Biography & Autobiography
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2)The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2)Mr. Faraday's introduction to Sir H. Davy.A renewed correspondence on the subject of the Gunpowder Manufactory.Davy obtains permission from Napoleon to visit the Continent.He embarks in a Cartel from Plymouth.Is arrested at Morlaix.Arrives...
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 1 (of 2)The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 1 (of 2)The reflecting portion of mankind has ever felt desirous of becoming acquainted with the origin, progress, habits, and peculiarities of those whom the powers of genius may have raised above the plane of...
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The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist: HoudiniThe Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist: HoudiniHARRY HOUDINI, "the World's Handcuff King and amazing Prison Breaker," a title universally and unanimously bestowed upon him, has had a career as adventurous and romantic as the most imaginative writer could possibly conjure. Indeed, this wonderful...
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A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret BreckinridgeA Memorial of Mrs. Margaret BreckinridgeMore than a year has now passed since Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge, the beloved subject of the following brief notices, was taken from us into the saints' everlasting rest. By that event, the little family of which she was the...
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Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &cPortraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c. - With Descriptive and Entertaining Ancedotes. Many are the reports concerning his civility, and polite manner of attending to the ladies whenever they have honoured him with their commands; and several curious persons have come to...
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The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich TchaikovskyThe Life & Letters of Peter Ilich TchaikovskyIN offering to English and American readers this abridged edition of The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, my introduction must of necessity take the form of some justification of my curtailments and excisions. The motives...
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Villejä eläimiäVillejä eläimiäNm kertomukset ovat tosia. Vaikka en aina ole tarkasti seurannut historiallista totuutta, niin kuvaamani elimet ovat silti todellisia. Niiden elm on ollut sellaista kuin olen tss kertonut, ja todellisuudessa niiden urheus ja yksillliset ominaisuudet ovat ilmenneet paljon voimakkaampina kuin olen kyennyt kuvaamaan. Luonnonhistoria...
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Later Queens of the French StageLater Queens of the French StageBY H. NOEL WILLIAMS AUTHOR OF QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGE, MADAME RCAMIER AND HER FRIENDS, MADAME DE POMPADOUR, MADAME DE MONTESPAN, MADAME DU BARRY, ETC. LONDON AND NEW YORK H A R P E R & B R...
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Peter Parley's Own StoryPeter Parley's Own Story - From the Personal Narrative of the Late Samuel G. Goodrich, ("Peter Parley") Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by THE HEIRS OF S. G. GOODRICH, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the...
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Les historiettes de Tallemant des Réaux, tome cinquièmeLes historiettes de Tallemant des Réaux, tome cinquième - Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du XVIIe siècleNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages...
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Our Standard-Bearer Or, The Life of General Uysses S. GrantOur Standard-Bearer; Or, The Life of General Uysses S. Grant[9] [15] Who am I? It makes not the least difference who I am. If I shine at all in this veritable history,which I honestly confess I have not the slightest desire to do,it will...
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The Life of Francis ThompsonThe Life of Francis ThompsonThe 16th of December 1859 was the day, 7 Winckley Street, a box of a house in a narrow road, the place of Francis Joseph Thompson's birth. He was the second son of Charles Thompson and his wife, Mary Turner...
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Famous Scots Series, 22Sir William Wallace'The ignorance of some otherwise well-informed persons respecting the claims of Wallace as a national patriot,' wrote Dr. Charles Rogers, 'is deplorable.' The documentary authorities are, indeed, fragmentary, and exceptionally perplexing. Some are clearly trustworthy; many are conflicting, dissimulatory, falsified, false, biassed...
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Fifty Notable YearsFifty Notable Years - Views of the Ministry of Christian Universalism During the Last Half-Century; with Biographical SketchesEvery intelligent reader of that expressive line of Longfellow, "Let the dead past bury its dead," understands that if "the dead past" may be buried, as it...
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Colonel Thomas Blood, Crown-stealer, 1618-1680Colonel Thomas Blood, Crown-stealer, 1618-1680 The story which follows is, without doubt, one of the most curious and extraordinary in English history. It is, in fact, so remarkable that it seems necessary to begin by assuring the cautious reader that it is true. Much...
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The Autobiography of Parley Parker PrattThe Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt - One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and TravelsIn publishing this volume I am discharging a duty solemnly imposed upon me by my lamented father, just...
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Neêrlands Roem Galerij van Beroemde Nederlanders uit het tijdvak van Frederik HendrikGalerij van Beroemde Nederlanders uit het tijdvak van Frederik HendrikZoo menigmaal wy in de geschiedenis een tijdvak ontmoeten, t welk met den naam van een byzonder persoon wordt aangeduid, zullen wy tevens bevinden, dat de man, naar wien het heet, wel een deel van...
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Lady Byron Vindicated: A History of the Byron ControversyLady Byron Vindicated: A History of the Byron ControversyThe subject of this volume is of such painful notoriety that any apology from the Publishers may seem unnecessary upon issuing the Author's reply to the counter statements which her narrative in Macmillan's Magazine has called...
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Mémoires de l'Impératrice Catherine IIMémoires de l'Impératrice Catherine II. - Écrits par elle-mêmeQUELQUES heures aprs la mort de lImpratrice Catherine, son fils, lEmpereur Paul, ordonna au comte Rostoptchine de mettre les scells sur les papiers de lImpratrice. Il tait lui-mme prsent la mise en ordre de ces papiers....
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An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John MiltonAn Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton - Comprising All the Autobiographic Passages in His Works, the More Explicit Presentations of His Ideas of True Liberty.Milton's prose works are perhaps not read, at the present day, to the extent demanded...
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