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Vénus dans le cloître, ou la religieuse en chemise - Nouvelle édition enrichie de figures gravées en taille douceComme il me seroit difficile de ne pas executer ce que vous me tmoignez desirer, je n'ai aucunement deliber sur la priere que vous m'avez faite,...

The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2) - A history of the English commonwealth till the period of the Norman conquestThe original edition of this monumental work having for a long time been out of print and of enhanced value, a great demand...

Par la faute de M. de BalzacLa soire s'tait passe fumer des cigarettes en portant sur les hommes et les uvres des jugements aussi dpourvus de bienveillance que de solidit quand, vers minuit, la conversation se ralluma tout d'un coup, comme ces feux que...

Life of Octavia Hill as Told in Her LettersIt was but a short time before the death of Miss Octavia Hill that one of her sisters succeeded, with much difficulty, in convincing her that some account of her life would be necessary to satisfy...

Death and Taxes"It's a crime, Your Honor," said the young man with the dreamy eyes and paint-smeared sport-shirt. "The Council not only proposes tearing down this picturesque landmark, but would thereby destroy the home of our only local ghost." "Really, Mr. Masterson!" The mayor...

The HopliteJord awoke to the purr of the ventilators billowing the heavy curtains at the doorway. Through them, from the corridor, seeped the cold, realistic, shadowless light that seemed to sap the color from man and matter and leave only drabness and emptiness. His...

A Report Concerning the Colored Women of the SouthFrom 1882 to 1891, the General Agent of the Trust was Rev. A. G. Haygood, D. D., of Georgia, who resigned the office when he became a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Since 1891,...

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World, Vol. III. Being the First of the Second VoyageWhether the unexplored part of the Southern Hemisphere be only an immense mass of water, or contain another continent, as speculative geography seemed to suggest, was a...

Harper's Round Table, March 23, 1897Portsmouth, as I remember the place in the days of my early youthsay, somewhere about the years 1844 to 1850was surely the liveliest place, the most full of action, movement, and life, of any in her Majesty's dominions, which...

Footprints of Famous Men: Designed as Incitements to Intellectual IndustryThe name, which this truly great and good man rendered for ever illustrious and venerable, is of thoroughly English origin, and was assumed, from a manor in the county of Durham, by one of the...

Four Minute Essays, Volume XReporters in the war-smitten countries of Europe tell us that one effect of the horrors of death, wounds, and heartbreak is that the men are turning back to the churches. Out of the obscene muck of materialistic force is springing...

Good Form and Christian EtiquetteLet no one who shall do me the honor to read this little book suppose that I have been laying down a lot of rules. The most that I have attempted is to point out some of those regulations which...

Stair-Building and the Steel Square - A Manual of Practical Instruction in the Art of Stair-Building and Hand-Railing, and the Manifold Uses of the Steel SquareOn entering a building, almost the first thing that meets the eye is the staircase and unconsciously it is...

Further E. K. Means - Is This a Title? It Is Not. It Is the Name of a Writer of Negro Stories, Who Has Made Himself So Completely the Writer of Negro Stories That This Third Book, Like the First and Second, Needs No...

Hiwa: A Tale of Ancient HawaiiTHE first glimmering of dawn rested on Waipio Valley. The moi kane, his great nobles and chief officers of state, his personal attendants, his guards, heralds, priests, diviners, bards, story-tellers, dancers, and buffoons, the whole aialo, even to the...

The Day of GloryAs far as Jeannes personal life was concerned, what little was left of it ebbed and flowed to the daily rhythm of the mail. She felt it begin to sink lower with the fatigue of preparing and serving the lunch for...

Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain"It's true," Consul Passwyn said, "I requested assignment as principal officer at a small post. But I had in mind one of those charming resort worlds, with only an occasional visa problem, or perhaps a distressed spaceman or two a...

Aucassin ja Nicolette: LaulutarinaKaikkina aikoina, niin kauas kuin meidn tietomme ihmissuvun vaiheista ja kohtaloista ulottuvat, ovat ihmiset mielihalulla kuulleet satuja ja tarinoita kerrottavan ja lauluja laulettavan. Tuolla voimakkaalla, kirkastetulla elmll, mik satuun tai tarinaan keskittyy, olkoon se sitten kuviteltua tai todellista, on ollut sama...

From the Black Mountain to Waziristan - Being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the north-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the pastTo do justice to an introduction to a...

Some Reflections Upon Marriage. - With additions.Shewing, the due Behaviour of Women, the Vices they ought to Shun, and the Virtues they ought to Practice. A Treatise very necessary, in this degenerate Age, to confirm the Ladies in their Religious Principles, and to instruct...