Biography & Autobiography
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Autobiography of Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., Past President of the Institute of Civil EngineersAutobiography of Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., Past President of the Institute of Civil Engineers - Comprising the history of his professional life, together with reminiscences dating from the commencement of the century to the present time.The following Autobiography was written by Sir John Rennie...
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Life of a Pioneer: Being the Autobiography of James S. BrownLife of a Pioneer: Being the Autobiography of James S. BrownTHE life of a pioneer in Western America always is full of peril and hardship; often it has a large share of startling episodes and thrilling adventures; not infrequently it is associated with notable...
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A Little English GalleryA Little English GalleryThe studies in this book are chosen from a number written at irregular intervals, and from sheer interest in their subjects, long ago. Portions of them, or rough drafts of what has since been wholly remodelled from fresher and fuller material...
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A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria TuckerA Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria TuckerIt would scarcely be fitting that this Volume should go forth to the Public without a few words of Preface from one of A. L. O. E.s own family. Only my beloved Motherthe...
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William Wilberforce, der SklavenfreundWilliam Wilberforce, der Sklavenfreund - Ein Lebensbild, für die deutsche Jugend und das deutsche Volk gezeichnetWir haben fr den Mann, dessen Lebensbild wir auf den nachfolgenden Blttern zeichnen wollen, da vorne auf dem Titelblatte die nhere Bezeichnung Der Sklavenfreund gewhlt, und gewi mit gutem...
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16 years in Siberia: Some experiences of a Russian revolutionistSixteen years in Siberia: Some experiences of a Russian revolutionistThe author of the following narrative is a leader in the Russian revolutionary movement. The German transliteration of his name is given here as being the form he himself uses in Western Europe; but he...
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Biographical Sketches of the Generals of the Continental Army of the RevolutionBiographical Sketches of the Generals of the Continental Army of the Revolution New York, Oct. 5, 1888. Dear Mrs. Leiter,According to promise, I have sent you by express to-day a list of the general officers in the Revolution who were commissioned by the Continental...
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Indian Biography; Vol. 2 (of 2)Indian Biography; Vol. 2 (of 2) - Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable CharactersOF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DISTINGUISHED AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN NATIVES AS NO....
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The Life of Cardinal WolseyThe Life of Cardinal WolseyPerhaps few periods of English history are more remarkable than that which comprised the fortunes of Wolsey; a period which had to boast the most illustrious potentates who have ever filled the thrones of Europe. The age of Henry was...
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Aventures de l'abbé de Choisy habillé en femmeAventures de l'abbé de Choisy habillé en femmeFranois-Timolon de Choisy naquit Paris le 16 aot 1644. Son pre tait intendant du Languedoc quand il fut charg d'arrter Montpellier M. de Cinq-Mars et de se saisir de ses papiers. Il le trouva occup en brler...
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FarmingtonFarmingtonI begin this story with the personal pronoun. To begin it in any other way would be only a commonplace assumption of a modesty that I do not really have. It is most natural that the personal pronoun should stand as the first word...
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Apuntes biograficos de escritores, oradores y hombres de estado de la Republica ArgentinaApuntes biograficos de escritores, oradores y hombres de estado de la Republica ArgentinaCon este tomo queda aplazada por ahora la publicacion de la Biblioteca Americana. Son bien notorios y conocidos los sucesos polticos que nos obligaron suspenderla mediados del prximo pasado Mayo, y no...
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Nathaniel Parker WillisNathaniel Parker WillisThe materials for a life of Willis are rich enough to be embarrassing. Most of his writings are, in a greater or less degree, autobiographical; and it would be possible to make a very tolerable life of him, by arranging passages from...
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Life of Frederick MarryatLife of Frederick MarryatThe materials for a life of Marryat are scanty, and I have acknowledged my obligation to them in the text. Mrs. Ross Church collected, in 1872, all the surviving knowledge about her fathers lifeall of it, that is, which the family...
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Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 2Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 2Je vois aujourd'hui qu'une qualit commune tous mes amis tait le naturel ou l'absence de l'hypocrisie. Mme Vignon et ma tante Sraphie m'avaient donn, pour cette premire des conditions de succs dans la socit actuelle, une horreur qui m'a...
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Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 1Vie de Henri Brulard, tome 1Nous tentons pour la premire fois de donner au public lettr les uvres compltes de Stendhal. L'dition publie par MM. Calmann-Lvy, en volumes d'aspects et de mrites divers, n'est pas complte et ne rpond pas aux exigences de la...
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The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)After an interval of about five years, the second volume of Mr. Alexander Rogers translation of Jahngrs Memoirs has been published by the Royal Asiatic Society. It is a smaller work than the first volume,...
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Life and public services of Martin R. DelanyLife and public services of Martin R. Delany - Sub-Assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and late Major 104th U.S. Colored TroopsAt the close of every revolution in a country, there is observed an effort for the gradual and...
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Baden-Powell of MafekingBaden-Powell of MafekingTHE AUTHOR DESIRES TO EXPRESS HIS OBLIGATIONS TO MISS BADEN-POWELL AND TO THE REV. CANON HAIG-BROWN FOR THEIR KINDNESS IN AFFORDING HIM HELP AND INFORMATION IN PREPARING THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF MAJOR-GENERAL BADEN-POWELL'S CAREER. It may well and fittingly be complained that...
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The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2)The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2)Mr. Rogers translated the Memoirs of Jahngr several years ago from the edition which Sayyid Amad printed at Ghazipur in 1863 and at Allyghur in 1864. Orientalists are greatly indebted to the Sayyid for his...
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