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The Gunner's ExaminerAs was stated in the preface of the first edition, this book will be revised from year to year as the rules of gunnery change, and this revision is made merely to bring the book up to date. It is intended in...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 06, June 1900 - The Duomo and the Campanile: Florence; Grotesques from "It was in the middle of the thirteenth century," writes Symonds, "during the long struggle for independence carried on by the republics of...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 05, May 1900 - Chippendale ChairsIt is only within recent times that movable chairs have become common and indispensable. Seats of some kind must have been used from the time when houses were first built,...

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England "I am as a spirit who has dwelt Within his heart of hearts; and I have felt His feelings, and have thought his thoughts, and known The inmost converse of his soul, the...

Veronica Cybo Rovistando tra i miei fogli, i quali troppo pi spesso che non faceva di bisogno patirono disoneste invasioni, io ho trovato la espressione dei sentimenti che mi animavano verso di te, inclito amico, allora quando, volgono adesso venti e pi anni, io...

Traduzioni Nel tempo che Firenze per le male fazioni dei Guelfi e dei Ghibellini andava divisa, la nimicizia che si portavano grandissima le famiglie dei Bardi e dei Buondelmonti ferocemente incrudeliva. Quindi di rado accadeva che amore trovasse luogo fra loro; ma se pure...

Pensieri, Discorsi, Illustrazioni Riposa in pace, o donna di provincie, o alma genitrice di eroi! Bene sia che la tua mano si riposi lungamente, dacch per troppo lunghi secoli ella stringesse lo scettro dei popoli della terra! Alla tua Aquila si logorarono le ali...

I Bianchi e i Neri: Dramma Nel 1300 la detta citt (di Pistoia) haveva assai nobili e possenti cittadini, infra i quali una schiatta di nobili e possenti cittadini e gentil'huomini, li quali si chiamavano Canceglieri, et havea quella schiatta in quel tempo dieciotto...

Sir Charles NapierTen miles west of Dublin, on the north bank of the Liffey, stands a village of a single street, called Celbridge. In times so remote that their record only survives in a name, some Christian hermit built here himself a cell for...

Novelleja DecameronestaBoccaccio on luonut taiteellisen kertomakirjallisuuden, on ensimisen antanut elvlle elmlle sijan kirjallisuudessa, ollut tienraivaajana renessanssin elmnhalun ja ihmistuntemisen ilmaisemiselle sek ensimisen asettanut realismin, luonnonmukaisuuden, kertomarunouden varsinaiseksi pohjaksi; hn on sen lisksi ensimisen antanut italialaiselle proosatyylille sen taiteellisen varmuuden. Siin lyhyesti hnen merkityksens ja...

Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 5 [December 1902] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyOnly a very limited portion of the United States is beautified by the presence of the bright colored Hooded Oriole. The North has the richly plumaged Baltimore oriole for a short...

Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyIn years gone by, when large sections of the United States were covered with deeply wooded virgin forests frequented only by denizens of the wildwood, the Pileated Woodpecker was an abundant...

Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 3 [August 1902] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyThe sun-birds bear a similar relation to the oriental tropics that the humming birds do to the warmer regions of the Western hemisphere. Both have a remarkably brilliant plumage which is...

Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 2 [July 1902] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyThere are two varieties of this species, the Palm or Red-poll Warbler, and the yellow palm or yellow red-poll warbler. The latter is a native of the Atlantic States and breeds...

Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 1 [June 1902] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyMarked among its kind by no ordinary beauty of form and brilliancy of color, the Kite courses through the air with a grace and buoyancy it would be vain to rival....

The Philosophy of Immanuel KantThere is a story that Schopenhauer used to begin his lectures on Kant by saying: "Let no one tell you what is contained in the Critique of Pure Reason." The writer of this little book hopes that no one will...

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 04, April 1900 - The Petit Trianon: Versailles; English Carved FireplacesDuring the first years of his reign, Louis the XIV. of France resided, as his predecessors had, at St. Germain in summer; but for some...

Spanish Arms and Armour - Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of MadridIN compiling this volume I believe I can claim, in a sense, to have broken new ground, for although a description of the Spanish Royal Armoury finds a...

Kurjat II: Cosette1. Mit matkustaja nkee Nivellesin tiell. 2. Hougomont. 3. 18 piv keskuuta vuonna 1815. 4. A. 5. Taistelujen Quid Obscurum. 6. Kello nelj iltapivll. 7. Napoleon hyvll tuulella. 8. Keisari tiedustelee erst asiaa oppaaltaan Lacostelta. 9. Odottamaton nky. 10. Mont-Saint-Jeanin yltasanko. 11....

Kurjat I: Fantine1. Herra Myriel. 2. Herra Myrielist tulee hnen ylhisyytens Bienvenu. 3. Hyvll piispalla hankala hiippakunta. 4. Teot ja sanat sopusoinnussa keskenn. 5. Miten hnen ylhisyytens Bienvenu sai pukunsa kestmn kauvan. 6. Ket hn kytti talonsa vartijana. 7. Cravatte. 8. Viisaustiedett viinilasin ress....