Poe - History 1

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ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES is very generally looked upon as the Gog of the prophet Ezekiel. This honor is, however, more properly attributable to Cambyses, the son of Cyrus. And, indeed, the character of t……続きを見る

I AM a business man. I am a methodical man. Method is the thing, after all. But there are no people I more heartily despise than your eccentric fools who prate about method without understanding it;……続きを見る

What o’clock is it? Old Saying. EVERYBODY knows, in a general way, that the finest place in the world is- or, alas, was- the Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss. Yet as it lies some distance from a……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: EDGAR POE, SA VIE ET SES OEUVRES[1] par Charles Baudelaire (1856). ...Quelque maître malheureux à qui l'inexorable Fatalité a donné une chasse acharnée, toujours plus acharnée, jusqu'à ce q……続きを見る

Is Russian history one big inevitable failure? The Soviet Union's demise and Russia's ensuing troubles have led many to wonder. But this is to look through a skewed prism indeed. In this provocative……続きを見る

A History of Communications advances a theory of media that explains the origins and impact of different forms of communication - speech, writing, print, electronic devices and the Internet - on hum……続きを見る

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Hear the sledges with the bellsーSilver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars, that oversprinkle All the ……続きを見る

A deconstruction of the modern history book as artifact, How to Read a History Book explains who writes history books, how the writers are trained, and why they write them. It also discusses genre, ……続きを見る

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Maelzel's Chess-Player' is a captivating and enigmatic short story that delves into the realms of mystery and deception. Poe's intricate literary style, with its dark and eerie un……続きを見る

Many years after the death of Billy the Kid, Deputy John William Poe, who was just outside the door when Sheriff Pat Garrett killed him, wrote out the whole story, which was published in a small edi……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Journal of Julius Rodman - Being an Account of the First Passage across the Rocky Mountains of North America Ever Achieved by Civilized Man" is formatted for your ……続きを見る

The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, as Mr. Gilbert Chesterton begins one of his books by saying, has half its members in Asia. That Americans should know something about so consid……続きを見る

Il y a quelques années, je me liai intimement avec un M. William Legrand. Il était d'une ancienne famille protestante, et jadis il avait été riche; mais une série de malheurs l'avait réduit à la mis……続きを見る

During the last few years every incident in the life of Edgar Poe has been subjected to microscopic investigation. The result has not been altogether satisfactory. On the one hand, envy and prejudic……続きを見る

Discover the rich history of Jackson County, West Virginia through vintage images in this pictorial history. On October 28, 1770, George Washington entered present-day Jackson County by traveling so……続きを見る

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PRESUME everybody has heard of me. My name is the Signora Psyche Zenobia. This I know to be a fact. Nobody but my enemies ever calls me Suky Snobbs. I have been assured that Suky is but a vulgar cor……続きを見る

En una mañana fría y húmeda llegué por primera vez al inmenso país de los Estados Unidos. Iba el steamer despacio, y la sirena aullaba roncamente por temor de un choque. Quedaba atrás Fire Island co……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: INTRODUCTION La vie d'Edgar Allan Poe n'est plus à raconter: ses derniers traducteurs français, s'inspirant des travaux définitifs de son nouvel éditeur J.H. Ingram, l'ont éloquemment vengé……続きを見る

Dans ces derniers temps, un malheureux fut amené devant nos tribunaux, dont le front était illustré d'un rare et singulier tatouage: Pas de chance! Il portait ainsi au-dessus de ses yeux l'étiquette……続きを見る

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This study analyzes contributions made by Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) to the development of Pan-African agency from the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester to the military coup d'etat of Nkrumah's……続きを見る

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Journal of Julius Rodman' is a captivating novel that follows the adventurous journey of Julius Rodman as he explores the uncharted territories of the American frontier. The b……続きを見る

Rare sont ceux capables d'inventer ou de déchiffrer les messages codifiés. Il en existe cependant une incroyable variété, avec tous une logique différente.En professionnel du sujet, Edgar Allan Poe ……続きを見る

Discover the ghostly presences that haunt this historic region of the South and its famed universityーphotos included! The Auburn and Opelika region is home to one of the most historic universities ……続きを見る

The Pirate Bay Collection stands as a monumental anthology, weaving together the rich tapestry of pirate-themed narratives across history, true stories, and the most celebrated pirate novels. This c……続きを見る

The interdependence of Shakespeare’s dramatic art with the form of theatre for which Shakespeare wrote his plays is seldom emphasized. The ordinary reader and the everyday critic have no historic kn……続きを見る

This special bundle is your essential guide to all things concerning Canada’s polar regions, which make up the majority of Canada’s territory but are places most of us will never visit. The Arctic h……続きを見る