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Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great BusinessmenI have always expended to the last shilling my surplus wealth in promoting this great and good cause of industrial betterment. The right-reverend prelate is...
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The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, DaniteThe Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Almost a half century ago, being in 1857, John Doyle Lee, a chief among that red brotherhood, the Danites, was ordered by Brigham Young and the leading counselors of the Mormon Church to take...
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A Life of William ShakespeareA Life of William Shakespeare - with portraits and facsimilesThis work is based on the article on Shakespeare which I contributed last year to the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography. But the changes and additions which the article has undergone during...
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Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AND FANNY OSBOURNE JOSIAH AND SARAH WEDGWOOD WILLIAM GODWIN AND MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT DANTE AND BEATRICE JOHN STUART MILL AND HARRIET TAYLOR...
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Ein MannEin Mann - Des Seefahrers und aufrechten Bürgers Joachim Nettelbeck wundersame Lebensgeschichte von ihm selbst erzähltder Kommandant der Festung Kolberg, deren ruhmreiche Verteidigung einen der interessantesten Abschnitte dieses Buches bildet, 1760 geboren, hatte schon in einem zu Erfurt garnisonierenden sterreichischen und danach in einem...
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Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne IslandsGrace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands "The rights of woman, what are they? The right to labour and to pray; The right to succour in distress; The right, when others curse; to bless; The right to lead the soul to God, Along the...
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John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and SeaJohn Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and SeaJohn Deane was a real person, and I hope that the readers of this my book about him will be as much pleased with it as I was with the history of his adventures, placed...
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The Life of Friedrich SchillerThe Life of Friedrich Schiller - Comprehending an Examination of His WorksThe excuse for reprinting this somewhat insignificant Book is, that certain parties, of the pirate species, were preparing to reprint it for me. There are books, as there are horses, which a judicious...
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Souvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Tome troisièmeSouvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Tome troisième En crivant mes Souvenirs, je me rappellerai le temps pass, qui doublera pour ainsi dire mon existence. J.-J. Rousseau. Paul tait n le 1er octobre 1754, et monta sur le trne le 12 octobre 1796. Ce que...
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Frau Pauline Brater: Lebensbild einer deutschen FrauFrau Pauline Brater: Lebensbild einer deutschen FrauWarum sollen wir uns fr sie interessieren? Ist sie eine Knstlerin, eine Gelehrte, eine Wohltterin fr die Menschheit gewesen? Hat sie auf irgend einem Gebiet Hervorragendes geleistet und sich in der Welt einen Namen gemacht? Diese so berechtigten...
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Souvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Tome secondSouvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Tome second En crivant mes Souvenirs, je me rappellerai le temps pass, qui doublera pour ainsi dire mon existence. J.-J. Rousseau. La mort de la bonne et aimable princesse Kourakin, que le cholra vint enlever Ptersbourg en 1831, m'avait...
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Souvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Tome premierSouvenirs de Madame Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Tome premier En crivant mes Souvenirs, je me rappellerai le temps pass, qui doublera pour ainsi dire mon existence. J.-J. Rousseau. Ma bien bonne amie, vous me demandez avec tant d'instances de vous crire mes souvenirs, que je me...
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Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord NelsonAuthentic Narrative of the Death of Lord NelsonThe person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of...
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1In general, typographical errors have been left in place to match the original images. In the case where later editors have hand-written...
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Erasmus and the Age of ReformationErasmus and the Age of Reformationby G.N. Clark, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford Rather more than twenty years ago, on a spring morning of alternate cloud and sunshine, I acted as guide to Johan Huizinga, the author of this book, when he was on...
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Mary WollstonecraftMary WollstonecraftFew women have worked so faithfully for the cause of humanity as Mary Wollstonecraft, and few have been the objects of such bitter censure. She devoted herself to the relief of her suffering fellow-beings with the ardor of a Saint Vincent de Paul,...
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The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2The First IdeaHow it was Made"Fire!"I am a SomnambulistMy WorkshopMy Business "Partner"Not by GainsboroughLord LeightonThe Private ViewThe CatalogueSold OutHow the R.A.'s Took ItHow a Critic Took ItCurious OffersMr. Sambourne as a Company PromoterA One-man ShowPunch's MistakeA Joke within...
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The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An AddressThe Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An AddressThe discovery of an unknown address by Abraham Lincoln is an event of literary and historical significance. Various attempts have been made to recover his "Lost Speech," delivered in Bloomington, in 1856. Henry C....
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Der Roman eines geborenen VerbrechersDer Roman eines geborenen Verbrechers - Selbstbiographie des Strafgefangenen Antonino M...Dieses Buch kann und soll nicht nach gewhnlichen Gesichtspunkten beurteilt werden: Der Titel Roman ist subjektiv gerechtfertigt, insofern die Empfindung, welche den Helden dieser Bltter veranlate, sie zu schreiben, sicher nicht von der verschieden...
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La Vie de M. de MolièreLa Vie de M. de Molière - Réimpression de l'édition originale (Paris, 1705) et des pièces annexesDe tous les biographes de Molire, Grimarest se trouve encore avoir le plus fait pour sa mmoire. Si son uvre, pendant plus d'un sicle et demi, a figur,...
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