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A Sheaf of RosesThe poem text uses the browsers script or cursive font. This can be changed if it does not match the large initial capital letter well. A popular and freely available script font (as of 2015) is URW Chancery L. 1.F.3. LIMITED...

The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie - The Ring of the Niblung, part 1A greenish twilight, lighter above than below. The upper part is filled with undulating water, which streams respectively from right to left. Towards the bottom the waves resolve themselves into a mist...

Religious Studies, Sketches and PoemsNo one can read Mrs. Stowe's writings as a whole without perceiving how constant is the appeal to the religious sensibilities. Her greatest book, which took captive the humblest reader and such a genius in literature as George Sand, was...

Le feu (Journal d'une Escouade)Les couvertures de laine finerouges, vertes, havane ou blanchesdo sortent des visages affins aux yeux rayonnants, sont tranquilles. Le silence rgne sur les chaises longues. Quelquun a touss. Puis, on nentend plus que de loin en loin le bruit des...

Kunst und Künstler Almanach 1909Wo Knstler ber Kunst sprechen, da wird der Laie fast stets ruhige Objektivitt und Vollstndigkeit vermissen; ja, er wird oft noch verwirrter werden durch die leidenschaftlichen Einseitigkeiten der Produzierenden als er es schon war. Dennoch wird er nach einiger Zeit...

Aus des Angelus Silesius Cherubinischem Wandersmann Was Gott ist, wei man nicht: Er ist nicht Licht, nicht Geist, Nicht Wahrheit, Einheit, Eins, nicht was man Gottheit heit, Nicht Weisheit, nicht Verstand, nicht Liebe, Wille, Gte, Kein Ding, kein Unding auch, kein Wesen, kein Gemte....

Suorasanaisia runoelmiaMetsstysinnoissamme olimme liian kauan viipyneet saaristossa, niin ett vastatuuli ja myrsky sitte suureksi mielipahaksemme estivt meit psemst kotiimme kaupunkiin ennen joulunaatto-iltaa, niinkuin tietysti olimme aikoneet. Tuuli meit kuljetteli koko illan aavalla merell semmoisessa ilmassa, joka olisi ollut vaarallinen suuremmallekin veneelle, kuin meill oli,...

Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, MinnesotaFew people have a comprehensive idea of a penitentiary, especially the daily life of the inmates and the routine work in connection therewith. We will endeavor to give an accurate account of the prisoner's mode of...

Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country - With Copious NotesThe English Lake District may be said, in general terms, to extend from Cross-Fell and the Solway Firth, on the east and north, to the waters of Morecambe and the Irish Sea; or,...

Al rombo del cannone Gli scritti raccolti nel presente volume furono composti e pubblicati a parte durante la guerra. Mentre si decidevano le sorti della Patria e del mondo non era possibile distrarre la mente dalla immane tragedia, al paragone della quale ogni opera...

Im Land des Lichts: Ein Streifzug durch Kabylie und WüsteAn einem grauen, tristen Februartage brachte uns das gehetzte Dampfro aus der Stadt des Kaisers nach Marseille an die Pforte, die in den geheimnisvollen Orient fhrt. Aus Klte, Schnee und Eis waren wir pltzlich in...

Gil Blas: Santillanalaisen elämänvaiheetKaksi ylioppilasta kulki kerran Pennafielista Salamancaan. Uupuneina ja janoisina he saapuivat erlle lhteelle tien vieress. He sammuttivat janonsa ja asettuivat levhtmn. Silloin he keksivt sattumalta lhelln maasta pilkistvn kiven, jonka pintaan oli piirretty muutamia sanoja. Ne olivat jonkunverran ajan kuluttamia ja...

Letters from SpainSome of the following Letters have been printed in the New Monthly Magazine. The Author would, indeed, be inclined to commit the whole collection to the candour of his readers without a prefatory address, were it not that the plan of his...

Kantele Taikka Suomen Kansan sekä Wanhoja että Nykyisempiä Runoja ja Lauluja, IVNeljnnen Osan Runoista owat Loihtia, Koiran Lumoussanat, Lintuja pyytiss, Karhun Synty, Hukan Synty Keslahelta; Kalman Synty, Rakkauden Wieroitussanat, Kosian Sanat, Jnist pyytiss, Karjaa laitumelle laskeissa, Pappi wainajasta Kitteelt; Kateen Sanat, Kaloja pyytiss, Pakkasen...

Kantele Taikka Suomen Kansan sekä Wanhoja että Nykyisempiä Runoja ja Lauluja, IIIOta kantele kteesi, Kultakieli kainaloosi, Sormet soitolle sowita, Laske ni laulamahan! Joko ruwennet runoihin, Tahi lauluja latonet, Kyll' on kaunis kumpanenkin, Suomen soitanto sulonen, Sanat wanhempain wakawat. Jos sa sattuisit Sawossa, Ky kerran...

The Rake's Progress"You ask me about Rosewhat can I say? Alas, that my talents should not be equal to your curiosity! My letters at best are feeble productions, and when I have a deliberate request to answer I swear my pen refuses its duty....

Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 3 (of 3)Roland had but a few days to spend at Redborough, where he came on the footing of an intimate friend and relation, sought and courted on all hands. His time was already portioned out among...

Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 2 (of 3)"I like your Roland," said Miss Vernon. She had come to pay one of her usual visits to her old relations. The grandson whom Hester had made acquaintance with without seeing his face, had now...

Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)The Banking House of the Vernons was known through all the Home Counties as only second to the Bank of England in stability and strength. That is to say, the people who knew about such...

Zoölogy: The Science of Animal Life - Popular Science Library, Volume XII (of 16), P. F. Collier & Son Company, 1922In this volume, occupying the place in the series assigned to the subject "Zology," the writer was called upon to survey the whole range...