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Some Noble SistersSome Noble Sisters The object of the present slight work is to gather together, from various available sources, records of the lives of some of the world's notable Sisters. It does not pretend to be by any means exhaustive, but rather suggestive. The Editor...
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William HarveyWilliam HarveyIt is not possible, nor have I attempted in this account of Harvey, to add much that is new. My endeavour has been to give a picture of the man and to explain in his own words, for they are always simple, racy,...
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Les femmes et les livresLes femmes et les livresNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Aprs quelques pages consacres aux femmes ennemies...
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Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. Volume 2 (of 2)Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. Volume 2 (of 2)"About 1804 Captain Trevithick put up in Dolcoath Mine a stone-crushing mill, having large cast-iron rollers, for breaking into small pieces the large stones of ore; it was spoken of as...
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Lydia Knight's HistoryLydia Knight's History - The First Book of the Noble Women's Lives The growing demand for our own literature among the youth of this people has induced us to undertake the publication of a new series of books. The general satisfaction which the books...
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Gedankengut aus meinen Wanderjahren. Zweiter BandGedankengut aus meinen Wanderjahren. Zweiter BandIm Januar 1894 reiste ich, von unbezwinglicher Sehnsucht getrieben, zum bohuslnschen Pfarrhaus zurck. Aber die starken Eindrcke des ersten Aufenthaltes, die in meinen Erinnerungen schlackenlos dastanden, hatten sich so vergeistigt, da die Wirklichkeit jetzt nicht mehr die Hhe der...
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Gedankengut aus meinen Wanderjahren. Erster BandGedankengut aus meinen Wanderjahren. Erster BandUnd whrend ich dies sagte, erinnerte ich mich dabei an jene japanische Dichterin, die, um die ntige Weihe fr ein groes Werk zu empfangen, sich in einen Tempel einschlieen lie und nachts in dem einsamen Tempelraum auf dem Deckel...
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Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2)Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2)'We cannot help expressing our delight with Mr. W. H. Tregellas's masterly "Guide to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles." Mr. Tregellas is an accomplished antiquary and scholar, and writes with love...
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Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 1 (of 2)Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 1 (of 2)The question has often been asked, 'Why is there for Cornwall no companion-book to Prince's "Worthies of Devon"?' Fuller, it is true, in his 'Worthies,' allots a section to Cornwall; but...
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Forty Years Among the IndiansForty Years Among the Indians - A true yet thrilling narrative of the author's experiences among the nativesThe Scriptures tell us that the truth should not be spoken at all times. Does this imply that a falsehood should ever be told? I think not,...
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The Mentor: American Naturalists, Vol. 7, Num. 9, Serial No. 181, June 15, 1919The Mentor: American Naturalists, Vol. 7, Num. 9, Serial No. 181, June 15, 1919There are those who look at Nature from the standpoint of conventional and artificial lifefrom parlor windows and through gilt-edged poemsthe sentimentalists. At the other extreme are those who do not...
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Makers of British Botany a collection of biographies by living botanistsMakers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanistsThe present volume represents in somewhat expanded form a course of lectures arranged by the Board of Studies in Botany of the University of London and delivered during the early part of 1911 in...
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Memoirs of the Empress Catherine IIMemoirs of the Empress Catherine II. - Written by HerselfSOME hours after the death of the Empress Catherine, her son, the Emperor Paul, ordered Count Rostoptchine to put the seals upon her papers. He was himself present at the arrangement of these papers. Among...
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Twelve Naval CaptainsTwelve Naval Captains - Being a Record of Certain Americans Who Made Themselves ImmortalAmerican history presents no more picturesque figure than Paul Jones, and the mere recital of his life and its incidents is a thrilling romance. A gardener's boy, he shipped before the...
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Legends: Autobiographical SketchesLegends: Autobiographical SketchesHunted by the furies, I found myself finally in December 1896 fixed fast in the little university town Lund, in Sweden. A conglomeration of small houses round a cathedral, a palace-like university building and a library, forming an oasis of civilisation in...
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Memoirs of John R. Young, Utah Pioneer, 1847Memoirs of John R. Young, Utah Pioneer, 1847They place in memory's clasp, truths we have read, Beautiful words, of both living and dead. Helping us cherish, and nurse as they grow, Elysian plants, from thoughts that we sow. Bringing to memory, and waking to...
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Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the DayMen of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day - Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan,...
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Mit liv og levned som jeg selv har forstaaet detMit liv og levned som jeg selv har forstaaet detbenlyse trykfejl er rettet i denne e-bog, men originalens stavning er for vrigt bevaret. Manglende anfrselstegn er kun indsat p de steder, hvor der ikke har vret tvivl om deres placering. En ordliste med rettelser...
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Verdi: Man and MusicianVerdi: Man and Musician - His Biography with Especial Reference to His English ExperiencesVerdi's position assuredSelected to compose an opera d'obbligoThe termsI Lombardi alla Prima CrociataIts dramatis person and argumentReception at La ScalaA new triumph for VerdiI Lombardi in London, 1846ErnaniPolitical effect of ErnaniOfficial...
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Memoiren einer Grossmutter, Band IIMemoiren einer Grossmutter, Band II - Bilder aus der Kulturgeschichte der Juden Russlands im 19. JahrhundertDem Vorhaben gem, treu und ungeknstelt die Vergangenheit zu schildern, wie sie noch heute in meinem Herzen und meiner Erinnerung lebt, will ich hier den Faden meiner Erzhlung weiterspinnen...
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