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Un enfant, t. 3/3Lattitude mlancolique des saules{4} qui se penchent pour cacher les tombes, les promeneurs indiffrens, les curieux moqueurs, les amans qui fuient sous la vote paisse des arbres, tout nous fait souvenir que nous sommes au Pre-Lachaise, ce cimetire odorant et joyeux...

Un enfant, t. 2/3LOUISE avait dit Gustave quelles taient ses craintes au sujet des menaces de sa mre; il est croire mme quelle avait exagr les unes et les autres, afin que Gustave la rassurt par des preuves plus grandes damour. Mais loin dapporter...

Un enfant, t. 1/3DANS une maison de la rue Bourbon-Villeneuve, au troisime tage, vivaient, il y aura bientt huit ans, une mre et sa fille, toutes deux sans fortune, mais non tout--fait pauvres. Veuve dun officier de lancienne arme, madame Drouart avait obtenu du...

Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1 - Vanua Levu, FijiDuring a sojourn in the Pacific, which covered a period of rather over a year in Hawaii (1896-97), and of two years and three months in Fiji (1897-99),...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 982, October 22, 1898"Near running me down, you might say. Like to a three-decker in full sail. You are going indoors? Ay, ay, then I'll wait; I'll come another day. 'Twas in my mind that Mrs. Fairbank...

Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot - Containing an Account of the Origin of the Regiment in the Reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846His Majesty has been pleased to command, that, with...

Bleeding Armenia: Its history and horrors under the curse of IslamAt no time of the worlds history have there ever been two months so rich in grand tragedy as the Armenian period of November and December, 1895. It is not the enormous number of...

Won in the Ninth - The first of a series of stories for boys on sports to be known as The Matty BooksTo the memory of Henry Chadwick, The Father of Baseball, whose life was centered in the sport, and who, by his rugged...

An account of the plague which raged at Moscow, in 1771Histories of the Plague, exhibiting the modifications it undergoes in different climates, must at all times and in all places be acceptable, if not to the public at large, at least to that class...

Canada and the British immigrantBy the very writing of this book, I am in a measure offering myself as a guide to any prospective immigrant choosing to avail himself of my services. It is well, therefore, to explain that I myself came out from...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 713, August 25, 1877Somewhat less than one hundred years ago, a large schooner, laden with oranges from Spain, and bound for Liverpool, was driven by stress of weather into the Solway Firth, and after beating...

A Treatise of Buggs Being diffident of my own Performance, and desirous it should stand or fall by the Opinion of the Best of Judges, was the Motive that induced me to make my[x] Application to that very Learned, truly Judicious and commendably Curious...

The Lost Land of King ArthurOn the one hand we have the man Arthur, ... on the other is a greater Arthur, a more colossal figure, of which we have, so to speak, but a torso, rescued from the wreck of the Celtic Pantheon.Professor...

Vaimo, jonka minulle annoitEn katso tarpeelliseksi enk toivottavaksi ilmaista, mink verran Mary O'Neillin kertomus perustuu omaan mielikuvitukseeni ja mink verran todenperisiin tapahtumiin. Mutta koska tss teoksessani olen kyttnyt lhteinni enemmn tosiseikkoja kuin romaaninkirjoittajain on tapana, olen katsonut velvollisuudekseni muutella ja muodostella merkitsevimpi kuvauksia ja...

From Peking to Mandalay - A Journey from North China to Burma through Tibetan Ssuch'uan and YunnanWHOSE PRESENCE IN THE EAST WOULD BRING HAPPINESS TO EXILE, AND WHOSE ABSENCE IN THE WEST HAS CAUSED HIS BANISHED FRIEND TO TURN MANY TIMES WITH LONGING TO...

Monja y casada, vírgen y mártirHACE dos siglos y medio, Mxico no era ni la sombra de lo que habia sido en los tiempos de Moctezuma, ni de lo que debia ser en los dichosos aos que alcanzamos. Las calles estaban desiertas, y muchas...

Modern Design in Jewellery and FansJOHN RUSKIN has laid down some broad and simple rules which are especially applicable to DESIGN IN JEWELLERY AND FANS. He says, "Never encourage the manufacture of any article not absolutely necessary, in the production of which invention has...

Pohjalaisia: Kansannäytelmä kolmessa näytöksessäArtturi Jrviluoma, ylioppilaaksi tultuaan ja monilla aloilla yriteltyn sanomalehtimieheksi ptynyt, heimonsa tavallista vilkasverisempi edustaja, julkaisi vuonna 1914 nytelmn "Pohjalaisia" ja saavutti tysosuman. "Pohjalaisista" tuli heti nimens mukaan todellinen kansannytelm, jolla on ollut kestv sijansa kansallisesta pnyttmstmme aina pieniin seuranyttmihin asti. Se...

Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri - Edited with Notes and Biographical SketchThis manuscript is entitled A Report to the Hon. Isaac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory, on the Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri, by Edwin Thompson Denig. It has been edited...

Collecting as a PastimeIn the html version of this eBook, links to larger scale illustrations have been provided where details are not easily visible. Please see the detailed transcribers note at the end of this text. This book is written, and the illustrations prepared,...