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Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 1 of 2)Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 1 of 2) - With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present ConditionThe reader is requested to observe, that, though the plan of this work is entirely his own, the compiler of it does not put...
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From Gretna Green to Land's End: A Literary Journey in EnglandFrom Gretna Green to Land's End: A Literary Journey in England.These summer wanderings through the west of England were undertaken at the request of The Chautauquan, from whose pages the bulk of this material is reprinted. But the chronicle of this recent journey has...
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A Short History of H.M.S. VictoryA Short History of H.M.S. VictoryThe original front cover of the book has been enhanced by the transcriber for the convenience of the reader. The enhanced cover is released into the public domain. The original cover may be found at the end of the...
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Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon in South Africa: Sport and Travel in South AfricaTwenty-Five Years in a Waggon in South Africa: Sport and Travel in South AfricaMy object in writing this work is to add another page to the physical geography of Africa. That region selected for my explorations has hitherto been a terra incognita in all...
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Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in ArtFictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art - With Special Reference to Their Use in British HeraldryAngels and ministers of grace defend us.Hamlet. he human mind has a passionate longing for knowledge even of things past comprehension. Where it cannot know, it will imagine; what...
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The Greatest English ClassicThe Greatest English Classic - A Study of the King James Version of the Bible and Its Influence on Life and LiteratureThe lectures included in this volume were prepared at the request of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, and were delivered in...
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Prices of BooksPrices of Books - An Inquiry into the Changes in the Price of Books which have occurred in England at different PeriodsThe treatment of such a subject as the Prices of Books necessarily obliges us to range over a wide field, for books have...
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In Midden-BretagneIn Midden-Bretagne - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1904Bij Chteaubriant ga ik mijn reis door Midden-Bretagne beginnen. Dat langgerekte plaatsje ligt aan de Chre, in een gordel van overblijfselen der vroegere wallen en een breede olmenlaan op de plek der dichtgeworpen grachten. Oude steenen...
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Ifugao LawIfugao Law - (In American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 15, No. 1)Philippine ethnologists generally agree to the hypothesis that the Negritos, a race of little blacks, remnants of which now inhabit mountain regions of many of the larger islands, were the original inhabitants of...
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An Address to Free Coloured AmericansAn Address to Free Coloured AmericansThe sympathy we feel for our oppressed fellow-citizens who are enslaved in these United States, has called us together, to devise by mutual conference the best means for bringing our guilty country to a sense of her transgressions; and...
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Behind the Scenes in Warring GermanyBehind the Scenes in Warring GermanyFor two hours the railway ferry had plowed between the mines that strew the way to Denmark with potential death, and as slowly the houses of Warnemunde appeared in shadow against the darkening day, some one touched my arm....
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Life of Edward the Black PrinceLife of Edward the Black PrinceEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including non-standard spelling. Some changes of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. With an Introduction to the...
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Ossian in GermanyOssian in Germany - Bibliography, General Survey, Ossian's Influence upon Klopstock and the BardsWhen the subject of Ossians influence in Germany first occurred to me, it seemed a simple matter to exhaust the topic in the limits set by a work of this character....
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Strictures on NullificationStrictures on NullificationThe discontents on the subject of the Tariff, which have so long existed in several of the Southern States, and particularly in South Carolina, have at length reached a crisis. As soon as it was ascertained that the party in favor of...
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Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 - Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology Paper 34 == Produced by Colin Bell, Joseph Cooper, Stephanie Eason Paper 35 == Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Louise Pattison Paper 36 ==...
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776 This book was written for people with an interest in English legal history who don't know where to start reading, as I didn't. Its purpose is also to look at history...
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Poor Folk in SpainPoor Folk in SpainWe had tasted of Spain before ever we had crossed her frontiers. Indeed, perhaps Spain is the easiest country to obtain samples from without the fatigue of travelling. The Spaniard carries his atmosphere with him: wherever he goes he re-creates in...
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Old Plantation Days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil WarOld Plantation Days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil WarGrandmother is growing to be an old lady, and as you are still too young to remember all she has told you of her own and your mother's people, she is going to...
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The Story of Our SubmarinesThe Story of Our Submarines There has naturally been a great deal of ink spilled during the War on the subject of the U-boat. The British Submarines have worked unseen and unheard of. Occasionally a few official lines have appeared in the newspapers about...
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The Old RoadThe Old RoadThe Causes of the Preservation of the Old Road; its General Character, and our Application of this in our Method of recovering it There are primal things which move us. Fire has the character of a free companion that has travelled with...
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