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Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1849Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849At the request of my son, the Author of this volume, I have undertaken to write the Preface, and to say a few words on the very peculiar and noble traits of character, which...
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Drake, Nelson and NapoleonDrake, Nelson and NapoleonThis book has evolved from another which I had for years been urged to write by personal friends. I had chatted occasionally about my own voyages, related incidents concerning them and the countries and places I had visited, the ships I...
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The Truce of GodThe Truce of God - A Tale of the Eleventh Century"The Truce of God" by our American novelist and dramatist, George Henry Miles, is not only a romantic and interesting story, it recalls one of the most striking achievements of the Middle Ages. After...
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A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared UpA Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared UpA London translation of an original work in French, by the Abbe Raynal, which...
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The Open Secret of IrelandThe Open Secret of Ireland The object of Mr Kettle, in writing this book, is, I take it, to reveal to English readers what he not inaptly terms as "The Open Secret of Ireland," in order to bring about a better understanding between the...
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The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present TimeThe Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present TimeThe world is now too busy to read voluminous history. The interminable details of battles, and the petty intrigues of courtiers and mistresses, have lost their interest. In this volume it has been...
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John Stuart Mill; His Life and WorksJohn Stuart Mill; His Life and Works - Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished AuthorsJohn Stuart Mill was born on the 20th of May, 1806. "I am glad," wrote George Grote to him in 1865, with reference to...
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The Underground RailroadThe Underground Railroad - A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. ***** Like millions of my...
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The Young SeigneurThe Young Seigneur - Or, Nation-MakingThe chief aim of this book is the perhaps too bold oneto map out a future for the Canadian nation, which has been hitherto drifting without any plan. A lesser purpose of it is to make some of the...
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The Advance of Science in the Last Half-CenturyThe Advance of Science in the Last Half-CenturyThe most obvious and the most distinctive features of the History of Civilisation, during the last fifty years, is the wonderful increase of industrial production by the application of machinery, the improvement of old technical processes and...
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The Biography of Robert Murray M'CheyneThe Biography of Robert Murray M'CheyneThe telling of the deeply spiritual life story of the young minister of the Gospel of St. Peters Church, Dundee, Scotland, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, has been used of God to bring challenge, blessing and inspiration to hundreds of thousands...
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Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a CenturyMaxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century * * * * * So many works have already appeared of which the Duke of Wellington...
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The Tragedy of St. HelenaThe Tragedy of St. HelenaIn my early sea-life, I used to listen to the eccentric and complicated views expressed by a race of seamen long since passed away. Occasionally there were amongst the crew one or two who had the true British hypothetical belief...
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A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free StateA Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free StateThis journal is practically my Diary reproduced with the minimum of editing in order that the impressions gained on the spot should be described without modification. It was never intended for publication, and was written...
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Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord NelsonAuthentic Narrative of the Death of Lord NelsonThe Surgeon of the late illustrious Lord NELSON feels himself called upon, from the responsible situation which he held on the eventful day of the 21st of October 1805, to lay before the British Nation the following...
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With Steyn and De WetWith Steyn and De Wet THOMAR THE ELEVENTH OF OCTOBER FIRST IMPRESSIONS COLENSO PLATRAND SPION KOP GLORIOUS WAR PIETERS' HEIGHTS GLENCOE THE FREE STATE LINDLEY TO HEILBRON VELD INCIDENTS TAPPING THE WIRES I MEET DE WET ROODEWAL OFF TO THE TRANSVAAL ARRESTED AS SPIES...
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J. W. v. Goethe's BiographieJ. W. v. Goethe's BiographieJohann Wolfgang Goethe, spter in den Adelstand erhoben, war zu Frankfurt am Main den 28. August 1749 geboren. Sein Grovater, Friedrich Georg, war Gastgeber zum Weidenhof. Eine glnzendere Stellung behauptete sein Grovater mtterlicher Seite Johann Wolfgang Textor als Kaiserlicher Schulthei....
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Bulletin de Lille, 1916-01Bulletin de Lille, 1916-01 - Publié sous le contrôle de l'autorité allemandeLe premier lundi du mois, pour: Altengrabow, Burg, Chemnitz, Cassel, Dortmund. Le premier mardi du mois, pour: Celle (Schauen, bei, Celle), Darmstadt, Crefeld. Le premier mercredi du mois, pour: Duelmen. Le premier jeudi...
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Darkwater: Voices from Within the VeilDarkwater: Voices from Within the VeilThese are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)The representation now given to the public relates to some of the most essential privileges of the House of Commons. It would appear of little importance, if it were to be judged by...
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