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En ménageRester, pendant deux heures, dans un coin, regarder des pantins qui sautent, salir des gants et poisser des verres, se tenir constamment sur ses gardes, s'chapper, lorsqu' l'afft du gibier dansant, la matresse de maison braconne au hasard des pices, si tu appelles...

Frances Mary Buss and her work for educationIn a life written by a friend for friends there must of necessity be more of the intimacy of private friendship than in a record written dispassionately for an unknown public. The world in general knows Frances...

The Lathe & Its Uses - Or, Instruction in the Art of Turning Wood and Metal. Including a Description of the Most Modern Appliances for the Ornamentation of Plane and Curved Surfaces. With an Appendix, in Which is Described an Entirely Novel Form of...

Valkea morsian: Runoja "Ylistetty, ah muistelit sydmesi ylk, tulit luokseni tuikkeessa thtsien. En koskaan, ah koskaan ma sinua hylk surun, syysyn morsian valkoinen." Uhriliekki. Ulappaa helj liit hento haaksi veen-viileen, vitivalkeen morsiamen. Kuun steet kuultaa puhki purjeitten, maa himmentyy kuin hopee-usvan taaksi. Y kuulas...

Runoja Herkules uroostaAlkulause. Herkule'n synty. Herkule'n kasvatos. Herkules teiden haarassa. Herkulen ensimiset tyverot. Herkules sotii vkituriloita vastaan. Herkules joutuu heimolaisensa kuningas Eurystheyksen palvelukseen. Ensiminen uro-ty. Toinen uro-ty. Kolmas uro-ty. Neljs uro-ty. Wiides uro-ty. Kuudes uro-ty. Seitsems uroty. Kahdeksas uro-ty. Yhdekss uro-ty. Kymmenes uro-ty. Eurystheyksen...

The Elements of Perspective - arranged for the use of schools and intended to be read in connection with the first three books of EuclidFor some time back I have felt the want, among Students of Drawing, of a written code of accurate Perspective...

Christianity Viewed in Relation to the Present State of Society and Opinion. In the First Series of these Meditations, I gave a summary of the facts and dogmas which constitute, as I think, the foundation and the essence of the Christian Religion. In the...

Bohemian (Cech) Bibliography - A finding list of writings in English relating to Bohemia and the CechsThe story is both argument and appeal. As argument, it reveals that Bohemian character, citing the place of Bohemia in the art of citizenship, in the power of...

Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in France and Belgium - Or, Saving the Fortunes of the TrouvillesIt was a muggy night in Dovernot an unusual thing in Doverbut nevertheless the wind had an extra whip in it and was lashing the outside Channel into a...

AdrianiQuand je commence un livre, j'ai besoin de chercher la sanction de la pense qui me le dicte, dans un cur ami, non en l'importunant de mon projet, mais en pensant lui et en contemplant, pour ainsi dire, l'me que je sais la mieux...

In Great Waters: Four StoriesTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain....

Corinne; ou, l'Italie - Nouvelle édition revue avec soin et précédée d'observations par Mme Necker de Saussure et M. Sainte-Beuve de l'Académie françaiseDans la littrature proprement dite, et hors du domaine de la politique, Corinne est le chef-d'uvre de madame de Stal, Corinne est...

Gravy TrainWith his wife, Edna, he had planned well for retirement. His idyllic estate consisted of a second-hand planetoid, thirty miles in circumference, which was the only habitable piece of matter in its system. Complete with supplementary gravity generator, a compact atmosphere, a mantle...

War FlyingThis little volume of Thetas letters to his home people is offered in the hope that it may prove useful, and not for glory or reward. The Royal Flying Corps in war-time works in secret. Many of our gallant lads would gladly become...

Ole Mars an' Ole MissMy subjects are all typical Eastern-Shore-of-Maryland darkies, some of whom had erligion, longed ter de Babtis chuch an wuz monstus pious. Others danced, sang, played the banjo, fiddled, fished and frolicked in Talbot County Befo de Wah. Their smiling, shining,...

Souvenirs d'un musicien - précédés de notes biographiques écrites par lui même[1] Ces notes n'taient pas destines la publicit. Ad. Adam les avait crites pour lui; mais nous avons pens qu'elles pourraient avoir, aprs sa mort, un certain intrt, au moins au point de...

The Seven Sisters of Sleep - Popular History of the Seven Prevailing Narcotics of the World to all LOVERS of TOBACCO, in all parts of the world, juvenile and senile, masculine and feminine; and to all ABSTAINERS, voluntary and involuntary to all OPIOPHAGI, at...

Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told after DarkOne fine day in September, in the year 1863, there was quite an uproar on the Gaston plantation, in Putnam County, in the State of Georgia. Uncle Jake, the carriage-driver, was missing. He was more...

MonumentWith his explanations to the reporters completed, Dr. King felt that when he pulled the switch he would automatically restore his good name and bring to a close a career of solid scientific achievement. Most of all, he would bring to an end the...

ColinNeither superstition nor spiritual aspiration signified anything particular to the Staniers, and for many generations now they had been accustomed to regard their rather sinister family legend with cynical complacency. Age had stolen the strength from it, as from some long-cellared wine, and in...