of truth sendeth health. Be it known to your charity, that being dull...
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On the Ruin of BritainOn the Ruin of Britain1. Whatever in this my epistle I may write in my humble but well meaning manner, rather by way of lamentation than for display, let no one suppose that it springs from contempt of others or that I foolishly esteem...
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A Woman of ThirtyA Woman of Thirty It was a Sunday morning in the beginning of April 1813, a morning which gave promise of one of those bright days when Parisians, for the first time in the year, behold dry pavements underfoot and a cloudless sky overhead....
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Scaramouche: A Romance of the French RevolutionScaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution SCARAMOUCHE BOOK I. CHAPTER I. THE REPUBLICAN CHAPTER II. THE ARISTOCRAT CHAPTER III. THE ELOQUENCE OF M. DE VILMORIN CHAPTER IV. THE HERITAGE CHAPTER V. THE LORD OF GAVRILLAC CHAPTER VI. THE WINDMILL CHAPTER VII. THE WIND...
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A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de MarsacA Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac Many French words in the text have accents, etc. which have been omitted. A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE. CHAPTER I. THE SPORT OF FOOLS. CHAPTER II. THE KING OF NAVARRE. CHAPTER...
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Letters from England, 1846-1849Letters from England, 1846-1849Elizabeth Davis Bancroft, the writer of these letters, was the youngest child and only daughter of William and Rebecca Morton Davis, and was born at Plymouth, Mass., in October, 1803. She often spoke in later times of what a good preparation...
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