![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1) - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
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Keywords: English language
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| Homiliary on Gospels from Easter to first Sunday of Advent - Heiric, of Auxerre, ca. 841-ca. 876
Internet Archive's 2 millionth Text Scanned Handwritten in Latin by a number of scribes in a script inspired by the court of Charlemagne, this rare and beautiful treasure from the first millennium of Christianity, is one of the gems in the renowned collection of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. The Institute is dedicated to transmitting the inheritance of the Middle Ages to new generations; to deepening our understanding of the life and ideals of Western culture in the time of its...
Keywords: Homiliaries; Sermons, Latin
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| Dialogo de Cecco di Ronchitti ... in perpvosito de la stella nvova : ... con alcune ottaue d'incerto, per la medesima stella contra Aristotele - Ronchitti, Cecco di
Once attributed to Girolamo Spinelli; now believed to be the work of Galilei. Cf. Drake, Stillman. Galileo against the philosophers Galileo, a major progenitor of the Scientific Revolution was also a martyr of the new science. His career can be viewed as a series of controversies, beginning with his earliest published work on the ‘new star’ of 1604, written when he was already 40. He then moved on to the proportional compass, the telescopic discoveries of 1610, the ‘bodies in water’ and ...
Keywords: Lorenzini, Antonio, fl. 1606; Stars, New; Astronomy
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| De civitate Dei - St. Augustine
A native of France, Nicolas Jenson was one of the most important printers operating in Venice in the fifteenth century. Between c.1470 and 1480, Jenson produced around 150 books including the 1475 printing of St. Augustine's "De Civitate Dei" or "The City of God." The quality of Jenson's books influenced greatly the revival of fine printing in Britain in the nineteenth century. The great British typographer Stanley Morison (1889-1967) once said that Jenson produced "the perfect book of the perio...
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| Considerazioni d'Alimberto Mavri sopra alcvni lvoghi del Discorso di Lodouico delle Colombe intorno alla stella apparita 1604 - Mauri, Alimberto
Mauri is probably a pseudonym. Variously attributed to Marco Mauro, or Galileo Galilei. Cf. Melzi; Drake, Stillman. Galileo against the philosophers
Keywords: Colombe, Lodovico delle, fl. 1612; Stars, New; Astronomy
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| Airplane photography - Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953
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Keywords: Aerial photography
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| Who's who in China; containing the pictures and biographies of China's best known political, financial, business and professional men - Powell, John Benjamin, 1888-1947
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| A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes - Neil, Marion Harris
Includes index
Keywords: Cookery; Menus; cbk
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| The Candy maker's guide; a collection of choice recipes for sugar boiling - Fletcher Manufacturing Co
Keywords: Confectionery
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| Letters of Queen Elizabeth and King James VI of Scotland - Camden Society (Great Britain)
Superseded by Royal Historical Society. Publications. Camden third series
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| Songs of a sourdough - Service, Robert W. (Robert William), 1874-1958
Internet Archive Canada's 200,000 Digitized Text Poems was the first publication of author Robert W. Service and became instantly popular when it was published in 1907. There were 10 Canadian printings in that first year of publication, totaling 12,750 copies. The collection includes “ The Shooting of Dan McGrew” and “ The Cremation of Sam McGee”. Which have become classics taught in literature classes, recited widely, referenced in films and music such as the 1949 song "Dangerous Dan ...
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| Constructive anatomy - Bridgman, George Brant, 1864-1943
Includes index
Keywords: Anatomy, Artistic
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| View of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy - Pemberton, Henry, 1694-1771
Keywords: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727
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| Wayside and woodland blossoms : a pocket guide to British wild-flowers for the country rambler - Step, Edward, 1855-1931
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Keywords: Botany -- Great Britain; Wild flowers -- Great Britain Identification
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| Pride and prejudice - Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
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| Dracula - Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912
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| The art of war: the oldest military treatise in the world - Sun-tzu, 6th cent. B.C
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Keywords: Military art and science -- Early works to 1800
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| A general history of all voyages and travels throughout the old and new world, from the first ages to this present time, illustrating both the ancient and modern geography, containing an accurate description of each country, its natural history and product; the religion, customs, manners, trade, [etc.] of the inhabitants, and whatsoever is curious and remarkable in any kind. An account of all discoveries hitherto made in the most remote parts, and the great usefulness of such attempts, for improving both natural and experimental philosophy; with a catalogue of all authors that have ever describ'd any part of the world, an impartial judgment and criticism on their works for discerning between the reputable and fabulous relaters; and an extract of the lives of the most considerable travellers, made English from the Paris edition - Du Perier
Keywords: Voyages and travels
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| Eaton's Fall and Winter Catalogue 1899-1900 - T. Eaton Co
Keywords: T. Eaton Co; Commercial catalogs
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| Flatland : a romance of many dimensions - Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926
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| Dante's Inferno - Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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| Katchewanooka Herald (Lakefield, Ontario), 1855-1859 (Volume 1 and 2, 1855-1859) - Agricultural College
The Katchewanooka Herald is a handwritten newspaper created by agricultural students on Colonel Samuel Strickland's farm (the Agricultural College) during the mid-1800's. An article found in the February 15th, 1858 issue implies that the first volume covers the issues beginning April 14, 1856 and ending February 15, 1858. However, there are issues dated 1855. The words "Volume IInd" [Volume Two] are found in large script for the first time on the issue dated March 1st, 1858...
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| Little women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
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| Katchewanooka Herald (Lakefield, Ontario), 1855-1859: cartoons - Agricultural College
This item contains undated cartoons related to-- The Katchewanooka Herald is a handwritten newspaper created by agricultural students on Colonel Samuel Strickland's farm (the Agricultural College) during the mid-1800's. An article found in the February 15th, 1858 issue implies that the first volume covers the issues beginning April 14, 1856 and ending February 15, 1858. However, there are issues dated 1855...
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| Bicycle accessories : 1900 [catalogue - Rice Lewis & Son
Keywords: Rice Lewis & Son; Commercial catalogs; Bicycles -- Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Sporting goods; Firearms -- Catalogs; Tools -- Catalogs; Hammocks -- Catalogs; Building fittings -- Catalogs
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| The world as will and idea (Volume 1) - Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
Vol. 1
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| A Handbook of descriptive and practical astronomy - Chambers, George Frederick, 1841-1915
Vol. 1. The sun, planets, and comets.- Vol. 2. Instruments and practical astronomy.- Vol. 3. The starry heavens
Keywords: Astronomy
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| The War (Volume v. 1, no. 2) - Woodworth, Samuel, 1784-1842
"Being a faithful record of the transactions of the war between the United States of America and their territories, and the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dependencies thereof; declared on the eighteenth day of June, 1812."
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| A soldier's diary - Atkinson, George Scott, 1899-
This book currently has no description
Keywords: Atkinson, George Scott, 1899-; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English
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| Canadian Rose Bud : song book, containing all the popular songs of the day
Issue no. 2
Keywords: Song-books
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| Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus (Volume 1) - Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
With: Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus / by the author of The last man, Perkin Warbeck, &c. &c. London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831
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| A complete English-Latin dictionary; for the use of colleges and schools - Riddle, Joseph Esmond, 1804-1859
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Keywords: Latin language -- Dictionaries
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| Moby-Dick; or, The whale (Volume 1) - Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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| Manual of veterinary microbiology; - Mosselman, Gustave
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Keywords: Veterinary bacteriology
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| The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation - Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
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| Persuasion - Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
1st ed. published 1818
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| Sketching and rendering in pencil - Guptill, Arthur Leighton, 1891-1956
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Keywords: Pencil drawing; Drawing -- Study and teaching; Architectural drawing
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| A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland - Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892
Includes bibliographical references
Keywords: Gentry -- Ireland; Heraldry -- Ireland
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| The Toronto City Directory 1921 - Might Directories Ltd
Keywords: Toronto (Ont.) -- Directories
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| An English translation of the Sushruta samhita, based on original Sanskrit text. Edited and published by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna. With a full and comprehensive introd., translation of different readings, notes, comperative views, index, glossary and plates - Susruta
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Keywords: Medicine, Ayurvedic
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| Psychopathia Sexualis, with especial reference to the antipathic sexual instinct, a medico-forensic study; - Krafft-Ebing, R. von (Richard), 1840-1902
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Keywords: Sexual perversion
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| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
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| Handbook of marks on pottery [and] porcelain - Burton, William, 1863-
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Keywords: Pottery -- Marks
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| An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary : with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. (Volume 1) - Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Works used in the preparation of this dictionary: p. [lxxvii]-xcvi
Keywords: Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic Dictionaries
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| A new English and Spanish vocabulary : alphabetical and analogical - Arteaga y Pereira, Fernando de
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Keywords: Spanish language; English language
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| The war of the worlds - Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
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| The Ottawa City Directory 1909 - Might Directories Ltd
Keywords: Ottawa (Ont.) -- Directories
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| An English-Japanese dictionary of the spoken language - Satow, Ernest Mason, Sir, 1843-1929
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Keywords: Japanese language -- Dictionaries English; English language -- Dictionaries Japanese
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| Dictionnaire sanskrit-français - Stchoupak, Nadine
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Keywords: Sanskrit language -- Dictionaries French
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| Library classification and numbering system - parker, Henry William
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