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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4)Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4)As it appears to me that the life of Nikias forms a good parallel to that of Crassus, and that the misfortunes of the former in Sicily may be well compared with those of the latter in Parthia, I...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 8, part 2: Grover ClevelandA Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland MY FELLOW-CITIZENS: In obedience to the mandate of my countrymen I am about to dedicate myself to their service under the sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply moved...
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David BalfourDavid Balfour - Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular...
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Akbar, Emperor of India: A Picture of Life and Customs from the 16th CenturyAkbar, Emperor of India: A Picture of Life and Customs from the Sixteenth CenturyAKBAR DIRECTING THE TYING-UP OF A WILD ELEPHANT. Tempera painting in the Akbar Namahby Abu'l Fazl. Photographed from the original in the India Museum for The Place of Animals in Human...
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Amerikan löytöretken päiväkirjaAmerikan löytöretken päiväkirja Tm kohta on melkein sanasta sanaan samanlainen kuin muuan kohta siin kirjeess, jonka Toscanella kirjoitti kaniikki Martinezille. Toscanella kirjoitti: Niit Intian osia, joihin voidaan matkustaa, hallitsee valtias, jota sanotaan suurkaaniksi, joka on samaa kuin kuninkaiden kuningas. Hnen edeltjns lhettivt paaville lhettilit...
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Langs den Congo tot BrazzavilleLangs den Congo tot Brazzaville - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906Na een voorspoedige reis over een bijkans spiegelgladde zee had de Albertville, een der stoomschepen der Messageries Maritimes du Congo, het anker laten vallen in de ruime, slechts door een smalle landtong van...
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Legend of Moulin HuetLegend of Moulin HuetThough the story contained in the following pages has no connection with them, yet it is my wish to dedicate this little work to "The Conway Boys," and all those connected with that most invaluable institution, "H.M.S. Conway," lying at Rockferry,...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4)Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4)I. Cato the elder, speaking to some persons who were praising a man of reckless daring and audacity in war, observed that there is a difference between a man's setting a high value on courage, and setting a low...
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VenetiëVenetië - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1865Aldus Hooft, in een puntig, geestig rijm zijne hulde brengende aan de beide saamverbonden republieken: de oude aristokratische republiek van Veneti, wier heugenis een meer dan duizendjarig verleden omvatte, en de jonge burgerlijke republiek der Vereenigde Nederlanden,...
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Edward MacDowell: A StudyEdward MacDowell: A Study This study is based upon the monograph on MacDowell which I contributed in 1905 to the "Living Masters of Music" series. That book could not, of course, remain in the series after the death of MacDowell three years later; it...
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Im grünen TannIm grünen Tannber den toten Bhl, einen Teil der Hochebene im sdlichen Schwarzwald Badens, braust der Herbstwind in langen Sten; es seufzt der Tann in den niederen Lagen, oben aber auf der kahlen Hhe chzen die wenigen alten knorrigen Buchen und am einsam ragenden...
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The Jungle GirlThe Jungle Girl Mrs. Norton looked contentedly at her image in the long mirror which reflected a graceful figure in a well-cut grey habit and smart long brown boots, a pretty face and wavy auburn hair under the sun-helmet. Then turning away and picking...
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Carry On: Letters in War-TimeCarry On: Letters in War-TimeThe letters in this volume were not written for publication. They are intimate and personal in a high degree. They would not now be published by those to whom they are addressed, had they not come to feel that the...
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Uit MarokkoUit Marokko - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906Er bestaat nergens een onmiddellijker overgang tusschen twee volkomen verschillende werelden dan bij de straat van Gibraltar. Nergens elders op aarde staan twee gebieden van zoo scherpe tegenstellingen tegenover elkar en zijn dan toch zoo nauw...
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The Liberation of Italy, 1815-1870The Liberation of Italy, 1815-1870The old figure of speech 'in the fulness of time' embodies a truth too often forgotten. History knows nothing of spontaneous generation; the chain of cause and effect is unbroken, and however modest be the scale on which an historical...
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The Elephant GodThe Elephant God Twenty years ago I dedicated my first book, The Land of the Boxers; or China Under the Allies, to the American officers and soldiers of the expeditionary forces then fighting in the Celestial Empireas well as to their British comrades. And...
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Die Frauenfrage: ihre geschichtliche Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche SeiteDie Frauenfrage: ihre geschichtliche Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche SeiteAuf Grund vieljhriger Arbeit habe ich den Versuch unternommen, die Frauenfrage in ihrem ganzen Umfang einer Darstellung zu unterziehen. Meinen Ausgangspunkt bezeichnet das fr ihr Verstndnis entscheidende Moment der wirtschaftlichen Lage der Frau. Von welcher Seite man...
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Primitive Christian WorshipPrimitive Christian Worship - Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin MaryMembers of the Church of Rome, and members of the Church of England, have too long entertained towards each other...
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Gordon KeithGordon KeithGordon Keith was the son of a gentleman. And this fact, like the cat the honest miller left to his youngest son, was his only patrimony. As in that case also, it stood to the possessor in the place of a good many...
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Reis naar de Nieuwe Hebriden en de Salomons-eilandenReis naar de Nieuwe Hebriden en de Salomons-eilanden - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906De ontwikkeling van de kolonisatie op het fransche eiland Nieuw-Caledoni heeft er sinds lang den invoer noodzakelijk gemaakt van vreemde arbeiders. De exploitatie der nikkelmijnen, de verbouw van koffie, tabak...
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