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La fiancée du rebelle: Épisode de la Guerre des Bostonnais, 1775La fiancée du rebelle: Épisode de la Guerre des Bostonnais, 1775Immdiatement aprs la capitulation du 8 septembre 1760, par laquelle la Nouvelle-France passait au pouvoir de l'Angleterre, une paix profonde rgna dans tout le Canada. A part les dvastations commises dans le gouvernement de...
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A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898hen Mr. Plomer consented at my request to write a short history of English printing which should stop neither at the end of the fifteenth century, nor at the end of the sixteenth century, nor at 1640, but...
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De Prins en Johan de WittDe Prins en Johan de Witt - of ons land in het tweede tijdperk der eerste stadhouderlooze regeeringHet is een algemeen betreurd feit, dat van de jeugd onzer groote mannen slechts weinig of niets bekend is. En geldt dit ten aanzien van hun openbaar...
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Historical and Political EssaysHistorical and Political EssaysThe Essays 'Thoughts on History,' 'Formative Influences,' 'Madame de Stal,' 'Israel among the Nations,' 'Old-age Pensions,' appeared originally in the American Review, the Forumthe first under the title of 'The Art of Writing History'; 'Ireland in the Light of History,' in...
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Some Three Hundred Years AgoSome Three Hundred Years AgoBecause so little is told of the children who lived on our shores when forests were cleared for home-making, I have tried to picture here what they might have done in the midst of the true and thrilling happenings you...
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The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's)The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) - A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919The Nominal Roll was originally printed in two columns, and numbered on each page from top to bottom, left to right. This has been reproduced in...
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Nouvelle relation de l'itinéraire de Napoléon, de Fontainebleau à l'Île d'ElbeNouvelle relation de l'itinéraire de Napoléon, de Fontainebleau à l'Île d'ElbeLe 16 avril, j'arrivai le soir Fontainebleau; le 17, je fis ma visite au grand-marchal Bertrand, et au gnral Drouot, qui m'engagrent prendre un logement au chteau; ce que j'acceptai. Aprs la messe, les...
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JackanapesJackanapesTwo Donkeys and the Geese lived on the Green, and all other residents of any social standing lived in houses round it. The houses had no names. Everybody's address was, "The Green," but the Postman and the people of [2]the place knew where each...
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A Little Maid of Old MaineA Little Maid of Old MaineA Little Maid of Old Maine is a true story of the brave effort of two girls to bring help to a little settlement on the Maine coast at the time of the War of the Revolution. Parson Lyon,...
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The Case of Edith CavellThe Case of Edith Cavell - A Study of the Rights of Non-CombatantsA Reply to Dr. Albert Zimmermann, Germany's Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. By JAMES M. BECK, Former Assistant Attorney-General of the United States, and Author of "The Dual Alliance v. The Triple...
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A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's BoatA Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's BoatThe following Narrative is only a part of a voyage undertaken for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit Tree from the...
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The Black Wolf's BreedThe Black Wolf's Breed - A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV The France of romance and glory under Henry of Navarre; of pride and glitter under Louis XIV, in whose reign was...
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Simon DaleSimon DaleOne who was in his day a person of great place and consideration, and has left a name which future generations shall surely repeat so long as the world may last, found no better rule for a man's life than that he should...
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Negritos of ZambalesNegritos of ZambalesThis report is based on two months field work pursued during May and June, 1903. Accompanied by Mr. J. Diamond, a photographer, the writer went in the latter part of April to Iba, Zambales, where a few days were spent in investigating...
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Fascination of LondonHammersmith, Fulham and PutneyA survey of London, a record of the greatest of all cities, that should preserve her history, her historical and literary associations, her mighty buildings, past and present, a book that should comprise all that Londoners love, all that they ought...
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Europe After 8:15Europe After 8:15"Nothing broadens and mellows the mind so much as foreign travel."Dr. Orison Swett Marden. The scene is the brow of the Hungerberg at Innsbruck. It is the half-hour before sunset, and the whole lovely valley of the Innstill wie die Nacht, tief...
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A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792THE following excursion was undertaken for several reasons: the first of which was, that though I had been many times in Paris before, yet I had not once been there since the Revolution, and I was...
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A Museum for Young Gentlemen and LadiesA Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies - Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and MissesThe Chinese are masters of the South and East parts of Tartary. The Tartars are divided into four different nations, namely, the Tartars properly so called, the Calmucks,...
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Henry VIIIHenry VIII.It is perhaps a matter rather for regret than for surprise that so few attempts have been made to describe, as a whole, the life and character of Henry VIII. No ruler has left a deeper impress on the history of his country,...
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History of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic WarHistory of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic War474-491 a.d.During the reign of Zeno Byzantium the power in the West was held by Augustus, whom the Romans used to call by the diminutive name Augustulus because he took over the empire while...
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