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The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1

Thomson, A. T., Mrs., 1797-1862; Wharton, Philip, 1834-1860

The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1 — English source edition. Subject: Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th century.

Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th centuryGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th centurySocialites -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2

Thomson, A. T., Mrs., 1797-1862; Wharton, Philip, 1834-1860

The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2 — English source edition. Subject: Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th century.

Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th centuryGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th centurySocialites -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis Hughes

Hughes, Louis, 1832-1913

Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis H...

African Americans -- BiographyEnslaved persons -- United States -- BiographyHughes, Louis, 1832-
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Travels through France and Italy

Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771; Seccombe, Thomas, 1866-1923 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Travels through France and Italy — English source edition. Subject: France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.

France -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryFrance -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800Italy -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur"

Eddy, Arthur Jerome, 1859-1920

Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" — English sou...

United States -- Description and travelUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918Eddy, Arthur Jerome, 1859-1920 -- Travel -- United States
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Vierzig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Toten. Band 1 Hinterlassene Papiere eines französisch-deutschen Offiziers

Friederich, Johann Konrad, 1789-1858; Rauscher, Ulrich, 1884-1930 [Editor]

Vierzig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Toten. Band 1 Hinterlassene Papiere eines französisch-deutschen Offiziers — German source edition. Subject: France -- His...

France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815Europe -- Description and travelEurope -- Social life and customs
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Vierzig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Toten. Band 2 Hinterlassene Papiere eines französisch-deutschen Offiziers

Friederich, Johann Konrad, 1789-1858; Rauscher, Ulrich, 1884-1930 [Editor]

Vierzig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Toten. Band 2 Hinterlassene Papiere eines französisch-deutschen Offiziers — German source edition. Subject: France -- His...

France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815Europe -- Description and travelEurope -- Social life and customs
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Vierzig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Toten. Band 3 Hinterlassene Papiere eines französisch-deutschen Offiziers

Friederich, Johann Konrad, 1789-1858; Rauscher, Ulrich, 1884-1930 [Editor]

Vierzig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Toten. Band 3 Hinterlassene Papiere eines französisch-deutschen Offiziers — German source edition. Subject: France -- His...

France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815Europe -- Description and travelEurope -- Social life and customs
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Village Life in America 1852-1872, Including the Period of the American Civil War As Told in the Diary of a School-Girl

Richards, Caroline Cowles, 1842-1913; Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth Munson, 1838-1912 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Village Life in America 1852-1872, Including the Period of the American Civil War As Told in the Diary of a School-Girl — English source edition. Subject:...

Richards, Caroline Cowles, 1842-1913Canandaigua (N.Y.) -- Social life and customsCanandaigua (N.Y.) -- History
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.

Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Fuller, Arthur B. (Arthur Buckminster), 1822-1862 [Editor]

Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. — English source edition. Subject: Feminism.

FeminismWomen -- Social and moral questionsWomen's rights
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