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Discourses on Various Subjects, Vol. 1 (of 2)The following discourses were preached in the united Churches of Christ Church and St. Peter, in the City of Philadelphia, of which the author was appointed assistant minister in the year 1759, and to the rectorship of...

Prometheus IllboundThe work of art is the exaggeration of an idea, says Gide in the epilogue of the Prometheus Illbound. This is really the explanation of the whole book and of many other books of Gide. His world is a world of abstract ideas,...

A Matter of TasteI arrived on the fourth planet of Sunder's Pride stark naked and stood comfortably in the snow, listening to the wind howl by, while waiting for the Expedition Manager to approach from the edge of the small clearing and welcome me....

On the Training of ParentsNo man has the right to dedicate to another what is not his own. All that is mine in this little book is its infelicities. These I dedicate to oblivion. The rest belongs to those two women from whom I,...

The Wonderland of TrinidadIn the name Trinidad is embodied all the romance and beauty and wonder of a tropical island. In the native language it is called Iere, the land of the humming bird. Quite in accordance with the luxurious abundance of life and...

Iltakellot: RunojaMa karille laskin elmni purren. Sa menet pois Yn hmr-kellot rinnassa soi Ikvni. Yn yhden ma valvoin. Nin unta. Laineen laulu. Kutsuu valtiaat ja orjat Ylsnousemus. Huokaus. Ma vannon. Jo luovutko luotani ainoa armas. Hmy lankee. Nuorena tein min lemmen valan. Vanki. Jo...

Kulkurin laulujaLht. Ulos maailmaan! Kulkurin kannel. Itkisit joskus illoin. Mustalaistaikoja. Suvisia suruja. Keinulaulu. Kulkijaneito. Synnyinmaja. Pilvi kaitsemassa. Mustalaislaulu. Elon kulku. Kevisi sointuja. Ne pitkn matkan kulkijat. Arpasilla. Hn kulkee niinkuin kuningas. Juomalaulu. Maantiell. Maailman turulla. Sua etsin. Maailman-Matti. Laivat ne seilaa. Pahajrven pitjss. Lemmen...

A Diary from Dixie - As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate ArmyIn Mrs. Chesnuts Diary are vivid pictures of...

AssassinI deliberately dug my heels into the concrete floor of the corridor of the Pentagon. The steel plates on the heels of my black uniform boots heralded my approach with sharp anvil sounds as I marched confidently toward the unmarked door five hundred feet...

SapphoIt is hardly possible to realise and judge of Sappho without realising her environment. The picture must have its background, and the background is Lesbos about the year 600 B.C. One may well regret never to have seen the island now called Mytilini, but...

L'ultima primavera: romanzo Alta, di forme decise, tendenti alla maest del tipo giunonico. Bionda, d'un biondo acceso, quasi fulvo. Fattezze armoniche, regolarissime, un bello palese, non mutevole, invariabilmente sereno. Se Marina avesse avuto dei nemici, questi, parlando di lei, avrebbero potuto insistere su quell'eccessiva...

A BookAs he moved, small twigs snapped, fell and were silent. His knees were green from wounded shrubbery and grass, and his outspread hands tore unheeded plants. His wrists hurt him and he rested from time to time, always caring for his hat and...

The Bradys' Race for Life; or, Rounding Up a Tough Trio: A Detective Story of LifeIssued WeeklyBy Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered as Second Class Matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Office, March 1, 1899. Entered according to Act of Congress, in...

Bellingrath Gardens, Mobile, AlabamaThe world-famed Bellingrath Gardens unfold their acres of glowing, brilliant colors along the winding banks of the Isle-Aux-Oies River about twenty miles from the town of Old Mobile, and about one mile from famous Mobile Bay. No gardens these that have...

The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday - Being Some Random Reminiscences of a British Diplomat The account of the boating accident at Potsdam on page 75, differs in several particulars from the story as given in the original edition. These alterations have been made at...

Merry TalesThe projector of this Series has had in mind the evident desire of our people, largely occupied with material affairs, for reading in a shape adapted to the amount of time at their disposal. Until recently this desire has been satisfied chiefly from...

Mary Jane Married: Tales of a Village InnA very entertaining autobiography.... Mary Jane has a faculty for observing character, and a power of delineating its movements and development, not distantly related to those of Mr. Sims himself. Mary Jane has so full a fund...

Sculpture in SpainThe Spanish character has expressed itself in sculpture more forcibly than in painting. In no other country, perhaps, do we find a people whose native taste for carving in wood and stone is so deep-rooted, so essentially an outgrowth of the strong...

The Non-Electronic BugWhat I am is a genius, and I give you a piece of advice: Do not ever play cards with a stranger. The stranger might be me. Where there are degenerate card players around, I sometimes get a call. Not diceI don't...

Le petit-neveu de Grécourt, ou, Étrennes gaillardes - Recueil de Contes en vers, réimprimés sur l'édition de 1782On ne s'attend pas de longues recherches bibliographiques sur ce lger recueil de gaiets: ce serait faire trop d'honneur un petit vagabond, sans feu ni lieu, et...