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Uncle SamUncle SamArising in obscure ways, often originating in derision or abuse or satire, sometimes repudiated by those to whom they are applied, at other times adopted in spite of the ridicule, the origin of nicknames is singularly elusive, and there are few words or...
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A Leisurely Tour in EnglandA Leisurely Tour in EnglandStevenson once took a journey with a donkey, which animal gave him much trouble. I took my journey in a reliable little motor-car that happily gave me none. Though I went by car I went leisurely, stopping often by the...
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English Men of ActionMontroseTradition still points to a building in the town of Montrose as the birthplace of James Graham, fifth Earl and first Marquis of the line,a building also fondly cherished by the antiquary as the last to shelter the Old Chevalier on Scottish soil. Both...
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De Leeuw van ModderspruitDe Leeuw van Modderspruit - Een verhaal uit den Engelsch-Zuid-Afrikaanschen Oorlog 1899-1900Zij hadden t beiden warm: de twee ruiters, die in korten galopgang over den eenzamen, breeden, stoffigen weg reden. Hun kleine paarden hadden reeds een langen rit achter den rug; zij lieten de...
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The Last American FrontierThe Last American FrontierI have told here the story of the last frontier within the United States, trying at once to preserve the picturesque atmosphere which has given to the "Far West" a definite and well-understood meaning, and to indicate those forces which have...
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Histoire d'Henriette d'AngleterreHistoire d'Henriette d'AngleterreHenriette de France[96], veuve de Charles Ier, roi d'Angleterre, avoit t oblige par ses malheurs de se retirer en France[97], et avoit choisi pour sa retraite ordinaire le couvent de Sainte-Marie de Chaillot. Elle y toit attire par la beaut du lieu,...
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The Memorials of the Hamlet of KnightsbridgeThe Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge - with Notices of its Immediate NeighbourhoodIn presenting the Memorials of Knightsbridge to the public, apology must be made for the delay in its appearance since the announcement of its intended publication. This was occasioned by the...
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The adventures of Kimble Bent: A story of wild life in the New Zealand bushThe adventures of Kimble Bent: A story of wild life in the New Zealand bushThis book is not a work of fiction. It is a plain narrative of real life in the New Zealand bush, a true story of adventure in a day not...
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (7 of 9)Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (7 of 9) - Henrie the Seauenth, Sonne to Edmund Earle of Richmond, Which Edmund was Brother by the Moothers Side to Henrie the SixtKing Henrie hauing thus got the victorie at Bosworth, and...
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Les grandes chroniques de France (5/6)Les grandes chroniques de France (5/6) - selon que elles sont conservées en l'Eglise de Saint-Denis en FranceANNE 1270 [1]Nous avons du bon roy Loys, de louenge digne, expos au mieux que nous poons les fais et la grant bont qui estoit en luy,...
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Seeteufel: Abenteuer aus meinem LebenSeeteufel: Abenteuer aus meinem LebenDie Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung des Originals wurde weitgehend bernommen, lediglich offensichtliche Druckfehler wurden korrigiert. Eine Liste vorgenommener Korrekturen befindet sich am Ende des Textes. Die Originalvorlage ist in Fraktur gedruckt; davon abweichende, in Antiqua gedruckte Textstellen sind in der vorliegenden...
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Journal de Jean Héroard - Tome 2Journal de Jean Héroard - Tome 2 - Sur l'enfance et la jeunesse de Louis XIII (1610-1628)Premire journe de royaut: discours prononc au Palais; dner de la Reine: elle refuse de prendre la serviette des mains du Roi; le cur de Henri IV donn...
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The Life of Albert GallatinThe Life of Albert GallatinA LARGE part of the following biography relates to a period of American history as yet unwritten, and is intended to supply historians with material which, except in such a form, would be little likely to see the light. The...
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History of nations, Volume 7Japan: From the Japanese Government HistoryThe Empire of Japan consists to-day of a group of islands marshaled in the northwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, off the eastern coast of the Asiatic continent. These islandsincluding Formosa and the Pescadores ceded by China in 1895,...
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Beautiful EuropeThe Lake of LucerneIf Lucerne is the most widely advertised lake in the worldif its name, in recent years, has come to be associated, less with ancient gallant exploits of half-legendary William Tells than with cheap Polytechnic Tours and hordes of personally conducted trippers,...
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Gli albori della vita ItalianaGli albori della vita Italiana - Conferenze tenute a Firenze nel 1890 Raccogliere ascoltatrici e ascoltatori devoti, quanti amano genialit di studi, vigoria di pensieri, pittrice eleganza nel dire, e invitare gl'ingegni pi colti, perch ognun di essi nelle spirituali adunanze, colorisca, secondo un...
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 03 (of 20)Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 03 (of 20)Let us all strive, with united power, to extend the beneficent Ordinance over the territories of our country. So doing, we must take from its original authors something of their devotion to its great conservative truth....
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Myths of the CherokeeMyths of the Cherokee - Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American EthnologyThe myths given in this paper are part of a large body of material collected among the Cherokee, chiefly in successive field seasons from 1887 to 1890, inclusive,...
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Twelve Years a SlaveTwelve Years a Slave - Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in LouisianaWhen the editor commenced the preparation of the following narrative, he did...
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History of Company K of the 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (1862-'65)History of Company K of the 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (1862-'65) The bulk of what is contained in this book was written with a view to its forming a part of a book of the History of the 140th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. At...
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