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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1I desire to take this opportunity of recording my grateful sense of the unsparing labour, learning, and devotion, with which my fathers valued friend, Professor Henri Cordier, has performed the difficult and delicate task which I entrusted...
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Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great RulersBeacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great RulersAlfred is one of the most interesting characters in all history for those blended virtues and talents which remind us of a David, a Marcus Aurelius, or a Saint Louis,--a man whom everybody loved, whose deeds were...
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An Englishman's Travels in AmericaAn Englishman's Travels in America - His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave StatesPersonal narrative and adventure has, of late years, become so interesting a subject in the mind of the British public, that the author feels he is not...
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An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the AfricanAn Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African - Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions As the subject of the following...
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Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of ElginLetters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of ElginHaving been consulted by the family and friends of the late Lord Elgin as to the best mode of giving to the world some record of his life, and having thus contracted a certain responsibility in...
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With Kelly to ChitralWith Kelly to ChitralBefore you read this short history of a few brief weeks, I must warn you that it is no record of exciting adventure or heroic deeds, but simply an account of the daily life of British officers and Indian troops on...
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Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Her Life and Letters (1689-1762)Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Her Life and Letters (1689-1762)Lady Mary Wortley Montagu has her niche in the history of medicine as having introduced inoculation from the Near East into England; but her principal fame is as a letter-writer. Of her gifts as a correspondent...
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Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 - Great Britain and Ireland, part 1A two-fold purpose has been kept in view during the preparation of these volumeson the one-hand, to refresh the memories and, if possible, to enlarge the knowledge, of readers who have...
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Turkish Prisoners in EgyptTurkish Prisoners in Egypt - A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red CrossBeing deputed by the Red Cross International Committee to visit Turkish prisoners of war in Egypt, we presented ourselves on December 3, 1916, to the officer for...
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Holland: The History of the NetherlandsHolland: The History of the NetherlandsExtent of the KingdomDescription of the PeopleAncient State of the Low CountriesOf the High GroundsContrasted with the present Aspect of the CountryExpedition of Julius CsarThe BelgThe MenapiansBataviansDistinguished among the Auxiliaries of RomeDecrease of national Feeling in Part of the...
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Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the EmpireUncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire I dare say that I had already read my uncle's letter a hundred times, and I am sure that I knew it by heart. None the less I took it out of my pocket, and, sitting on...
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The History of England, Volume IThe History of England, Volume I - From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 Like much 18th and 19th century publishing, the edition of David Hume's "History of England" from which this text was prepared makes extensive use of both...
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The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of FranceThe Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of FranceThe principal authorities for the following work are the four volumes of Correspondence published by M. Arneth, and the six volumes published by M. Feuillet de Conches. M. Arneth's two collections[1] contain not only a number of...
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Norwegian LifeNorwegian Life - An Account of Past and Contemporary Conditions and Progress in Norway and SwedenAn excursion into Norwegian life has for the student all the charm of the traveler's real journey through the pleasant valleys of the Norse lands. Much of this charm...
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Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great WomenBeacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women Love, the flower of Eden The two Venuses of Socrates The Venus Urania The memory of Hlose cherished Her birth and education Her extraordinary gifts Her aspirations Peter Ablard His wonderful genius His early scholastic triumphs...
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Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06: Renaissance and ReformationBeacon Lights of History, Volume 06: Renaissance and ReformationThe first great genius who aroused his country from the torpor of the Middle Ages was a poet. Poetry, then, was the first influence which elevated the human mind amid the miseries of a gloomy period,...
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Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05: The Middle AgesBeacon Lights of History, Volume 05: The Middle AgesThe most extraordinary man who arose after the fall of the Roman Empire was doubtless Mohammed; and his posthumous influence has been greater than that of any man since Christianity was declared, if we take into...
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Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial AntiquityBeacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial AntiquityOne of the most prominent and romantic characters in the history of the Oriental world, before its conquest by Alexander of Macedon, is Cyrus the Great; not as a sage or prophet, not as the founder of...
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Government and RebellionGovernment and Rebellion - A Sermon Delivered in the North Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Sunday Morning, April 28, 1861We have in these words this plain announcement--that Rebellion is a crime, and shall be visited with terrible judgment. Solomon here speaks his own convictions; God...
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Inaugural Presidential AddressInaugural Presidential Address My fellow citizens, today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. This ceremony is held in the depth of winter, but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. A spring reborn in...
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