Old Is Gold

Trois contesPour cent francs par an, elle faisait la cuisine et le mnage, cousait, lavait, repassait, savait brider un cheval, engraisser les volailles, battre le beurre, et resta fidle sa matresse,qui cependant n'tait pas une personne agrable. Elle avait pous un beau garon sans...

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 - Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes * * * * * From this volume on, an attempt will be made to bring out, in the illustrations, certain broad...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 - The Adventurer; The IdlerThe Adventurer was projected in the year 1752, by Dr. John Hawkesworth. He was partly induced to undertake the work by his admiration of the Rambler, which had now...

The Grimké Sisters - Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of It was with great diffidence, from inexperience in literary work of such length, that I engaged to write the biography which I now present to the public. But the diaries...

Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 02 of 10: the Humourous Lieutenant1 Ush. Would you have all these slighted? who should report then, The Embassadors were handsome men? his beard A neat one? the fire of his eyes quicker than lightning, And when it breaks,...

Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 01 of 10: the Custom of the Country * * * * * Count Clodio, Governour and a dishonourable pursuer of Zenocia. Manuel du Sosa, Governour of Lisbon, and Brother to Guiomar. Arnoldo, A Gentleman contracted to Zenocia. Rutilio,...

The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series Title: The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 Subtitle: With Translations and Index for the Series Author: Joseph Addison et al. Release Date: April 1, 2004 [EBook #12030] Language:...

Monsieur Parent, et autres histoires courtesTout le long du chemin rond qui passe devant le bassin et devant l'glise de la Trinit pour revenir, aprs avoir contourn le gazon, d'autres enfants s'occupaient de mme, leurs petits jeux de jeunes animaux, tandis que les bonnes...

The Servant in the House"He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth...

Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897The psychical growth of a child is not influenced by days and years, but by the impressions passing events make on its mind. What may prove a sudden awakening to one, giving an impulse in a certain direction that...

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La TontineThis Etext is for private use only. No republication for profit in print or other media may be made without the express consent of the Copyright Holder. The Copyright Holder is especially concerned about performance rights in any media on stage, cinema, or...

The Castle InnAbout a hundred and thirty years ago, when the third George, whom our grandfathers knew in his blind dotage, was a young and sturdy bridegroom; when old Q., whom 1810 found peering from his balcony in Piccadilly, deaf, toothless, and a skeleton,...

Rakkautta"Tek sit olette se Maiju Lassila tn Tohmajrven vallesmannin tytt?" kysyi minulta tuntematon, lihavahko isntmies, tyhmn nkinen ukon kellukka, joka tuli Sortavalan seurahuoneelta kadulle juuri kun min astua sipsuttelin siit ohi. En ollut kuulevinanikaan. Niin tungetteleva oli mielestni se kysymys. Minua hn suututti, varsinkin...

Sous les marronniers: Contes et récitsSi jamais magister ressembla au personnage qu'on a coutume de peindre quand on veut reprsenter le chef de quelque pauvre petite cole de campagne, ce fut sans contredit ce vieux M. Bidard, qui le premier eut la patience de...

Three Plays: The Fiddler's House, The Land, Thomas MuskerryThese plays were conceived in the early days of the Irish National Theatre. I had been one of the group that formed the National Theatre Society and I wrote plays for players who were my colleagues...

Occasional Papers - Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890, Vol. 2[1] Remarks on the Royal Supremacy, as it is Defined by Reason, History, and the Constitution. A Letter to the Lord Bishop of London, by the Right Hon. W.E....

Un mois en AfriqueLa France, la Rpublique, les Armes, voil les aspirations de toute ma vie de proscrit. Mes ides, mes tudes, mes exercices avaient suivi, ds longtemps, cette direction. En vain, depuis dix ans, je m'tais ritrativement adress au roi Louis-Philippe, ses ministres,...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 - Miscellaneous PiecesThe publick may justly require to be informed of the nature and extent of every design, for which the favour of the publick is openly solicited. The artists, who were themselves...

The Bicyclers and Three Other FarcesThe scene is laid in the drawing-room of Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Perkins, at No. --- Gramercy Square. It is late October; the action begins at 8.30 oclock on a moonlight evening. The curtain rising discloses Mr. and Mrs....