18 books like Shi shuo xin yu
Gentle craft
The history of sampler-maki9ng is as colorful and varied as the craft itself. In this lavishly illustrated book, Anne Sebba charts the rise of the sampler in Great Britain and America from its sixteenth-century origins to its present day popularity among collectors of antiques.
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A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility HallIsaac Hunt
A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility Hall
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How to Fail in Literature (Reprint)
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Curiosities of literature
In "Curiosities of Literature," Isaac Disraeli offers a captivating anthology that intricately weaves the realms of literature, history, and philosophy. The book comprises a series of essays exploring the eccentricities and lesser-known facets of literary figures, cultural traditions, and historical anecdotes. Disraeli's prose is characterized by its eloquent style and a careful attention to…
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The theory & practice of gamesmanship
Gamesmanship as a civilised art is as old as the competitive spirit in man. It is polite psychological warfare. It is the moral equivalent of assault and battery. It is, as the subject of this book points out, The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating. Anyone who has ever played any games for keeps has discovered the Gamesman either in himself or in an opponent. In its simplest terms the…
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The book of snobs
Thackeray contributed regularly to Fraser's Magazine, Morning Chronicle, New Monthly Magazine and The Times. His writings attracted first attention in Punch, where he satirized English snobbery. These sketches reappeared in 1848 as The Book of Snobs, stating in it that "he who meanly admires mean things is a Snob."
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Harris's list of Covent-garden ladies: or, New Atalantis for the year 1764
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Anecdotes médicales; bons mots, pensées et maximes, chansons, épigrammes, etc
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Stories of American life and adventure
The principal aim of this book is to make the reader acquainted with American life and manners in other times. The history of life has come to be esteemed of capital importance, but it finds, as yet, small place in school instruction. The stories and sket.
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Passages from the diary of a late physician
The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order.
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Jōzan kidanJōzan Yuasa
Jōzan kidan
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A fable for critics
A Fable for Critics By James Russell LowellA Fable for Critics is a book-length poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the time and brought notoriety to its author.A Fable for Critics satirized many of the most important figures in American literature at the time, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and…
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A Parody Outline of History
Mr. H. G. Wells, in his Outline of History, was of necessity forced to omit the narration of many of the chief events in the history of these United States. Such omissions I have in this brief volume endeavored to supply. And as American history can possibly best be written by Americans and as we have among us no H. G. Wells, I have imagined an American history as written conjointly by a group of…
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Terrible tractoration
With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world.
Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We…
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Zahradníkův rok
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Escenas matritenses
El interés de Mesonero Romanos por su ciudad natal dio como fruto algunas de sus obras más importantes, como esta, en la que reflejó la moralidad matritense.
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Sketches Of The Irish Bar V2
The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse.
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"Speaking of operations--"
Article from The Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 6, 1915, vol. 188, no. 19.
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