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Paris: With Pen and PencilParis: With Pen and Pencil - Its People and Literature, Its Life and BusinessThe contents of this volume are the result of two visits to Paris. The first when Louis Napoleon was president of the Republic; and the second when Napoleon III. was emperor...
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Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3), Essay 1: VauvenarguesCritical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3), Essay 1: VauvenarguesOne of the most important phases of French thought in the great century of its illumination is only thoroughly intelligible, on condition that in studying it we keep constantly in mind the eloquence, force, and genius...
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Joan of ArcJoan of ArcThe authors whose works I have chiefly used in writing this Life of Joan of Arc, arefirst, Quicherat, who was the first to publish at length the Minutes of the two trials concerning the Maidthat of her trial at Rouen in 1430,...
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The Religious Life of the Zuñi ChildThe Religious Life of the Zuñi ChildThe Pueblo of Zui is situated in Western New Mexico on the Rio Zui, a tributary of the Little Colorado River. The Zui have resided in this region for several centuries. The peculiar geologic and geographic character of...
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Four American LeadersFour American LeadersThe four essays in this volume were written for celebrations or commemorations in which several persons took part. Each of them is, therefore, only a partial presentation of the life and character of its subject. The delineation in every case is not...
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A Short History of RussiaA Short History of Russia If this book seems to have departed from the proper ideal of historic narrativeif it is the history of a Power, and not of a Peopleit is because the Russian people have had no history yet. There has been...
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Treat 'em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser KillerTreat 'em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser KillerFRIEND AL: Well Al I am writeing this in the recreation room at our barracks and they's about 20 other of the boys writeing letters and I will bet some of the letters is rich because...
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The Romance of a Pro-ConsulThe Romance of a Pro-Consul - Being the Personal Life and Memoirs of the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B.When Sir George Grey died, twelve years ago, he left a message as well as a name to the English-speaking people. It was that their...
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Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and IITacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II Tacitus held the consulship under Nerva in the year 97. At this point he closed his public career. He had reached the goal of a politician's ambition and had become known as one of the best speakers...
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ArtArtIn this little book I have tried to develop a complete theory of visual art. I have put forward an hypothesis by reference to which the respectability, though not the validity, of all aesthetic judgments can be tested, in the light of which the...
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 2The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great BritainVice-Admiral, Lord Nelson From the portrait in the possession of Sir W. Biddulph Parker, Bart. of Blackbrook House, Fareham, Hants. On the back of the picture is written, "This...
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 1The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great BritainThe Life of Nelson has been written so often, that an explanationalmost an apologyseems due for any renewal of the attempt; but, not to mention the attractiveness of the...
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The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1There are few works, the authors of which can possibly be permitted to recommend them as worthy of universal regard, without the imputation of intolerable vanity; an imputation little likely to be diminished...
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The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 Lord Viscount Nelson's transcendent and heroic services will, I am persuaded, exist for ever in the recollection of my people; and, while they tend to stimulate those who come after him, they...
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A Short History of FranceA Short History of France One of the greatest achievements of modern research is the discovery of a key by which we may determine the kinship of nations. What we used to conjecture, we now know. An identity in the structural form of language...
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Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller TazewellDiscourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller TazewellWhen the sad event occurred which has drawn us together this morning, you met in your accustomed hall, and expressed the feelings which such an event might well inspire. You then adjourned to...
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Corinne Or, Italy. Volume 1 (of 2)Corinne; Or, Italy. Volume 1 (of 2)In Lady Blennerhassett's enthusiastic and encyclopdic book on Madame de Stael she quotes approvingly Sainte-Beuve's phrase that "with Corinne Madame de Stael ascended the Capitol." I forget in which of his many dealings with an author who, as...
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Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2) For he who sins a second time Wakes a dead soul to pain, And draws it from its spotted shroud, And makes it bleed again, And makes it bleed great gouts of blood, And...
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Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 1 (of 2)Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 1 (of 2)I was advised on all hands not to write this book, and some English friends who have read it urge me not to publish it. "You will be accused of selecting the subject," they say,...
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Peter Parley's Tales About America and AustraliaPeter Parley's Tales About America and AustraliaNow that I have given you an account of European cities in my "Tales about Europe," I shall now furnish you with some description of America, with its flourishing cities, and its multitude of ships, its fertile fields,...
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