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An Introduction to the Study of the Maya HieroglyphsAn Introduction to the Study of the Maya HieroglyphsSir: I have the honor to submit the accompanying manuscript of a memoir bearing the title "An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs," by Sylvanus Griswold Morley, and to recommend its publication as a...
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Napoli a occhio nudo: Lettere ad un amicoNapoli a occhio nudo: Lettere ad un amico Eccomi a Napoli; eccomi finalmente in questa terra promessa ad incarnare il sogno dorato della mia vita. Non ti ho scritto subito, perch la confusione del mio povero cervello, appena piovuto in questa enorme voragine, stata...
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The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816Plate VIII, Fig. 1.Wooden Tea-caddy richly decorated with Paper Mosaic, the Work of the Prisoners of War at the Falmouth Depot. The Specimen is in the Collection of Miss Lilley Paull, of...
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Beautiful IrelandConnaught Connaughtor Connacht, as it is more properly spelt and spokenis geographically the best-marked among the provinces of Ireland; and, as usual, other discriminations follow. I would not say that it is of all provinces the most Irish; nobody has better rights to stand...
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Histoire des Musulmans d'Espagne, t. 2/4Histoire des Musulmans d'Espagne, t. 2/4 - jusqu'a la conquête de l'Andalouisie par les Almoravides (711-110)PAR R. D O Z Y Commandeur de lordre de Charles III dEspagne, membre correspondant de lacadmie dhistoire de Madrid, associ tranger de la Soc. asiat. de Paris, professeur...
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Les heures longues, 1914-1917Les heures longues, 1914-1917La guerre?... Jusqu' la fin du mois dernier, ce n'tait qu'un mot, norme, barrant les journaux assoupis de l't. La guerre? Peut-tre, oui, trs loin, de l'autre ct de la terre, mais pas ici.... Comment imaginer que l'cho mme d'une guerre...
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The Sinn Fein Rebellion as I Saw ItThe Sinn Fein Rebellion as I Saw It. For these letters I claim no literary merit: they were written during a period of extraordinary strain for family perusal only, and are a faithful record hour by hour of the Sinn Fein rebellion as I...
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Our Little Hawaiian CousinOur Little Hawaiian CousinFar out in the broad island-dotted and island-fringed Pacific Ocean lies an island group known as the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands. The brave voyager Captain Cook, who discovered these Hawaiian Islands, found living there a brown-skinned people, whose descendants live there...
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I Puritani di Scozia, vol. 3I Puritani di Scozia, vol. 3 Dopo che Morton ebbe abbandonate le ultime stazioni del campo reale, e giunto a quelle de' Presbiteriani, lo colp fortemente la diversit immensa di disciplina che fra un esercito e l'altro scorgeasi; laonde mal augur della pugna che...
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I Puritani di Scozia, vol. 2I Puritani di Scozia, vol. 2 Il giovine Graham scese dalla montagna facendo sventolare quella bandiera, di cui non havvi oste inviperita che non rispetti il colore. Gli tenea dietro un trombetta. Ei vide allora distaccarsi dai due fianchi del picciolo esercito presbiteriano cinque...
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I Puritani di Scozia, vol. 1I Puritani di Scozia, vol. 1 Posso presumere senza vanit che il nome posto in fronte a quest'opera[1] e la natura della medesima bastino a conciliarle dalle persone sagge e amiche del meditare (e a queste sole il mio lavoro dedicato) quel grado di...
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Intimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen ThemIntimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen ThemIt was in 1888 we first arrived in Peking, and we felt at once convinced that, whatever wonders it might have to offer, nothingno! nothing could surpass the wonder of the journey. And when it is...
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Peeps at Many Lands: SwedenPeeps at Many Lands: SwedenIn one of the most beautiful and romantic districts of Sweden there is one of the oldest copper-mines in the world. It is situated at Falun in Dalecarlia. About 400 years ago a young man might have been seen looking...
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The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine IslandsThe Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. - Containing their History, Ancient and Modern, Natural and Political: Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclinations of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands,...
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Kensington Palace, the birthplace of the QueenKensington Palace, the birthplace of the Queen - being an historical guide to the state rooms, pictures and gardensTHE BIRTHPLACE OF THE QUEEN ILLUSTRATED BEING AN HISTORICAL GUIDE TO THE STATE ROOMS, PICTURES, AND GARDENS BY Ernest Law, B.A. Barrister-at-Law Author of The History...
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Our Little Finnish CousinOur Little Finnish CousinFinland is one of the little countries in whose struggles for greater freedom the world is interested to-day. It is situated on the northeast shore of the Baltic Sea, and is bounded by Russia, Norway and Sweden, the Gulf of Bothnia...
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Jean, Our Little Australian CousinJean, Our Little Australian CousinAustralia, though a continent, is a part of the Empire of Great Britain. A few years ago it was a wild country, where no white people lived, filled with Blacks, who were man-eating savages. These are fast dying out, but...
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China in AmericaChina in America - A study in the social life of the Chinese in the eastern cities of the United States They describe themselves as Pnt or "natives," as distinguished from the tribes called Hkk or "strangers," and divide themselves into the people of...
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A Syllabus of Hispanic-American HistoryA Syllabus of Hispanic-American History"In the establishment of the independence of Spanish America the United States have the deepest interest. I have no hesitation in asserting my firm belief that there is no question in the foreign policy of this country, which has ever...
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Rambles in RomeRambles in Rome - An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the CampagnaThe object of our work is to describe in a practical manner the points of interest in and around the Eternal City. One...
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