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The Amazing YearsMrs. Hillier said something just before lunch that touched me more than she could have guessed. The family was to leave on the Saturday, and the elder of the two young ladiesMiss Murielhad grumbled throughout the week because of the delay insisted...

Contemplazione della morte Mio giovine amico, per quella foglia di lauro che mi coglieste su la fresca tomba di Barga pensando al mio lontano dolore, io vi mando questo libello dalla Landa oceanica dove tante volte a sera il mio ricordo e il mio...

Juggernaut of SpaceNever had the mind of man conceived so horrible a doom as was reaching for Earth. Never had a greater need for Earth's valiant champions been needed. And yet the only ones who could fight the menacewere five futile humans, prisoners on...

A vörös postakocsi: RegényKedves Szerkeszt r, n azt krdezi tlem, mi lesz regnyem tmja, amelyet A Ht-nek rok? Minden, ami nekem kedves s minden, amit eddig meg nem rtam, mert nem rhattam; dolgok, amelyek vtizedek ta lnek bennem, de rni rluk a krlmnyek, eleven...

Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient WorldBefore entering upon a description of the restorations of the Extinct Animals, placed on the Geological Islands in the great Lake, a brief account may be premised of the principles and procedures adopted in carrying out this attempt...

"Downright Fighting": The Story of CowpensThe story of Cowpens, as told in these pages, is ever fresh and will live in memory as long as Americas wars are studied and talked about. The author is Thomas Fleming, a biographer, military historian, and novelist of...

Keisaririkos: Kuvausjakso 1890-luvultaKoko huhtikuu oli ollut kolea, mutta viimeisen pivn ennen vappua purkautui rankka vesisade. Nuoriso olisi kuitenkin mieluummin tyytynyt kirkkaaseen ja koleatuuliseen kuin sateiseen vappuun. Iltasella thyiltiinkin nurjin silmyksin taivaalle, sill monelle Helsingin nuorista merkitsi vappu vuosikauden ihanimpia elmyksi ainakin sellaisten odotusta. Ja...

Dick Merriwell's Glory; Or, Friends and FoesA half million enthusiastic followers of the Merriwell brothers will attest the unfailing interest and wholesomeness of these adventures of two lads of high ideals, who play fair with themselves, as well as with the rest of the...

Wintering at MentoneWith health impaired by a strain of three laborious years as Lord Provost of Edinburghand more particularly enfeebled by a malarious fever caught in the course of making explorations with a view to sanitary improvements in the older part of the cityI...

The Girl from HollywoodThe two horses picked their way carefully downward over the loose shale of the steep hillside. The big bay stallion in the lead sidled mincingly, tossing his head nervously, and flecking the flannel shirt of his rider with foam. Behind the...

Rumpty-Dudget's Tower: A Fairy TaleIN 1877, when I was living in Twickenham, near London, my sister Una happened to be describing a queer character she had met that day: she had a gift for making swift and vivid portraits in words. He was a...

The Measure of Value Stated and Illustrated - With an Application of it to the Alterations in the Value of the English Currency since 1790It is generally allowed that the word value, in common language, has two different meanings; one, value in use, the...

Frankenstein, ou le Prométhée moderne Volume 3 (of 3)Aprs mon retour Genve, les jours et les semaines s'coulrent sans que je pusse trouver le courage de recommencer mon ouvrage. Si je ne remplissais pas ma promesse envers le dmon, j'avais tout craindre de sa...

Frankenstein, ou le Prométhée moderne Volume 2 (of 3)Rien n'est plus pnible pour le cur de l'homme, que le calme glacial qui succde aux sentiments divers soulevs par une suite rapide d'vnements, et la certitude qui enlve en mme temps l'esprance et la crainte....

Frankenstein, ou le Prométhée moderne Volume 1 (of 3)Le fait sur lequel repose cette fiction, n'a point paru impossible au docteur Darwin, et quelques-uns des crivains physiologiques de l'Allemagne. Je ne veux pas laisser croire que je suis port y ajouter srieusement foi. Cependant,...

Sketches in Holland and ScandinaviaThe slight sketches in this volume are only the result of ordinary tours in the countries they attempt to describe. Yet the days they recall were so delightful, and their memoryespecially of the tour in Norwayis so indescribably sunny, that...

Galileo and His JudgesThere is no name in the annals of science which has been the occasion of so long and fierce a controversy as that of Galileo. The historian, the astronomer, and the theologian have all had a share in it. Sometimes there...

Mason's Norwich General and Commercial Directory & Handbook - Including the hamlets of Earlham, Eaton, Heigham, Hellesdon, Lakenham, Pockthorpe, Thorpe, Trowse, Carrow and Bracondale.p. 3The immense utility of a Directory, in a city of such great importance as Norwich, can only be fairly estimated...

La Carrozza di tutti Era il primo di gennaio del 1896. Salii la mattina sul tranvai del corso Vinzaglio, in via Roma. Per tutto il tragitto, di l a via Garibaldi, fu un continuo salire e scendere di signore e di signori, che pareva...

Éloge du petProfondment afflig de voir le Pet banni loin de ces murs, s'loigner de la socit des hommes, en gmissant tout bas; ma douleur s'est infiniment accrue, lorsque j'ai considr que cette injuste proscription toit contraire la conservation de la rpublique, et dans...