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La Principessa Belgiojoso - Da memorie mondane inedite o rare e da archivii segreti di Stato La principessa Cristina Belgiojoso, nata dalla stirpe dei Trivulzio, mor nella sua Milano il 1871. Mor dopo le sciagure della Francia, dove un giorno, profuga e cospiratrice, aveva...

Our Common Land (and Other Short Essays)Probably few persons who have a choice of holidays select a Bank holiday, which falls in the spring or summer, as one on which they will travel, or stroll in the country, unless, indeed, they live in neighbourhoods...

Call Mr. FortuneYou only do just enough, Dr. Fortune complained. Never brilliant. No zeal. Now, Reginald, it wont do. Just enough is always too little. Take my word for it. And do be attentive to the Archduke. God bless you! Have a good time,...

Cronus of the D. F. C.A bright, sunny day in May, and a new job for me. I found the room in the basement of police headquartersa big room, with freshly stenciled letters D F C on the door, and an unholy conglomeration of...

The Creation of GodSi les nommes taient capables de gouverner toute la conduite de leur vie par un dessein regl, si la fortune leur tait toujours favorable, leur me serait libre de toute superstition. Spinoza, 1650. Il ny a pas de moyen plus efficace...

The New Teaching of History - With a reply to some recent criticisms of The Outline of HistoryFor the better part of three years the writer of these notes has been occupied almost entirely in an intensely interesting enterprise. He has been getting his...

Harper's Young People, October 17, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe morning on which the famous excursion was to be made dawned as bright and clear as the most exacting boy could have wished, and Johnny and Jimmy were in the best possible spirits. The...

The JesterThis was in accordance with custom. Six times had cap and bells descended from father to son: we see Peregrine as the seventh inheritor thereto, which, perchance, holds some significance. Pythagorus would doubtless have told us it held much; would have told us...

New Bodies for OldIt all happened on a certain winter evening more than a year ago, after the last mens dinner-party I gave to my friends in the little house which I had taken furnished in the Avenue Victor Hugo. As my projected move...

Reseanteckningar från Orienten åren 1843-1849 IEn rikt begfvad, men genom dden i sin verksamhet alltfr hastigt afbruten sprkforskares litterra qvarltenskap lemnas hrmed i allmnhetens hnder. Frnmsta synpunkten vid dennas utgifvande har derfre varit stillsgandes biografisk: nemligen att undan glmska och frstring rdda s mycket...

Our Base Ball Club and How It Won the ChampionshipWhen we consider how strong a hold the pastime of base ball playing has upon our people, it is a little surprising that more frequent use of the game, as a framework, has not been...

Harper's Young People, October 10, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly"Father," exclaimed Katy Chittenden, the moment the buggy stopped in front of the gate, "Bun Gates and Rube Hollenhouser were here this morning just after you went away, and they said all our cows were...

Family TreeThe method Masefield Truggles used was the tried-and-true Masefield Truggles method. Of course, he didn't know at the beginning that Blan Forsythe was a superman. But Forsythe had lived in Marston Hill most of his lifeborn there, in factwhile Truggles had been there...

Old Days at Beverly FarmsDuring the last month of his life, Mr. Dow asked his friend and pastor, Rev. Clarence Strong Pond, to see that "Old Days at Beverly Farms," written by Mrs. Dow, was printed. He also asked me to write a sketch...

Figures in Verse and Simple Rhymes, for Little Learners (Second Series; No. 2) Title: Figures in Verse and Simple Rhymes, for Little Learners (Second Series; No. 2) Author: Anonymous Release Date: May 31, 2019 [EBook #59641] Language: English Credits: Produced by hekula03, David E....

The Tenants: An Episode of the '80sThey were tearing down the old Gwynne house the other day as we drove past, and it was not without a twinge of sentimental regret that we beheld the spectacle. The old Gwynne house was what our newspapers...

Harper's Young People, October 3, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyAny one who had come down the St. Gothard to the village of Andermatt, just at daybreak one cold winter morning in 1799, would have seen a very curious sight. All night long the village...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of William Le Queux You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of O. Henry You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Various Authors on Napoleon Bonaparte [The summary of the contents of the Narrative given here is that prefixed to the original edition. Sir Walter Scott's notes are printed at pp. 70, 84, 155, 165, 208, 223, 225,...