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Tükör darabok az önismeret és emberismeret világábólIsmerd meg magadat s magad ltal az embereket; ez ismeret nlkl tudomnyod holt tudomny. Thalestl napjainkig e szavak viszhangzottak a blcsek ajkain: s valljon mi sikerrel? Az ember klns lny: feledve nmagt a klvilg forradalmaiba sovrg, dltl jig,...

The Road to Bunker HillNothing ever happens in this town, said Eben Poore, dangling his long legs over the edge of the wharf, and looking down river to the open sea. The sky was pale, almost white above the long sand bar of Plum...

Fiander's Widow: A NovelThe sale was over: live stock, implements, corn and hay, turnips and potatoes, even apples, had duly been entered to their various buyers; and now such smaller articles as milk-pails, cheese-tubs, cream-tins, weights and scales, and other items of a dairy-farmers...

Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot - Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend upon the zeal...

Ascanio "Never perhaps," says Miss Pardoe (in the Preface to the "Court and Reign of Francis I."), "did the reign of any European sovereign present so many and such varying phases. A contest for empire, a captive monarch, a female regency, and a religious...

The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900For this Anthology I have tried to range over the whole field of English Verse from the beginning, or from the Thirteenth Century to this closing year of the Nineteenth, and to choose the best. Nor have I...

The PioneerThe old ship wheezed and clattered into the landing slot. Greg was an expert pilot, but skill was no substitute for outdated equipment. He unstrapped the safety webbing and eased himself out of the cabin, cluttered with its worn and scarred electronic gadgetry....

Lord Alistair's RebellionOut in the fog-haunted region between the bridges the movement of the red and green-eyed steam-tugs, clutching invisible barges and dragging them away into the darkness, seemed like a shadow-show in which grotesque demons were hunting the souls of men. Along the...

Elementary Course in Woodwork - Designed for use in high and technical schools, with one hundred and thirty-four illustrations: First EditionThe character and object of this book is set forth on its title page. It is a manual designed principally for the practical assistance...

Birálatok, 1861-1903E m, a mint a nvtelen tdolgoz is megjegyzi, Jerrold Douglas ily czm munkjnak Mrs. Caudles curtain lectures (Caudlen gybeli leczki) tdolgozsa. A jeles angol humoristnak bizonyosan egyik legsikerltebb mve. Biztosan, mvszi kzzel s llektani vonsokkal van itt rajzolva egy klnben j, de...

Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness,...

The Last PlungeWhen you are only about ninety degrees from absolute zero, it is not hot, despite the fact that the sun is shining down on you twenty-four hours a day. The answer to this riddle is that you are on Uranus, in the...

Wanted: One Sane ManThe small man adjusted his bi-focals and stared critically at the huge brass nameplate over the glass entrance doors. The plate read "Personnel Incorporated" in neat, modest lettering. Directly above the plate was a traveling neon sign which informed the public...

Lord Lister No. 0005: De zwarte man in het slaapvertrekHet eene rijtuig na het andere reed voor, bedienden in livrei snelden aan, openden het portier en geleidden de in lichte avondmantels gehulde dames en de heeren in rok of uniform, naar binnen. Alles, wat...

Practical AgitationThis book is an attempt to follow the track of personal influence across society. The first three chapters are taken up with discussions of political reform, the fourth chapter with contemporary journalism. The results of these discussions are then summarized in the chapters...

Augustus: The Life and Times of the Founder of the Roman EmpireAugustus has been much less attractive to biographers than Iulius; perhaps because the soldier is more interesting than the statesman; perhaps because the note of genius conspicuous in the Uncle was wanting in...

Export CommodityThree of the hairless bipeds stood in front of the frame building talking. Concealed by the brush beyond the road, Henig studied them carefully. These were the dominant species on this primitive world, unspeakably grotesque things. The pale, white skinned animals had a...

Story of the automobile: Its history and development from 1760 to 1917 - With an analysis of the standing and prospects of the automobile industryWhat did Benjamin Franklin have to do with the automobile? a great many readers of this book will ask. Benjamin...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 48, Vol. I, November 29, 1884In Memory of Theodore. Died November the 20th, 18, aged three years, I am not going to tell you about the tragedy this little life represented, and how...

Sarah of the Sahara: A Romance of Nomads LandLong, long after their echoes have died away the cries of my desert men ring on my ears. Still do I see myself as, in a cloud of dust, at the head of my band of...