Biography & Autobiography
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Visages d'hier et d'aujourd'huiVisages d'hier et d'aujourd'huiEn outre, tu es l'auteur de Visages, livre admirable, livre charmant et profond, plein de sagesse et de plaisanterie et qui, ainsi, prend la vrit par les deux biais o elle nous est accessible. Je t'ai emprunt le titre de mon...
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Geofroy ToryGeofroy Tory - Painter and engraver; first royal printer; reformer of orthography and typography under François I.HE first half of the sixteenth century was with respect to printing (as with respect to the other arts) a period of renovation, not in the matter of...
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Künstler-Monographien: IIRubensDas Original wurde in Frakturschrift gesetzt. Passagen in Antiquaschrift werden im vorliegenden Text kursiv dargestellt. Abhngig von der im jeweiligen Lesegert installierten Schriftart knnen die im Original gesperrt gedruckten Passagen gesperrt, in serifenloser Schrift, oder aber sowohl serifenlos als auch gesperrt erscheinen. Rubens Shne...
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William BlakeWilliam Blake PREFACE PART I INTRODUCTION WILLIAM BLAKE PART II - RECORDS FROM CONTEMPORARY SOURCES (I.) EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY, LETTERS, AND REMINISCENCES OF HENRY CRABB ROBINSON, TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. IN DR. WILLIAMS'S LIBRARY (1810-1852) (1) FROM CRABB ROBINSON'S DIARY (2) FROM...
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The Life of General Robert E. LeeThe Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee, for Children, in Easy WordsIn preparing the Life of Lee for Children, for use in the Public Schools, I beg leave to place before teachers good reasons for employing it as a supplementary reader. First, I urge...
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The Life of Gen. Thos. J. Jackson, "Stonewall"The Life of Gen. Thos. J. Jackson, "Stonewall" - For the Young (Fourth Reader Grade), in Easy WordsContinuing the argument set forth in the Life of Gen. Lee for Children, that we can advance primary education and impress lessons of morality upon children in...
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Una giovinezza del secolo XIXUna giovinezza del secolo XIX Il pregio, in cui ho sempre tenuto gli scritti di Neera, non ha trovato, a dir vero, generale consenso nel nostro mondo letterario, dove a questa scrittrice gentile, austera e nobilissima si assegna di solito un posto assai inferiore...
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Reminiscences of Colored People of Princeton, N. J.: 1800-1900Reminiscences of Colored People of Princeton, N. J.: 1800-1900There are so few histories of colored people, so few records of their brave and honorable deeds in history, that I feel constrained to record a few facts relative to these people. It is only a...
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Mémoires de Céleste Mogador, Volume 4Mémoires de Céleste Mogador, Volume 4La mesure de la douleur tait au comble dans mon me, et pour me soustraire tant de peines, je me serais tue sans la lettre que je reus des gens chez qui tait ma fille adoptive. La femme venait...
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Intiaanipoika Pohjois-Amerikan aarniometsissäIntiaanipoika Pohjois-Amerikan aarniometsissäPohjois-Amerikan intiaani on epilemtt ollut korkeammalla kehityskannalla kuin yksikn toinen pakanallinen ja sivistymtn kansa. Sit todistavat sek hnen erinomaisen hyvin kehittynyt ja vastustuskykyinen ruumiinsa ett myskin hnen melkoiset henkiset lahjansa. Mutta valitettavasti ei sellaisia vapaita, luonnollisia olentoja en ole olemassa. Intiaanit, jotka...
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The Prime MinisterThe Prime MinisterMy thanks are due for assistance in writing this book to Mr. Lloyd George, with regard to whom I have the privilege of drawing on the memories of twenty-seven years of unbroken friendship; to Mrs. Lloyd George; to Mr. William George, the...
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Anthony Trollope His Work, Associates and Literary OriginalsAnthony Trollope; His Work, Associates and Literary OriginalsTHE beginning of my very juvenile acquaintance with Anthony Trollope has been incidentally, but naturally, mentioned in the body of the present work. Some of my nearest relatives had been with him at Winchester, and had maintained...
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A Memoir of Thomas BewickA Memoir of Thomas Bewick - Written by himselfThe anxiety necessarily attendant upon the publication of this volume being now brought to a close, it only remains to apologise for the delay, for which many reasons might be adduced, and to express a hope...
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Dorothea Beale of CheltenhamDorothea Beale of CheltenhamMiss Beale left ample materials for the history of her work. Not only were all business documents, such as minutes of council meetings, nomination papers, examination questions carefully preserved, she kept also all letters which could be of any interest. She...
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The Secret of Heroism: A Memoir of Henry Albert HarperThe Secret of Heroism: A Memoir of Henry Albert HarperThe erection by the Canadian public of a monument in the capital of the Dominion; its unveiling by the representative of the Crown; its acceptance, on behalf of the government, by the Prime Minister of...
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Great Men as Prophets of a New EraGreat Men as Prophets of a New EraGreat institutions are the shadows that great men cast across the centuries. A great law, a great liberty, a great art or tool or reform represents a great soul, organized, and made unconsciously immortal for all time....
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The Life of Joseph Smith, the ProphetThe Life of Joseph Smith, the ProphetJoseph and Hyrum are now dead; but like the first martyr they yet speak. Their united voice is one of testimony, admonition and warning to the world. They lived men of God. They died pure and holy, sealing...
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Reminiscences of a Raconteur, Between the '40s and the '20sReminiscences of a Raconteur, Between the '40s and the '20sIt has been said by facetious friends that I have several birthplaces. However that may be, Trenton, Ontario, is the first place where I saw light, on August 23rd, 1847, and on the spot where...
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Blue-beard: A Contribution to History and Folk-loreBlue-beard: A Contribution to History and Folk-lore - Being the history of Gilles de Retz of Brittany, France, who was executed at Nantes in 1440 A.D., and who was the original of Blue-beard in the tales of Mother GooseThe story of Bluebeard has become...
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Looking BackLooking BackYour Majesty in so readily consenting to accept the dedication of this humble volume, has only added one more to the long list of gracious favours, that I have constantly received at the hands of Your Majesty, ever since the day on which...
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