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Lexique comparé de la langue de Molière et des écrivains du XVIIe siècleVoici un livre sur la langue du plus admirable crivain qui jamais ait fait parler la raison et lesprit en franais. On vit chez lui, de niveau, le caractre de lhomme et...

Dafnis y Cloe; leyendas del antiguo Oriente (fragmentos)Los aficionados libros suelen cegarse con frecuencia y prestar muchas obras literarias un mrito que no tienen, y esperar que logren una popularidad que al cabo no alcanzan. Es evidente que yo, cuando me he tomado el...

Daimoni: Itämainen tarinaVenjn suurimman runoilijan A.S. Pushkinin rinnalla mainitaan aina ensimisen Mihail Jurjevitsh Lermontovin nimi. Onpa niit, jotka eivt ole epilleet antaa jlkimiselle etusiaakin, ja ehk syystkin, ainakin mit tuntemusten syvllisyyteen ja runolliseen voimaan tulee. Molemmat nm runoilijat saivat vaikutuksensa siit mahtavasta hykyaallosta, joka...

Saban kuningatar sekä muita kertomuksiaKnut Hamsun on syntynyt elokuun 4 p. 1860 Lom'issa, Gudbrandsdalen'issa Norjassa. Vanhemmat olivat vanhaa, ktevyydestn kuuluksi tullutta talonpoikaissukua, jonka useilla jsenill on kehuttu huomatun taiteellisia taipumuksia. Kun poikanen oli neljn vuoden vanha, muuttivat vanhemmat Lofoteniin, jossa jylh luonto kasvatti lapsesta...

Samurai Trails: A Chronicle of Wanderings on the Japanese High RoadIt was spring and it was Spain. Sunset brought the white-haired custodian of the Court of the Lions to the balcony overhanging my fountain. His blue coat bespoke officialdom but his Andalusian lisp veiled...

SotilaskertomuksiaOnhan venlinen varsin hauska ja miellyttv, niin kauan kuin hn pysyy alallaan. Itmaalaiseksi hn onkin vallan erinomainen. Ainoastaan silloin kun hn rupeaa vaatimaan, ett hnt kohdeltaisiin itisimpn lnsimaisista kansoista, sen sijaan ett hn on lntisin itmaisista, tuntuu hness rotuomituisuus, jota on kovin vaikea hallita....

The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 5, March 1886The submaxillary gland is of importance not only for its own sake, but because its anatomical connections and situation are such that it can be subjected to physiological experiment, and a number of important results...

Tales of the R.I.C.In many parts of the west of Ireland one finds small mountain farms of from five to twenty acres, generally consisting of twenty-five per cent rock, twenty-five per cent heather, and the remainder of indifferent grass-land. On such a farm a...

Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget OpenedThe mansion-house of the pleasant village of Beechgrove, was inhabited by the family of Fairborne, consisting of the master and mistress, and a numerous progeny of children of both sexes. Of these, part were educated at home...

Reisen in den PhilippinenDie Reise, von der die folgenden Bltter berichten, wurde in den Jahren 1859 und 1860 unternommen, durch unvorherzusehende Umstnde aber pltzlich abgebrochen, lange bevor die gesteckten Ziele erreicht waren. Der Wunsch, das Begonnene spter fortzusetzen, ging nicht in Erfllung, veranlasste aber...

Le SatyriconEn conformit avec l'usage suivi par les traducteurs de Ptrone depuis 1692, on a cru opportun de consigner ici, aux places ordinaires, les apocryphes de Nodot, prdcesseur ingnieux mais balourd de FitzGrald (Kheyyam), de Mrime (La Guzla), de Mac-Pherson et de l'Ossian qu'admira...

The Motor Boys in the Army; or, Ned, Bob and Jerry as VolunteersNot since the old lumberyard burned, added Jerry Hopkins, as he walked down the street, one arm linked in that of Ned Slade on his left, and the other hooked up with...

Initiative in EvolutionThe Great War imposed on speculative biology a moratorium as in the long vacation of lawyers, in which are causes left over to the next term. And so the old case Lamarck versus Weismann was not heard in the Courts of Science...

Jacquard Weaving and DesigningThough the term jacquard weaving is properly applied to work done by the jacquard machine, it will here be taken to apply to all harness weaving, or work that extends beyond the range of shafts, or leaves of heddles. The question...

The Novel on the TramThe tram left the end of the Salamanca district to pass through the whole of Madrid in the direction of Pozas. Motivated by a selfish desire to sit down before others with the same intention, I put my hand on...

Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe - Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law ReportThe following pages were prepared for...

Hesiodi Carmina All changes applied by the Transcriber to the Latin text are explained in the footnotes marked as "[TR1]", "[TR2]", etc. Footnotes not marked by a preceding "TR" belong to the original text. Gttlingianus HESIODI textus quinquaginta emendationes in Theogonia, viginti quinque in...

America: A historyPresenting in a handy form a history of the great events and movements of the present century, in our own country, throughout the British Empire, on the Continent of Europe, and in America. THE SCOTSMAN.The central idea of the work and the...

Maailmankaupunki: RomaaniMontague katsahti ymprilleen vavahtaen hieman etukteen. Syyn hnen vavahdukseensa ei ollut hotellin loistokkuus, vaikka olisipa voinut uskoa, ett tmn keskikaupungilla sijaitsevan hotellin komeus vaikuttaisi juuri maalta tulleeseen. Mutta Montague ei huomannut marmoripilareita, eik kullattuja porraskaiteita, hn muisteli vaan niit miehi, jotka hnen piti...

Bygone BerkshireThe Royal County has many charms for the Antiquary and the Historian, and we trust that "Bygone Berkshire" will not be the least interesting volume of the series which the publisher has so successfully inaugurated. We have attempted to give some glimpses of...