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Buffon's Natural History. Volume 10 (of 10)Buffon's Natural History. Volume 10 (of 10) - Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &cTHE deer-kind whose horns are a sort of wood, and of a solid texture, although ruminating,...
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The Spider's WebThe Spider's WebIn order to warn off trespassers, I have begun my novel with four chapters that an expert bookmakerindeed, my own book-makerhas pronounced dull: I knew that only those to whom the book belonged would persevere. By the same token, being aware that...
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The Story of Doctor Johnson Being an Introduction to Boswell's LifeThe Story of Doctor Johnson; Being an Introduction to Boswell's LifeThe object of this little book is clearly expressed on the title-page; and the title-page might be left to speak for itself, were it not for the inevitable criticism that Boswell needs no introduction....
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Buffon's Natural History. Volume 09 (of 10)Buffon's Natural History. Volume 09 (of 10) - Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &cThe Loris (fig. 176.) is a small animal found in Ceylon, very remarkable for the elegance...
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The Tourist's Guide through the Country of CaernarvonThe Tourist's Guide through the Country of Caernarvon - containing a short sketch of its History, Antiquities, &c.A Nobleman, whose sole study is to do Good, and to promote the Happiness and Welfare of his Fellow Creatures; and who is highly Esteemed, and greatly...
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La vie en France au moyen âge d'après quelques moralistes du tempsLa vie en France au moyen âge d'après quelques moralistes du temps Le prsent ouvrage fait pendant celui que jai publi en 1904: La Socit franaise au moyen ge daprs dix romans daventure. Jai t amen le composer au cours de mes tudes sur...
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Ælfrics Grammatik und GlossarÆlfrics Grammatik und GlossarIch habe es unterlassen die schreibung zu normalisieren: im allgemeinen bin ich in dieser O gefolgt. fehler der hs., aus welcher die erhaltenen geflossen sind, habe ich dann unverbessert gelassen, wenn mir die mglichkeit nicht ausgeschlossen schien, dass sich lfric selbst...
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The Young Housekeeper's FriendThe Young Housekeeper's Friend - Revised and EnlargedTO THE REVISED EDITION. My aim in the revision of this little book has been to make the arrangement of the receipts and of the index more convenient, the directions more simple and clear, and the entire...
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Patrañas or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and TraditionalPatrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and TraditionalYou will often have it said to you, when smarting under a disappointment, Never mind! it is all for the best! I dare say you are sometimes inclined to doubt the truth of this maxim; I remember when...
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Through Arctic LaplandThrough Arctic Lapland[ix] Note.River in Norsk is Elv; in Qfensk, Joki. Lake in Qfensk is Jrvi. J is pronounced as Y. [xii] [1] The wharves of Katherine Dock were black with many thousands of people, and all their eyes converged on a little auxiliary...
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The 116th Battalion in FranceThe 116th Battalion in FranceWith the assistance of the official War Diary and the proud memory of two years service with the 116th Battalion C.E.F. in France, the writer has compiled this small book for all ex-members of the Battalion, with the hope that...
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Lucian's True HistoryLucian's True History LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. AFTER THE TEMPEST (Strang) ADORATION (Clark) "A SNARE OF VINTAGE" (Beardsley) SPIDERS OF MIGHTY BIGNESS (Strang) THE BATTLE OF THE TURNIPS (Clark) THE SUPPER OF FISH (Strang) UNDERPROPPING THE WHALE'S CHOPS (Clark) SOCRATES' GARDEN (Clark) THE BANQUET OF...
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Two banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives)Two banks of the Seine (Les Deux Rives)Two Banks of the Seine, by Fernand Vandrem, belongs to the class of literature immortalized by Alphonse Daudet. In it we catch the slightly ironic but good-natured tone familiar to those who have read Sapho; and we...
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The Smugglers: Picturesque Chapters in the Story of an Ancient CraftThe Smugglers: Picturesque Chapters in the Story of an Ancient CraftOpinions have ever been divided on the question of the morality, or the immorality, of smuggling. This is not, in itself, remarkable, since that subject on which all men think alike has not yet...
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The Lenape Stone or, The Indian and the MammothThe Lenape Stone; or, The Indian and the MammothIn claiming an impartial examination of so extraordinary a carving as the "Lenape Stone" at the hands of archologists, the writer has had several difficulties to contend with. First, The fact that the carving is quite...
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L'Illustration, No. 0059, 13 Avril 1844L'Illustration, No. 0059, 13 Avril 1844Albert Thorwaldsen--1770-1844. Portrait de Thorwaldsen. Bas-Reliefs du Jour et de la Nuit.--Petits Pomes du Nord. L'Orage; la Mort.--Algrie. Expdition de Biskarah. Carte de Constantine Biskarah; les ducs d'Aumale et de Montpensier chargeant les Arabes: Vue de Mehounech.--Courrier de Paris....
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Chelsea, in the Olden and Present TimesChelsea, in the Olden & Present TimesThere are circumstances in connection with the publication of this volume which I deem it necessary to mention. Some persons probably have thought that such an undertaking should have devolved on an individual possessing greater literary attainments, and...
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Legends of the City of MexicoLegends of the City of MexicoThese legends of the City of Mexico are of my finding, not of my making. They are genuine folk-stories. Each one of them is a true folk-growth from some obscure curious or tragical ancient matter that, taking hold upon...
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AristotleAristotle The Historian of Greece, when closing his great narrative in the year 1856, promised to follow out in a separate work that speculative movement of the fourth century B.C. which upheld the supremacy of the Hellenic intellect long after the decline of Hellenic...
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Up the Orinoco and down the MagdalenaUp the Orinoco and down the MagdalenaRes ardua vetustis novitatem dare; novis auctoritatem; absoletis, nitorem; obscuris, lucem; fastiditis, gratiam; dubiis, fidem; omnibus vero naturam, et naturae sua omnia. Itaque etiam non assecutis, voluisse abunde pulchrum atque magnificum est. That is to say: It is...
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