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The Eve of the Reformation - Studies in the Religious Life and Thought of the English people in the Period Preceding the Rejection of the Roman jurisdiction by Henry VIIIThe English Reformation presents a variety of problems to the student of history. Amongst them...

The River Motor Boat Boys on the Ohio; Or, The Three Blue LightsThe four boys, Clayton Emmett, Alex Smithwick, Jule Shafer and Cornelius Witters, gathered about the motor, looking with disgust at its motionless cranks. The boat had been turned into an eddy on...

HaaveilijaEi hn huomannut, ett kirja oli pudonnut maahan hnen polviltaan. Hn istui kivell koivun juurella ja oli kietonut vasemman ktens valkoisen rungon ympri. Hehkuvan poskensa hn painoi puuta vasten, ja hnen katseensa hohti kuin pivn koi. Kaunis oli nuorukainen. Mutta hnen kauneutensa oli sielullista....

The Castle of Ehrenstein - Its Lords Spiritual and Temporal; Its Inhabitants Earthly and UnearthlyIt was an awfully dark and tempestuous night; the wind howled in fury through the trees, and round the towers; the large drops of rain dashed against the casements, the...

Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish Navvy"I wish the Kinlochleven navvies had been thrown into the loch. They would fain turn the Highlands into a cinderheap," said the late Andrew Lang, writing to me a few months before his death....

Dave Dashaway Around the World; or, A Young Yankee Aviator Among Many NationsDo you know that fellow with the long frock coat over yonderthe one who looks like some cheap sharp lawyer? There, added Hiram, pointing at a group near a hangar, hes talking...

Orville Southerland Cox, Pioneer of 1847The Pioneer Spirit that mastered things And Broke the virgin sod, That conquered savages and kings, And only bowed to God. The Strength of mind and strength of soul The will to do or die, That sets its heart...

Fifty Birds of Town and CityAs the Nations principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities for water, fish, wildlife, mineral, land, park, and recreational resources. Indian and Territorial affairs are other major concerns of Americas Department of Natural Resources. The...

Secret Mission to Alaska - Sandy Steele Adventures #5ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN ANY FORM COPYRIGHT 1959 BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. ROCKEFELLER CENTER, 630 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK...

Harper's Round Table, December 17, 1895It was a few minutes past sundown, and the awnings that had covered the decks of the old steam-frigate Sumter were being taken in to allow a freer passage for any air that might begin to stir with the...

After the PardonIn this romance, the author has vividly pictured the ravishing fierceness of the love which sways the Latins and bends them to its desires. Graphically she has shown how their passions force them beyond all laws and duties, beyond all vows. In...

Scandal: A NovelThere was a laugh and a shrug. "If it comes to that, my dear fellow, what on earth are we doing in New York at this time of year? Anyway, I'm not interested." "I am. She's with that unpleasant brute, Sutherland York...

The Fables of La Fontaine - Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré CONTENTS As Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine xiii The Life of sop, the Phrygian xxxiii Dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin...

ReynoldsThe chief authorities on the life and work of Reynolds are James Northcote, R.A., his most successful pupil; Henry William Beechey, and C. R. Leslie, R.A., each of whom produced a two-volume work on the subject. The first of these appeared in 1819, seventeen...

Mestari Gert eli Lörpöttelevä parturi: Huvinäytelmä 1:ssä näytöksessäNyttm: Puutarha perll taustana. Oikealla puu, ovi rappuineen, parturin kyltti ja lhempn katsojia toinen ovi. Vasemmalla perempn apteekkarin kyltti, ovi, ikkuna ja toinen ikkuna, jonka alla penkki, perempn pensas, jonka edess penkki ja pyre pyt, keskell oikeaan...

Some Recollections of Our Antislavery ConflictMany of these Recollections were published at intervals, during the years 1867 and 1868, in The Christian Register. They were written at the special request of the editor of that paper; and without the slightest expectation that they would...

John Stevens' Courtship: A Story of the Echo Canyon WarA story of love, in the rugged setting of pioneer days, is the theme of this book. The characters of the story move among the stirring incidents of the Echo Canyon Waran affair absolutely unique...

Mont Oriol; or, A Romance of Auvergne: A Novel CHAPTER I. THE SPA CHAPTER II. THE DISCOVERY CHAPTER III. BARGAINING CHAPTER IV. A TEST AND AN AVOWAL CHAPTER V. DEVELOPMENTS CHAPTER VI. ON THE BRINK CHAPTER VII. ATTAINMENT CHAPTER VIII. ORGANIZATION CHAPTER IX. THE...

Mother Goose for Grown-ups I have pleasure in acknowledging the courteous permission of the editors to reprint in this form such of the following verses as were originally published in Harper's Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, and the London Sketch. ......Buy Now (To Read...

Dave Dawson in LibyaIt was high noon and the Mediterranean sky was like a vast expanse of blue silk with a golden ball pasted exactly in the middle. Far below, the placid waters of the Mediterranean seemed to catch the blue of the sky,...