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Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916 - From Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years They are calling for volunteers from Territorial battalions to fill gaps in the Persian Gulfone subaltern,...
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The History of Napoleon BuonaparteThe History of Napoleon Buonaparte"Nations yet to come will look back upon his history as to some grand and supernatural romance. The fiery energy of his youthful career, and the magnificent progress of his irresistible ambition, have invested his character with the mysterious grandeur...
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La patrie françaiseLa patrie françaiseL'approbation enthousiaste de la Presse et de l'opinion publique a montr qu'il rpondait aux dsirs de tous et aux besoins de l'heure prsente. Chaque citoyen y a trouv enfin la formule exacte du devoir qu'il a remplir. Sur l'estrade se trouvaient la...
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King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855Two obvious typographical errors were corrected in transcribing this text. For a complete list, please see the Transcriber's note at the end of the file. Revenue Cruiser chasing Smuggling Lugger. Before firing on a smuggler the cruiser was bound to...
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Confédération BalkaniqueConfédération BalkaniqueIl est des tats qui se maintiennent d'une faon toute ngative. La Turquie nous fournit, ce point de vue, un exemple caractristique. Bien que l'Empire ottoman constitue, tous les gards, une anomalie parmi les tats europens, il n'en est pas moins toujours debout....
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My Life as an AuthorMy Life as an AuthorI have often been asked to prepare an autobiography, but my objections to the task have ever been many and various. To one urgent appeal I sent this sonnet of refusal, which explains itself: In fact I always rejected the...
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Son Excellence Eugène RougonSon Excellence Eugène RougonLa sance est ouverte. Et il classa les projets de loi, placs devant lui, sur le bureau. A sa gauche, un secrtaire, myope, le nez sur le papier, lisait le procs-verbal de la dernire sance, d'un balbutiement rapide que pas un...
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Lettre de m. l'abbé Fortis à mylord comte de Bute, sur les moeurs et usages des Morlaques, appellés MontenegrinsLettre de m. l'abbé Fortis à mylord comte de Bute, sur les moeurs et usages des Morlaques, appellés MontenegrinsPendant votre sjour parmi nous, vous aurez souvent entendu parler des Morlaques comme d'un peuple froce, inhumain, stupide, & capable de commettre tous les crimes. Vous...
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Une Confédération Orientale comme solution de la Question d'Orient (1905)Une Confédération Orientale comme solution de la Question d'Orient (1905)Le problme soulev en Extrme-Orient par la prsente guerre russo-japonaise ne saurait dtourner compltement notre attention du vieux problme balkanique qui, depuis des sicles, proccupe les nations europennes. Il faudrait des volumes pour en retracer...
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Stanley's tocht ter opsporing van LivingstoneStanley's tocht ter opsporing van Livingstone - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873Reeds vroeger maakten wij met enkele woorden melding van de merkwaardige reis, door den Amerikaan Henry Stanley, ter opsporing van Dr. Livingstone ondernomen, eene reis, met zoo gelukkigen uitslag bekroond. Wat wij...
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De Verdelgingsoorlog der Yankees tegen de Apachen-indianenDe Verdelgingsoorlog der Yankees tegen de Apachen-indianen - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873In de jongst verloopen tweehonderd-vijftig jaren zijn niet minder dan negen tienden van de oorspronkelijke inwoners der tegenwoordige Vereenigde-Staten van Noord-Amerika van den aardbodem verdwenen. Reeds dadelijk nadat in de eerste...
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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—eLetters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e - Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of EuropeI WAS going, like common editors, to advertise the reader of the beauties...
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L'ArgentL'ArgentOnze heures venaient de sonner la Bourse, lorsque Saccard entra chez Champeaux, dans la salle blanc et or, dont les deux hautes fentres donnent sur la place. D'un coup d'il, il parcourut les rangs de petites tables, o les convives affams se serraient coude...
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Foch the Man: A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied ArmiesFoch the Man: A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies [Transcriber's note: The letter in the second and third illustrations is shown translated on the following page.] I have read with the keenest interest your sketch of the life of Marshal...
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When Knighthood Was in FlowerWhen Knighthood Was in Flower - or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's...
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The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 - Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348In March, 1889, an appropriation of $2,000 was made by Congress for...
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Casa Grande RuinCasa Grande Ruin - Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 289-318The Casa Grande ruin, situated near Gila river, in southern Arizona, is perhaps the best known specimen of...
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History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, VirginiaHistory and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia know not when I first planned this work, so inextricably is the idea interwoven with a fading recollection of my earliest aims and ambitions. However, had I not been resolutely determined to conclude it at any...
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The Digger Movement in the Days of the CommonwealthThe Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth - As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social ReformerThe original has a number of inconsistent spellings and punctuation. A few corrections have been made for obvious...
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Relikwieën uit onzen HeldentijdRelikwieën uit onzen Heldentijd - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873Die goede, brave Poot! Voorzeker hield hij zich in gemoede overtuigd, toen hij deze regels neerschreef, niet slechts iets fraais, maar ook iets zeer treffends en onbetwistbaar waars te hebben gezegd. De wenschelijke schatten...
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