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Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the ArmyRecollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army - Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; etc.First Affghan WarChathamFort PittSupernumerariesHow appointedGazettedBreaking inOrders of readinessShip inspectedEmbarkFirst...
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Then and Now; or, Thirty-Six Years in the RockiesThen and Now; or, Thirty-Six Years in the Rockies - Personal Reminiscences of Some of the First Pioneers of the State of MontanaIt may not be out of place to explain how this book came to find its way into print. It was written...
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Famous Scots Series, 11Tobias Smollett THOMAS CARLYLE. By Hector C. Macpherson ALLAN RAMSAY. By Oliphant Smeaton HUGH MILLER. By W. Keith Leask JOHN KNOX. By A. Taylor Innes ROBERT BURNS. By Gabriel Setoun THE BALLADISTS. By John Geddie RICHARD CAMERON. By Professor Herkless SIR JAMES Y. SIMPSON....
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Model WomenModel WomenThis volume is dedicated to you, because I believe in the principles it enunciates, and hope that many of your sex may get them lodged in their minds; and the conclusions to which they lead carried out in their lives. While feeling a...
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Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. 3. (of 3)Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. 3. (of 3) - Abridged and Fully Illustrated In presenting this last volume of Queens of England to our readers, we are glad to say that we have been permitted to carry the story through the entire history...
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Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. 2. (of 3)Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. 2. (of 3) - Abridged and Fully Illustrated Up to Queen Anne, this work is based upon Agnes Strickland's "Queens of England;" but subsequent to that period many authorities have been consulted, and only such matter used as...
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Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. 1. (of 3)Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. 1. (of 3) - Abridged and Fully Illustrated Up to Queen Anne, this work is based upon Agnes Strickland's "Queens of England;" but subsequent to that period many authorities have been consulted, and only such matter used as...
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Charles Baudelaire, His LifeCharles Baudelaire, His Life "Close to your hand lies a little volume, bound in some Nile-green skin that has been pounded with gilded nenuphars, and smoothed with hard ivory. It is the book that Gautier loved, it is Baudelaire's masterpiece." OSCAR WILDE ("Intentions"). The...
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Sechs Jahre in SurinamSechs Jahre in Surinam - Bilder aus dem militärischen Leben dieser Colonie und Skizzen zur Kenntniss seiner socialen und naturwissenschaftlichen VerhältnisseDas Interesse, welches in neuester Zeit das hollndische und franzsische Guyana bei Manchem erregt, die verschiedenen Meinungen, welche ber Sklaverei herrschen und das schlechte...
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Stories about General Warren, in relation to the fifth of March massacre, and the battle of Bunker HillStories about General Warren, in relation to the fifth of March massacre, and the battle of Bunker HillThe author of the following little sketch has often heard the question asked, "What did Gen. Warren do to deserve all that has been said about him?"...
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Deutsche LebensbilderDeutsche LebensbilderDie Hafis-Lesebcherei will Millionen von Lesern die Mglichkeit geben, eine Auswahl des Besten aus dem Schrifttum aller Zeiten und Vlker zu genieen und ihr Eigen zu nennen. Sie bietet eine groe Zahl von schnen, dauerhaften Bnden auf gutem Papier, in Leinwand gebunden und...
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Nagy magyarok élete (2. kötet)Nagy magyarok élete (2. kötet)Az 1301-ik esztend janur 14-n halt meg III. Endre, a honszerz rpd nemzetsgnek utols frfitagja. Letrt a Szent Istvn els magyar kirly nemzetsgbl s vrbl ntt fnak utols arany ga! zokog a krniks. Nagy volt az orszgban a bnat, a...
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BalzacBalzacHis childhood was in no wise extraordinary, save for the avidity with which he read the Bible and the keen delight which he took in the possession of a little red violin. He was indifferent to romps and games, and when not lost in...
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William Oughtred: A Great 17th-Century Teacher of MathematicsWilliam Oughtred: A Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of MathematicsIn the year 1660 the Royal Society was founded by royal favor in London, although in reality its inception took place in 1645 when the Philosophical Society (or, as Boyle called it, the Invisible College) came into...
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Six Major ProphetsSix Major ProphetsA few years ago it occurred to me that there were living on the same planet and at the same time as myself some interesting people whom I had never seen and did not know so much about as I should. Since...
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Michael Faraday, Man of ScienceMichael Faraday, Man of Science"Tyndall, I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last." In these words, with which he replied to Professor Tyndall's urgent appeal to him to accept the Presidency of the Royal Society, we have a key-note to the character of...
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Fighting the Boche UndergroundFighting the Boche Underground It has been frequently suggested to me that I write of my experiences at the front. As one of the advance-guard of the American army who participated in the great struggle for freedom long before the United States espoused the...
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A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William ShakespeareA Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare - Player, Poet, and PlaymakerIt is due to the reader of a new work on a subject already so often handled as the Life of Shakespeare to tell him at the outset what...
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Scraps of BiographyScraps of Biography - Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day SaintsThere is a gradually increasing interest among the young of this people for reading and study. It is now the ambition of nearly every son...
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Memoirs of Joseph GrimaldiMemoirs of Joseph GrimaldiIt is some years now, since we first conceived a strong veneration for Clowns, and an intense anxiety to know what they did with themselves out of pantomime time, and off the stage. As a child, we were accustomed to pester...
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