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The Straits ImpregnableThe afternoon was wearing out, and I began to think of home and tea. I stopped working, straightened my back, ran moist fingers through my hair, and sat down on the log. The axe went tumbling to the ground. Watch-and-pray and Wait-and-see...

Bewick's Select Fables of Æsop and others. - In three parts. 1. Fables extracted from Dodsley's. 2. Fables with reflections in prose and verse. 3. Fables in verse.In the various periods of the worlds history men have appeared who were gifted with greater powers...

Wilhelm Hauffs sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden. Bd. 3Die Sage, womit sich die folgenden Bltter beschftigen, gehrt jenem Teil des sdlichen Deutschlands an, welcher sich zwischen den Gebirgen der Alb und des Schwarzwaldes ausbreitet. Das erstere dieser Gebirge schliet, von Nordwest nach Sden in...

The Magical ChanceWhat are you going to say to the college girls? my pretty niece asked, as we motored down the valley. She was being graduated this spring, and the snowy dogwoods and the purple Judas-trees against the tender hillsides were not so fresh,...

HeelShe gestured at the huge screen on the wall. It showed, far below, the blue sea, the black ships on the yellow beach, the purple tents of the Greek army, the broad brown plain, and the white towers of Troy. The Director glared at...

Underneath the Bough: A Book of VersesI desire to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Titus Munson Coan, Mr. Justo Quintro and Mr. A. B. Myrick for assistance rendered, and to acknowledge the kind permission to reprint certain of these verses given me by...

Aikamme urosJokaisessa kirjassa on esipuhe ensiminen ja samalla viimeinen asia. Se on joko selityksen teoksen tarkoituksesta tahi puhdistaumisena ja vastauksena arvosteluille. Mutta tavallisesti lukijat eivt vlit siveellisest tarkoituksesta ja sanomalehtien hykkyksist, ja senp thden he eivt esipuhetta lue. Ja paha on, ett niin on;...

Kotkan tieKenraali loi katseensa nuoreen mieheen, jonka kasvoja auringon viime steet juuri valaisivat. Sileksi ajeltujen kasvojen piirteet olivat uurteiset, iho kuin parkittu vivahtaen ruskeankeltaiseen. Vaikkapa mies olisi ollut vanhakin, eivt hnen kasvonsa olisi voineet olla en ryppyisemmt, mutta silmt, jotka hymyillen katsoivat kenraaliin, olivat...

History of the Late Polish Revolution and the Events of the Campaign KOSCIUSZKO. Born in Poland A.D. 1756. Died the 15th. October 1817 near Solothurn in Switzerland. He and Gal. Lafayette were the only two Europeans who wore the Cross of the Order of...

On the Margin: Notes and EssaysNote: Most of these Essays appeared in The Athenum, under the title Marginalia and over the signature AUTOLYCUS. The others were first printed in The Weekly Westminster Gazette, The London Mercury and Vanity Fair (New York). From Bocca di...

I viaggi di Gio. da Mandavilla, vol. 2 Poi che io v' detto e scritto di sopra el magnifico[1] della Terra Santa, e del paese d'intorno, e di molte vie per andare a quele tere e al monte Sinai, e della minore Babillonia, e...

I viaggi di Gio. da Mandavilla, vol. 1 Poche letture son pi gradevoli, a parer mio, delle narrazioni di viaggi; le quali, oltre al diletto che arrecano, tornerebbero eziandio utilissime per le notizie che ci porgono de' luoghi a noi sconosciuti, de' varii costumi...

La Danse de Sophocle: Poèmes TABLE LA VISITATION LES POMES DE PARIS LE DELIRE MATINAL ENTHOUSIASME D'UN MATIN D'AVRIL C'EST L'HELLESPONT, LA MER GE! LE DERNIER CHANT DU PRINCE FRIVOLE LA FLOTTE ENGUIRLANDE HYMNE A LA POSIE LE VOYAGE IMMOBILE LA DPCHE AU JARDIN...

Thirty Degrees CattywonkusAt the moment, it seemed to Ernie Lane that in a house which even the real estate agent said had "either" eleven or twelve rooms, it was quite conceivable that he and Melinee had overlooked that extra room. While Melinee fried the...

Father and the Boy Visit the University of Idaho - The University of Idaho Bulletin, Vol. XVII, March, 1922, No. 11Father and son had a minute alone together on the first evening of their first visit to their own state universityIdaho. Arriving on a...

The Crystal Sceptre: A Story of AdventureWe had lost all control of the wild balloon. It was driven ahead of the wind like a shred of rags, the car trailing behind at a fearful angle, for many of the ropes were broken and all...

The Coming of Lugh: A Celtic Wonder-Tale RetoldMananaan Mac Lir who rules the ocean took the little Sun-God, Lugh, in his arms and held him up so that he could see the whole of Ireland with the waves whispering about it everywhere. Then Mananaan...

BookplatesOF course some people have exaggerated the importance of bookplates, and on the other hand some have affected to ignore them. Now the simple fact is that bookplates belong to books, and anything that has to do with books will assuredly charm cultivated minds...

Life of J. E. B. StuartHenry of Navarre was a famous French king who led his forces to a glorious victory in a civil war. An English writer, Lord Macaulay, wrote a stirring poem in which a French soldier is represented as describing this...

Beauvoir: Jefferson Davis ShrineBeauvoir, freely translated beautiful view, is located on U. S. Highway 90 about halfway between Gulfport and Biloxi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It was originally part of a tract of land that James Brown, a prosperous planter of Madison County,...