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GlassGlass is a substance in so many ways connected with the conveniences and amenities of our daily life, and the word calls up so many varied associations, that I must here at the very beginning make clear with what a comparatively small proportion of...

L'Illustration, No. 1591, 23 Août 1873Texte: Histoire de la semaine.--Courrier de Paris, par M. Philibert Audebrand.--Nos gravures.--La Cage d'or, nouvelle, par M. G. de Chenille (suite).--Les Thtres.--Bulletin bibliographique.--Histoire de la Colonne (deuxime article).--Bigarrures anecdotiques: l'esprit de parti (suite). Gravures: Le chteau de Frohsdorff; vue...

Nuovi racconti - Dopo venticinque anni; Lo Specchio rotto; Il Parassita indipendente; Il Maestro di calligrafia; L'Orologio fermo; La Lettera di MargheritaIn un compartimento di prima classe, sulla linea Torino-Venezia, viaggiavano un giorno dell'autunno 1874 tre uomini soli. Fra due di essi vi era...

Naja tripudians Lasciamo fare a Madre Natura, disse Mr Williams, il medico di campagna, uscendo dalla camera della sofferente e chiudendo cautamente l'uscio dietro di s. E batt sulla spalla del marito, accasciato su una seggiola nel corridoio col capo tra le mani: Lasciamo...

Zum ewigen Frieden: Ein philosophischer EntwurfInkonsistenzen in der Rechtschreibung sind nicht korrigiert. Die Verbesserungen der Errata-Liste auf Seite 105 sind alle bernommen und mit einer graue Linie gekennzeichnet. Eine Liste der im Text vorgenommenen nderungen findet sich am Ende des Dokuments. Ob diese satyrische...

The Putnam Hall Rivals; or, Fun and Sport Afloat and AshoreMy Dear Boys: This tale of The Putnam Hall Rivals is a companion story to The Putnam Hall Cadets brought out about a year ago. It relates the further adventures of Jack Ruddy, Pepper...

Dixie Martin, the Girl of Woodford's CañonCarolina Martin, you get up this instant. Do you hear me? Ive called you sixteen times already, if tisnt twenty, and this the morning the new teacher starts at the old log schoolhouse over at Woodfords. You dont...

Tableau du climat et du sol des États-Unis d'Amérique - Suivi d'éclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur la colonie française au Scioto, sur quelques colonies canadiennes, et sur les sauvagesSUIVI DCLAIRCISSEMENTS SUR LA FLORIDE, SUR LA COLONIE FRANAISE A SCIOTO, SUR QUELQUES COLONIES CANADIENNES ET...

The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First ProfessorsI begin the history of the Royal Institution, and its professors to the time of Faraday, with the life of its founder, Count Rumford, because his career and character determined its original form. I have written short...

Reise nach dem skandinavischen Norden und der Insel Island im Jahre 1845. Erster Band.Die erste Reise, fr eine Frau allein, zwar auch schon ein ziemliches Wagestck, die knnte man ihr in Gottesnamen noch hingehen lassen; da mgen religise Ansichten zum Grunde gelegen haben, und...

Novelle e ghiribizziLe Novelle e i Ghiribizzi drammatici, raccolti in questo volume, salvo alcuni di questi ultimi, che ora si pubblicano per la prima volta, furono gi da tempo messi fuori dall'Autore, ma erano poco o punto noti, perch apparvero su qualche giornale, o...

The Adventures of Peter Cottontail PETER RABBIT! Peter Rabbit! I don't see what Mother Nature ever gave me such a common sounding name as that for. People laugh at me, but if I had a fine sounding name they wouldn't laugh. Some folks say...

War Days in Brittany By decree of the President of the Republic, the silver medal of the Reconnaissance Franaise was conferred on Mrs. Elsie Deming Jarves for the devotion she showed since the beginning of the war to our wounded. "Mrs. Deming Jarves, since...

The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole It was a cold frosty evening in December, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and the whole of the month had been unusually tempestuous. Throughout wide Britain, there are no shores on which the wind...

Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the GodsHISTORY and mythology, fact and fable, are closely interwoven in the texture of Japanese life and thought; indeed, it is within relatively recent years only that exact comparative criticism has been able, with some degree of...

Margareeta: Historiallisia kertomuksia IPeloittavan rajuksi oli kevttulva paisunut Tornionjoessa. Talvi oli ollut tavattoman luminen, ja myhksi oli ehtinyt kevtaika, ennenkuin ilmat lmpenivt. Mutta silloin suvesikin yht'kki, helteisesti paahteli piv lumista luontoa ja sulatti parissa pivss ohkaisiksi syvt nietokset. Rymisten ja kohisten oli joesta lhtenyt...

The Runaway Donkey, and Other Rhymes for ChildrenSeveral of the rhymed stories in this book are true stories, and children may enjoy them the more for knowing that Barney, a real donkey, did run away and play pranks as the rhymes say; that Midget...

O Napoleão de Notting Hill Para cada pequena cidade ou lugar Deus fez as estrelas especialmente; Os bebs olham para cima como corujas E as veem acima enroscadas em uma rvore: Voc viu uma lua nas colinas de Sussex, Uma lua de Sussex, parada,...

BalzacHis childhood was in no wise extraordinary, save for the avidity with which he read the Bible and the keen delight which he took in the possession of a little red violin. He was indifferent to romps and games, and when not lost in...

George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3)In the present edition of Crabbe's Poems the general arrangement adopted is that of the chronological order of publication. The poem entitled Midnight has been inserted at a conjectural date as belonging to the period of the Juvenile...