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The Ruins Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of NatureThe Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature If books were to be judged of by their volume, the following would have but little value; if appraised by their contents, it will perhaps be reckoned among the most...
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A Straight Deal Or, The Ancient GrudgeA Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge Publish any sort of conviction related to these morose days through which we are living and letters will shower upon you like leaves in October. No matter what your conviction be, it will shake both yeas and...
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The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far WestThe Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West 1. -- State of the fur trade of theRocky MountainsAmerican enterprisesGeneralAshley and his associatesSublette, a famous leaderYearly rendezvous among the mountains Stratagems and dangers of the tradeBands of...
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Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2Please 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. We produce...
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Historical Lectures and EssaysHistorical Lectures and EssaysBjarne Grimolfson was blown with his ship into the Irish Ocean; and there came worms and the ship began to sink under them. They had a boat which they had payed with seals blubber, for that the sea-worms will not hurt....
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RussiaRussia The first edition of this work, published early in January, 1877, contained the concentrated results of my studies during an uninterrupted residence of six years in Russiafrom the beginning of 1870 to the end of 1875. Since that time I have spent in...
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The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First SettlersThe Chignecto Isthmus and Its First SettlersFor some years past I, in common with many others, have felt that all letters of interest and accessible facts in connection with the early history of the Truemans should be collected and put in permanent form, not...
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis BonaparteThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte is one of Karl Marx most profound and most brilliant monographs. It may be considered the best work extant on the philosophy of history, with an eye especially upon the history of...
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Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1Please 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. We produce...
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The Ancien RégimeThe Ancien RégimeThe rules of the Royal Institution forbid (and wisely) religious or political controversy. It was therefore impossible for me in these Lectures, to say much which had to be said, in drawing a just and complete picture of the Ancien Rgime in...
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The Crisis in RussiaThe Crisis in Russia THE characteristic of a revolutionary country is that change is a quicker process there than elsewhere. As the revolution recedes into the past the process of change slackens speed. Russia is no longer the dizzying kaleidoscope that it was in...
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Twenty Years at Hull House with Autobiographical NotesTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesEvery preface is, I imagine, written after the book has been completed and now that I have finished this volume I will state several difficulties which may put the reader upon his guard unless he too postpones...
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Russia in 1919Russia in 1919I am well aware that there is material in this book which will be misused by fools both white and red. That is not my fault. My object has been narrowly limited. I have tried by means of a bald record of...
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History of the Conquest of PeruHistory of the Conquest of Peru - With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the IncasThe most brilliant passages in the history of Spanish adventure in the New World are undoubtedly afforded by the conquests of Mexico and Peru, - the two states...
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The French Revolution: A HistoryThe French Revolution: A History Diesem Ambos vergleich ich das Land, den Hammer dem Herscher; Und dem Volke das Blech, das in der Mitte sich krmmt. Wehe dem armen Blech, wenn nur willkrliche Schlge Ungewiss treffen, und nie fertig der Kessel erscheint! President Hnault,...
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SalammboSalammbo It was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar. The soldiers whom he had commanded in Sicily were having a great feast to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Eryx, and as the master was away, and they...
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Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria On November 6, 1817, died the Princess Charlotte, only child of the Prince Regent, and heir to the crown of England. Her short life had hardly been a happy one. By nature impulsive, capricious, and vehement, she had always longed for liberty;...
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Twenty Years AfterTwenty Years After In a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind...
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Ten Years LaterTen Years Later In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in...
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The Three MusketeersThe Three MusketeersIn which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them. A short time ago, while...
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