eBooks

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 We saw George I. at Berlin in October, 1723, looking out upon his little Grandson drilling the Cadets there; but we did not mention what important errand had brought his Majesty thither. Visits between Hanover...

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 Of Friedrich's childhood, there is not, after all our reading, much that it would interest the English public to hear tell of. Perhaps not much of knowable that deserves anywhere to be known. Books on...

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 Burggraf Friedrich, on his first coming to Brandenburg, found but a cool reception as Statthalter. ["Johannistage" (24 June) "1412," he first set foot in Brandenburg, with due escort, in due state; only Statthalter (Viceregent) as...

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 The Brandenburg Countries, till they become related to the Hohenzollern Family which now rules there, have no History that has proved memorable to mankind. There has indeed been a good deal written under that title;...

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01 About fourscore years ago, there used to be seen sauntering on the terraces of Sans Souci, for a short time in the afternoon, or you might have met him elsewhere at an earlier hour, riding...

Bibeln, Gamla och Nya TestamentetEvangelium enligt Matteus Evangelium enligt Markus Evangelium enligt Lukas Evangelium enligt Johannes Apostlagrningarna Paulus' brev till romarna Paulus' frsta brev till korintierna Paulus' andra brev till korintierna Paulus' brev till galaterna Paulus' brev till efesierna Paulus' brev till filipperna Paulus'...

A History of the Moravian Church For assistance in the preparation of this second edition, I desire herewith to express my obligations to several friends:To the late Rev. L. G. Hass, B.D., whose knowledge of Moravian history was profound, and who guided me safely...

A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed...

The Sign of the Four Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. For some...

A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest Transcriber's Note: In this Etext, printed text in italics has been written in capital letters. Many words in the printed text have accents, etc. which have been omitted. Dipthongs have been...

Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States With the growing population in the Southern States, the increase of mulattoes has been very great. Society does not frown upon the man who sits with his half-white child upon his knee whilst the mother stands, a...

The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4I had the Pleasure of receiving your Letter dated at York the 23d of Novr last, which mentions your having before written to me by a young Gentn Capt Romane who was to pass through this Place...

The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce...

The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce...

Peach Blossom Shangri-la: Tao Hua Yuan JiNote from the translators: This file contains this well-known Chinese story in both English translation and the Chinese original. If your computer is not set up to read BIG5 encoding, the Chinese will appear as garbage characters. During...

On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species' To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday;...

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 led to comprehend true affinities. My theory would give zest to recent & Fossil Comparative Anatomy: it would lead to study of instincts, heredity, & mind heredity, whole metaphysics, it would lead to closest examination...

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the man could...

The Slowcoach Once upon a time there was a nice family. Its name was Avory, and it lived in an old house in Chiswick, where the Thames is so sad on grey days and so gay on sunny ones. Mr.or rather CaptainAvory was dead;...

Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus A very few words may suffice by way of introduction to this translation of the Cyropaedia. Professor Jowett, whose Plato represents the high-water mark of classical translation, has given us the following reminders: "An English translation ought to be...