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The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two WarsThe Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars It was the coldest morning of the winter, thus far, and winter is no joke on those northern tablelands, where the streams still run black in token of their forest origin, and old men...
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FierabrasFierabrasSaint pol docteur de verit nous dit que toutes choses reduites par escript sont a nostre doctrine escriptes. Et boece fait mencion que diversement le salut d'ung chascun procede. Puis que ainsi est que la foy crestienne est assez par les docteurs de sainte...
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Dernières Années de la Cour de LunévilleDernières Années de la Cour de Lunéville - Mme de Boufflers, ses enfants et ses amisNote 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...
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Twenty Years in EuropeTwenty Years in Europe - A Consul-General's Memories of Noted People, with Letters From General W. T. ShermanWhile staying in Switzerland and Italy as a consular officer, during a period of well on to twenty years, I kept a diary of my life. Without...
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The BruceThe BruceThe literary relationships of The Bruce may be briefly indicated. It stands at the beginning of Scottish literature; of its predecessors and contemporaries we have but the names, or possible versions whose place of origin is in dispute. In form and technique, including...
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A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and NehemiahA King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and NehemiahThe island city of Tyre lay close to the Syrian coast. It seemed to float among the waves that fretted themselves into foam as they rolled in between the jagged rocks, and...
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Reminiscences of Glass-makingReminiscences of Glass-making The articles upon the history and progress of Glass Manufacture herein presented to the public were originally published in the columns of a village newspaper. They are the result of investigation upon these topics made in the few leisure moments gained...
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Histoire de la prostitution chez tous les peuples du monde depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'à nos jours, tome 5/6Histoire de la prostitution chez tous les peuples du monde depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'à nos jours, tome 5/6Ce texte contient quelques mots et expressions en Grec, comme . Si ceux-ci napparaissent pas correctement, veuillez vrifier le jeu de caractres utilis pour laffichage....
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Recollections of the War of 1812Recollections of the War of 1812The favourable reception of a small work on this colony has emboldened me again to come before the public in the character of an author, and as it is fifteen years since I last obtruded myself in that capacity,...
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Fru Marie Grubbe: Interieurer fra det syttende AarhundredeFru Marie Grubbe: Interieurer fra det syttende AarhundredeDen Luft, der laa under Lindetrernes Kroner, havde vugget sig frem over den brune Hede og de trstige Marker; den var bleven baget af Solen og stvet af Vejene, men nu var den renset af det ttte...
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Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 1 (of 4).—1841-1857Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 1 (of 4).—1841-1857The title of this work indicates at once its main source and its limitations. The files of Punch have been generally admitted to be a valuable mine of information on the manners, customs, and fashions...
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500 of the Best Cockney War Stories500 of the Best Cockney War StoriesSir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure...
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History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea From 1807 to 1810History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea From 1807 to 1810My house being near the sea, we were, during the year Ke sze of Ka king (1809), disturbed by the Pirates. The whole coast adjoining to our town was in confusion, and...
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The Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth CenturyThe Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth CenturyOn one of the green slopes of the Sierra Morena, shaded by a few cork-trees, and with wild craggy heights and bare brown wastes stretching far above, there stood, about the middle of the sixteenth century,...
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Historic Oddities and Strange EventsHistoric Oddities and Strange EventsA reader of history in its various epochs in different countries, comes upon eccentric individuals and extraordinary events, lightly passed over, may be, as not materially affecting the continuity of history, as not producing any seriously disturbing effect on its...
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Anne of Geierstein Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 2 (of 2)Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 2 (of 2) 1st Carrier. What, ostler!a plague on thee, hast never an eye in thy head? Canst thou not hear? An 'twere not as good a deed as drink to break the pate...
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Note sur l'invasion des Sarrasins dans le LyonnaisNote sur l'invasion des Sarrasins dans le Lyonnais .... Au surplus, le fait de lincendie se dduit si naturellement de la prsence des Sarrasins, constate par la nomenclature locale, que lon pourrait dj se rendre cette vidence lors mme que la lgende latine ne...
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Souvenirs de l'armée américaine en FranceSouvenirs de l'armée américaine en France - Souvenir of the American Army in France Title: Souvenirs de l'arme amricaine en France Subtitle: Souvenir of the American Army in France Author: Jean Berne-Bellecour Release Date: November 21, 2013 [EBook #44244] Language: French Credits: Produced by...
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Jerusalem Explored, Volume 2—PlatesJerusalem Explored, Volume 2—Plates - Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground Plans and SectionsTranscriber's Note:The lithographs in this book are quite detailed. In screen mode, click on plate to see a larger image; click...
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Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3)Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3) - Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630.Obvious printer errors have been corrected without note. Other errors are indicated by red dotted underlining. Hover the cursor over the underlined...
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