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Ancient, Curious, and Famous WillsAncient, Curious, and Famous WillsThe history of wills and their study, as reflecting the character of the makers, and in throwing, as they do, a strong light on the customs and manners of the times in which they were written, are subjects profoundly interesting...
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Joseph PriestleyJoseph PriestleyIn the following account of the life and work of that hero and type of the intellectual energy of the eighteenth centurythe honest hereticJoseph Priestley, I have, to a considerable extent, made the subject of it tell his own story. After Priestleys death...
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Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8The following brief memoirs were originally compiled for the purpose of accompanying the Engraving of "The Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain living in 1807-8, assembled at the Royal...
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The Friends of VoltaireThe Friends of Voltaire DAlembert. Joseph Bertrand. uvres et Correspondance indites. DAlembert. Correspondance avec dAlembert. Marquise du Deffand. Diderot and the Encyclopdists. John Morley. loge de dAlembert. Condorcet. uvres. Diderot. Diderot. Reinach. Diderot, lHomme et lEcrivain. Ducros. Diderot. Scherer. Diderot et Catherine II. Tourneux....
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My StoryMy StoryWashington, D. C., December 12, 1917. The record of important events in human affairs as they are placed upon the pages of history and drift into the shadows of the past, should be recorded with sacred fidelity. The historian who places accurate and...
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Margaret Sanger: an autobiographyMargaret Sanger: an autobiography.My thanks are due especially to Rackham Holt for her discerning aid in organizing material and for her untiring and inspired advice during the preparation of this book; as well as to Walter S. Hayward whose able assistance has helped to...
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The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatThe Life and Times of Alfred the Great - Being the Ford lectures for 1901The present work contains the lectures delivered by me on the Ford foundation in Michaelmas Term, 1901. The lectures are printed substantially as they were delivered, with the exception that...
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A Life of Walt WhitmanA Life of Walt WhitmanWHITMANS AMERICA The men of old declared that the lands of adventure lay in the West, for they were bold to follow the course of the sun; and to this day the bold do not look back to seek romance...
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The life of VoltaireThe life of Voltaire uvres Compltes de Voltaire. Beuchot. La Jeunesse de Voltaire. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire au Chteau de Cirey. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire la Cour. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire et Frdric. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire aux Dlices. Gustave Desnoiresterres. Voltaire et J. J. Rousseau. Gustave Desnoiresterres....
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Memoirs of John AbernethyMemoirs of John Abernethy - With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First PublishedIn publishing a third edition of these Memoirs, I have to express the grateful sense I entertain of the indulgence with...
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Goodbird the Indian: His StoryGoodbird the Indian: His StoryIn 1907, I was sent out by the American Museum of Natural History, to begin anthropological studies among the remnants of these peoples, on Fort Berthold Reservation; and I have been among them each summer, ever since. In 1908, and...
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Wellington's Army, 1809-1814Wellington's Army, 1809-1814Much has been written concerning Wellington and his famous Peninsular Army in the way of formal history: this volume, however, will I think contain somewhat that is new to most students concerning its organization, its day by day life, and its psychology....
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95th.)Recollections of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95th.) - with anecdotes of his officers and his comradesThe following pages, describing the chequered life of a private soldier, who served during the most glorious period of our military history, speak so plainly for themselves, as scarcely to...
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First VoyageThe Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.With Lieutenant Cook, in this voyage, embarked Joseph Banks, Esquire, a gentleman possessed of considerable landed property in Lincolnshire. He received the education of a scholar rather...
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Suomalaisia sankareita I: Historiallisia kertomuksiaSuomalaisia sankareita I: Historiallisia kertomuksiaNykyn, jolloin koko sivistysmaailma el Mars-jumalan merkeiss, on syyt palauttaa muistoomme niit omia urhojamme, jotka kuluneina aikoina ovat vertaan vuodattaneet synnyinmaansa puolesta, piirten miekankrjell nimens sen historian lehdille. Tasapuolisesti historian kulkua tarkastaessamme on meidn myntminen, ett sodilla ja miekkamiehillkin, erittinkin...
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Suomalaisia sankareita II: Historiallisia kertomuksiaSuomalaisia sankareita II: Historiallisia kertomuksiaNevajoen suulla, siell miss tm valtava vesivyl suuria kiemuroita tehtyn moniksi suuhaaroiksi jakautuen purkautuu Suomenlahteen, seisoi Kiveksten vanha talo. Noiden suuhaarojen vliss on joukko suurempia ja pienempi saaria, mutta kaikista vhptisimmlle niist oli Kiveksten kantais pirttins rakentanut. Saarta oli jo...
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Word Portraits of Famous WritersWord Portraits of Famous WritersThe world has always been fond of personal details respecting men who have been celebrated. These were the words of Lord Beaconsfield, and with them he prefixed his description of the personal appearance of Isaac DIsraeli; but we hardly need...
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The Great Lord Burghley: A study in Elizabethan statecraftThe Great Lord Burghley: A study in Elizabethan statecraftFor nearly half a century William Cecil, Lord Burghley, exercised greater influence over the future fortunes of England than ever fell to the share of a statesman before or since. It was a period when Medival...
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The Dickens CountryThe Dickens CountryIt seems but a week or two ago that Frederic Kitton first mentioned to me the preparation of the volume to which I have now the melancholy privilege of prefixing a few words of introduction and valediction. It was in my office...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7)The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7)Engraved by J. Posselwhite.GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.From a Print by Paul Pontius, after a Picture by Van Dyck.Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.London, Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street....
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