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Innocent at LargeA hayseed Martian among big-planet slickers ... of course he would get into trouble. But that was nothing compared to the trouble he would be in if he did not get into trouble! The visiphone chimed when Peri had just gotten into...

The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4Having quitted the dungeon in which Josh Pedler was confined, the Blackamoor proceeded to the next cell; but, instead of opening the door, he merely drew back a small sliding-lid that covered a grated trap, and the faint rays...

Kaupungin lapsi Ei ole! huudahti Saima viel varmemmin kadulle pstyn. Min tahtoisin pst tlt pois sellaiseen paikkaan, miss saisi reuhtoa ja laulaa ja huutaa ja kuulla kaiun vastaavan suloisia haukkumasanoja, miss saisi uida rauhassa taivasalla ja auringossa, kiikkua aalloilla ja puiden oksilla, kiivet kukkuloille...

Taloista ja taipaleeltaSinertv salo oli silloin luonnontilassa ja humisi vanhaan tapaan. Ihmisksi ei ollut sit viel raadellut, eik ihmisni hirinnyt sen juhlallista huminata. Rauhassa sai siell metso soida, teiri kuhertaa ja kevist ilvettns pit. Karhun vihellys oli ainoa, joka silloin tllin vihisi salon sydnt....

The War Book of the German General Staff - Being "The Usages of War on Land" Issued by the Great General Staff of the German ArmyThe armies of belligerent States on the outbreak of hostilities, or indeed the moment war is declared, enter into...

Letters on Natural Magic; Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Extent and interest of the subjectScience employed by ancient governments to deceive and enslave their subjectsInfluence of the supernatural upon ignorant mindsMeans employed by the ancient magicians to establish their authorityDerived from a knowledge...

The Vicissitudes of EvangelineI wonder so much if it is amusing to be an adventuress, because that is evidently what I shall become now. I read in a book all about it; it is being nice-looking and having nothing to live on, and getting...

Book-plates of To-dayTHE book-plate designers of to-day are legion because they are many. Almost every one who can draw, and many who cannot, have ventured into the field of book-plate designing; and the result has been that many of the book-plates that are current...

LucindaHIS Business Ambassador was the title which my old chief, Ezekiel Coldston, used to give me. I daresay that it served as well as any other to describe with a pleasant mixture of dignity and playfulness, the sort of glorified bag-man or drummer that...

The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew JacksonAndrew Jackson at the Hermitage This Portrait by Earl was presented in 1944 by Mrs. Charles W. Frear of Troy, N. Y., in memory of her husband, who owned it for many years. In 1781 Andrew Jackson, then...

A Guide to Natural Bridges National Monument, UtahWelcome to Natural Bridges National Monument. We hope you can take the time to enjoy a relaxed, leisurely visit to the area and that this Guide will help you to do so. If you are like most...

Implement shedsA very fair indication of the thrift and general prosperity of a farmer is the method he employs in caring for his tools. Shiftlessness, waste, lack of energy, constant buying and heavy burdens of debt will accompany poor care. Good care is an...

Die Akkumulatoren: ihre Theorie, Herstellung, Behandlung und Verwendung.Der Kleine Sanders, der bekannte von Sanders selbst besorgte Auszug aus seinem groen vierbndigen Wrterbuch, der seit seinem ersten Erscheinen vor gerade 40 Jahren sieben Auflagen erlebt hat und in rund 40000 Abdrucken verkauft worden ist, liegt...

Town Life in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 2 (of 2)The controversy concerning the bounds and limits of their freedom, which the English boroughs were forced to maintain with powerful organizations already settled in the landwith the monarchy, the baronage, or the Churchrepresented in the...

Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Volume 2 (of 3)The development of philosophic science as science, and, further, the progress from the Socratic point of view to the scientific, begins with Plato and is completed by Aristotle. They of all others deserve to...

Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Volume 1 (of 3)The name of Greece strikes home to the hearts of men of education in Europe, and more particularly is this so with us Germans. Europeans have taken their religion, the life to come, the...

Fifty Years in the Church of RomeErrors, when reasonably attributable to the printer, have been corrected. The corrections appear as words underlined with a light gray. The original text will be shown when the mouse is over the word. Please see the transcribers note...

A Schoolmaster's Diary - Being Extracts from the Journal of Patrick Traherne, M.A., Sometime Assistant Master at Radchester and Marlton."The man who looks at this view, for the first time, with the naked eye, sees far more of it than the man who looks...

Romans et contesPersonne ne pouvait rien comprendre la maladie qui minait lentement Octave de Saville. Il ne gardait pas le lit et menait son train de vie ordinaire; jamais une plainte ne sortait de ses lvres, et cependant il dprissait vue dil. Interrog par...

Dictionnaire étymologique, historique et anecdotique des proverbes et des locutions proverbiales de la Langue Française en rapport avec de proverbes et des locutions proverbiales des autres languesLorigine des proverbes doit remonter aux premiers ges du monde. Ds que les hommes, mus par un instinct...