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The Book of the V.CThe Book of the V.C. - A record of the deeds of heroism for which the Victoria Cross has been bestowed, from its institution in 1857 to the present timeThe celebration this year of the Jubilee of the Victoria Cross may be offered as...
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 48, May 29, 1841The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 48, May 29, 1841In the selection of subjects for illustration in our Journal, there are none which we deem more worthy of attention, or which give us greater pleasure to notice, than the mansions of our resident...
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Peeps at Royal Palaces of Great BritainPeeps at Royal Palaces of Great BritainIf a palace be a royal residence, as the dictionary defines it, then nearly all the famous castles of England would come under that title, for the Norman and Plantagenet Kings were constantly moving from one stronghold to...
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L'Illustration, No. 3739, 31 Octobre 1914L'Illustration, No. 3739, 31 Octobre 1914Note 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 blanches n'ont pas t repris. Elle est l-bas, avec le roi...
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German War Practices, Part 1: Treatment of CiviliansGerman War Practices, Part 1: Treatment of CiviliansI hereby create a Committee on Public Information, to be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and a civilian who shall be charged with the executive direction of...
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Peeps at HeraldryPeeps at HeraldryThe art of heraldry, or armoury, as the old writers called it, consists in blazoning the arms and telling the descent and history of families by certain pictorial signs. Thus from age to age an authenticated register of genealogies has been kept...
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The Natural history library no. 22Early Man in the New WorldIn the twelve years since Early Man in the New World appeared, in 1950, a good deal of archaeological water has passed under the bridgeor over the land-bridge that led the first immigrants into the Americas. Because I had...
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Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 2/8)Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (Volume 2/8)Ce quartier est born, l'orient, par les rues Planche-Mibrai, des Arcis et de Saint-Martin exclusivement; au septentrion, par la rue aux Ours aussi exclusivement; l'occident, par la rue Saint-Denis, depuis le...
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A Tour Through Old ProvenceA Tour Through Old ProvenceBY A. S. FORREST WITH 108 ILLUSTRATIONS IN HALF-TONE AND LINE DRAWN BY THE AUTHOR LONDON S T A N L E Y P A U L & CO. 31 ESSEX STREET W.C.{4} PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,...
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Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, Taken from Original SourcesSocial Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, Taken from Original SourcesFrom the time of Dean Swift downwards to our own days many Political Histories of the Reign of Queen Anne have been written, but its Social Life we have been left to gather...
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Francis ParkmanFrancis Parkman. "One of the convincing tests of genius is the choice of a theme, and no greater felicity can befall it than to find one both familiar and fresh. All the better if tradition, however attenuated, have made it already friendly with our...
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Secrets of the BosphorusSecrets of the BosphorusBY this time the American people have probably become convinced that the Germans deliberately planned the conquest of the world. Yet they hesitate to convict on circumstantial evidence, and for this reason all eye-witnesses to this, the greatest crime in modern...
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 47, May 22, 1841The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 47, May 22, 1841A merry morning to Father Connellan! Well, I dare north, south, east, and west, of our sweet county of Wexford, to produce such another comfortable domicile as this of your reverence; and the proof...
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United States. National Park Service. Historical handbook series, no. 31Antietam National Battlefield, MarylandThis publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. It is printed by the Government Printing...
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An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and IrelandAn Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and IrelandScandinavias greatest Memorials.Those of Denmark and Norway at Sea.Of Sweden on Land.The Influence of Climate. The greatest, and for general history the most important, memorials of the Scandinavian people are connected, as is...
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Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690The King enjoyed his own again, and England rejoiced exceedingly. Even Olivers unbeaten soldiers, disgusted with his incompetent successors, were for the most part ready to retire into private life. Yet the...
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Kansalaissota RanskassaKansalaissota Ranskassa1. Johdanto, kirj. Friedrich Engels. 2. Kansainvlisen tyvenliiton pneuvoston ensiminen selostus saksalais-ranskalaisesta sodasta, kirj. Karl Marx. 3. Saman toinen selostus siit, kirj. Karl Marx. 4. Saman selostus kansalaissodasta Ranskassa, kirj. Karl Marx. Min asetan pneuvoston kaksi lyhemp selostusta saksalais-ranskalaisesta sodasta edellmainitun pitemmn teoksen...
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Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal EraTriumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era - A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 6 (of 7)The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 6 (of 7)Very little is known concerning the youth of Sir Walter Raleigh. He was a younger son, descended of an ancient family, and was born at a farm called Hayes, near the mouth of the river...
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The Story of Westminster AbbeyThe Story of Westminster AbbeyGeoffrey's father had gone to be the representative of the Mother Country in one of the distant Colonies, and as the boy had "more brains than body," to quote his house-master, his parents had taken him with them for a...
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