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Les MusardisesC'est l ce que tu trouveras dans le dictionnaire, Ami Lecteur. Et l-dessus tu n'auras pas grande estime pour un volume de vers qui s'appelle les Musardises, c'est--dire les bagatelles, les enfantillages, les riens. Mais pour peu que tu sois un lettr ayant...

A Brief History of the King's Royal Rifle CorpsThis abridged history of the Regiment has been prepared by certain members of the History Committee, and edited by the Chairman. The Chairman (Lieut.-General Sir Edward Hutton) is indebted to the following members of the Regimental...

From Boniface to Bank Burglar; Or, The Price of Persecution - How a Successful Business Man, Through the Miscarriage of Justice, Became a Notorious Bank LooterWhile paying the penalty of a last misdeed, I resolved that no more of lifes precious years should be...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 736, February 2, 1878Fifty years ago, or thereabouts, when by good fortune my brother and I were permitted to make some advance towards an acquaintance with the luminaries which at that time in a remarkable...

Bess of the WoodsRichard Jeffray thrust back his chair from Sir Peter Hardacres dining-table, and stood stiff and ill at ease, like a man but half sure of his own dignity. The Dutch clock had struck three, and the winter sunlight was still flooding...

Two College FriendsMy dear Friend, Indignation at my dedicating this book to you will be useless, since I am at present three thousand miles out of your reach. Moreover, this dedication is not intended as a public monument to our friendship;I know too much...

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Part 1 (of 2) January 6, 1854.Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the members of the House, ten thousand extra copies of the report of the Secretary of the Navy communicating the reports of...

The Mysteries of Heron Dyke: A Novel of Incident. Volume 1 (of 3)The First Gentleman in Europe sat upon the throne of his fathers, and the Battle of Waterloo was a stupendous event that still dwelt freshly in men's memories, when one bright August...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6, June 1850[In the following elaborate specimen of literary criticism there are many passages which will be very obscure, not to say unintelligible, to those who are not familiar with the philosophic phraseology of the Germans. The student of...

The Flower-Fields of Alpine Switzerland: An Appreciation and a PleaLast year Mr. G. Flemwell gave us a very beautiful volume upon the Alpine Flora, and it has met with well-deserved success. But the author is not yet satisfied. He thinks to do better, and...

Life and destiny Dr. Felix Adler, from whose Addresses the following gems of thought are extracted, is widely known in the United States as an impassioned preacher, a distinguished scholar, and a leading citizen. He founded in 1876, in the City of New York,...

Queer Luck: Poker Stories from the New York SunFive men of better nerve never dealt cards than the five who sat playing poker the other night in one of those up-town club-rooms that are so quietly kept as to be entirely unknown to the...

The Heart of Asia - A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest timesA time when Russias movements in the East are being watched by all with such keen interest seems a fitting one for the appearance of a...

Altruism: Its Nature and VarietiesI have been moving about lately through different parts of our country, sitting down to dinner in many homes, and I have everywhere found the family eating bread made of Indian meal, rye, barley, or oatmeal. When I have asked,...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 5, May 1850I am almost frighted at my own temerity; and when I estimate the fame and the strength of those that maintain the contrary opinion, I am ready to sink down in reverential silence, as neas withdrew from...

La forêt, ou l'abbaye de Saint-Clair (tome 3/3) - traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde éditionCependant Adeline et Pierre continurent leur voyage sans prouver daccident, et dbarqurent en Savoie, o Pierre la mit sur le cheval, et marcha ct delle. Quand il aperut les...

La forêt, ou l'abbaye de Saint-Clair (tome 2/3) - traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde éditionLorsque Adeline parut au djeuner, son air daccablement et de langueur frappa madame La Motte, qui lui demanda si elle tait incommode. Adeline seffora de sourire, dit quelle navait...

La forêt, ou l'abbaye de Saint-Clair (tome 1/3) - traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde éditionUne fois que lintrt sordide sempare dune me, il y glace toutes les sources des sentimens honntes et tendres. Non moins ennemi du got que de la vertu, il...

A Woman Rice Planter While the influences and mechanisms of the present world tend to make all parts of it alike in thought and in costume, the various nooks and corners of our own country are gradually losing their original highly accentuated characteristics, and...

La fabrique de mariages, Vol. 5Nous vous le disons en pleine sincrit, mademoiselle Philomne Gran tait une douce fille, sans angles, sans dfauts. Elle valait mieux que Mlite, qui tait cependant une personne de trs-belle tenue.Mais il faut bien soutenir un tablissement. Je vous...