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Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.This anthology is chosen entirely from poems written in the traditional fixed forms of the ballade, chant royal, kyrielle, rondel, rondeau, rondeau redoubl, sestina, triolet, villanelle, and virelai, with the addition of the pantoum. That such a...

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, December, 1910Note.This Society is not responsible, as a body, for the facts and opinions advanced in any of its publications. Mr. Brown was born in Burnside, Orange County, N.Y., in August, 1856, and received...

The Chaplain of the FleetMy life has been (above any merits of my own) so blessed by Providence, that methinks its history should be begun with the ringing of bells, the singing of psalms, the sound of cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all...

Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth CenturyIt is the story of a hundred years that we propose to give; the record of the noblest and most marvelous century in the annals of mankind. Standing here, at the dawn of the Twentieth Century,...

Some Persons UnknownKenyon had been more unmanageable than usual. Unsettled and excitable from the moment he awoke and remembered who was coming in the evening, he had remained in an unsafe state all day. That evening found him with unbroken bones was a miracle...

Buffon's Natural History. Volume 06 (of 10) - Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &cThe cat is a faithless domestic, and only kept through necessity to oppose to another domestic...

Buffon's Natural History. Volume 05 (of 10) - Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &cAs all our knowledge turns upon the relations by which one object differs from another, if...

Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10) - Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &cInfants, when newly born, sleep much, though with frequent interruptions. As they are also in frequent...

The Happy AverageLawrence led the way with a jaunty step that was intended to show his easy footing with the Carters. But Marley lagged behind. Even if calling on girls had not been such a serious business with him, he could not forget that...

The Boy Aviators with the Air Raiders: A Story of the Great World WarFrank, he was lucky to break only his arm and collar bone, when it might have been his neck, in that nasty fall. But why are you rubbing your eyes like...

Linnamäen taru; Kaksi yötä: Kaksi historiallista kertomustaMuuan nist rakkaan isnmaamme historiallisesti muistorikkaista seuduista on kieltmtt Porvoon kaupunki. Ja sinne ei meit houkuttele ainoastaan jo ammoin vierineitten vuosisatojen sotaiset urostyt, vaan, ja kenties viel suuremmassa mrss, uudemman ajan rauhalliset pyrinnt; ne suurtyt, mitk ihmishenki on...

Kino und Kunst - Lichtbühnen-Bibliothek Nr. 2Die gewaltige Bewegung, der von viel tausend Stimmen aufgenommene Ruf nach sthetischer Kultur, nach Kunst berall ist hervorgegangen aus der eigentmlichen Not einer Zeit, die anders ist als eine je vordem dagewesene. Ehedem thronten in ihren Tempeln erhabener...

Social Origins and Primal LawAs you first pointed out to me the facts which are the germ of my Theory of the Origin of Totemism, you are one cause of my share in this book. The other is affection for the memory of the...

Myths & Legends of JapanIn writing Myths and Legends of Japan I have been much indebted to numerous authorities on Japanese subjects, and most especially to Lafcadio Hearn, who first revealed to me the Land of the Gods. It is impossible to enumerate all...

L'Illustration, No. 2509, 28 Mars 1891'viterai les phrases attendues sur la semaine sainte. Je les viterai d'autant plus qu'elle est passe et que nous voici Pques. Il faut pourtant bien noter que le printemps cette anne s'est signal par une froide grle et que...

By order of the companyA book very much to be recommended.Guardian. A stirring tale of love and adventure.Tablet. The whole book is a masterpiece.British Weekly. A delightful story.Speaker. A notable book.Literary World. Any reader who likes Stevenson will like The Old Dominion.Outlook. I have...

Jack, the Young Ranchman: A Boy's Adventures in the RockiesFar away in the west, close to the backbone of the continent, lies the sage-brush country where the happenings described in the following pages took place. The story is about real things and about real...

ArundelColonel Fanshawe was riding slowly back to his bungalow about an hour before the sunset of a hot and brilliant day in the middle of March. He had spent a long day in the saddle, for the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Forces was at...

The Blocking of Zeebrugge Briefly stated, the German High Seas Fleet was contained within the waters of the Heligoland Bight by the British Grand Fleet, whilst German submarines were engaged on vast operations, having for their object the stoppage of the trade of Great...

Uncle SamArising in obscure ways, often originating in derision or abuse or satire, sometimes repudiated by those to whom they are applied, at other times adopted in spite of the ridicule, the origin of nicknames is singularly elusive, and there are few words or...