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Mary Louise Stands the TestThere were persons in Dorfield who said that Mary Louises life was too easy; that Fortune had smiled on her more than any one mortal had a right to expect. Why should beauty, charm, intelligence, and riches all belong to...

Harper's Young People, September 12, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyWhen the boys were compelled to jump overboard, they could see that the water was only about two feet deep, but they did not know whether they could stand[Pg 722] up against the fierce current....

Farmhouse PlansTHE FARMHOUSE PLANS presented in this bulletin were developed in connection with the Farm Housing Survey made in the spring of 1934 by the United States Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges of 46 States, with funds provided by the Civil Works...

Birds in Legend, Fable and FolkloreAngus Mac-ind-oc was the Cupid of the Gaels. He was a harper of the sweetest music, and was attended by birds, his own transformed kisses, which hovered, invisible, over young men and maidens of Erin, whispering love into their...

Vergißmeinnicht - Ein Taschenbuch für den Besuch der sächsischen Schweiz und der angränzenden Theile BöhmensDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1823 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche und altertmliche Schreibweisen bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert; fremdsprachliche...

Dresden und die Sächsische SchweizDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1903 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Inkonsistente sowie heute ungebruchliche Schreibweisen, insbesondere in Ortsnamen, bleiben gegenber dem Original unverndert. Funoten wurden an das Ende des jeweiligen...

Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery - From the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of Its Internal OrganizationIt was well known for some years before Captain Buckle, driven homewards by the pressure of ill-health, resigned the...

Betty's Virginia ChristmasIt was as cold as Christmas, and Christmas Eve it was. A thin crust of snow lay over the level landscape of lower Virginia, and the declining sun cast a lovely rose-red light upon the silver world. Afar off lay the river...

History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2)UNCERTAINTY ATTENDING THE EARLY HISTORY OF ALL NATIONS.MONSTROUS HYPOTHESES RESPECTING THAT OF NORTHERN EUROPE.FABULOUS, OR AT LEAST DOUBTFUL, KINGS OF SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND DENMARK.DISTINCTION OF RACES IN THE NORTH.THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS, THE SWIONES, GOTTONES, DANKIONES,...

The Siwash, Their Life, Legends, and Tales: Puget Sound and Pacfic NorthwestThe excuse for this book is that it is the first attempt to depict the life or ethnology of the maze of Indian tribes on Puget Sound, and it is believed, will be...

The Lion of Poland: The Story of PaderewskiCopyright 1962 by Hawthorn Books, Inc. Copyright under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in...

Studies and Exercises in Formal LogicTHIS edition has been in great part re-written and the book is again considerably enlarged. In Part I the mutual relations between the extension and the intension of names are examined from a new point of view, and the...

10 Luscious New Cakes, Made by Spry's Amazing New One-Bowl MethodSIFT flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into mixing bowl.... DROP in Spry.... ADD about 2/3 of milk, then vanilla, and beat 150 strokes.... SCRAPE bowl and spoon often throughout entire mixing.... ADD eggs...

The Happy HerdEveryone was thoughtful, considerate, kind and very happy. But where was the right of dignity or individuality? It was like being dropped into the middle of a nightmare. The kind that finds you running naked in a crowd. Kane smiled. He had...

Corbow's TheoryIt was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars. But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with. Unless.... Bronsen Corbow glared at the older man, his...

Harper's Young People, September 5, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly There is not in all the north countrie, Nor yet on the Humber line, A town with a prouder record than Newcastle-upon-the-Tyne. Roman eagles have kept its walls; Saxon, and Dane, and Scot Have...

Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland. vol. 2/2The first newspaper printed in Iceland began in 1775: in the catalogue of writers prefixed to the work of Uno Von Troil, it is called the Islndische Zeitung. This Islendingur, not long defunct, gained considerable reputation;...

Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland. vol. 1/2But is Iceland Ultima Thule? The author hopes to make it evident that Thule was used according to date in five several sensesa sufficient reason for the confusion which has so long invested the subject. It...

Progetto filosofico di una completa riforma del culto e dell'educazione politico-morale del popolo ebreo, Tomo II Le orali tradizioni passano regolarmente da' genitori a' figli, e da questi al lignaggio susseguente colla stessa facilit, e colle prerogative medesime che si farebbero passare direttamente i...

GenevièveEdessmme on pieni katu erss Parisin mit kyhimmist esikaupungeista. Asujamet niss kurjissa majoissa, joihin niin niukalta on ilmaa ja tilaa suotu, ovat lhteneet ulos vhn raitista ilmaa hengittmn. Sill puolen katua, johon seint luovat kapeata varjoa, istuivat naiset ksitilleen parittain, mitk huonoilla tuolirohjilla, mitk...