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"Manners and Tone of Society, or Solecisms to be Avoided" is a comprehensive guide to polite society and etiquette, first published in 1897. Including chapters on everything from holding dinner parties and attending balls to horse rising and hunting, this volume contains everything young ladies and gentlemen of the aristocracy needed to know. Contents include: "introductory Remarks", "Leaving Cards", "Morning Calls", "Introductions", "The Colloquial...
363) An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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English
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Published in 1829 in Philadelphia, Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts was an unknown "American physician's" adaptation of a best-selling British reference book by Colin Mackenzie. The book is an all-encompassing miscellanea of household information specifically revised from its original British publication for use in the United States. Covering everything from gardening, metallurgy, and pickling and preserving to...
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"This Book is Designed more Particularly for Club-Houses and Rooms, for Steamboats, Sample Rooms, and the Gentleman's Sideboard. To the Recipes for Beverages there has been Appended a Number of other Valuable Suggestions and Recipes."This vintage book contains a comprehensive and practical guide to preparing all kinds of plain and fancy mixed drinks and popular beverages, with directions for making cocktails containing absinthe, cider, vermouth, sherry,...
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Gathered in this booklet are the heartfelt stories of more than 75 A.A. members from around the world who share what the phrases "Higher Power" and "God as we understood Him" mean to them. The title - the first three words in the second of A.A.'s Twelve Steps - hints at the book's theme: that recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous is not a destination, but a spiritual journey that takes place over time, while living "life on life's terms."
Sometimes...
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In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on his third and final expedition into the Canadian Arctic to force the Northwest Passage. After two years with no word, a £20,000 reward was offered to anyone who could find the expedition, leading to many rescue attempts. Two such attempts were undertaken by Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857), American explorer and United States Navy medical officer. Despite...
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El Cantar de Mío Cid es estudiado como el primer texto del habla castellana de valor literario. Esta edición del cantar en prosa y castellano moderno, preparada por el profesor Cedomil Goić, ha conservado en lo posible la movilidad y animación narrativa del juglar medieval. Los encabezamientos de las tiradas fueron fijados por don Ramón Menéndez Pidal en su edición magistral del poema.
375) Cindrella
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English
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A collection of 53 stories from anonymous writers. Ideal for story-telling or reading to children.
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Español
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Flamenca es la bella esposa de Archimbaut, un caballero enamorado y celoso que la recluye en una torre, sólo le permite salir a los oficios religiosos y a tomar baños medicinales. En tanto, el virtuoso Guillermo se enamora de oídas de ella, la espía y apenas logra atisbar su rostro; aunque, con la ayuda de Amor, ambos se conocen en los sueños. Luego de largas dubitaciones, llegan los encuentros y el abandono a los placeres.
El román de Flamenca...
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Duke Classics
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2012
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English
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To reach the pinnacle of success in the famously competitive Russian ballet, you have to be able to withstand pain. Tough-as-nails Mariska grew up in a household where corporal punishment was the norm, so she has what it takes to make it to the very top of the dance world. Over time, she begins to find a kind of solace in her suffering. When this gorgeous young girl starts to blossom sexually, she finds her new sensual awareness and her predilection
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