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An Essay on Mediæval Economic TeachingAn Essay on Mediæval Economic TeachingI wish to express my gratitude to the Rev. Dr. Cronin for his kindness in reading the manuscript, and for many valuable suggestions which he made; also to Father T.A. Finlay, S.J., and Mr. Arthur Cox for having given...
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Roman life in the days of CiceroRoman life in the days of CiceroThis book does not claim to be a life of Cicero or a history of the last days of the Roman Republic. Still less does it pretend to come into comparison with such a work as Bekker's Gallus,...
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Descripción Geografica, Histórica y Estadística de Bolivia, Tomo 1Descripción Geografica, Histórica y Estadística de Bolivia, Tomo 1.Habiendo nacido con muy particulares disposiciones para las ciencias naturales, debo los consejos y las doctas lecciones de un padre, cuyo nombre es digna y honrosamente conocido entre los sabios, el temprano desarrollo de ese instinto...
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Œuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome VŒuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome V.Les armes russes runies et formes, on vit paratre une protestation contre la France, qui fut envoye tous les cabinets. La Russie annona par l qu'elle ne voulait pas mme garder les apparences. Tous les moyens de conciliation furent...
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Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 There has of late years been a tendency, as a result of the teachings of certain historical authorities, to minimize the influence of the leadership of the so-called Great Men, and...
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The New JerusalemThe New Jerusalem This book is only an uncomfortably large note-book; and it has the disadvantages, whether or no it has the advantages, of notes that were taken on the spot. Owing to the unexpected distraction of other duties, the notes were published in...
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Bertha, Our Little German CousinBertha, Our Little German CousinFirst, as to the castles. Here and there along the banks of the River Rhine, as well as elsewhere throughout the country, the traveller is constantly finding himself near some massive stone ruin. It seems ever ready to tell stories...
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Henry Hudson: A Brief Statement of His Aims and His AchievementsHenry Hudson: A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements It is with great pleasure that I include in this volume contemporary Hudson documents which have remained neglected for three centuries, and here are published for the first time. As I explain more...
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Authorised Guide to the Tower of LondonAuthorised Guide to the Tower of London The Tower of London was founded in 1078, by William the Conqueror, for the purpose of protecting and controlling the city. To make room for his chief buildings he removed two bastions of the old wall of...
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Across China on FootAcross China on FootDURING MY TRAVELS IN INTERIOR CHINA I ONCE LAY AT THE POINT OF DEATH. FOR THEIR UNREMITTING KINDNESS DURING A LONG ILLNESS, I NOW AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBE THIS VOLUME TO MY FRIENDS, MR. AND MRS. A. EVANS, OF TONG-CH'UAN-FU, YN-NAN, SOUTH-WEST CHINA,...
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English Travellers of the RenaissanceEnglish Travellers of the RenaissanceAmong the many didactic books which flooded England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were certain essays on travel. Some of these have never been brought to light since their publication more than three hundred years ago, or been mentioned...
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Tom Tufton's TravelsTom Tufton's TravelsGood Squire Tufton of Gablehurst lay dying. He had been ailing for many months, knowing his end to be near; and yet, as is so often the case in lingering declines, death was long in coming, so that those about him had...
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A Woman's Impression of the PhilippinesA Woman's Impression of the PhilippinesOn a hot July day the army transport Buford lay at the Folsom Dock, San Francisco, the Stars and Stripes drooping from her stern, her Blue Peter and a cloud of smoke announcing a speedy departure, and a larger...
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A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium, during the summer and autumn of 1814A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium, during the summer and autumn of 1814I beg at the same time to express my congratulations to Your Royal Highness on the late glorious events, which have distinguished Your Royal Highness's Government,...
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Our Legal Heritage, 5th edOur Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 1775This was written to appreciate what laws have been in existence for a long time and therefore have proven their success in maintaining a stable society. Its purpose is also to see the historical...
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The Rival Heirs being the Third and Last Chronicle of AescenduneThe Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of AescenduneThis little volume, now presented to the indulgence of the reader, is the third of a series intended to illustrate the history and manners of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, whom a great historian very appropriately...
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Korea's Fight for FreedomKorea's Fight for Freedom"Mr. F.A. McKenzie has been abused in the columns of the Japanese press_ with a violence which, in the absence of any reasoned controversy, indicated a last resource. In answer to his specific charges, only one word has been uttered'lies!' "Yet...
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Hills and the SeaHills and the SeaThere were once two men. They were men of might and breeding. They were young, they were intolerant, they were hale. Were there for humans as there is for dogs a tribunal to determine excellence; were there judges of anthropoidal points...
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The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. IThe Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. I In these Volumes is recounted the public life of my late father from the period to which the narrative was brought down by himself in his unfinished "Autobiography of a Seaman." The...
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Vanguards of the Plains: A Romance of the Old Santa Fé TrailVanguards of the Plains: A Romance of the Old Santa Fé TrailI. THE BEGINNINGS OF A PLAINSMAN II. A DAUGHTER OF CANAAN III. THE WIDENING HORIZON IV. THE MAN IN THE DARK V. WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST VI. SPYING OUT THE LAND VII. "SANCTUARY"...
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