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Byzantine Constantinople, the walls of the city and adjoining historical sitesIn the following pages I venture to take part in the task of identifying the historical sites of Byzantine or Roman Constantinople, with the view of making the events of which that city was...

StrainThe essence of military success is teamworkthe essence of that is absolute reliability of every man, every unit of the team, under any strain that may be imposed. And the duty of a good general? It was unreasonable, he told himself, to feel no...

Is a Ship Canal Practicable? - Notes, Historical and Statistical, Upon the Projected Routes for an Interoceanic Ship Canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in Which is Included a Short Account of the Character and Influence of the Canal of Suez, and the...

Autels privilégiésLe relev dun procs en Cour dart et damour, plaide tendrement avec dloquentes pices lappui de la canonisation proclame enfin pour Desbordes-Valmore.Pour le demi-dieu Leconte de Lisle, plus encore quune canonisation, un culte, peut-tre institu un peu trop tt, clbr avec plus dostentation...

Ivories Ancient and MediævalThese Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged and so far abridged as to bring each into a portable shape. The Lords...

Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 2 (of 2)The newspaper in some countries has been a crime and in others a luxury. In all civilized countries it has now become a necessity. With us it is a duty. It is often corrupted...

History of Greece, Volume 11 (of 12)This History has already occupied a far larger space than I at first intended or anticipated. Nevertheless, to bring it to the term marked out in my original prefacethe close of the generation contemporary with Alexander, on whose...

Memoirs of Doctor Burney (Vol. 1 of 3) - Arranged from his own manuscripts, from family papers, and from personal recollections by his daughter, Madame d'ArblayCOPIED FROM A MANUSCRIPT MEMOIR IN THE DOCTORS OWN HAND-WRITING. If the life of a humble individual, on whom...

Muck ManThe girl with the Slider egg glittering in her hair watched the bailiff lead Asa Graybar out of the courtroom. He recognized her as old Hazeltyne's daughter Harriet, no doubt come to see justice done. She didn't have the hothouse-flower look Asa would...

The Queen's Quair; or, The Six Years' TragedyIf one were in the vein for the colours and haunted mists of Romance; if the thing, perhaps, were not so serious, there might be composed, and by me, a Romance of Queens out of my acquaintance...

Apuntes para una Gramática Valenciana Popular...si al Letor no le parecieren bien, no las siga como las he puesto, que mi intento no es inovar cosa alguna, sino en todo sujetarme la comn, y al prudente sentir de los eruditos. CARLOS ROS, Prctica de...

ErasmusTranscriber'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. Desiderius Erasmus was born...

Kaarinan kesälomaKaarina Holsti astui ensimmist kertaa elessn sisn sairaalan portista. Pelonsekaisella kunnioituksella hn katseli suurta punaista tiilirakennusta kirkkoineen. Kytvss, jo heti ovesta sisn tultaessa, lehahti sairaalailma vastaan; nuoresta, kevtilman tuoksua sken hengittneest tytst tuntui miltei kaamealta tn nukutusaineiden, lysolin ja lkkeiden tyttm ilmakeh. Kaarina...

Standard methods for the examination of water and sewageThe Committee on Standard Methods of Bacteriological Water Analysis was reorganized in 1918 with the following membership: F. P. Gorham, chairman, L. A. Rogers, W. G. Bissell, H. E. Hasseltine, H. W. Redfield, with M. Levine...

JosuaNuorukainen, jota nin kskettiin, totteli mielelln; mutta hetkisen kuluttua huudahti hn: "Kaikkihan on turhaa; thden toisensa pern peitt synkk pilvi. Voi, ja valitushuuto kaupungista Se tulee kai meidnkin huoneestamme. Minua niin peloittaa, iso-is, koetas vain kuinka ptni polttaa! Tule alas, ehk tarvitsevat he apua."...

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The Governor of GlaveRetief turned back the gold-encrusted scarlet cuff of the mess jacket of a First Secretary and Consul, gathered in the three eight-sided black dice, shook them by his right ear and sent them rattling across the floor to rebound from the...

Jehan de Paris - varlet de chambre et peintre ordinaire des rois Charles VIII et Louis XII'est une tche difficile & douce tout la fois d'avoir parler d'un savant auquel des gots communs vous unissaient, & qui voulut bien vous tmoigner une affectueuse bienveillance....

Charley's Log: A Story of Schoolboy Life October 4th.I am going to keep a log. I shall have to do it by-and-by when I am Captain Charles Stewart, and so, as I have been sent to school to prepare for my work in the...

The Black Troopers, and other stories I. A MEETINGTHE RIDE ROUND THE RUN II. 'OLD MAN TOBY' III. THE NIGHT ATTACK IV. THE CONFESSION V. PREPARATIONS FOR PURSUIT VI. ON THE TRAIL VII. THE END OF THE CHASE The drays with which I was...