Old Is Gold

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National PolicyA pair of mules was speedily harnessed to a large turpentine-wagon, and the horses we had ridden the day before were soon at the door. When the Colonel, who...

L'avaleur de sabres - Les Habits Noirs Tome VIIl y avait quatre musiciens: une clarinette qui mesurait cinq pieds huit pouces et qui pouvait tre au besoin gant belge quand elle mettait six jeux de cartes dans chacune de ses bottes, un trombone bossu,...

Maman Léo - Les Habits Noirs Tome VC'tait un des premiers jours de novembre, en 1838, un mois aprs la catastrophe qui termine notre rcit, intitul L'Arme invisible. La mort trange du juge d'instruction Remy d'Arx, avait jet un tonnement dans la ville, mais...

Riley Love-Lyrics So were I but a minstrel, deft At weaving, with the trembling strings Of my glad harp, the warp and weft Of rondels such as rapture sings, I'd loop my lyre across my breast, Nor stay me till my knee found rest...

Horses Nine - Stories of Harness and Saddle3At the age of six Skipper went on the force. Clean of limb and sound of wind he was, with not a blemish from the tip of his black tail to the end of his crinkly forelock....

The Youth of Goethe"Generally speaking," Goethe has himself said, "the most important period in the life of an individual is that of his developmentthe period which, in my case, breaks off with the detailed narrative of Dichtung und Wahrheit." In reality, as we know,...

Chapters from My Autobiography ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 19682 Author: Twain, Mark Release Date: Nov 14, 2006 Format: eBook Language: English

Shakespeare and Music - With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuriesThis book contains little that is not tolerably well known both to Shakespeare scholars and musicians who have any acquaintance with the history of music. It is hoped that it...

Alexander PopeThe life and writings of Pope have been discussed in a literature more voluminous than that which exists in the case of almost any other English man of letters. No biographer, however, has produced a definitive or exhaustive work. It seems therefore desirable...

Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great CityIt is the desire of every American to see New York, the largest and most wonderful city in the Union. To very many the city and its attractions...

Bildergeschichten ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 19636 Author: Busch, Wilhelm Release Date: Oct 28, 2006 Format: eBook Language: German

Selections from Previous Works - With Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals, and a Psalm of MontrealI delayed these pages some weeks in order to give Mr. Romanes an opportunity of explaining his statement that Canon Kingsley wrote about instinct and inherited memory...

The Religious Situation"I express myself," says Bishop Butler, "with caution, lest I should be mistaken to vilify reason, which is, indeed, the only faculty which we have to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself; or be misunderstood to assert that a supposed revelation cannot...

Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith - Being an Examination of the Evidences of InfidelityThis is not so much a volume upon the Evidences of Christianity, as an examination of the Evidences of Infidelity. When the Infidel tells us that Christianity is false,...

Musical Portraits : Interpretations of Twenty Modern ComposersSome of the material of this book was originally printed in the form of articles in "The Dial," "The New Republic," and "The Seven Arts." Thanks are due the editors of these periodicals for permission to recast...

La Tosca: Drame en cinq actes The play la Tosca is entered according to act of Congress in the year 1909, by the late V. Sardou's heirs, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. All rights reserved. L'glise Saint-Andra des jsuites...

Järkimiehet miettimässä"Mik ht sinulla nyt taasen on?" vastasi Elli puolinaisella kiivaudella. "Olenhan jo ennen sanonut, ett saat tehd, mit itse parhaaksi katsot, mutta semmoinen minun ajatukseni kuitenkin aina on, ett minun isltni saatua perint sin siin tulet kyll kyttmn. Eik se tapahdu minun suostumuksellani,...

A Modest Proposal ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 19508 Author: Swift, Jonathan Release Date: Oct 10, 2006 Format: eBook Language: English

Can You Forgive Her?Can You Forgive Her? was first published in monthly installments (one shilling each) in 1864-1865. The first book edition was published by Chapman and Hall in two volumes (Volume I in 1864 and Volume II in 1865). Volume I was illustrated...

Editorial Wild OatsI was a very smart child at the age of thirteenan unusually smart child, I thought at the time. It was then that I did my first newspaper scribbling, and most unexpectedly to me it stirred up a fine sensation in the...