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Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in MysoreGold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore - With chapters on coffee planting in Coorg, the Mysore representative assembly, the Indian congress, caste and the Indian silver question, being the 38 years' experiences of a Mysore planterIn the year 1871 I published "The Experiences...
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 - 1591-1593 In this volume are recorded the more important events in the history of the Philippine colony during the years 159192. The dissensions between the secular and the ecclesiastical authorities continue, though the governor...
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 - 1588-1591 Important events and changes occur during the four years included in the scope of this volume. The Audiencia is suppressed, and in its place is sent a royal governor; the instructions given to...
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2[TR: Some interviews were date-stamped; these dates have been added to interview headers in brackets. Where part of date could not be determined...
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Reis door Tunis en AlgiersReis door Tunis en Algiers - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906Voor ons Nederlanders, bewoners van noordelijke koude luchtstreken, hebben de woorden het Zuiden, de Middellandsche zee een betooverenden klank. Zij doen ons zoo denken aan schitterend zonnelicht, aan koesterenden zonnegloed, waar wij vooral...
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In Zuid-BretagneIn Zuid-Bretagne - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906Het stadje Quimperl kan heel goed als type dienen voor Zuid-Bretagne, hier in dit hoekje van Finistre, zooals Morlaix en Saint-Pol-de-Lon Noord-Bretagne typeeren. Men kan te Quimperl van allerlei eigenaardigheden der natuur en van ieder aanzicht,...
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Bij de ruïnen van AngkorBij de ruïnen van Angkor - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906Van Saigon naar Pnom-penh en naar Compong-Cjuang.Roeitocht op het Groote Meer.Karren uit Cambodja.Siem-Reap.De tempel van Angkor.Angkor-Tom.Verval der khmersche beschaving.Ontmoeting met den tweeden koning van Cambodja.Oedong-de-Verhevene, hoofdstad van Norodom's vader.Het paleis van Norodom te...
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Pondichéry, hoofdstad van Fransch-IndiëPondichéry, hoofdstad van Fransch-Indië - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906Een klein strookje gronds vertegenwoordigt op dit oogenblik het belangrijkste gedeelte van 't geen Frankrijk heeft weten te behouden uit zijn oud Indisch Rijk, dat thans een der machtigste kolonin van de britsche kroon...
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Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairsSea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairsWhen the ship is ready for launching there comes a moment of tense excitement before the dogshores are knocked away and she slides down the ways. In the case of a ship this excitement...
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Aus meinem Leben — Zweiter TeilAus meinem Leben — Zweiter TeilGeleitwort Die Periode des Herrn v. Schweitzer in der proletarischen Arbeiterbewegung Jean Baptist v. Schweitzer Der Sozialdemokrat Schweitzer und die Konservativen Schweitzer im norddeutschen Reichstag Schweitzers Diktatur Die Generalversammlung in Barmen-Elberfeld Die Rebellion im Allgemeinen Deutschen Arbeiterverein Der Eisenacher...
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Au jeune royaume d'AlbanieAu jeune royaume d'AlbanieLa constitution de l'Albanie indpendante tait si peu prvue par l'opinion publique que beaucoup d'esprits se demandent si elle n'est pas seulement une de ces inventions diplomatiques, telles qu'il en jaillit parfois dans les confrences internationales, quand on ne sait comment...
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Chronicle and Romance: Froissart, Malory, HolinshedChronicle and Romance: Froissart, Malory, Holinshed - (The Harvard Classics Series) Jean Froissart, the most representative of the chroniclers of the later Middle Ages, was born at Valenciennes in 1337. The Chronicle which, more than his poetry, has kept his fame alive, was undertaken...
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War in the Garden of EdenWar in the Garden of EdenIt was at Taranto that we embarked for Mesopotamia. Reinforcements were sent out from England in one of two wayseither all the way round the Cape of Good Hope, or by train through France and Italy down to the...
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Todesgruss der Legionen, 3. BandDer Todesgruß der Legionen, 3. BandDer Kaiser Napoleon ging in heftiger Bewegung in seinem Cabinet auf und nieder; die krankhafte Abgespanntheit, welche sonst auf seinem Gesicht zu liegen pflegte, war verschwunden, an deren Stelle war eine lebhafte Aufregung getreten, seine Lippen zuckten, seine Augen...
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Todesgruss der Legionen, 2. BandDer Todesgruß der Legionen, 2. BandHerr Meding sa in einem Lehnstuhl zur Seite des runden Tisches, ber dessen Mitte vom Plafond eine groe Lampe mit breitem, flachem Glasschirm herabhing, ihm gegenber lehnte in einer Chaiselongue, welche neben dem hellen Feuer eines jener altfranzsischen groen...
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Todesgruss der Legionen, 1. BandDer Todesgruß der Legionen, 1. BandAm Ufer der Marne, in der Nhe der kreidereichen weien Ebene der Champagne, liegt die alte Stadt Saint-Dizier, ein kleiner Ort mit etwa fnftausend Einwohnern, deren Industrie zum groen Theil darin besteht die auf der Marne herabgeflten Holzstmme in...
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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916The study of the history of the Negroes of Cincinnati is unusually important for the reason that from no other annals do we get such striking evidence that the colored people generally thrive when encouraged by...
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New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 - From the Beginning to March, 1915, With Index"Let a European war break outthe war, perhaps, between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, which so many journalists and politicians in England...
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As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1882-06/07)As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1882-06/07) Ironia, verdadeira liberdade! s tu que me livras da ambio de poder, da escravido dos partidos da venerao da rotina, do pedantismo das grandes personagens, das mystificaes da politica, do fanatismo dos...
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The Forty-Five GuardsmenThe Forty-Five GuardsmenOn the 26th of October, 1585, the barriers of the Porte St. Antoine were, contrary to custom, still closed at half-past ten in the morning. A quarter of an hour after, a guard of twenty Swiss, the favorite troops of Henri III.,...
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