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Hector Berlioz Life of Henriette Sontag, Countess de Rossi. with Interesting Sketches by Scudo, Hector Berlioz, Louis Boe

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Hector Berlioz[1] (French: [ɛktɔʁ bɛʁljoːz]; 11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for [more]

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself

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_The Author's Account Of His Country, And Their Manners And Customs--Administration Of Justice--Embrenche--Marriage Ceremony, And Public Entertainments--Mode Of Living--Dress--Manufactures Buildings--Commerce--Agriculture--War And Religion--Superstition Of The Natives--Funeral Ceremonies Of The Priests Or Magicians--Curious Mode Of Discovering Poison--Some Hints Concerning The Origin Of The Author's Countrymen, With The Opinions Of Different Writers On That Subject._ [more]

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Ten Years' Exile Memoirs Of That Interesting Period Of The Life Of The Baroness De Stael-Holstein

Anne Louise Germaine Necker Baronne (Baroness) De Stael-Holstein Ten Years' Exile Memoirs Of That Interesting Period Of The Life Of The Baroness De Stael-Holstein

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It Is Not With The View Of Occupying The Public Attention With What Relates To Myself, That I Have Determined To Relate The Circumstances Of My Ten Years' Exile; The Miseries Which I Have Endured, However Bitterly I May Have Felt Them, Are So Trifling In The Midst Of The Public Calamities Of Which We Are Witnesses, That I Should Be Ashamed To Speak Of Myself If The Events Which Concern Me Were Not In Some Degree Connected With The Great Cause Of Threatened Humanity. [more]

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African (Fiscal Part I) Writte

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I Believe It Is Difficult For Those Who Publish Their Own Memoirs To Escape The Imputation Of Vanity; Nor Is This The Only Disadvantage Under Which They Labour: It Is Also Their Misfortune, That What Is Uncommon Is Rarely, If Ever, Believed, And What Is Obvious We Are Apt To Turn From With Disgust, And To Charge The Writer With Impertinence. People Generally Think Those Memoirs Only Worthy To Be Read Or Remembered Which Abound In Great Or Striking Events, Those, In Short, Which In a High Degree Excite Either Admiration Or Pity: All Others They Consign To Contempt And Oblivion. [more]

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African (Fiscal Part I)

Biography & Autobiography
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The Author'S Account Of His Country, And Their Manners And Customs--Administration Of Justice--Embrenche--Marriage Ceremony, And Public Entertainments--Mode Of Living--Dress--Manufactures Buildings--Commerce--Agriculture--War And Religion--Superstition Of The Natives--Funeral Ceremonies Of The Priests Or Magicians--Curious Mode Of Discovering Poison--Some Hints Concerning The Origin Of The Author'S Countrymen, With The Opinions Of Different Writers On That Subject. [more]

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African (fiscal part I)

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I Believe It Is Difficult For Those Who Publish Their Own Memoirs To Escape The Imputation Of Vanity; Nor [more]

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African (Fiscal Part I)

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I Believe It Is Difficult For Those Who Publish Their Own Memoirs To Escape The Imputation Of Vanity; Nor Is This The Only Disadvantage Under Which They Labour: It Is Also Their Misfortune, That What Is Uncommon Is Rarely, If Ever, Believed, And What Is Obvious We Are Apt To Turn From With Disgust, And To Charge The Writer With Impertinence. People Generally Think Those Memoirs Only Worthy To Be Read Or Remembered Which Abound In Great Or Striking Events, Those, In Short, Which In a High Degree Excite Either Admiration Or Pity: All Others They Consign To Contempt And Oblivion. It Is Therefore, I Confess, Not A Little Hazardous In a Private And Obscure Individual, [more]

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa,The African (Fiscal Part I)

Biography & Autobiography
English
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I Believe It Is Difficult For Those Who Publish Their Own Memoirs To Escape The Imputation Of Vanity; Nor Is This The Only Disadvantage Under Which They Labour: It Is Also Their Misfortune, That What Is Uncommon Is Rarely, If Ever, Believed, And What Is Obvious We Are Apt To Turn From With Disgust, And To Charge The Writer With Impertinence. People Generally Think Those Memoirs Only Worthy To Be Read Or Remembered Which Abound In Great Or Striking Events, Those, In Short, Which In a High Degree Excite Either Admiration Or Pity: All Others They Consign To Contempt And Oblivion. [more]

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Anne Louise Germaine Necker, Baronne De Stael-Holstein Ten Years' Exile Memoirs Of That Interesting Period Of The Life Of The Baroness De Stael Holstein

Short Story
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It Is Not With The View Of Occupying The Public Attention With What Relates To Myself, That I Have Determined To Relate The Circumstances Of My Ten Years' Exile; The Miseries Which I Have Endured, However Bitterly I May Have Felt Them, Are So Trifling In The Midst Of The Public Calamities Of Which We Are Witnesses, That I Should Be Ashamed To Speak Of Myself If The Events Which Concern Me Were Not In Some Degree Connected With The Great Cause Of Threatened Humanity. The Emperor Napoleon, Whose Character Exhibits Itself Entire In Every Action Of His Life, Has Persecuted Me With A Minute Anxiety, With An Ever Increasing Activity, With An Inflexible Rudeness; And My Connections With Him Contributed To Make Him Known To Me, Long Before Europe Had Discovered The Key Of The Enigma. [more]

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself

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Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa (/ˈvæsə/), was a [more]

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