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With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active ServiceWith the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active ServiceThis Journal, completed before leaving the front in October, 1900, does not assume to be more than a somewhat rough and unadorned record of my personal experiences during ten months of the South African...
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Centenario do Revolução de 1820Centenario do Revolução de 1820 - Integração de Aveiro nesse glorioso movimentoOs trabalhos do sinhedrio portuense que organisou a gloriosa revoluo de 24 de agosto de 1820, tinha ramificaes em Aveiro. Obteve-as, mezes antes, a alma dessa patriotica agremiao, Manuel Fernandes Tomaz, que mantinha...
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The South Seaman: An Incident in the Sea Story of AustraliaThe South Seaman: An Incident in the Sea Story of Australia - 1901 On the 22nd of July, 1828, the Sydney South Seaman, Indefatigable, eleven days out from the Port of Conception in Chili, was in lat 17? S. and about 127? E. long.,...
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The Life of King Edward VIIThe Life of King Edward VII - with a sketch of the career of King George VDuring a number of years' study of British institutions in their modern development and of British public life in its adjustment to new and changing conditions I have...
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Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 02 (of 15), American (2)Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 02 (of 15), American (2)A golden Easter day was that of the far-away year 1513, when a small fleet of Spanish ships, sailing westward from the green Bahamas, first came in sight of a flower-lined shore, rising...
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"The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton"The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton - 1901 This is a true story of one of Nelson's captains, he of whom Nelson wrote as "the gallant and good Riou"high meed of praise gloriously won at Copenhagenbut Riou, eleven years before that day, performed...
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Historical EssaysHistorical EssaysIn offering to the public this volume of Essays, all but two of which have been read at various places on different occasions, I am aware that there is some repetition in ideas and illustrations, but, as the dates of their delivery and...
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Nobody's BoyNobody's Boy - Sans Famille"Nobody's Boy," published in France under the title "Sans Famille," has become justly famous as one of the supreme juvenile stories of the world. In the midst of its early popularity, it was crowned by the Academy as one of...
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The Story of Commodore John BarryThe Story of Commodore John BarryThe American Navy by its achievements has won enduring fame and imperishable honor. The careers of many of its heroes have been narrated fully, and oft in fulsome terms. All Americans unite in these tributes of praise where justly...
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The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2This is one of the most powerful Roman stories in the English language, and is of itself sufficient to stamp the writer as a powerful man. The dark intrigues of the days which Csar, Sallust and Cicero made illustrious; when...
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The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 A few words are perhaps needed as an introduction to a work of far more ambitious character, than any which I have before attempted. In venturing to select a subject from the history of Rome, during its earlier ages,...
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Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-ShimaFamous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-ShimaThree hundred years ago Francis Bacon wrote, amongst other wise words: "To be Master of the Sea is an Abridgement of Monarchy.... The Bataille of Actium decided the Empire of the World. The Bataille of Lepanto arrested the...
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Nederlandsche Doopnamen: Naar Oorsprong en GebruikNederlandsche Doopnamen: Naar Oorsprong en GebruikOm te gehoorzamen aan de besluiten van Paus Urbanus VIII, verklaar ik, dat ik aan de titels van Heilige of Zalige, aan nog niet heilig verklaarde personen gegeven, geen ander dan menschelijk gezag toeken, behoudens die gevallen, welke reeds...
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The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918 - The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919In this initial number of THE STARS AND STRIPES, published by the men of the Overseas Command, the Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces...
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Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and CustomsBabylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Semitic studies, both linguistically and archologically, have advanced by rapid strides during the last two decades. Fresh light has fallen upon the literary, scientific, theological, mercantile, and other achievements of this great branch of the human family. What...
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Castellinaria, and Other Sicilian DiversionsCastellinaria, and Other Sicilian DiversionsIt is probable that every book contains, besides misprints, some statements which the author would be glad to modify if he could. In Chapter V of Diversions in Sicily it is stated that the seating arrangements of the marionette theatre...
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Between the LinesBetween the LinesThis book, all of which has been written at the Front within sound of the German guns and for the most part within shell and rifle range, is an attempt to tell something of the manner of struggle that has gone on...
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Vääpeli Lemminkäisen päiväkirjaVääpeli Lemminkäisen päiväkirja - Suomen kaartin retkestä Konstantinopolin muurien edustalleKertomus on varmoista lhteist, sen verran kuin sit yksityisell soturilla on tilaisuutta nhd ja taitoa ksitt. Huomautan mys arvoisille lukijoille, ett tss parhaasta pst puhutaan ainoastaan kolmannesta komppaniasta, syyst ett kertoja koko sota-ajan oli mainitun...
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My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer WarMy Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer WarGeneral Ben Viljoen, while engaged on this work, requested me to write a short introduction to it. This request I gladly comply with. General Viljoen was a prisoner-of-war at Broadbottom Camp, St. Helena, where, after two years' service in...
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Soldan's Geschichte der Hexenprozesse. Zweiter BandSoldan's Geschichte der Hexenprozesse. Zweiter BandDer erste khne Held, der es wagte gegen den Dmon, welcher am Marke der Menschheit nagte, seine Stimme zu erheben, war Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Generaladvokat zu Metz[1]. In seiner Jugend hatte sich derselbe viel mit den auf die...
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