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An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666Transcriber's note: This e-book, a pamphlet by Gideon Harvey, was originally published in 1769, and was prepared from a reprint in The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe, vol....
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The Tangled SkeinThe Tangled SkeinIt was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance. To you, thereforeto your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear...
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Campaigning with Crook, and Stories of Army LifeCampaigning with Crook, and Stories of Army LifeTen years ago, at the request of the editor of a paper at my old home, these sketches of the Sioux Campaign of 1876 were written and, finding favor with comrades to whom a few were sent,...
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Peeps at Many Lands: TurkeyPeeps at Many Lands: TurkeyThe Empire of Turkey, through which I propose to conduct you, stretches over portions of Europe and Asiathe slender thread of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles being the division between the two continents. A rapid current rushes through these channels,...
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The Wanderer or, Female Difficulties (Volume 5 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 5 of 5)The final purposes for which man is ordained to move in this nether sphere, will for ever remain disputable, while the doubts to which it gives rise can be answered only by fellow-doubters: but that the...
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The Wanderer or, Female Difficulties (Volume 4 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 4 of 5)A spectre could not have made her start more affrighted, could not have appeared to her more horrible. And Lord Melbury, who earnestly, at the same moment, had pronounced, 'Tell me whither, then,' stopping abruptly, looked...
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The Wanderer or, Female Difficulties (Volume 1 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 1 of 5)The earliest pride of my heart was to inscribe to my much-loved Father the first public effort of my pen; though the timid offering, unobtrusive and anonymous, was long unpresented; and, even at last, reached its...
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The Wanderer or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5)Ellis hastened to the house; but her weeping eyes, and disordered state of mind, unfitted her for an immediate encounter with Elinor, and she went straight to her own chamber; where, in severe meditation upon her...
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The Wanderer or, Female Difficulties (Volume 3 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 3 of 5)From the time of this arrangement, the ascendance which Mr Naird obtained over the mind of Elinor, by alternate assurances and alarms, relative to her chances of living to see Harleigh again, produced a quiet that...
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The Motor Maids' School DaysThe Motor Maids' School Days Theres no surprise in an oyster unless theres a pearl in it, goosey, teased Nancy. But here it comes! Here it comes! she cried, clapping her hands joyfully, while six pairs of eyes peered curiously down the street, which,...
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The Motor Maids Across the ContinentThe Motor Maids Across the Continent At your age, what, dear cousin? demanded Wilhelmina Campbell, superintending the strapping on at the back of the car of five extra large suit cases and other paraphernalia for a long trip. Why should not things happen at...
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The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the MohawksThe Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the MohawksThe life and surroundings of "The Lily of the Mohawks," as an undeveloped theme in literature, was first suggested to me by my uncle, the Rev. Clarence A. Walworth. My interest and enthusiasm...
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A Primer of AssyriologyA Primer of Assyriology Geography.The civilizations of Babylonia and Assyria grew up on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates. The Tigris was called Idikna and Idikla in the Sumerian or primitive language of Babylonia, from which the Semites formed the name Idiklat, by...
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Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle, 1652-1693Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle, 1652-1693IN the volume entitled The Youth of La Grande Mademoiselle I have tried to present the conditions of France during the period in which the ancient liberties of the people and the turbulent society which had abused its...
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On the Field of Glory: An Historical Novel of the Time of King John SobieskiOn the Field of Glory: An Historical Novel of the Time of King John SobieskiRailroads are to nations what arteries and veins are to each individual. Every part of a nation enjoys common life with every other through railroads. Books bring remote ages to...
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"Green Balls" : The Adventures of a Night-Bomber"Green Balls" : The Adventures of a Night-BomberLest it should appear that in this book I have worked the personal pronoun to death, I wish to explain my reasons for describing always my own feelings, my own experiences, my own thoughts. I feel that...
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Burning of the Brooklyn TheatreBurning of the Brooklyn Theatre - A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876The Tragedy in the GalleriesA Wedge of DeathInto a Pit of FireHarrowing Scenes and IncidentsAffecting and Exciting Stories...
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My MemoirsMy MemoirsBEAUCOURT is a village in the "Belfort Territory," not far from the Swiss and German frontiers. It was in that village, at the "Chteau Edouard"all large mansions in that region are called "chteaux," and the name of the owner is added to the...
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The True Story of My Parliamentary StruggleThe True Story of My Parliamentary StruggleSo much misapprehension and misrepresentation prevails as to what has really taken place in the House of Commons with reference to my Parliamentary struggle, that I reprint the Report of the Second Select Committee and the Evidence taken...
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In the Russian Ranks: A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in PolandIn the Russian Ranks: A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in PolandOn the 1st July, 1914, if I could have seen one step ahead in my life's course, this book would not have been written. On the day named I crossed the German frontier...
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