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Kahdeksan serkustaRose istui ypyksin suuressa salissa pieni nenliina valmiina kuivaamaan ensimmisen esiin pirahtavan kyynelen. Hn oli miettimss huoliaan ja arveli itkun tulevan pian. Rose oli valinnut tmn huoneen murehtimispaikakseen, sill tll oli hmr ja rauhallista. Sali oli tynn vanhanaikaisia huonekaluja, ikkunoissa riippuivat tummat, raskaat...

The Ancient CityIt was a party of eight, arranged by Aunt Diana. She is only my aunt by marriage, and she had with her a bona fide niece, Iris Carew, a gay school-girl of seventeen, while I, Niece Martha, as Aunt Diana always calls...

A True Account of the Voyage of the Nottingham-Galley of London, - John Dean Commander, from the River Thames to New-EnglandWe having been Sufferers in this unfortunate Voyage, had reason to believe, from the Temper of our Captain, who treated us barbarously both by...

Memorials of Francis Storr: SermonsOn Saturday, February 25th, the mortal remains of the Rev. Francis Storr, for thirty-four years Vicar of the parish, were buried in the beautiful churchyard of Brenchley. The snow lay thick upon the ground, but the sun shone bright in...

The Time of the End - or, the World, the Visible Church, and the People of God at the Advent of the LordThe following Lectures on the World, the Visible Church, and the People of God, contain the substance of three Sermons preached in...

A History of the United StatesThe lamented death of President Adams entails on me the duty of writing the preface to our joint work,a duty which, had he lived, would naturally have fallen to him, since to his initiative and energy the volume owes...

MosaikerBorta p heden, der sanden fverallt stack fram och endast ngra sparsamma ljungqvistar bundo den, vid randen af mon, der de urgamla furorna stodo s hga och allvarliga och susade fr vinden, der syntes en gammal, enstaka stuga. Den var helt liten och endast...

Under a Veil: A Comedietta in One ActScene I.Two rooms right and left, stage divided in the centre; a door of communication between rooms, fastened by a bolt on either side; small tables, sofas, and arm-chairs. Practicable doors, 1 E. L., 2 E. L.,...

Wanderings in SpainA few weeks ago (April, 1840), I happened, in an off-hand manner, to give utterance to the following phrase:"I should like to go to Spain." Five or six days afterwards, my friends had suppressed the prudent "I should like," with which I...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 732 - January 5, 1878No, my lord; I do not know him; nor, I think, does any one in the village. But during the few weeks that I have been at High Tor Churchtown, I...

Salt-Water BalladsSome of this book was written in my boyhood, all of it in my youth; it is now re-issued, much as it was when first published nearly eleven years ago. J. M. 9th June 1913 Chanty.A song sung to lighten labour at the...

Campaign for PetersburgIn the final year of the Civil War in the East, the fighting focused upon Petersburg, an important transportation center for Richmond and Lees army. For 10 bloody months of combat, both from behind prepared positions and along the main routes of...

An Essay on Papal InfallibilityHoly Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the faith, or...

Om Tanke- och YttrandefrihetFreliggande smskrift omfattar andra kapitlet af Stuart Mills arbete Om friheten, hvilket utkom i svensk fversttning r 1881. Detta andra kapitel, Om tanke- och yttrandefrihet, utgr ett helt fr sig. fversttningen r omarbetad, hvarjmte det hela fr bttre fversikts skull blifvit...

The Proportions of TruthAmong the many wise sayings of Paschal there is one that deserves our most attentive study: viz., that few heresies have their origin in simple error, but that all that have ever attained to power have originated in the exaggeration of...

The Cuckoo in the Nest, v. 2/2The Volumes of the English Library are published by arrangement with the Authors, and enjoy Copyright in all Continental countries, but may not be introduced into Great Britain, Ireland, or the British Colonies COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES The...

Uncle Sam's Boys on Field Duty; or, Winning Corporal's ChevronsFor Green was as verdant as his name. He was a new recruit, just in after his probationary period at a northwestern recruit rendezvous. He was so green, in fact, that the men in the...

Profits from scrapThe phenomenal growth of this Institution is due to the fact that it has, from the start, anticipated the needs for authoritative information and adequate shop equipment to take care of the ELECTRICAL side of the automotive and allied industries. Before reading...

Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 08Le texte de ce volume est conforme celui de ldition originale: Au Soleil. Paris, Victor Havard, 1884, avec addition de: La Patrie de Colomba. Le Monastre de Corbara.Les Bandits corses. Une Page dhistoire indite (indits). La...

En konungasons öde: Skildringar från Erik XIV:s sons lifSkulle man ngonsin tillmpa ordsprket "lifvet vexlar", s r det utan den ringaste gensgelse p Gustaf Eriksson, Erik XIV:s och Katarina Mnsdotters son. Med allt skl kan man sga att han af lifvets vindkast slungades omkring...