Memoirs of the Baroness D'Oberkirch, Countess de Montbrison, Том 2

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Стр. 297 - WORKS OF LADY MORGAN. 1. WOMAN AND HER MASTER. A History of the Female Sex from the earliest Period. 2 vols., 12s. 2. THE BOOK OF THE BOUDOIR. 2 vols., 10s. 3. LIFE AND TIMES OF SALVATOR ROSA. 2 vols., 12s 4. THE O'BRIENS AND THE O'FLAHERTYS. 4 vols., 14= PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN. 13 JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE, Comprising the Narrative of A THREE YEARS' CAPTIVITY IN JAPAN; With an Account of British Commercial Intercourse with that Country.
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Стр. 292 - ... political reasons to remain so, have been placed at his disposal ; while all the leading characters of the empire, who were alive when the author undertook the present history, have supplied him with a mass of incidents and anecdotes which have never before appeared in print, and the accuracy and value of which may be inferred from the fact of these parties having been themselves eyewitnesses of, or actors in, the great events of the period. *«* To prevent disappointment, the public are requested...

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