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History of the English People, Volume IHistory of the English People, Volume I - Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 For the conquest of Britain by the English our authorities are scant and imperfect. The only extant British account is the "Epistola" of Gildas, a work written...
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History of the English People, Volume IIHistory of the English People, Volume II - The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 The death of John changed the whole face of English affairs. His son, Henry of Winchester, was but nine years old, and the pity which was stirred by the child's...
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The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 - Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And SusiBad beginning of the new year. Dangerous...
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The First Discovery of Australia and New GuineaThe First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea - Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.I. In Quest of the Spice Islands II. Voyages to the Spice Islands and...
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Indiscreet Letters From PekingIndiscreet Letters From Peking - Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation Being the Notes of an...
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Servia, Youngest Member of the European FamilyServia, Youngest Member of the European Family - or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.The narrative and descriptive portion of this work speaks for itself. In the historical part I...
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A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & IIA Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & IITHE following Narrative of a "Pilgrimage" through the kingdom of Oude was written by the late Major-General Sir William Sleeman in 1851 (while a Resident at the Court of Lucknow), at the request of...
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On the King's Service: Inward Glimpses of Men at ArmsOn the King's Service: Inward Glimpses of Men at ArmsThe War Office built Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow, to look exactly like a gaol, but these gaunt unlovely buildings, packed beyond endurance with men of the new army, were at least in some way in touch...
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A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 (1777)A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 (1777)I am very certain that a man may travel twice through Spain, and half through France, before he sees a woman of so much beauty, elegance, and breeding, as the mistress of the...
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The Discipline of WarThe Discipline of War - Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent The war has introduced into countless lives new conditions, and has strangely modified, or emphasised, those already existing. These Addresses, prepared under much stress of other work,...
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The Story of the "9th King's" in FranceThe Story of the "9th King's" in FranceShortly after the commencement of the Volunteer Movement in 1859, many members of the newspaper and printing trades in Liverpool were desirous of forming a regiment composed of men connected with those businesses. A meeting was held...
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De kasteelen van Koning Lodewijk II van BeierenDe kasteelen van Koning Lodewijk II van Beieren - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1887Eenige weken na den tragischen dood van den ongelukkigen Koning Lodewijk II van Beieren, over wiens leven nog altijd een geheimzinnige sluier hangt, die wellicht nooit geheel zal worden opgeheven,...
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Historical Epochs of the French RevolutionHistorical Epochs of the French Revolution - With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France THE following sheets contain a journal of principal events of the French Revolution. The best authorities have been resorted to, and the facts are related without...
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Queen VictoriaQueen VictoriaIn the old legend of Rip Van Winkle with which the American writer Washington Irving has made us so familiar, the ne'er-do-weel Rip wanders off into the Kaatskill Mountains with his dog and gun in order to escape from his wife's scolding tongue....
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Richard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His MemoirsRichard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His MemoirsSome years ago, I came across the Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth in a second-hand bookshop, and found it so full of interest and amusement, that I am tempted to draw the attention of other readers to...
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The White Road to VerdunThe White Road to VerdunThis famous "motto" of the French Army is probably derived from one of two slang sentences: "De ne pas se faire des cheveux" ("To keep one's hair on"), or "De ne pas se faire de la bile" (or, in other...
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Paris: With Pen and PencilParis: With Pen and Pencil - Its People and Literature, Its Life and BusinessThe contents of this volume are the result of two visits to Paris. The first when Louis Napoleon was president of the Republic; and the second when Napoleon III. was emperor...
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Joan of ArcJoan of ArcThe authors whose works I have chiefly used in writing this Life of Joan of Arc, arefirst, Quicherat, who was the first to publish at length the Minutes of the two trials concerning the Maidthat of her trial at Rouen in 1430,...
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A Short History of RussiaA Short History of Russia If this book seems to have departed from the proper ideal of historic narrativeif it is the history of a Power, and not of a Peopleit is because the Russian people have had no history yet. There has been...
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Treat 'em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser KillerTreat 'em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser KillerFRIEND AL: Well Al I am writeing this in the recreation room at our barracks and they's about 20 other of the boys writeing letters and I will bet some of the letters is rich because...
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