Biography & Autobiography
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Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 1 of 2Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 1 of 2Ce fut, pour moi, fort difficile dachever tranquillement mon travail, occup que jtais, non seulement par les affaires de service et la rdaction de rapports urgents pour le Gouvernement, mais encore, et pour une large part,...
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Ihmiskunnan edustajaIhmiskunnan edustajaRalph Waldo Emerson syntyi 25 p. toukok. 1803 Bostonissa. Hn kuului vuonna 1685 Amerikaan muuttaneeseen englantilaiseen dissenters' sukuun. [Dissenters'eiksi nimitettiin Englannissa valtiokirkkoon kuulumattomia uskonlahkoja.] Hnen esi-isns olivat kuudessa polvessa olleet pappeja, samalla myskin kulkien paikkakuntansa kirjallisten harrastusten etunenss. Papilliselle uralle antautui nuori Ralph...
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William Blake, Painter and PoetWilliam Blake, Painter and PoetThe position of William Blake among artists is exceptional. Of no other painter of like distinction, save Dante Rossetti, can it be said that his fame as a poet has fully rivalled his fame as a painter; much less that,...
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Boswell the BiographerBoswell the BiographerThe responsibility for upwards of 300 pages in print is a burden which my unaccustomed conscience cannot easily bear, and by accepting it I lose for ever the unassailable dignity of private criticism. In these circumstances I approach my readers in an...
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Ecce HomoEcce Homo - Complete Works, Volume Seventeen CONTENTS TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION PREFACE WHY I AM SO WISE WHY I AM SO CLEVER WHY I WRITE SUCH EXCELLENT BOOKS THE BIRTH Of TRAGEDY THOUGHTS OUT OF SEASON "HUMAN, ALL-TOO-HUMAN THE DAWN OF DAY JOYFUL WISDOM: LA...
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Memorias de José Garibaldi, volume 2Memorias de José Garibaldi, volume 2 - Traduzidas do manuscripto original por Alexandre DumasQuando entrei o rio, o exercito oriental achava-se em S. Jos de Uruguay e o d'Oribe em Boyada, capital da provincia d'Entre-rios. Ambos se preparavam para a luta e o exercito...
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RodneyRodneyGeorge Brydges Rodney, the most famous of the great generation of English admirals who raised the navy to the level at which Nelson found it, was by descent a Somersetshire man. The family was one of considerable antiquityof more antiquity indeed than fame. From...
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Recollections of a Confederate Staff OfficerRecollections of a Confederate Staff OfficerBY John W. Daniel Formerly Major and Assistant Adjutant-General Early's Division, Second Corps, A. N. V. A few months ago I entered a room where a group of five or six gentlemen were seated around a table in conversation....
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Mikael SperanskiMikael SperanskiEsill olevan kuvauksen Mikael Speranskista on professori M.G. Schybergson julaissut "Finsk Tidskriftiss" vuosina 1893 ja 1894. Sittemmin on filos. kand. Ernst Neovius akatemiallisessa vitskirjassaan "Suomen raha-asiain jrjestmisest Porvoon valtiopivi lhinn seuraavina vuosina" esittnyt Speranskin ja maamme vlisist kosketuskohdista listietoja, joihin pyydetn asianharrastajaa viitata....
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Victor HugoVictor Hugo1830!... Les gnrations actuelles doivent se figurer difficilement l'effervescence des esprits cette poque; il s'oprait un mouvement pareil celui de la Renaissance. Une sve de vie nouvelle circulait imptueusement. Tout germait, tout bourgeonnait, tout clatait la fois. Des parfums vertigineux se dgageaient des...
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A Georgian PageantA Georgian Pageant THE greater number of the papers in this series, dealing with some well-known persons and incidents of the latter half of the Eighteenth Century, are the practical result of a long conversation which the writer had with the late Professor J....
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Browere's Life Masks of Great AmericansBrowere's Life Masks of Great AmericansREAT oaks from little acorns grow. How big results may flow from small beginnings is typically illustrated by the possibilities of the present volume. It began with the bare knowledge that there was, once upon a time, a man...
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Robert Emmet: A Survey of His Rebellion and of His RomanceRobert Emmet: A Survey of His Rebellion and of His RomanceThe following unscientific monograph, a sort of little historical descant, is founded upon all the accurate known literature of the subject, and also largely on the Hardwicke MSS. These, in so far as they...
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Peter AbélardPeter AbélardThe author does not think it necessary to offer any apology for having written a life of Ablard. The intense dramatic interest of his life is known from a number of brief notices and sketches, but English readers have no complete presentation of...
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Victoria C. Woodhull: A Biographical SketchVictoria C. Woodhull: A Biographical SketchI shall swiftly sketch the life of Victoria Claflin Woodhull; a young woman whose career has been as singular as any heroine's in a romance; whose ability is of a rare and whose character of the rarest type; whose...
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Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived InSamuel Pepys and the World He Lived In[v] PREFACE. This little book does not need any long Preface, as the title sufficiently explains the object aimed at. Although the various subjects referred to in the Diary are annotated in the different editions, there is...
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Life of David W. Patten, the First Apostolic MartyrLife of David W. Patten, the First Apostolic MartyrThe writing of this little volume has been a pleasant task. And just as we find mingled with our regret at parting with a friend, a joy in the assurance that to whomsoever he comes he...
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From Memory's Shrine: The Reminscences of Carmen SylvaFrom Memory's Shrine: The Reminscences of Carmen SylvaIt has been said by a well-known German novelist of our day in one of his most recent works that as we approach our fiftieth year our hearts nearly always resemble a grave-yard, thronged with memories, a...
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The Girls' Book of Famous QueensThe Girls' Book of Famous QueensIN the annals of history, women have played an important part; and among the famous sovereigns of the world, queens, as well as kings, have made their names illustrious by heroic deeds and great enterprises. The names which we...
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50 Years in the Church of RomeFifty Years in the Church of RomeErrors, when reasonably attributable to the printer, have been corrected. The corrections appear as words underlined with a light gray. The original text will be shown when the mouse is over the word. Please see the transcribers note...
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