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Greek Dress - A Study of the Costumes Worn in Ancient Greece, from Pre-Hellenic Times to the Hellenistic AgeIn seeking to conjure up a vivid picture of the life of an ancient people, it is the task of the archologist to neglect no point...

Motor Matt on the Wing; or, Flying for Fame and Fortune CHAPTER I. WANTED: A MAN OF NERVE. CHAPTER II. FOILING A SCOUNDREL. CHAPTER III. MATT MAKES AN INVESTMENT. CHAPTER IV. MATT EXPLAINS TO M'GLORY. CHAPTER V. PING AND THE BEAR. CHAPTER VI. A...

The Princess and the PhysicistZen the Terrible lay quiescent in the secret retreat which housed his corporeal being, all the aspects of his personality wallowing in the luxury of a day off. How glad he was that he'd had the forethought to stipulate a...

Mars is My DestinationThe spaceport bar was filled with a fresh, washed-clean smell, as if all the winds of space had been blowing through it. There was an autumn tang in the air as well, because it was open at both ends, and out...

Klassillinen kirjallisuus yleistajuisesti esitettynäHomeros. Iliadi Odysseia Hesiodos. Ty ja pivt Teogonia Herakleen kilpi Pindaros. Oodeja Anakreon. Lauluja Aiskylos. Vangittu Prometeys Turvaa etsiviset Persialaiset Seitsemn ruhtinasta Theben ulkopuolella Oresteen vaiheet: 1. Agamemnon 2. Uhrinkantajattaret 3. Eymenidit Herodotos. Mytillinen kertomus Assyrian valta Babylon Egypti Kambyses Dareios...

Paddington: Past and PresentHistory is valuable, not merely for the facts which it records, but in a much higher degree for the lessons it teaches; for the Future will be benefited by the Past and the Present, more in proportion to the amount of...

The Men in the WallsThe sheer population pressure of so vast a horde had long ago filled over a dozen burrows. Bands of the Male Society occupied the outermost four of these interconnected corridors and patrolled it with their full strength, twenty-three young adult...

Spoken ForHalf of Jupiter's great disk and most of the other moons were below the horizon when the man stepped out of the plane and changed her life. As far as Carol Marsh was concerned, he was ordinary enough in appearance. And she wasn't...

Poèmes et Poésies - Traduction précédée d'une étude par Paul Gallimard[Pg 5] Ceci n'est pas une Prface, ni mme une Introduction, mais plutt l'ouverture d'un vaste Pome symphonique, compos de nombreux morceaux distincts les uns des autres, prsentant toutefois un ensemble trs cohrent. Celui...

Die weltgeschichtliche Bedeutung des deutschen GeistesWir alle wissen, da wir uns heute in einem Riesenkampf um unsere Existenz befinden, und wir wissen auch, da dabei sehr unwrdige Mittel seitens unserer Feinde angewandt werden. Eins dieser unwrdigen Mittel ist die Herabsetzung des deutschen Wesens, die...

A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas - Being an Account of the Early Settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and Times of PeaceNow the author was born in the state of Alabama, in Jackson county, on the north side of the Tennessee...

Free RussiaSvobodnaya RossiaFree Russiais a word on every lip in that great country; at once the Name and Hope of the new empire born of the Crimean war. In past times Russia was free, even as Germany and France were free. She fell before...

The Geologic Story of Arches National Park - Geological Survey Bulletin 1393BALANCED ROCK, guarding The Windows section of Arches National Park. Rock is Slick Rock Member of Entrada Sandstone resting upon crinkly bedded Dewey Bridge Member of the Entrada. White rock in foreground is...

Transfer PointThe great Kirth-Labbery himself had constructed the retreat and its extraordinary air-conditioningnot because his scientific genius had foreseen the coming of the poisonous element, agnoton, and the end of the human race, but because he itched. And here Vyrko sat, methodically recording the...

Plays, written by Sir John Vanbrugh, volume the secondAml. But that's a wicked one: For my part, neighbour, I'm just tir'd off my legs with trotting after 'em; beside, it eats out all our profit. Would you believe it, Mrs. Cloggit, I have worn...

Plays, written by Sir John Vanbrugh, volume the firstSir John Vanbrugh, an eminent dramatic Writer, Son of Mr. Giles Vanbrugh, of London, Merchant, was born in the Parish of St. Stephen's, Wallbrook, in 1666. The Family of Vanbrugh were for many Years Merchants of...

The Other NowIt was self-evident nonsense. If Jimmy Patterson had told anybody but Haynes, calm men in white jackets would have taken him away for psychiatric treatment which undoubtedly would have been effective. He'd have been restored to sanity and common sense, and he'd...

Isät ja lapset: RomaaniRakas oli hnelle Lnsi, Lnnen sivistys ja tmn sivistyksen pohjalle rakentunut yhteiskunnallinen elm, vapamielisine laitoksineen. Hnen jo pienest piten saavuttamansa taito saksan- ja franskankieless, hnen tieteellisen sivistyksens alustus Moskovan ja sittemmin Pietarin yliopistossa avasi hnelle akkunan Lnteen, ja Lnness tutkimuksiansa jatkaessaan...

The Mentor: Julius Cæsar, Vol. 6, Num. 2, Serial No. 150, March 1, 1918In person Csar was tall and slight. His features were more refined than was usual in Roman faces; the forehead was wide and high, the nose large and thin, the lips...

Elocution Simplified - With an Appendix on Lisping, Stammering, Stuttering, and Other Defects of Speech.Rev. Dr. Hall of New York says, "There is one accomplishment in particular which I would earnestly recommend to you: cultivate assiduously the ability to read well. I stop to...