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The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section I, J, K, and L I (). 1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phnician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phnician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original...

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section F, G and H F (f). 1. F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma &?;,...

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section D and E D (d) 1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phnician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian....

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section C C. (s) 1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the...

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B A (named in the English, and most commonly in other languages). The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also...

Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 13, 1834. He was the...

The Fall of TroyHomer's "Iliad" begins towards the close of the last of the ten years of the Trojan War: its incidents extend over some fifty days only, and it ends with the burial of Hector. The things which came before and after were...

The Anglo-Saxon ChronicleOriginally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th Century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), but later entries are...

Life of Robert BrowningPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. This etext was created by typing...

Life and Letters of Robert Browning for SecrecyMarriageJourney to ItalyExtract of Letter from Mr. FoxMrs. Browning's Letters to Miss MitfordLife at PisaVallombrosaFlorence; Mr. Powers; Miss BoyleProposed British Mission to the VaticanFather ProutPalazzo GuidiFano; Ancona'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon' at Sadler's Wells. SonMrs. Browning's Letters...

Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersOR, BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLISHING THIS WORK. WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR THEREOF, AND DEDICATED TO THOSE WHOM GOD HATH COUNTED HIM WORTHY TO BEGET TO FAITH, BY HIS MINISTRY IN THE WORD Children, Grace be with you....

The Chimes - A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year out and a New Year InThere are not many peopleand as it is desirable that a story-teller and a story-reader should establish a mutual understanding as soon as possible, I...

Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaRasselas was written by Samuel Johnson in the year 1759, when his age was fifty. He had written his London in 1738; his Vanity of Human Wishes in 1740; his Rambler between March, 1750, and March, 1752. In 1755 his Dictionary...

Phantasmagoria and Other Poemsp. 8At least, I said, Im glad to find A Ghost is not a dumb thing! But pray sit down: youll feel inclined (If, like myself, you have not dined) To take a snack of something: With this you make a...

Pictures from ItalyIf the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its authors reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit them, in fancy, the more agreeably, and...

Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of EnglandIn 1846, the Percy Society issued to its members a volume entitled Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, edited by Mr. James Henry Dixon. The sources drawn upon by Mr. Dixon...

Wild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryThis edition of Wild Wales has been carefully collated with the first edition, in order to ensure that the spelling of proper names shall be precisely as Borrow left it, and the running headings on the right-hand pages...

The DynamiterGentlemen,In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended. It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit. Let us dedicate our...

The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific OceanI was a boy when I went through the wonderful adventures herein set down. With the memory of my boyish feelings strong upon me, I present my book specially to boys, in the earnest hope that...

The Figure in the CarpetI had done a few things and earned a few penceI had perhaps even had time to begin to think I was finer than was perceived by the patronising; but when I take the little measure of my course (a...