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Prosper MériméeProsper Mérimée - Elämäkerta ja teokset kirjallisuushistorialliselta kannaltaValitessani vitskirjani esineeksi Prosper Mrimen, en suinkaan salannut itseltni niit moninaisia vaikeuksia, joita meiklisiss oloissa tyskentelevll tutkijalla helposti ksitettvist syist on edessn, jos tahtoo saada aikaan edes osapuillekaan tyydyttv monografiiaa hnest. Tiesin kyll, ettei hnest ainakaan minun...
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Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 1Vie de Benjamin Franklin, écrite par lui-même - Tome 1 - Suivie de ses œuvres morales, politiques et littérairesArt. 1. Les Auteurs d'crits en tout genre, les Compositeurs de Musique, les Peintres et Dessinateurs qui feront graver des Tableaux ou Dessins, jouiront durant leur...
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Arnold BöcklinArnold BöcklinArnold Bcklin gehrt zu jenen Malern, die in den zwanziger und dreiiger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts geboren, in den fnfziger und sechziger Jahren mit den Traditionen der Corneliusschule gebrochen und in Deutschland eine neue Kunst heraufgefhrt haben, eine Bltezeit der Malerei, wie sie...
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Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnStatesmeneven the greatesthave rarely won the same unquestioning recognition that falls to the great warriors or those supreme in science, art or literature. Not in their own lifetime and hardly to this day have the claims to supremacy of our own Oliver Cromwell,...
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The Story of My Boyhood and YouthThe Story of My Boyhood and YouthWhen I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life Ive been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately around my native town of Dunbar,...
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Notable Women of Olden TimeNotable Women of Olden TimeNo books are published by the American Sunday-school Union without the sanction of the Committee of Publication, consisting of fourteen members, from the following denominations of Christians, viz. Baptist, Methodist, Congregationalist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed Dutch. Not more than...
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Types of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British NavyTypes of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British NavyAlthough the distinguished seamen, whose lives and professional characteristics it is the object of this work to present in brief summary, belonged to a service now foreign to that of the United States,...
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Life of Father HeckerLife of Father HeckerTHE reader must indulge me with what I cannot help saying, that I have felt the joy of a son in telling the achievements and chronicling the virtues of Father Hecker. I loved him with the sacred fire of holy kinship,...
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Deutsche Charaktere und BegebenheitenDeutsche Charaktere und BegebenheitenDie folgende Zusammenstellung deutscher Schicksale und Ereignisse ist zum grten Teil bereits vor drei Jahren abgeschlossen gewesen, ich hatte aber die Verffentlichung in dem Gefhl verschoben, da ein solches Buch mehr als ein anderes von einem Bedrfnis gefordert werden msse. Der...
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ClaverhouseClaverhouseKirkton's "True History of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678," edited by C.K. Sharpe, 1817. This edition includes Russell's account of the murder of Archbishop Sharp and of the affairs at Drumclog and Glasgow. John Graham, Viscount of Dundee,...
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Life and Public Services of John Quincy AdamsLife and Public Services of John Quincy Adams - Sixth President of the Unied States [Transcriber's Notes:] This text is an accurate reproduction of the original book with the following exceptions. Obvious misspellings and typos have been corrected but contemporary usage is unchanged, e.g....
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Sir Walter ScottSir Walter Scott - (English Men of Letters Series)It will be observed that the greater part of this little book has been taken in one form or other from Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott, in ten volumes. No introduction to Scott would be...
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Georges Guynemer: Knight of the AirGeorges Guynemer: Knight of the Air June 27th, 1918. My dear M. Bordeaux: I count the American people fortunate in reading any book of yours; I count them fortunate in reading any biography of that great hero of the air, Guynemer; and thrice over...
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Lettres de Marie BashkirtseffLettres de Marie Bashkirtseff - Préface de François CoppéeJe trouvai l une compagnie trs sympathique: rien que des dames et des jeunes filles, toutes parlant merveille le franais, avec ce peu d'accent qui donne notre langue, dans la bouche des Russes, on ne sait...
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Donatello, by Lord BalcarresDonatello, by Lord BalcarresAn attempt is made in the following pages to determine the position and character of Donatello's art in relation to that of his contemporaries and successors. The subject must be familiar to many who have visited Florence, but no critical work...
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Les cotillons célèbres. Deuxième SérieLes cotillons célèbres. Deuxième SérieTrois femmes, elles seules, rsument et personnifient le long rgne de Louis XIV, ce rgne aux fortunes si diverses. La diffrence de leurs passions, de leur humeur, de leurs gots, explique et symbolise les changements de politique du monarque. Comme...
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Autobiography of Andrew CarnegieAutobiography of Andrew CarnegieAFTER retiring from active business my husband yielded to the earnest solicitations of friends, both here and in Great Britain, and began to jot down from time to time recollections of his early days. He soon found, however, that instead of...
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Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 4: The Life of George EliotCritical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 4: The Life of George Eliot On Literary Biography As a mere letter-writer will not rank among the famous masters Mr. Myers's Essay Letter to Mr. Harrison Hebrew her favourite study Limitless persistency in application Romola Mr....
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The Life of Admiral Viscount ExmouthThe Life of Admiral Viscount ExmouthAt the commencement of hostilities, whose extent and duration none can foresee, it is the wisdom of those to whom England will hereafter commit the honour of her Flag to study well the example of the great sea-officers whose...
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Libro serioLibro serioPerch il mondo tutto pieno di gente onesta, che va in cerca di libri proibiti e di gente seria, che va in cerca di libri allegri; ma un libro serio non cercato n dalle persone oneste, n dalle persone serie, n dalle persone...
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