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»Sie« am SeilEs kommt auf die Gelegenheit an, seine Fhigkeiten zu entdecken; viele, vielleicht groe und rhmliche, schlummern unerkannt mit dem Menschen ins Jenseits hinber, weil ihnen weder Zeit noch Ort gnstig waren, sich zu offenbaren. Solch ein Moment war's, der die Basis fr...

Historical Record of the Sixty-first, or the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot - Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1844.The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend upon the zeal...

The Golden Chimney: A Boy's MineBen Ralston and his cousin Beth were sitting on the northern slope of Russian Hill, one of the many hills of San Francisco. At the foot of the elevation the black buildings and smokeless chimney of an abandoned smelting-works...

The Cat's PawMiss Susan Baird let her gaze rest on her companion in speculative silence. Apparently, her last jibe had failed of its mark, judging from the mans unchanged expression. With a vexed sigh she proceeded to pour out another cup of tea. They...

Adán y Eva en el paraísoAdn, Padre de los Hombres, fue creado en el da 28 de octubre, a las dos de la tarde... Afrmalo as, con majestad, en sus Annales Veteris et Novis Testamenti, el muy docto y muy ilustre Usserius, obispo de...

Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, 1973: Catalog of Copyright Entries - Third Series Volume 27, Parts 12-13Parts 1213 list all registrations made in classes L and M for the period covered by this issue. The main entries are listed in order by registration number with...

Tükör darabok az önismeret és emberismeret világábólIsmerd meg magadat s magad ltal az embereket; ez ismeret nlkl tudomnyod holt tudomny. Thalestl napjainkig e szavak viszhangzottak a blcsek ajkain: s valljon mi sikerrel? Az ember klns lny: feledve nmagt a klvilg forradalmaiba sovrg, dltl jig,...

The Road to Bunker HillNothing ever happens in this town, said Eben Poore, dangling his long legs over the edge of the wharf, and looking down river to the open sea. The sky was pale, almost white above the long sand bar of Plum...

Fiander's Widow: A NovelThe sale was over: live stock, implements, corn and hay, turnips and potatoes, even apples, had duly been entered to their various buyers; and now such smaller articles as milk-pails, cheese-tubs, cream-tins, weights and scales, and other items of a dairy-farmers...

Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot - Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend upon the zeal...

Ascanio "Never perhaps," says Miss Pardoe (in the Preface to the "Court and Reign of Francis I."), "did the reign of any European sovereign present so many and such varying phases. A contest for empire, a captive monarch, a female regency, and a religious...

The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900For this Anthology I have tried to range over the whole field of English Verse from the beginning, or from the Thirteenth Century to this closing year of the Nineteenth, and to choose the best. Nor have I...

The PioneerThe old ship wheezed and clattered into the landing slot. Greg was an expert pilot, but skill was no substitute for outdated equipment. He unstrapped the safety webbing and eased himself out of the cabin, cluttered with its worn and scarred electronic gadgetry....

Lord Alistair's RebellionOut in the fog-haunted region between the bridges the movement of the red and green-eyed steam-tugs, clutching invisible barges and dragging them away into the darkness, seemed like a shadow-show in which grotesque demons were hunting the souls of men. Along the...

Elementary Course in Woodwork - Designed for use in high and technical schools, with one hundred and thirty-four illustrations: First EditionThe character and object of this book is set forth on its title page. It is a manual designed principally for the practical assistance...

Birálatok, 1861-1903E m, a mint a nvtelen tdolgoz is megjegyzi, Jerrold Douglas ily czm munkjnak Mrs. Caudles curtain lectures (Caudlen gybeli leczki) tdolgozsa. A jeles angol humoristnak bizonyosan egyik legsikerltebb mve. Biztosan, mvszi kzzel s llektani vonsokkal van itt rajzolva egy klnben j, de...

Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness,...

The Last PlungeWhen you are only about ninety degrees from absolute zero, it is not hot, despite the fact that the sun is shining down on you twenty-four hours a day. The answer to this riddle is that you are on Uranus, in the...

Wanted: One Sane ManThe small man adjusted his bi-focals and stared critically at the huge brass nameplate over the glass entrance doors. The plate read "Personnel Incorporated" in neat, modest lettering. Directly above the plate was a traveling neon sign which informed the public...

Lord Lister No. 0005: De zwarte man in het slaapvertrekHet eene rijtuig na het andere reed voor, bedienden in livrei snelden aan, openden het portier en geleidden de in lichte avondmantels gehulde dames en de heeren in rok of uniform, naar binnen. Alles, wat...