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Some Writings and Speeches of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton In the Last Year of His Life — George Stovin Venables

Some Writings and Speeches of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton In the Last Year of His Life

George Stovin Venables

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The British essayists: with prefaces : historical and biographical Volume 39 — Alexander Chalmers

The British essayists: with prefaces : historical and biographical Volume 39

Alexander Chalmers

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Certain Accepted Heroes And Other Essays In Literature And Politics — Henry Cabot Lodge

Certain Accepted Heroes And Other Essays In Literature And Politics

Henry Cabot Lodge

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The Banner Displayed Or An Abridgment Of Guillim: Being A Complete System Of Heraldry, In All Its Parts, With Proper Cuts And Tables (1728) — John Guillim

The Banner Displayed Or An Abridgment Of Guillim: Being A Complete System Of Heraldry, In All Its Parts, With Proper Cuts And Tables (1728)

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Sloppy Or: Doing It All Wrong — Rax King

Sloppy Or: Doing It All Wrong

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Five Essays On The Art Of Ignacio Zuloaga (1909) — Don Miguel Utrillo

Five Essays On The Art Of Ignacio Zuloaga (1909)

Don Miguel Utrillo

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Carmel In Ireland: A Narrative Of The Irish Province Of Teresian; Or Discalced Carmelites, A.D. 1625-1896 (1903) — James Patrick Rushe

Carmel In Ireland: A Narrative Of The Irish Province Of Teresian; Or Discalced Carmelites, A.D. 1625-1896 (1903)

James Patrick Rushe

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times — Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Lectures on Physiology On Animal Electricity — Augustus Désiré Waller

Lectures on Physiology On Animal Electricity

Augustus Désiré Waller

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Dei Sepolcri Carme Di Ugo Foscolo — Ugo Foscolo

Dei Sepolcri Carme Di Ugo Foscolo

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The Shadow on the Dial, and Other Essays — Bierce Ambrose

The Shadow on the Dial, and Other Essays

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Lectures on the Apocalypse Critical, Expository, & Practical — Christopher Wordsworth

Lectures on the Apocalypse Critical, Expository, & Practical

Christopher Wordsworth

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

A Portrait of George Moore in a Study of His Work — John Freeman

A Portrait of George Moore in a Study of His Work

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The British essayists: with prefaces, historical and biographical Volume 31 — Alexander Chalmers

The British essayists: with prefaces, historical and biographical Volume 31

Alexander Chalmers

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The Attica Of Pausanias (1907) — Pausanias

The Attica Of Pausanias (1907)

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

A Cheerful Ascetic and Other Essays — James J. Daly

A Cheerful Ascetic and Other Essays

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Unbound Notes from a Reluctant Disability Activist — Ben Mattlin

Unbound Notes from a Reluctant Disability Activist

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë — Daphne Du Maurier

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë

Daphne Du Maurier

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Thoughts On Friendship, By Way Of Essay: For The Use And Improvement Of The Ladies (1725) — Well-Wisher To Her Sex

Thoughts On Friendship, By Way Of Essay: For The Use And Improvement Of The Ladies (1725)

Well-Wisher To Her Sex

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The Art of the Personal Essay An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present — Phillip Lopate

The Art of the Personal Essay An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Le Chateau des Tuileries; Ou, Récit de Ce Qui S’est Passé Dans l’intérieur de Ce Palais, Depuis Sa Construction Jusqu’au 18 Brumaire de l’an VIII, Avec des Particularités Sur la Visite Que le Lord Bedfort y a Faite Après le 10 Août 1792, Dans Laq… 1 — Pierre Joseph Alexis Roussel

Le Chateau des Tuileries; Ou, Récit de Ce Qui S’est Passé Dans l’intérieur de Ce Palais, Depuis Sa Construction Jusqu’au 18 Brumaire de l’an VIII, Avec des Particularités Sur la Visite Que le Lord Bedfort y a Faite Après le 10 Août 1792, Dans Laq… 1

Pierre Joseph Alexis Roussel

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Luke Gridley’s Diary Of 1757 While In Service In The French And Indian War — Luke Gridley

Luke Gridley’s Diary Of 1757 While In Service In The French And Indian War

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

The Palace Of Glass And The Gathering Of The People: A Book For The Exhibition (1851) — John Stoughton

The Palace Of Glass And The Gathering Of The People: A Book For The Exhibition (1851)

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

Irish Impressions — G K Chesterton

Irish Impressions — G K Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Themes: Essays & Correspondence • Essays • Literature & Fiction

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