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The Haunts of Old CockaigneWhen, as a boy of ten (driven from Paris by General Trochu's proclamation before[203] the siege as a bouche inutile), I first set my eyes on the world's metropolis, my impressions were not favourable. Ugh! that first Sunday in London!...

Historical Tours in and about Boston - Compliments of American Oil CompanyYou are now in the Historic City of Boston, the Birthplace of American Liberty. The Boston you see around you today is the capital city of the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with a...

The Haciendas of Mexico: An Artist's Record The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University...

I Havsbandet En sktka lg en majafton fr bidevind ute p Gsstensfjrden. Rkarna med sina i skrgrden knda tre pyramider brjade blna, och p den klara himmeln bildade sig moln, nr solen tog till att sjunka; det skvalpade redan utanfr uddarna, och obehagliga ryckningar...

The Story of the Thirteen ColoniesThis book is intended as an historical reader, an elementary text-book in the history of our country, or as an introduction or supplement to any of the excellent text-books on the history of the United States now in use....

Needlework Economies: A Book of Mending and Making with Oddments and ScrapsWar is a hard, stern teacher, and its lessons are bitter in the learning; yet some of its teaching we badly neededand not the least important of its many lessons is the one...

Ellen Terry and Her Sisters"It leaves an impression like that of a piece in which the Kendals have played, an impression of pleasure, refinement, refreshment, and of the value of cherishing sweet and kindly feelings in art as in life. Few books can do...

Tuliliemen tuttavana: AlkoholimuistelmiaTm asia johtui mieleeni ern vaalipivn. Oli lmmin kalifornialainen iltapiv ja min olin ratsastanut maatalostani alas Kuulaakson pieneen kyln nestkseni muutoksista ja lisyksist, joita oli ehdotettu Kalifornian valtion perustuslakeihin. Helteen thden olin tyhjentnyt useita laseja, ennenkuin kvin antamassa nestyslippuni, ja perst pin...

Kultaa ja kuntoa: Romaani KlondykestaAlussa hnen nimenn oli Christopher Bellew. Yliopistossa hnest tuli Chris Bellew. San Franciscon taiteilijapiireiss sanottiin hnt sittemmin Kit Bellewiksi. Ja lopuksi hnet tunnettiin ainoastaan Smoke Bellewin nimell. Tm hnen nimens kehityshistoria muodostaa hnen oman kehityshistoriansa. Nin ei olisi sattunut koskaan,...

Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., part 1, May 21-October 16, 1839The Oregon Territory forms the terminus of these Travels; and, as that country is an object of much interest on both sides of the Atlantic, I have thought proper to preface...

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 06 (of 20)The selection of a Republican candidate for the Presidency gave rise to the customary discussion in the newspapers, in the course of which the New York Tribune, under date of June 6, 1856, expressed itself as...

Facts in JinglesThese jingles were written by a child for children. The young author does not expect that any one will imagine they were intended to be a contribution to poetry or literature. They will be of interest to adults principally as an illustration...

A Graduated English-Welsh Spelling BookThe object of this work is to facilitate the progress of Welsh children in the acquisition of the English language. Every one admits that it is of the highest importance in the education of the young, that they should be...

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany "Si l'artiste ne se prcipite pas dans son oeuvre, comme Curtius dans le gouffre, comme le soldat dans la redoute, sans rflchir; et si, dans ce cratre, il ne travaille pas comme le mineur...

The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment - Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made ApparatusTHE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM BY EXPERIMENT. This book is designed as a text-book for amateurs, students, and others who wish to take up...

Das Bücher-Dekameron - Eine Zehn-Nächte-Tour durch die europäische Gesellschaft und Literatur Von den Spiehrnern bis zur Todtnauer Htte jagt der Schneesturm schon den dritten Tag. Das Zastler Loch ist verhllt und um Herzogenhorn ballt sich die Schneeflut zu neuem Angriff. Zum Brental huft sich...

From the North Foreland to PenzanceIn the following pages, dealing with the most important or most picturesque of the harbours and seaports of the South Coast from the North Foreland to Penzance, no attempt has been made either to give guide book information which...

Atoms, Nature, and Man: Man-made Radioactivity in the EnvironmentMankind, increasingly crowding the earth, modifies the earthly environment in uncounted subtle and unpredictable ways, too rarely to the benefit of either earth or man. In this century it has become critically important that we comprehend...

Yougo-SlaviaOverduidelijke druk- en spelfouten in het origineel zijn gecorrigeerd; deze zijn voorzien van een dunne oranje stippellijn, waarbij de Brontekst via een zwevende pop-up beschikbaar is. Variaties in spelling (met/zonder accent, met/zonder koppelteken, letterwisselingen g/k, v/w) zijn behouden. Het was, ik weet niet meer...

Unter Palmen und Buchen. Dritter Band.In Tanunda einem kleinen, fast nur von Deutschen bewohnten Stdtchen in Sd-Australien war Ball, und die ganze weibliche Bevlkerung des Orts befand sich, wie bei all solchen Gelegenheiten, in einer gelinden Aufregung. Kein Wunder auch; jede Dame wnschte doch...