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BarnstormerCareful to keep trees and bushes between himself and the cottage, the boy legged it across the fields toward the glass rocket poised in Johnson's pasture, glittering and slim like a dark, slender dancer. To Pete it was all the promise in the world...

I'll See You in My Dreams"When Lust was killed. I think we made a mistake, El. I think, at the time, we were bemused. He wasn't the best of the gods, but he had his points. We've been inner-thinking alike, dear. This plane isn't...

Tom Sawyers Neue AbenteuerNein, er war nicht zufrieden! Es fra an ihm, er wollte nur noch mehr. Ja, als wir drei auf dem Flu zurckkamen von unserer langen Reise, in voller Glorie so kann man wohl sagen und als das Stdtchen uns mit einem...

Under Three Flags: A Story of MysteryNo; I am not tired of life. Who could be on such a day? I am weary simply of this way of living. I want to get awayaway from this stagnant hole. It is the same dull story...

Purpur: Berättelser Det var bara en half dagsled frn hafvet, men man skulle icke ha trott det hr, det borde redan vara vr helt nra, men hit in sken solen bara sent och kort, och jorden var trgare n annorstdes. Det var bara skyarnas...

The Ambassador's PetPets, huh? I snorted a little and folded the orders away in my pocket. Well, I supposed it came in the line of duty. If they ordered me to ferry Aldebaranian pets, I'd ferry Aldebaranian pets. All in a day's work, I...

Texas Museum Directory, 1985Perhaps one of the words that best describes Texas is variety. Whether one is considering weather, geography, cultural groups, or architecture, a variety is available in the Lone Star State. Texas museums offer a microcosm of the states varied cultural and...

Treatise on Poisons - In relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physicThe author regrets that circumstances beyond his control have delayed the re-appearance of the present work beyond the period at which it was called for by the favourable reception of...

De drie steden: ParijsVoor het eerst verschijnt een volledige en onverminkte vertaling van deze groote Zola-boeken. Dat feit verkondig ik met vreugde. Nu eindelijk verschijnen de Drie steden in een verzorgde vertaling, met piteit volbracht tegenover een groot schrijver; een vertaling waarin geen regel...

Vengeances CorsesPrima lex est ulcisci La premire loi du Corse est de se venger, dit un vieux distique anonyme attribu Snque probablement tort, mais en tous cas fort ancien. Un Corse du moyen ge auquel on ne saurait reprocher de ne pas aimer sa...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 14, Vol. I, April 5, 1884The fable of Midas, whose touch transformed even his food into gold, testifies that the ancients felt the limits, while they adored the virtues of the wonderful metal....

The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century A.D., Volume 1 (of 2)Although the age of Justinian is the most interesting and important in the whole series of the Byzantine annals, no comprehensive work has hitherto been devoted to the...

The Personal Relation in IndustryThe following material by Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., consists, with one exception, of addresses delivered by him on various occasions and amidst the demands of many varied interests. These addresses are left practically as they were delivered, and no...

Arms and Armor of the Pilgrims, 1620-1692[Pg 3] The average colonist landing on the wild shores of North America in the early 1600s set great store by his arms and armor. The Pilgrims were no exception. They were strangers in a vast and largely...

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 3—The Church of the Restoration [part 1]The knell of the Puritan Commonwealth was rung when Oliver Cromwell died. The causes of its dissolution may easily be discovered. Some of them had been in operation for a long time, and...

HalmaDoy a mis lectores la mejor prueba de estimacin sacrificndoles mi amor propio de erudito investigador de genealogas... vamos, que les perdono la vida, omitiendo aqu el largusimo y enfadoso estudio de linajes, por donde he podido comprobar que doa Catalina de Artal, Xavierre,...

1913: Történelmi szinmű három felvonásbanA rgisgkeresked (jn jobbrl; az ebdtl; tsiet a terraszon, lenz a parkba, nyugtalanul tmegy a terrasz tuls oldalra, aggdva keresgl, vgre szreveszi azt, akit keresett s trelmetlenl leszl): Jjjn mr, krem. Alig tudtam az ebdtl elszkni. Beatrix: Mert olyan rtak....

The Cosmic LootersDuncan Wyatt sprang up, grabbed his gun and started toward the door before he had his eyes properly open. His ears were ringing with the explosive roar that had awakened him and the pre-fab shack still quivered in the shock wave. He...

Mrs. Arthur; vol. 3 of 3 CHAPTER I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV. IT was like a dream when it was all over, so huddled up at the end, so seemingly causeless; the sudden outburst...

Mrs. Arthur; vol. 2 of 3ARTHUR CURTIS did not think of the letter which old Davies had given him till days after. It had been crushed up in the pocket of his coat, the sight of his sister, and all the contending emotions of...