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Ordeal by Battle With that they looked upon him, and began to reply in this sort: SIMPLE said, I see no danger; SLOTH said, Yet a little more sleep; and PRESUMPTION said, Every Vat must stand upon his own bottom. And so they lay...

Circus Life and Circus CelebritiesThere are probably few persons who do not number among the most pleasant recollections of their youth their first visit to a circus, whether their earliest sniff of the saw-dust was inhaled in the building made classical by Ducrow, or...

Fortunes and Dreams - A practical manual of fortune telling, divination and the interpretation of dreams, signs and omensThere is a Latin saying that Fortune frustrates, single-handed, the plans of learned men. There are moments in the lives of each of us when we...

Excursions in Art and LettersThe overthrow of the pagan religion was the deathblow of pagan Art. The temples shook to their foundations, the statues of the gods shuddered, a shadow darkened across the pictured and sculptured world, when through the ancient realm was heard...

The Turning of the Tide; Or, Radcliffe Rich and His PatientsA distinguished professor of Mathematics in a New England college was wont to remark to the Freshman class when meeting them for the first time at recitation, "that every person is as lazy as...

A Prince of SwindlersAfter no small amount of deliberation, I have come to the conclusion that it is only fit and proper I should set myself right with the world in the matter of the now famous 18--swindles. For, though I have never been...

Turman talo: KertomusOli pivn aamupuoli, ilmassa viel tuoreutta, kevn rikkainta tuntua. Turman talon vankka pihapuu syksi pujoa latvaansa uhmaten taivasta kohti, ja vaikka sen lehtevill oksilla ripisi kevn iloinen valo eloisana kuin iloitsevan pskysparven visertely ja elo, niin se nytti olevan siit kuin irrallaan....

Kuoleman rajoilla: KertomusJo pari kolme viikkoa oli hn elnyt hirttonuora alati valmiina taskussa, eik hn kuitenkaan koskaan tajunnut, miten tm itsemurha-ajatus oli hness syntynyt. Se oli alkanut hiljaa, aivan huomaamatta, jo vhn ennen vaimon kuolemaa. Vaimon kuoltua se tuntui hness vain iknkuin juurtuvan syvemm....

Tarina kolmesta leijonastaUseimmat teist olette kuulleet Allan Quatermain'ista, joka oli osallisena kuningas Salomon'in kaivosten lydss moniaita vuosia sitten, ja joka myhemmin asettui Englantiin elksens ystvns, Sir Henry Curtis'in lheisyydess. Nyt hn on palannut ermaahansa, kuten vanhat metsstyskoirat melkein aina tekevt keksien yhden tai toisen...

The Hard-Scrabble of Elm Island This volume of the series finds the boys entering upon manhood. Already, by integrity and energy, have they secured the respect and confidence of their employers and the community. Isaac at sea, John behind the anvil, Fred in trade,...

The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO SUFFERED EXILE. IMPRISONMENT AND DEATH FOR THE DARING SERVICE THEY RENDERED OUR COUNTRY AS CITIZENS OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE The Clansman ended with the political...

The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900 In answer to hundreds of letters, I wish to say that all the incidents used in Book I., which is properly the prologue of my story, were selected from authentic records, or came within...

In the Sixties In nothing else under the latter-day sun-not even in the mysterious department of womans attire-has Fashion been more variable, or more eccentric in its variations, than in the matter of prefaces. The eternal revolution of letters devours its own children so...

Little Homespun In a way, this book, Little Homespun, is a story quite by itself. In another way it is a sequel to Courage, although you can catch its thread without having read a line of Courage. Now some grown people, and I presume...

Die krankheiterregenden Bakterien - Entstehung, Heilung und Bekämpfung der bakteriellen Infektionskrankheiten des Menschennunmehr schon ber 600 Bndchen umfassend, sucht seit ihrem Entstehen dem Gedanken zu dienen, der heute in das Wort: Freie Bahn dem Tchtigen! geprgt ist. Sie will die Errungenschaften von Wissenschaft, Kunst...

Children of MenThe sewing-machines whirred like a thousand devils. You have no idea what a noise thirty sewing-machines will make when they are running at full speed. Each machine is made up of dozens of little wheels and cogs and levers and ratchets, and...

The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. - Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. UR earth is but as an atom in space, a star amongst stars. Yet, to us who inhabit it, it is still without bounds,...

Handbuch der Aquarellmalerei - Nach dem heutigen Standpunkte und mit vorzüglicher Anwendung auf Landschaft und Architektur nebst einem Anhange über HolzmalereiDer vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1877 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Zeichensetzung und offensichtliche typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Unterschiedliche...

Briefe aus Frankfurt und Paris 1848-1849 (2/2)Der vorliegende Text wurde anhand der 1849 erschienenen Buchausgabe so weit wie mglich originalgetreu wiedergegeben. Zeichensetzung und offensichtliche typographische Fehler wurden stillschweigend korrigiert. Altertmliche, ungewhnliche und inkonsistente Schreibweisen (z.B. eilf und elf) wurden nicht korrigiert bzw. vereinheitlicht. Fremdsprachige...

The Sultan and His PeopleMutability is the appropriate motto of humanity; for what are men but creatures of a day; monarchs, but transient shadows of earthly greatness; empires, but passing events? Time, with more than eagle swiftness, hurls all things into the great bosom...