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Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590Christina of Denmark is known to the world by Holbein's famous portrait in the National Gallery. The great Court painter, who was sent to Brussels by Henry VIII. to take the likeness of the Emperor's niece,...
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Memorials of Old London. Volume 2 (of 2)Memorials of Old London. Volume 2 (of 2)The housing of the Sovereign is always a matter of interest to the nation. It were natural to expect that some definite arrangement should be made for this purpose, planned and executed on a grand and appropriate...
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Mary Tudor, Queen of FranceMary Tudor, Queen of FranceMy thanks are due in no small measure to Miss A. M. Allen and to Mr P. C. Allen for their careful and friendly help, and to the Librarian of Exeter College and the officials of the Record Office for...
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Michelin's Illustrated Guides to the Battle-fields (1914-1918)Verdun, Argonne-Metz, 1914-1918The executive Committee, under the honorary presidency of Marshal Ptain, is presided over by S. G. Mgr Ginisty, Bishop of Verdun, General Boichut, commanding the 12th Infantry Division, the Commandant of Verdun, General Valantin, formerly commanding the town and forts of Verdun...
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Glimpses of Nature, and Objects of Interest Described, During a Visit to the Isle of WightGlimpses of Nature, and Objects of Interest Described, During a Visit to the Isle of Wight - Designed to Assist and Encourage Young Persons in Forming Habits of ObservationAgnes Merton was one day sitting in rather a melancholy mood on the swing in her...
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Major Prophets of TodayMajor Prophets of To-DayEach age has its own prophets, men who bring to it distinctive messages and present them in such effective form as to sway the currents of contemporary thought. No age perhaps has had more diverse theories of life and the meaning...
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Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 2 (of 2)Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain ThemTHE felicity of F. Oppers caricatures is marvelous. His drawings for the Dinkelspiel stories, by George V. Hobart, in the New York Morning Journal have drawn to...
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Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 1 (of 2)Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain ThemApelles, the great artist, traveled all over Greece for years, studying the fairest points of beautiful women, getting here an eye, there a forehead, and there a...
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The Post of HonourThe Post of Honour - Stories of Daring Deeds Done by Men of the British Empire in the Great WarIt is often said that the post of danger is the post of honour. The post of danger is given to the bravest, and the...
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 08 (of 20)Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 08 (of 20)April 8, 1852, during his first session in the Senate, Mr. Sumner brought forward a resolution for a revision and consolidation of the national statutes, which was duly referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.[1] Though...
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Funny Stories Told by the SoldiersFunny Stories Told by the Soldiers - Pranks, Jokes and Laughable Affairs of Our Boys and Their Allies in the Great WarNow that the dread of awful war has passed with the coming of welcome peace, we can turn our minds with renewed cheerfulness...
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Life in the War ZoneLife in the War Zonerance to-day is sharply divided into two sections; within the greater you can come and go almost as freely as before the war. All that is necessary is a sauf conduit easily obtained from your commissaire de police, which you...
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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2)A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2)Although the plan of this new edition of Beckmanns History of Inventions and Discoveries was to confine it to the subjects treated of in the original work, yet we feel it imperative to make...
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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)That the arts had their rise in the East, and that they were conveyed thence to the Greeks, and from them to the Romans, is universally admitted. Respecting the inventions and discoveries however of...
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Bennie Ben Cree: Being the Story of His Adventure to Southward in the Year '62Bennie Ben Cree: Being the Story of His Adventure to Southward in the Year '62 If anyone would understand how Ben Cree comes to be what he is for better or worse, he should know first the Commodore Inn and what it meant in...
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The Adventures of Two Alabama BoysThe Adventures of Two Alabama BoysIt has been a number of years since these letters appeared in the Alabama Baptist. As I have traveled, many have been the kind words said to me about them. Parents have expressed the wish that I put them...
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Mein Besuch Amerika's im Sommer 1824Mein Besuch Amerika's im Sommer 1824 - Ein Flug durch die Vereinstaaten Maryland, Pensylvanien, New-York zum Niagarafall, und durch die Staaten Ohio, Indiana, Kentuky und Virginien zurück Ich sehe da deren nicht mehr, als auf dem Lande; nmlich, allenfalls ums Leben zu kommen. Gut,...
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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 3 [of 3]The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 3 [of 3][The papers under the present head, of American Politics before the Troubles, in the volume of Dr. Franklin's works, printed for Johnson in 1799, from which they...
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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 2 [of 3]The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 2 [of 3]Several pages of the book contain a description and examples of a modified alphabet proposed by B.F. There are six new characters in his alphabet; these, and...
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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 [of 3]The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 [of 3]The first collection was made by Mr. Peter Collinson in the year 1751. It consisted of letters, communicated by the author to the editor, on one subject,...
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