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Of Medicine, in Eight BooksIt has been a question much debated, whether, and how far the writings of the ancient physicians are of service to direct our practice in the cure of diseases; but without repeating what has been already said on this point,...

La civiltà del secolo del Rinascimento in Italia, Volume II Vinti gl'innumerevoli ostacoli, che altrove arrestarono il progresso, raggiunto un alto grado di sviluppo individuale ed educati alla scuola dell'antichit, gli Italiani si volgono ora alla scoperta del mondo esteriore e si accingono a...

La civiltà del secolo del Rinascimento in Italia, Volume I Se nella storia del movimento intellettuale dell'Europa moderna v' un'epoca, che a buon diritto reclami tutta l'attenzione dello storico e del filosofo, ella certamente quella, di cui, sotto forma italiana, si presenta ora al...

AbnormitätenAbnormitten, im allgemeinen mit der trivialen Bezeichnung Missgeburten belegt, haben stets als Schau-Objecte eine bedeutende Anziehungskraft auf das sog. grosse Publicum ausgebt, das in der Regel auch eine gewisse Befriedigung seiner Neugierde in dem gedankenlosen Anschauen derselben fand. Erst den letzten Decennien unseres Jahrhunderts...

The Pedestrian's Guide through North Wales - A tour performed in 1837The Authors object in offering to the Public the following pages is, that all who have a desire to examine the beauties of Welsh scenery may also have an opportunity of seeing the...

Les mariages de ParisJ'ai vu, ces jours passs, un auteur bien en peine. Il avait crit, au coin du feu, entre sa mre et sa sur, une demi-douzaine de contes bleus qui pouvaient former un volume. Restait faire la prface; car un livre sans...

Saarelaisvallesmanni: RomaaniKomea sukunimi, Markulin, oli suvussa ollut vasta muutaman vuosikymmenen. Hnen isoisns nimi oli Markus Markkula. Hn oli varakas maanviljelij ja lhetti poikansa, Markus Viktorin, lhell olevaan Viipurin kaupunkiin kouluun. Siell annettiin pojalle uusi nimi, Marcus Victor Markulin ja hnest tuli tmn kertomuksen sankarin,...

Der WandererSchlicht, fast drftig kommen sie dahergezogen, die fnf Wrtlein im alten Liede vom Wandern, ja vom Wandern und bergen unter ihrem unscheinbaren Gewande ganze Welten. Strmisch und laut jubelnd, dann wieder mit gedankenschwerer Bedchtigkeit oder vor sich hinschlendernd mit leichten Sinnen, dann aber...

Exile From VenusEarth was a world of murdering savages; bleak and desolate; contaminated by deadly radioactivity. Only Craig Verrill's atavistic stubbornnessand a rash promise, made in furycould have brought him back to that perilous birthplace of Man.... The solicitude of Linda's voice, the seductiveness...

Captives of the Thieve-StarThe celebration of the wedding of Peer and Channok had to be cut a little short, because a flock of police-boats from Irrek showed up at detector-range about midway. But it was carried off with a flourish nevertheless. The oxygen-bubble in...

Magna Carta, and Other AddressesTo the student of American institutions it must appear singularly impressive and instructive that the members of the Constitutional Convention of the state of New York have paused in their important work to celebrate the seven-hundredth anniversary of the Great...

Into the Frozen South In the beginning it was the intention of Sir Ernest Shackleton to give Scout Marr the benefit of his guiding hand in the writing of this book; and indeed up to within a few days of the great explorers death,...

The Tourist's Guide through North WalesThe Authors object in offering to the Public the following pages is, that all who have a desire to examine the beauties of Welsh scenery may also have an opportunity of seeing the most interesting portion of it in...

A tragikumPr vvel ezeltt Gyulai Pltl egy szp knyv jelent meg Katonrl s Bnk-bnjrl. Rkosi Jen e knyvet a Budapesti Hirlap trczjban ismertette s egyuttal nmely megjegyzst koczkztatott a tragikumrl ltalban s Bnk tragikumrl klnsebben. Trtnt, hogy ugyanabban az idben dolgozott Bethy Zsolt a...

Die Kringhäusler: Drama in drei Akten[Im Hintergrund der weiten Bhne sieht man mchtige Eisgebilde mit leuchtend weien Oberflchen, whrend alle Unebenheiten, Spalten und Risse je nach ihrer Tiefe vom zartesten bis zum tiefsten Blau erscheinen. Etwas mehr gegen den Vordergrund ist ein kleiner Streifen...

The Priceless Pearl"The girl is simply too good-looking," said Bunner, the office manager, in a high, complaining voice. "She is industrious, intelligent, punctual and well-mannered, but simply too good-lookinga disturbing element in the office on account of her appearance. I made a grave mistake...

The Seminoles of FloridaThat there is yet a tribe, or tribes of Indians in Florida is a fact unknown to a large part of the people of this country; there are even students of history who have scarcely known it. These people, driven, about...

Purple ForeverThree men on Venus ... lolling about in their shirt sleeves and breathing in an atmosphere of chlorine and ammonia that was sure to kill a man in thirty seconds. The pictures lied! ... they must lie! Trick photography?... Inquisitive Carl Keating found...

A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of ChildrenIt was said by one of old time that a childs heart is a holy place, and Scripture in awful words has uttered woe on him who wounds the feelings of one of these...

La simulación en la lucha por la vidaCiertas reglas de acentuacin ortogrfica del castellano cuando la presente edicin de esta obra fue publicada, en 1917, eran diferentes a las existentes cuando se realiz la transcripcin. Palabras como vi, fu, di, por ejemplo, en esa...