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Tulella ja miekalla: Kuvaus menneiltä ajoilta. 1Kun "Tulella ja miekalla" (Ogniem i mieczem) v. 1884 ilmestyi, hertti se ihastuksen, jollaista ei pitkn aikaan mikn puolalainen kirja ollut saanut osakseen. Ulkomaillakin johti teos yleisn huomion Puolaan ja puolalaista kirjallisuutta aljettiin knt lnsi-eurooppalaisille kielille. Puolalaisia viehtti...

Sketch of the Sikhs - A Singular Nation Who Inhabit the Provinces of Penjab, Situated Between the Rivers Jumna and IndusWhen with the British army in the Penjb, in 1805, I endeavoured to collect materials that would throw light upon the history, manners, and...

Joshua MarvelIn the parish of Stepney, in the county of Middlesex, there lived, amidst the hundreds of thousands of human bees who throng that overcrowded locality, a family composed of four persons--mother, father, and two children, boy and girl--who owned the surprising name of...

Airplane PhotographyAirplane photography had its birth, and passed through a period of feverish development, in the Great War. Probably to many minds it figures as a purely military activity. Such need not be the case, for the application of aerial photography to mapping and...

The New Army in TrainingHe had hit the just word. All known marks in the place were submerged by troops. Parade-grounds to their utmost limits were crowded with them; rises and sky-lines were furred with them, and the length of the roads heaved and...

A Collection of Kachári Folk-Tales and RhymesThis little collection of Kachri folk-stories and rhymes is intended as a supplement to the Reverend Mr. Endles Grammar of the language, and as a reading-book for those who have acquired an elementary knowledge of Kachri. I have...

Sininen lintu: SatunäytelmäVALO: Hame kuutamon vrinen: se on vaaleata kultaa, jossa vlkk hopeata; kiiltvi harsoja iknkuin steit. Tyyli on uuskreikkalaista tai englantilais-kreikkalaista Walter Cranen tai mys empiren tyyliin. Solakka vartalo, paljaat ksivarret j.n.e. Pss on hnell otsaripa tai kevyt kruunu. IDINRAKKAUS: Puku jotenkin samanlainen...

A. von MenzelDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1900 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Zeichensetzung und offensichtliche typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Ungewhnliche sowie inkonsistente Schreibweisen wurden beibehalten, auch bei Namensnennungen. Der Ausdruck et cetera wurde im Original mit Hilfe des...

Histoire de Marie-Antoinette, Volume 2 (of 2)Nous abordons maintenant la priode militante de la vie de Marie-Antoinette. Nous le ferons, comme pour le reste de cette histoire, avec la plus complte impartialit, mais avec une impression de mlancolie que nous ne ressentions pas au...

Histoire de Marie-Antoinette, Volume 1 (of 2)Si jamais vnement a eu des droits l'tonnement public, c'est celui de l'union du Roi et de l'Impratrice-Reine, conclue en 1756 [3]. C'est en ces termes que, dans les instructions remises en 1759 au comte de Choiseul, nomm...

The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 3, November, 1834The Publisher and Proprietor, has made such arrangements for the management of the Editorial Department, as he hopes will be satisfactory to his patrons. If the circulation of the "Messenger" continues to increase, he has...

The Romance of the RanchosPicture a map of California cut up into Ranchos like a crazy quilt, dotted with twenty-one Missions and a handful of Pueblos. Picture a people browned by the sun, happy, prosperous and carefree. Picture a white-walled hacienda on each of...

Martin LutherThe Turk was slashing his way up the valley of the Danube into the heart of Europe. God sat far off, not as a loving father but as a vengeful law-court judge inflicting all sorts of misery on mankind. In the forest lurked...

The War in Syria, Volume 1 (of 2)In writing the history of the War in Syria, I began after the battle of Nizib, and the defection of the Turkish fleet, which had well nigh laid Turkey prostrate at the feet of her powerful vassal;...

Collection complète des oeuvres de l'Abbé de Mably, Volume 2 (of 15)A la manire dont les suzerains toient parvenus faire reconnotre leurs droits, il ne devoit y avoir aucune uniformit dans les devoirs auxquels les vassaux se soumirent. Les uns ne faisoient point difficult...

Reminiscences of Epping ForestIt is most desirable that the above charming locality should be better known to the inhabitants of London; but, to be fully appreciated, it must be visited and explored from time to time, but especially during the fine months of the...

Italian Villas and Their GardensThough it is an exaggeration to say that there are no flowers in Italian gardens, yet to enjoy and appreciate the Italian garden-craft one must always bear in mind that it is independent of floriculture. The Italian garden does not...

New Edition of Hints on Silver-Glass Reflecting Telescopes Manufactured by Mr. G. Calver, F.R.A.S. - with Directions for Silvering, Adjusting, &c. Of the various forms of Telescopes now in use, each has its own peculiar advantages; but the Silvered-Glass Reflector is undoubtedly gaining favour...

Die Philosophie der Freiheit: Grundzüge einer modernen WeltanschauungIch glaube einen Grundzug unseres Zeitalters richtig zu treffen, wenn ich sage: der Kultus des menschlichen Individuums strebt gegenwrtig dahin, Mittelpunkt aller Lebensinteressen zu werden. Mit Energie wird die berwindung jeder wie immer gearteten Autoritt erstrebt. Was...

In Extremist Gaat hard achteruit met mij, hard en toch langzaam; ik klaag niet, neen, ik zeg als mijn Amat: Het moet, t kan niet anders en ik geloof, dat dit bewustzijn mij kalmte geeft, kalmte wel noodig in de lange, lange eenzame uren,...