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The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English HistoryThe Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History Ursus and Homo were fast friends. Ursus was a man, Homo a wolf. Their dispositions tallied. It was the man who had christened the wolf: probably he had also chosen his own name. Having found...
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CavourCavour 'Je suis italien avant tout et c'est pour faire jouir a mon pays du self government l'interieur, come a l'extereur que j'ai entrepuis la rude tache de chasser l'Autriche de l'Italie sans y substituer la domination d'aucune autre Puissance'Cavour to the Marquis Emmanuel...
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Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to EndSeaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End Every writer on Sussex must be indebted more or less to the researches and to the archaeological knowledge of the first serious historian of the county, M.A. Lower. I tender to his memory and also...
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The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36Such was the state of affairs in Spain. In Italy, the consul Marcellus, after regaining Salapia, which was betrayed into his hands, took Maronea and Meles from the Samnites by force. As many as three thousand of...
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Strange True Stories of LouisianaStrange True Stories of LouisianaTrue stories are not often good art. The relations and experiences of real men and women rarely fall in such symmetrical order as to make an artistic whole. Until they have had such treatment as we give stone in the...
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As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1883-06)As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1883-06)Ironia, verdadeira liberdade. s tu que me livras da ambio do poder, da escravido dos partidos da venerao da rotina, do pedantismo das sciencias, da admirao das grandes personagens, das mistificaes da politica,...
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The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and LettersThe World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Acknowledgement and thanks for permitting the use of the following selections in this volume, viz., "The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth," and "The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots," by Major Martin Hume,...
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An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 - With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of TheThat your Lordship may long live to enjoy those grateful reflections which a sense of having advanced the public welfare must be...
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Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)The American Novel, published last year, undertook to trace the progress of a literary type in the United States from its beginnings to the end of the nineteenth century; Contemporary American Novelists undertakes to study the type as it has existed...
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A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and ItalyA Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and ItalyFor two centuries the princes and nations of the West were accustomed to wander towards the land of the morning. In vain was the noblest blood poured forth in streams in the effort to wrest the...
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A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain KettleA Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle"The pay is small enough," said Captain Kettle, staring at the blue paper. "It's a bit hard for a man of my age and experience to come down to a job like piloting, on eight...
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Recollections of a Long Life: An AutobiographyRecollections of a Long Life: An AutobiographyWashington Irving has somewhere said that it is a happy thing to have been born near some noble mountain or attractive river or lake, which should be a landmark through all the journey of life, and to which...
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The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2)The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2)The essential qualifications for an author of such a work as the present are an actual acquaintance with the persons mentioned, an intimate knowledge of their daily...
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The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54It having been noted in the Athenaeum, June 9, 1888, that rumours were afloat doubting the authenticity of these letters, and that these rumours would sink to rest if the history of the originals...
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Ravenna, a StudyRavenna, a StudyMy intention in writing this book has been to demonstrate the unique importance of Ravenna in the history of Italy and of Europe, especially during the Dark Age from the time of Alaric's first descent into the Cisalpine plain to the coming...
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The American Indian as Participant in the Civil WarThe American Indian as Participant in the Civil WarThe Indian alliance, so assiduously sought by the Southern Confederacy and so laboriously built up, soon revealed itself to be most unstable. Direct and unmistakable signs of its instability appeared in connection with the first real...
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Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1The observations which form the basis of the following letters, were collected during three successive tours in Normandy, in the summers of 1815, 1818, and 1819; but chiefly in the second of these years. Where I have...
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George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonTo obviate misunderstanding, it seems well to warn the reader that this book aims only at giving a sketch of George Washington's life and acts. I was interested to discover, if I could, the human residue which I felt sure must persist in...
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Observations Upon the Windward Coast of AfricaObservations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa - The religion, character, customs, &c. of the natives; with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe; and upon the natural and...
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Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2You will look in vain for Ducler in the livre des postes; yet this little town, which is out of the common road of the traveller, becomes an interesting station to the antiquary, it being situated nearly...
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