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Georges Guynemer: Knight of the AirGeorges Guynemer: Knight of the Air June 27th, 1918. My dear M. Bordeaux: I count the American people fortunate in reading any book of yours; I count them fortunate in reading any biography of that great hero of the air, Guynemer; and thrice over...
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Lettres de Marie BashkirtseffLettres de Marie Bashkirtseff - Préface de François CoppéeJe trouvai l une compagnie trs sympathique: rien que des dames et des jeunes filles, toutes parlant merveille le franais, avec ce peu d'accent qui donne notre langue, dans la bouche des Russes, on ne sait...
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Donatello, by Lord BalcarresDonatello, by Lord BalcarresAn attempt is made in the following pages to determine the position and character of Donatello's art in relation to that of his contemporaries and successors. The subject must be familiar to many who have visited Florence, but no critical work...
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Les cotillons célèbres. Deuxième SérieLes cotillons célèbres. Deuxième SérieTrois femmes, elles seules, rsument et personnifient le long rgne de Louis XIV, ce rgne aux fortunes si diverses. La diffrence de leurs passions, de leur humeur, de leurs gots, explique et symbolise les changements de politique du monarque. Comme...
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Autobiography of Andrew CarnegieAutobiography of Andrew CarnegieAFTER retiring from active business my husband yielded to the earnest solicitations of friends, both here and in Great Britain, and began to jot down from time to time recollections of his early days. He soon found, however, that instead of...
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Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 4: The Life of George EliotCritical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 4: The Life of George Eliot On Literary Biography As a mere letter-writer will not rank among the famous masters Mr. Myers's Essay Letter to Mr. Harrison Hebrew her favourite study Limitless persistency in application Romola Mr....
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The Life of Admiral Viscount ExmouthThe Life of Admiral Viscount ExmouthAt the commencement of hostilities, whose extent and duration none can foresee, it is the wisdom of those to whom England will hereafter commit the honour of her Flag to study well the example of the great sea-officers whose...
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Libro serioLibro serioPerch il mondo tutto pieno di gente onesta, che va in cerca di libri proibiti e di gente seria, che va in cerca di libri allegri; ma un libro serio non cercato n dalle persone oneste, n dalle persone serie, n dalle persone...
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Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a PhilosopherConsolations in Travel; or, the Last Days of a PhilosopherSalmonia was written during the time of a partial recovery from a long and dangerous illness. The present work was composed immediately after, under the same unfavourable and painful circumstances, and at a period when...
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A Slave Girl's StoryA Slave Girl's Story - Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold.This sketch is written for the good of those that have written and prayed that the slaves might be a freed people, and have schools and books and learn to read and write for...
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Memories of Childhood's Slavery DaysMemories of Childhood's Slavery DaysThe memory of my happy, care-free childhood days on the plantation, with my little white and black companions, is often with me. Neither master nor mistress nor neighbors had time to bestow a thought upon us, for the great Civil...
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The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian SlaveThe History of Mary Prince, a West Indian SlaveThe idea of writing Mary Prince's history was first suggested by herself. She wished it to be done, she said, that good people in England might hear from a slave what a slave had felt and...
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The Story of Mattie J. JacksonThe Story of Mattie J. Jackson - Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from SlaveryThe object in publishing this book is to gain sympathy from the earnest friends of those who have been bound down by a dominant race...
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Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured WomanMemoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured WomanIn the following Narrative of "Old Elizabeth," which was taken mainly from her own lips in her 97th year, her simple language has been adhered to as strictly as was consistent with perspicuity and propriety. I was born...
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From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for FreedomFrom the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for FreedomSo many of my friends have urged me to give a short sketch of my varied life that I have consented, and herewith present it for the consideration of my readers. Those who were with...
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Vie de FranklinVie de Franklin 1870 J'ai surtout fait usage, pour composer cette Vie de Franklin, de ses crits, de ses Mmoires, de ses Lettres, publis, en six volumes in-8, par son petit-fils William Temple Franklin. Voici le titre de cette prcieuse collection des oeuvres de...
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Memoir of Jane AustenMemoir of Jane AustenThe Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the periodical press, as well as letters addressed to me by many with whom I am...
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Mga Dakilang Pilipino o ang kaibigan ng mga nagaaralMga Dakilang Pilipino; o ang kaibigan ng mga nagaaralPaalala ng Nagsalin: Sa orihinal na pagkalimbag, tinangal ng maykatha ang lahat ng "n" at ginamit lamang ang g. Dahil ninais ng maykatha na gamiting ang libro ng mga estudyante para sa kanilang pagaaral ay binalik...
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Sir John French: An Authentic BiographySir John French: An Authentic BiographyI regard John Denton French as the man who for the last twelve years has been the driving force of tactical instruction in the British Army. He made use of all the best ideas of the Generals who preceded...
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Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 - With His Letters and JournalsThe favourable reception which I ventured to anticipate for the First Volume of this work has been, to the full extent of my expectations, realised; and I may without scruple thus advert to...
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