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The Spell of EgyptThe Spell of Egypt I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII Why do you come to Egypt? Do you come to gain a dream, or to regain lost dreams of old; to gild...
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The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of PesaroThe Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro For three days I had been cooling my heels about the Vatican, vexed by suspense. It fretted me that...
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to NewfoundlandSir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the founder of the first English colony in North America, was born about 1539, the son of a Devonshire gentleman, whose widow afterward married the father of Sir Walter Raleigh. He was educated at Eton...
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Theodore Roosevelt: An AutobiographyTheodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII APPENDIX A APPENDIX B CHAPTER VIII APPENDIX A APPENDIX B CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII APPENDIX CHAPTER XIV APPENDIX CHAPTER XV...
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Drake's Great ArmadaDrake's Great Armada Nearly five years elapsed between Drake's return from his Famous Voyage and the despatch of the formidable armament commemorated in the following pages. During the last of these years the march of events had been remarkably rapid. Gilbert, who had been...
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The Diary of Samuel PepysThe Diary of Samuel PepysIn submitting the following pages to the Public, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to explain by what circumstances the materials from which the Work has been compiled were placed at my disposal. The original Diary, comprehending six...
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The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish ConquestThe Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest For the facts of this romance I have made free use of the following authorities: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; The Venerable Bedes Ecclesiastical History of England; Ingulphs History of the Abbey of Croyland; William...
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Mohammed Ali and His HouseMohammed Ali and His HouseThis should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need about what they can legally do...
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Now It Can Be ToldNow It Can Be Told In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men's courage in tragic years, but as a warning of what will...
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The City That Was: A Requiem of Old San FranciscoThe City That Was: A Requiem of Old San Francisco This is a recast of a newspaper article of the same title published in The Sun April 21, 1906, three days after the Visitation came upon San Francisco. It is here published by special...
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A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of IndiaA Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of IndiaThis should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need...
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The Bontoc IgorotThe Bontoc IgorotThe language of the Bontoc Igorot is sufficiently distinct from all others to be classed as a separate dialect. However, it is originally from a parent stock which to-day survives more or less noticeably over probably a much larger part of the...
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At Suvla BayAt Suvla Bay - Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. TURKISH WORDS AT SUVLA...
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Chronicles of America series v. 16John Marshall and the Constitution, a Chronicle of the Supreme Court Title: John Marshall and the Constitution A Chronicle of the Supreme Court, Volume 16 of The Chronicles Of America Series Author: Edward S. Corwin Release Date: February 5, 2009 [EBook #3291] Last updated:...
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Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Antonio AgapidaChronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida Although the following Chronicle bears the name of the venerable Fray Antonio Agapida, it is rather a superstructure reared upon the fragments which remain of his work. It may be asked,...
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The Discovery of the Source of the NileThe Discovery of the Source of the Nile In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of...
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The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the OttawaThe Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa The solid forests of Glengarry have vanished, and with the forests the men who conquered them. The manner of life and the type of character to be seen in those early days have gone too,...
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Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund BurkeSelections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke "Id dico, eum qui sit orator, virum bonum esse oportere. In omnibus quae dicit tanta auctoritas inest, ut dissentire pudeat; nec advocati studium, sed testis aut judicis afferat fidem."Quintilianus. "Democracy is the most monstrous of...
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The DeerslayerThe Deerslayer On the human imagination events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much is apt to fancy that he has lived long; and the history that most abounds in important incidents soonest assumes the aspect of...
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Old Love Stories RetoldOld Love Stories RetoldPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. This should be the first thing...
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