An excerpt from Napoleon and St. Helena, 1815-1816, by Roger Morriss, describing Admiral George Cockburn sailing Napoleon to exile to the island of St. Helena.…
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-- Author(s) Anonymous, London, 1647 To the Right Honorable the Keepers of the Liberties of Venus; The Worshipful Court of Female-Assistants, &c. The Humble Petition…
From: The Women’s Petition Against Coffee —Anonymously published pamphlet (1647). Our men in former ages were justly esteemed the ablest performers in Christendom, but…
[by Jess McHugh] In 1870 a flaneur could stroll from the towering iron arches of the newly constructed Les Halles marketplace and in just a…