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Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 6: Harriet MartineauCritical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 6: Harriet MartineauIn 1850 Charlotte Bront paid a visit to Harriet Martineau at Ambleside, and she wrote to her friends various emphatic accounts of her hostess. 'Without adopting her theories,' Miss Bront said, 'I yet find a...
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The English Utilitarians, Volume 2 (of 3)The English Utilitarians, Volume 2 (of 3) - James MillBentham's mantle fell upon James Mill.[1] Mill expounded in the tersest form the doctrines which in Bentham's hands spread into endless ramifications and lost themselves in minute details. Mill became the leader of Bentham's bodyguard;...
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American SketchesAmerican Sketches To land at Hoboken in a quiet drizzle is to sound the depths of desolation. A raw, half-finished, unkempt street confronts you. Along the roadway, roughly broken into ruts, crawls a sad tram. The dishevelled shops bear odd foreign-looking names upon their...
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The RapidsThe RapidsAmongst the few who knew Robert Fisher Clark at all well, for there were not many of them, there was no question as to his beliefs. It was too obvious that his primary faith was in himself. Nor is it known whether, at...
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Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States NavyReminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy After having passed an examination before the Medical Board of the United States Navy, which was in session at the United States Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pa., Dr. James Green, President of the Medical Board, I...
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Mémoires du prince de Talleyrand, Volume 1Mémoires du prince de Talleyrand, Volume 1Notes au lecteur de ce ficher digital: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. Pour voir les corrections ou les notes au lecteur, dplacez votre souris sans cliquer sur un mot soulign et le texte...
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A German PompadourA German Pompadour - Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of WirtembergIn a dusty, time-soiled packet of legal papers which had lain untouched for nigh upon two hundred years, the extraordinary history of Wilhelmine von Grvenitz is set forth in all...
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ScarabsScarabs - The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.The following work is taken in part, from an address delivered by me before, The American Numismatic and Archological Society, at its Hall in the City of New...
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La Russie en 1839, Volume ILa Russie en 1839, Volume I Respectez surtout les trangers, de quelque qualit, de quelque rang qu'ils soient, et si vous n'tes pas mme de les combler de prsents, prodiguez-leur au moins des marques de bienveillance, puisque de la manire dont ils sont traits...
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Souvenirs de la duchesse de DinoSouvenirs de la duchesse de Dino - publiés par sa petite fille, la Comtesse Jean de Castellane. Paris, le 12 juillet 1822. Il y a deux mois qu'un de mes amis, partant pour le Danemark et venant me dire adieu, entra assez inopinment dans...
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Correspondance de Voltaire avec le roi de PrusseCorrespondance de Voltaire avec le roi de PrusseOn ne l'a pas assez remarqu, parce que Voltaire a tant fait, tant crit; son activit s'est dploye de tant de cts qu'on ne saurait prendre garde tout, et qu'il est difficile d'attacher chacune de ses uvres...
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Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine)Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) As soon as they step into my house and see my strange collection of travel keepsakes, all visitors eyes are drawn to the Arabian saddle, which actually deserves credit as the inspiration and author of this story....
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The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898 ALMOST ten years have passed since the country followed, in scanty telegram from port to port, the Oregon speeding down one side of a continent and up the other to Bahia; then...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) I now discharge my promise, and complete my design, of writing the History of the...
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A Lecture on the Study of HistoryA Lecture on the Study of HistoryI look back to-day to a time before the middle of the century, when I wasUNITY OF MODERN HISTORY reading at Edinburgh, and fervently wishing to come to this University. At three colleges I applied for admission, and,...
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Henri IV (2e partie)Henri IV (2e partie)Henri V est le vritable hros de la seconde partie; son avnement au trne et le grand changement qui en rsulte sont l'vnement du drame. La dfaite de l'archevque d'York et celle de Northumberland ne sont que le complment des faits...
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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES,...
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The Hero of Ticonderoga or, Ethan Allen and His Green Mountain BoysThe Hero of Ticonderoga; or, Ethan Allen and His Green Mountain Boys The first day of the year had been celebrated in a devout fashion by nearly all the inhabitants of the district. Truly, some stayed away from the meeting-house, and especially was the...
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Suma y narracion de los Incas, que los indios llamaron Capaccuna, que fueron señores de la ciudad del Cuzco y de todo lo á ella subjetoSuma y narracion de los Incas, que los indios llamaron Capaccuna, que fueron señores de la ciudad del Cuzco y de todo lo á ella subjetoDesde que por los aos de 1607 el erudito dominico fray Gregorio Garca di noticia en el proemio y...
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Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and PoetsRoyal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and PoetsIt is strange yet scarcely difficult to the imagination to realise the first embodiment of what is now Edinburgh in the far distance of the early ages. Neither Pict nor Scot has left any record of what...
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