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The Philosophy of History, Vol. 2 of 2A regular history of the life of our Saviour, recounted like any other historical occurrence, would in my opinion be out of place in a philosophy of history. The subject is either too vast for profane history,...

The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815The period of English history covered by the contents of this book is one of very considerable interest, for within that period Great Britain rose to be a mighty power, saving Europe from destruction,...

Lincoln Day Entertainments - Recitations, Plays, Dialogues, Drills, Tableaux, Pantomimes, Quotations, Songs, Tributes, Stories, FactsIT IS especially fitting to issue this bookin fact, any book on the life and work of Abraham Lincolnat this time, just preceding the centennial of his birth. Insignificant as...

Harper's Young People, July 12, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyFor any one who wants to take a month's holiday, there are few better places than the islands of Orkney and Shetland and Faroe. They are a long way off, to be sure, and in...

Old People and the Things That PassCharles Pauws glanced at her quietly, with his little smile, his laugh at Mamma's ways. He was sitting with his mother after dinner, sipping his cup of coffee before going on to Elly. Steyn went out with Jack;...

The Motor Rangers' Cloud CruiserBut the stout and placid Joes unwonted look of apprehension found no reflection on the firm countenance of Nat Trevor, who stood as steadily at the wheel of the Nomad as if that sixty-foot, gasolene-driven craft was not, to use...

HavsbokenMilsvitt omkring fanns intet annat n vatten Kattegatts gra vgor, vilka mtte Nordsjns lnga dyningar och s vidare, undan fr undan, kring hela jordens rund. I denna vattenkens medelpunkt lg det lilla skret som kastat en samling klippor, nedsjunkna i vattnet, likt en skara...

The Unpopular Review Vol. I - January-June 1914The world has always been full of irrepressible conflicts, and will be as long as life is worth living in itand longer. There was one between centrifugal and centripetal force, at the very start (assuming a start),...

Vita di Francesco Burlamacchi Decadenza dei popoli graduata: difficilmente risorgono: e se risorgono, sentono per lungo tempo il sepolcro. Vilt nostra di che danni operatrice nel secolo decimosesto; diversit che passa tra dominatore che ti regge in casa e dominatore che ti regge di...

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 09 (of 20)Wherefore he deserves to be punished, not only as an enemy, but also as a traitor, both to you and to us. And indeed treason is as much worse than war as it is harder to...

Daughters of the Dominion: A Story of the Canadian FrontierNELL, Nell, where are you? I want you to give an eye to the dog; the creature has had a dreadful mauling, shouted Doss Umpey, in petulant tones. He had thrust his head in at...

Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigateOf one of the most delicious episodes in a long period of foreign travel, this volume is the imperfect and hastily written transcript. Even at the time it was written, the author felt its experience...

Life of Isaac Mason as a SlaveI have known Isaac Mason very well since 1850. He has done a great deal of work for me and my household. I know him to be an honest, faithful and intelligent man. I have not had time...

Heloise : ein kleiner RomanJene herbe Masse ist nun hinweggenommen, und eine bestimmte Wirklichkeit ist nur in soweit angedeutet, als die Empfindung, derselben wie eines Anlasses bedarf, um sich auszusprechen. Das Gefhl ist sich hier selbst der Gegenstand, und das Heldenmige in dieser Dichtung...

Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 5, December 1899 - Illustrated by Color Photography"Something must be done," Mr. Red-eyed Vireo was saying, as I sauntered down to the orchard and seated myself beneath an apple tree, "we have stood the imposition long enough....

Geoffrey the LollardMy chief authority for the facts which are interwoven with the fiction of this story is Fox, among whose horrors many curious and interesting accounts of the peculiar doctrines of the so-called Lollards may be found. Their views on the Sacraments and...

L'Illustration, No. 0072, 11 Juillet 1844Histoire de la Semaine. Le Conseil de l'Ordre des Avocats devant la cour royale.--Courrier de Paris. Mademoiselle Rachel dans Phdre et le Dpit Amoureux; les Mnestrels de la Virginie; la plus belle moiti du genre humain la Cour d'Assises.--Un...

The Old Dominion1st Impression, January, 1899 2nd " August, 1899 3rd " May, 1900 4th " July, 1900 5th " October, 1900 6th " February, 1901 7th " August, 1901 8th " August, 1902 9th " April, 1904 10th " (Pocket Edition) March, 1906...

Chronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 2 (de 4)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Paris, le 2...

Spitzen und ihre CharakteristikDie englischen Spitzen berhre ich nur flchtig, da sie mir zu wenig bekannt sind und ihr Unterschied nur eine Geschmackdifferenz der belgischen duchesse zu den englischen duchesse-honiton bedeutet. ber torchon-Cluny und alle die vielen Auvergnespitzen habe ich, was ihre Geschichte anbelangt,...