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The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus;The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; - With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola "I am going to offer to the publick the Translation of a work, which, for wisdom and force, is in higher fame...
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The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.AThe Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his...
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Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2. * * * * * * * * * * Colonel Burr's study of the law; shortness of his study; different opinions respecting his law learning; his definition of law; his manner of preparing causes and of conducting...
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Memoirs of Aaron Burr, CompleteMemoirs of Aaron Burr, CompleteDuring a period of forty years I was intimately acquainted with Colonel Burr, and have reason to suppose that I possessed his entire confidence. Some time after his return from Europe in 1812, on different occasions, he suggested casually a...
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Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.During a period of forty years I was intimately acquainted with Colonel Burr, and have reason to suppose that I possessed his entire confidence. Some time after his return from Europe in 1812, on different occasions, he suggested casually...
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Niels Henrik AbelNiels Henrik AbelNIELS HENRIK ABEL [Note: Niels Henrik Abel. En Skildring af hans liv og videnskabelig virksomhed, par C. A. Bjerknes. Nordisk Tidskrift, 1880. Traduit en un vol. in 8 , Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1855. Festskrift ved hundredaars jubilaeet for Niels Henrik Abels foedsel, Kristiania,...
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Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo Da Vinci "Leonardo," wrote an English critic as far back as 1721, "was a Man so happy in his genius, so consummate in his Profession, so accomplished in the Arts, so knowing in the Sciences, and withal, so much esteemed by the Age...
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The Germany and the Agricola of TacitusThe Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Very little is known concerning the life of Tacitus, the historian, except that which he tells us in his own writings and those incidents which are related of him by his contemporary, Pliny. His full name was...
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To Infidelity and BackTo Infidelity and BackThis book contains my religious experience in a forty years' sojourn on earth. If any doubt the propriety and value of relating one's religious experience, I would refer them to the case of Paul, who used this method on a number...
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Autobiography of a YogiAutobiography of a Yogi By W. Y. EVANS-WENTZ, M.A., D.Litt., D.Sc. Jesus College, Oxford; Author of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa, Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, etc. The value of Yogananda's Autobiography is greatly enhanced by the fact that...
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John James AudubonJohn James Audubon The pioneer in American ornithology was Alexander Wilson, a Scotch weaver and poet, who emigrated to this country in 1794, and began the publication of his great work upon our birds in 1808. He figured and described three hundred and twenty...
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An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830The "Life and Times of Red Jacket" by Colonel William L. Stone, has been before the public for many years. The industry and ability of the author have made it a work of great...
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Autobiographic SketchesAutobiographic SketchesThe miscellaneous writings which I propose to lay before the public in this body of selections are in part to be regarded as a republication of papers scattered through several British journals twenty or thirty years ago, which papers have been reprinted in...
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Memoir and Letters of Francis W. NewmanMemoir and Letters of Francis W. NewmanANOTHER VIEW OF THE BUST IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (OF FRANCIS NEWMAN), ON ITS PLINTH By Mrs. Georgina Bainsmith, sculptor, of St. Ives, Cornwall. This reproduction is by Mr. J. C. Douglas, of St. Ives, Cornwall, and was photographed...
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Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel HawthorneThe narrative of Hawthorne's life has been partly told in the autobiographical passages of his writings which he himself addressed to his readers from time to time, and in the series of "Note Books," not meant for publication but included in his posthumous...
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John M. Synge: a Few Personal Recollections, with Biographical NotesJohn M. Synge: a Few Personal Recollections, with Biographical Notes I first met John M. Synge at the room of a common friend, up two pairs of stairs, in an old house in Bloomsbury, on a Monday night of January, 1903. When I entered...
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My BoyhoodMy Boyhood In the beginning, at least, Father wrote these sketches of his boyhood and early farm life as a matter of self-defense: I had made a determined attempt to write them and when I did this I was treading on what was to...
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Cambridge SketchesCambridge SketchesIt has never been my practice to introduce myself to distinguished persons, or to attempt in any way to attract their attention, and I now regret that I did not embrace some opportunities which occurred to me in early life for doing so;...
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My Life and WorkMy Life and WorkWe have only started on our development of our countrywe have not as yet, with all our talk of wonderful progress, done more than scratch the surface. The progress has been wonderful enoughbut when we compare what we have done with...
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Ecce homo, Wie man wird, was man istEcce homo, Wie man wird, was man istIn Voraussicht, dass ich ber Kurzem mit der schwersten Forderung an die Menschheit herantreten muss, die je an sie gestellt wurde, scheint es mir unerlsslich, zu sagen, wer ich bin. Im Grunde drfte man's wissen: denn ich...
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