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Des soirs, des gens, des choses... (1909-1911)Il y a des printemps qui boudent et dautres qui se recueillent, mais ce printemps-l clatait dans un soleil dor ple et dj chaud, dans une magnificence caressante et tutlaire, sinstallant en plein hiver, comme chez lui, faisant...

Master Rockafellar's VoyageMy name is Thomas Rockafellar; father and mother always called me Tommy, and by that name was I known until I grew too old to be called by anything more familiar than Tom. I have seen people look at one another, and...

The Unpublished Legends of VirgilThe reader is probably aware that during the Middle Ages, Virgil, who had always retained great fame as a poet, and who was kindly regarded as almost a Christian from a conjectured pious prophecy in his works, underwent the process...

Saaressa: Kertomus äskeiseltä ajaltaVille, kuuluisa kaskujen mies, kannon nenss istuen pisteli puhetta. Markkinamatkoista kertoi, isist retkist ja pivisist melskeist. Salli, juureva ukko, hallava parta, kokonaan luiksi kehkeytynyt, kuunteli puhetta. Kuunteli tosissaan, vaikka toinen nauraen kertoi myrskyj matkannut mies ei turhista suutaan nauruun vetnyt. Noin,...

The Norwich Directory; or, Gentlemen and Tradesmen's Assistant [1783]The utility of a Directory in so extensive and populous a city as Norwich, is so very obvious, that little need be said on its eligibility. The contents are so fully expressed in the title-page, and...

The Last Ninety Days of the War in North-CarolinaThe papers on the Last Ninety Days of the War in North-Carolina, which originally appeared in the New-York Watchman, and are now presented in book form, were commenced with no plan or intention of continuing them...

Aallotar: KertomusEsipuhe.. 1. Ritari tulee kalastajan luo. 2. Undinen joutuminen kalastajalle. 3. Undinen lytyminen. 4. Ritarin seikkailut metsss. 5. Ritarin oleskelu niemekkeell. 6. Vihkiminen. 7. Mit hiltana edelleen tapahtui. 8. Hiden jlkeinen piv. 9. Ritari viepi nuoren vaimonsa mukanaan. 10. Kaupunkiin asettuminen. 11. Bertaldan...

Boesman-Stories, Deel 1. Mitologie en legendesOns het tans die eer om Deel I van ons versameling van Boesman-Stories die geerde Publiek aan te bied, met die hoop dat ons val in die arms van billike beoordelaars. Want om so n versameling bijeen te bring...

The Mate of the Good Ship York; Or, The Ship's AdventureA house with a wall, which would be blank but for a door and two steps, stands in a very pretty lane. The habitable aspect of the house is on the other side, and...

The Dream CoachWhen the Driver of the Dream Coach reached the last small star in the sky, he unharnessed his hundred misty horses and put them out to pasture in the great blue meadow of Heaven. It was well he reached the end of...

Historical and descriptive sketches of the town and soke of Horncastle [1822] - in the county of Lincoln and several places adjacentThe first impression of this work being sold off, and copies still enquired for, a second edition has been prepared for publication. In...

A List of C. Kegan Paul & Co.'s Publications [1879]A. K. H. B.A Scotch Communion Sunday, to which are added Certain Discourses from a University City. By the Author of The Recreations of a Country Parson. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. price 5s. BAUR (Ferdinand)...

Menace of the MistsA nameless horror poured from the sea-bottoms of Venus, driven by a soulless intelligence that could not be beaten. Four Earthmen stood in the way of the voracious horde, knowing they could not escapebut swearing they would not admit defeat. Mac...

Grifters' AsteroidCharacteristically, Harvey Ellsworth tried to maintain his dignity, though his parched tongue was almost hanging out. But Joe Mallon, with no dignity to maintain, lurched across the rubbish-strewn patch of land that had been termed a spaceport. When Harvey staggered pontifically into the...

The Sword of Johnny DamoklesThe mad dreams of a crazed dictator had reached from the past and taken root in the dread Tsom Clan on Neptune, threatening the peaceful existence of a dozen worlds. There was little Timmy Gordon and Johnny Damokles could dofor...

Eye Service and Love ServiceWhen we serve those with whom we happen to be in a careless kind of {3}way, and only because we are looked after, it is called eye service: but when we do so willingly and from a motive to please,...

The Flame BreathersI write this narrative, not with the idea of contributing any additional scientific data to the discovery of Vulcan, but to put upon the record the real facts of our truly-amazing space voyage. The newscasters have hailed me as a modern Columbus....

The Life and Surprising Exploits of Jack SheppardJACK SHEPPARD was born in the parish of Stepney, near London, in the year 1702. His father was a Carpenter, and he died when Jack was so young, that Jack could not recollect ever seeing him. Hence...

Cosmic CastawayWithin a year Earth would be a vassal world, with the Sirian invaders triumphant. Only Standish, Earth's Defense Engineer, could halt that last victorious onslaughtand he was helpless, the lone survivor of a prison ship wrecked in uncharted space. Standish came back to...

Essai sur le commerceThe Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Gnral was written between 1730 and 1734 by Richard Cantillon, a natural-born British subject, of the family of Cantillon of Ballyheigue, co. Kerry, Ireland. He was probably born between 1680 and 1690. In...