Old Is Gold

The Man of the World (1792)During his extraordinarily long career as an actor, Charles Macklin wrote several plays. The earliest is King Henry VII; or, The Popish Imposter, a tragedy based on the Perkin Warbeck story, performed at Drury Lane 18 January 1745/6 and...

Faust: a Tragedy [part 1], Translated from the German of Goethe Manager. Dramatic Poet. Merry Person. Manager. You who in trouble and distress Have both held fast your old allegiance, What think ye? here in German regions Our enterprise may hope success? To please...

The Hope of the Gospel SALVATION FROM SIN. THE REMISSION OF SINS. JESUS IN THE WORLD. JESUS AND HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN. THE HEIRS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. SORROW THE PLEDGE OF JOY. GOD'S FAMILY. THE REWARD OF OBEDIENCE. THE YOKE OF JESUS. THE SALT...

Iivana eli suomalainen venäläisen puhemiehenäIivana Ivanovitsh Ivanoff oli ammatiltansa iloinen suutari, ja harras kristitty samalla. Iltns hn oli siin viidenkymmenen korvilla ja mit hnen nenns tulee, niin tytti sekin kaikki ne vaatimukset, mit tuolle kasvojen kaunistukselle yleens voidaan asettaa. Se net oli pst punainen,...

Gwaith Samuel RobertsOr Diwygiad y cododd teulu galluog S. R. Yr oedd ei dad, John Roberts, er 1798 yn olynydd i Richard Tibbot a Lewis Rees fel gweinidog Hen Gapel Llanbrynmair. Dyma enwau aelodau mwyaf adnabyddus y teulu, Symudodd John Roberts ai deulu, tua...

Pater Filucius So zum Beispiel die Geschichte Von dem Gottlieb Michael, Der bis dato sich beholfen So la la als Junggesell. Zwo bejahrte fromme Tanten Lenken seinen Hausbestand Und Petrine und Pauline Werden diese zwo benannt. Auerdem, mu ich bemerken, Ist noch eine Base...

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876All things being ready for their reception, how were exhibits, exhibitors and visitors to be brought to the grounds? To do this with the extreme of rapidity and cheapness was essential to...

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873Sketch Map of the Nile Sources and Lake Region of Central Africa, showing Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries and Mr. Stanley's Route WILHELMINE VON HILLERN, Author of "Only a Girl," "By His Own Might,"...

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875People who go to Australia expecting every other man they meet to be a convict, and every convict a ruffian in felon's garb, will assuredly find themselves mistaken. And if contemplating a...

Atlantida I. A SOUTHERN ASSIGNMENT II. CAPTAIN DE SAINT-AVIT III. THE MORHANGE-SAINT-AVIT MISSION IV. TOWARDS LATITUDE 25 V. THE INSCRIPTION VI. THE DISASTER OF THE LETTUCE VII. THE COUNTRY OF FEAR VIII. AWAKENING AT AHAGGAR IX. ATLANTIS X. THE RED MARBLE HALL XI. ANTINEA...

Mademoiselle de MaupinPrface Une des choses les plus burlesques Prface Non, imbciles, non, crtins et goitreux Chapitre 1 Chapitre 2 Chapitre 3 Chapitre 4 Chapitre 5 Chapitre 6 Chapitre 7 Chapitre 8 Chapitre 9 Chapitre 10 Chapitre 11 Beaucoup de choses sont ennuyeuses Chapitre...

Le sorcier de MeudonPermettez-moi, Madame, de dposer vos pieds ce livre qui vos encouragements ont fait d'avance tout le succs que j'ambitionne. Il sera aim de toutes les mes leves et de tous les esprits dlicats, s'il n'est pas indigne de vous tre offert....

Mercadet: A Comedy in Three ActsMercadet, a speculator Madame Mercadet, his wife Julie, their daughter Minard, clerk of Mercadet Verdelin, friend of Mercadet Goulard, creditor of Mercadet Pierquin, creditor of Mercadet Violette, creditor of Mercadet Mericourt, acquaintance of Mercadet De la Brive, suitor to...

Bracebridge Hall The success of "OLD CHRISTMAS" has suggested the re-publication of its sequel "BRACEBRIDGE HALL," illustrated by the same able pencil, but condensed so as to bring it within reasonable size and price. MERRY BEGGARS. The reader, if he has perused the volumes...

The Helmet of Navarre"No fear of that; my house has a good name. There is no fairer inn in all Paris. And your chamber is a good chamber, though you will have larger, doubtless, when you are Minister of Finance." The laugh was turned...

Pojat asiallaEi toki! lupasi Otto aivan ylvstelevll nell ja aikoikin jo lhte. Mutta silloin tuntui taas hiukan koskevan oikean jalan kantaphn, jonka hn oli eilen polkenut lasinsiruseen. Hn muisti nyt tuon pikku haavan, nosti kantapns koholle ja tarkasti kipen paikan. Ja silloin hnen phns...

Varied TypesObjection is often raised against realistic biography because it reveals so much that is important and even sacred about a man's life. The real objection to it will rather be found in the fact that it reveals about a man the precise points...

Koskenlaskijan morsianElettiin vuoden pimeint aikaa, sill joulukuu oli alkanut. Nuottaniemess, Korpikosken niskassa, oli vilkasta liikett, kun taloon varrottiin kuuluisaa saarnamiest Kero-Pieti, joka ei ollut moneen vuoteen joutanut poikkeamaan nille seuduille. Pohjois-Ruotsissa ja laajoissa Suomen Lapin pitjiss hn oli kierrellyt vuosikausia lepoa nauttimatta. Monet kerrat...

Les Roquevillard"La tradition, ce n'est pas ce qui est mort; c'est, au contraire, ce qui vit; c'est ce qui survit du pass dans le prsent; c'est ce qui dpasse l'heure actuelle; et de nous tous, tant que nous sommes, ce ne sera, pour ceux...

Bouvard et PécuchetPlus bas le canal Saint-Martin, ferm par les deux cluses talait en ligne droite son eau couleur d'encre. Il y avait au milieu, un bateau plein de bois, et sur la berge deux rangs de barriques. Au del du canal, entre les...