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A Queen of Tears, vol. 2 of 2 - Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and IrelandStruensee had now reached the highest pinnacle of power, but no sooner did he gain it than the whole edifice, which he...

A Queen of Tears, vol. 1 of 2 - Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and IrelandSome years ago, when visiting Celle in connection with a book I was writing on Sophie Dorothea, The Love of an Uncrowned...

Poems: Pastoral and Psalm CONTENTS: POEMS: PASTORAL AND PSALM. THE FIRST ROBIN. THE MEADOW AIR IS SWEET. A CONTRAST. THE GOAL. UNANSWERED. EASTER ANTICIPATED. UNDER THE MOON. HEARTS-EASE. THE REWARD. STRUGGLE AND REST. COMPENSATION. BETRAYED. MIDNIGHT AND MORNING. OTHER SHEEP. NIAGARA. LET IN THE...

Wakefieldin kappalainenAina min olen ollut sit mielt, ett kunnon mies, jolla on vaimo ja paljo lapsia, tekee enemmn hyty kuin se, joka edelleen naimatonna el ja vkiluvusta vaan puhella osaa. Ja niinp min, tuskin vuottakaan virassa oltuani, rupesin tydell todella miettimn avioliittoa ja katselemaan...

Ignaz Jan PaderewskiThe professional critic is rather at a disadvantage in dealing with an idol of the public. His occupation compels him to find a reason for his appreciations; he may not be enthusiastic without measure, for his nature makes him see both brilliancy...

Mémoires touchant la vie et les écrits de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, (2/6)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris....

Double StandardHe didn't say anything at all when he saw me, but his eyes went a bit wide. That was perfectly natural, after all. The illegal plasti-cosmetician had done his work better than well. I wasn't the same person I had been. Some men...

LexKeep your nerve, Peter Manners told himself; it's only a job. But nerve has to rest on a sturdier foundation than cash reserves just above zero and eviction if he came away from this interview still unemployed. Clay, at the Association of Professional Engineers,...

Birds of a FeatherIt was our first day of recruiting on the planet, and the alien life-forms had lined up for hundreds of feet back from my rented office. As I came down the block from the hotel, I could hear and see and...

Französische Lyrik alter und neuer Zeit in deutschen Versen Auer dieser Ausgabe ist von dem vorliegenden Buche noch eine kleine Auflage als Ausgabe B auf hochweiem, sehr starkem, dabei aber auerordentlich leichtem Dickdruckpapier hergestellt worden. Jedes Exemplar dieser Liebhaberausgabe ist in Ganzleder gebunden und...

Sämmtliche Werke 8: Vermischte Schriften und Aufsätze - Nicolai's Leben und sonderbare Meinungen / Deducirter Plan einer zu Berlin zu errichtenden höheren Lehranstalt / Beweis der Unrechtmässigkeit des Büchernachdrucks und andere Aufsätze / Recensionen / Poesien und metrische Uebersetzungen Der vorliegende achte Band der...

Gutenberg, and the Art of PrintingPrinting has been styled The telescope of the soul. As the optical instrument brings near and magnifies objects remote and invisible, so printing puts us in communication with minds of the past and present, and preserves the thoughts of...

The Autobiography of Phineas PettIt might be supposed that so ancient a craft as that of shipbuilding would have left some trace in contemporary records of its activities, the methods of its technique, and the personalities of those engaged in it. Yet although references...

The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and PessimismFrederick Nietzsche was born at Rcken near Ltzen, in the Prussian province of Saxony, on the 15th of October 1844, at 10 a.m. The day happened to be the anniversary of the birth of Frederick-William IV., then...

The Iliads of Homer - Translated according to the Greek Thy tomb, arms, statue, all things fit to fall At foot of Death, and worship funeral, Form hath bestowd; for form is nought too dear. Thy solid virtues yet, eternizd here, My blood and...

Patty's FortuneThe Fairfields were down at The Pebbles, their summer home at the seashore, and Patty, who had spent much of the season in New England, had come down for a fortnight with her parents. Labour Day was early this year and the warm...

Dr. Kometevsky's DayCeleste Wolver looked up unwillingly at the book her friend Madge Carnap held aloft like a torch. She made out the ill-stamped title, The Dance of the Planets. There was no mistaking the time of its origin; only paper from the Twentieth...

Agnes Sorel: A NovelEntered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, by GEORGE P. R. JAMES, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. How strange the sensation...

The Spicy Sound of Success"But look at that screen, sir," Quade said with an emphatic swing of his scarred arm. "I've seen blank scanning like that before and you haven'tit's your first trip. This always means transphasiacortex dissolution, motor area feedback, the Aitchell Effectcall...

No SubstitutionsPutting people painlessly to sleep is really a depressing job. It keeps me awake at night thinking of all those bodies I have sent to the vaults, and it interferes to a marked extent with my digestion. I thought before Councilman Coleman came...