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And What if the Pretender should Come?And What if the Pretender should Come? - Or Some Considerations of the Advantages and Real Consequences of the Pretender's Possessing the Crown of Great BritainTranscriber's Note: This e-book, a pamphlet by Daniel Defoe, was originally published in 1713, and was prepared from The...
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Stevenson's Shrine: The Record of a PilgrimageStevenson's Shrine: The Record of a PilgrimageI, a lover of the man, personally unknown to me, save through the potency of his pen, journeyed across the world in order to visit his grave, and to get into direct touch with his surroundings. The voyage...
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Religion and the WarReligion and the WarThe present volume is the second work published by the Yale University Press on the James Wesley Cooper Memorial Publication Fund. This Foundation was established March 30, 1918, by a gift to Yale University from Mrs. Ellen H. Cooper in memory...
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Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late WarCapturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War.War has a secret as well as a public story. Marches and battles are open to the popular gaze; but enterprises of another class are in their very nature secret, and these are...
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The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 2 of 2The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 2 of 2 - or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old DominionThe lightning streamed athwart the heavens in quick and vivid flashes. One peal of thunder after another echoed from cliff to cliff, while a...
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Peggy Owen at YorktownPeggy Owen at Yorktown The members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, residing in the American colonies, were sadly tried during the struggle by those colonies against King George. The Quaker principles forbade warfare, but the Quaker hearts were often as loyal to...
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The Strange Story of Rab RábyThe Strange Story of Rab RábyNow it is not because the double name of "Rab Rby" is merely a pretty bit of alliteration that the author chose it for the title of his story, but rather because the hero of it was, according to...
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Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for GirlsPeggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls In Peggy Owen, the preceding book of the series, the heroine, a little Quaker maid, lives across from the State House in Philadelphia. By reason of this she becomes much interested in the movements of the Continental...
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Dr. Teodoro HerzlDr. Teodoro Herzl - Discorso Commemorativo tenuto in Trieste la sera del 12 Luglio 1904 Io penso rabbrividendo allo schianto che avr percosso le plebi orientali alla notizia della morte di Teodoro Herzl. Quante speranze grandi, quante gioie son morte con Lui! Con Lui...
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House of TormentHouse of Torment - A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English CourtSince I first met you, considerably more than a decade ago, in a little studio high up in a great...
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Recollections of a Varied LifeRecollections of a Varied Life At any rate it is not because of personal interest in my own life that I am writing this book. I was perfectly sincere in wanting to call these chapters "The Autobiography of an Unimportant Man," but on reflection...
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Sketch of Dunbarton, New HampshireSketch of Dunbarton, New Hampshire Dunbarton is a town "set upon a hill which cannot be hid." The highest point of land is on the farm of Benjamin Lord, north of the Center, and is 779 feet above the sea level. From that spot,...
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Days and Nights in London Or, Studies in Black and GrayDays and Nights in London; Or, Studies in Black and GrayLondon has vastly altered since the Author, some quarter of a century ago, described some of the scenes which occurred nightly in its midst of which respectable people were ignorant, which corrupted its young...
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An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die?An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die?Transcriber's Note: This e-book, a pamphlet by Daniel Defoe, was originally published in 1713, and was prepared from The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe, vol....
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Roster of Company I, 24th Regiment, Massachusetts VolunteersRoster of Company I, 24th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers Roanoke Island, N.C., Feb. 8, 1862. Newbern, N.C., March 14, 1862. Tranters Creek, N.C., June 5, 1862. Rawles Mills, N.C., Nov. 2, 1862. Kinston, N.C., Dec. 14, 1862. Whitehall, N.C., Dec. 16, 1862. Goldsboro Bridge, N.C.,...
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A Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in favour of the PretenderA Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in favour of the Pretender - Being a Letter from an Englishman at the Court of HanoverTranscriber's Note: This e-book, a pamphlet by Daniel Defoe, was originally published in 1712, and was...
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Pokanoket'in FilipPokanoket'in FilipValitettava asia on, ett ne varhaiset kirjailiat, jotka puhuivat Amerikan lydst ja asuttamisesta, eivt ole antaneet meille tarkempia ja oikeampia tietoja niist merkillisist luonteista, jotka vihannoitsivat mets-elmss. Ne harvat tarinat, jotka ovat silyneet meille, ovat varsin omituisia ja viehttvi; ne sallivat meidn likemmlt...
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The Coward: A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863The Coward: A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863Some persons, taking up this work with expectations more or less elevated, may possibly lay it down with disappointment after perusal, because it does not discuss with sharp personalities, as the title may have...
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A Tour throughout South Wales and MonmouthshireA Tour throughout South Wales and MonmouthshireGENERAL OBSERVATIONSA SKETCH OF WELCH HISTORYANCIENT BUILDINGS. In making the Tour of South Wales and Monmouthshire, the Admirer of picturesque beauty dwells with peculiar pleasure on a tract of country comprising the greater part of Monmouthshire, and bordering...
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Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of AppreciationsWomen Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of AppreciationsHaving been concerned for many years in the publication of works of fiction by feminine writers, it has occurred to us to offer, as our contribution to the celebration of "the longest Reign," a volume...
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