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By Far Euphrates: A TaleMany a tale of blood and tears has come to us of late from far Euphrates, and from the regions round about. It is not so much the aim of the following pages to tell these over again as to...

Cancionero de Lope de Stúñiga: Códice del siglo XV.El libro que hoy damos luz, y que ha permanecido indito hasta ahora, hace mucho tiempo que es objeto de la atencion y curiosidad de eruditos y literatos, as nacionales como extranjeros. Todos le citan, y...

Nine Unlikely TalesMATILDAS ears were red and shiny. So were her cheeks. Her hands were red too. This was because Pridmore had washed her. It was not the usual washing, which makes you clean and comfortable, but the thorough good wash, which makes you...

The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's WorkThe great, urgent, universal wants of mankind, in all classes of society, are food, clothing, shelter, and fuel. After these come the comforts and luxuries pertaining to the condition of those in easy circumstances. Above and...

My Adventures During the Late War - A narrative of shipwreck, captivity, escapes from French prisons, and sea service in 1804-14While engaged during the last ten years in the task of mastering the original authorities for the history of the Napoleonic wars, I have...

De complete werken van Joost van Vondel. De Heerlijkheid van SalomonHet gene de voortreffelijke Michel de Montaigne in 't algemeen van een uitnemende[8] potisch werk getuigt, daar [Pg 82b] hij schrijft: La bonne, la supreme, la divine est au dessus des regles de la...

Anttonius Putronius eli Antto Puuronen: Ilveilys viidessä näytelmässäSipri (yksinn kirja kdess). Kun ei Kanttori edes ole kylss! Siin on niin in latinaa tss poikani kirjassa jott'en siit saa selv. Oikein itkett ajatellessani tuota talonpojan poika-raukan phn tungettua syv viisautta, etenki meiklisten. lykkt miehetki sanovat...

Unterm Rad Herr Joseph Giebenrath, Zwischenhndler und Agent, zeichnete sich durch keinerlei Vorzge oder Eigenheiten vor seinen Mitbrgern aus. Er besa gleich ihnen eine breite, gesunde Figur, eine leidliche kommerzielle Begabung, verbunden mit einer aufrichtigen, herzlichen Verehrung des Geldes, ferner ein kleines Wohnhaus mit...

Paris - Grant Allen's Historical GuidesTHE object and plan of these Historical Handbooks is somewhat different from that of any other guides at present before the public. They do not compete or clash with such existing works; they are rather intended to supplement than...

The Daft DaysMr Andrew Lang says: In The Lost Pibroch we meet genius as obvious and undeniable as that of Mr Kipling. Mr Munros powers are directed to old Highland life, and he does what genius alone can dohe makes it alive again, and...

The Mentor: Historic Spots of America, Vol. 1, Num. 32, Serial No. 32A few years before the settlement of the territory now known as the United States the people of Europe had witnessed a great naval battle in which two kinds of civilizations contended...

The Mentor: Furniture and its Makers, Vol. 1, Num. 30, Serial No. 30It is rather surprising to find how late a development furniture is in the modern sense. Up to the seventeenth century chairs were far from common. Outside of the large and heavy...

My Lady Nobody: A NovelGods Angel of Human Love sat alone in the garden of lilies. Her arms hung listless among the blooms she had gathered into her lap. For her eyessole mirrors of the Inapproachable Presencewere gazing steadfastly down upon the darkness, deep...

Piccolo romanzo Ella guardava il fragile fiore che si agitava nelle mani del bel principe: e un sottile brivido di terrore la invadeva lentamente. Ora il bel principe indifferente e freddo aveva fissato il fiore, quasi avesse voluto contarne i petali bianchi, dove si...

The SnareI glanced at the path we had made across the Mare Serenitatis. The Latin translated as "the Sea of Serenity." It was well named because, as far as the eye could see in every direction, there was a smooth layer of pumice that...

Kolme kutteria: MeriseikkailukertomusHistoriallisen romaanin ensiminen mestari Walter Scott kuvasi merielmkin ensi kerran kaunokirjallisessa muodossa, v. 1822 ilmestyneess "Merirosvossa." Se tapahtui tosin ohimennen, mutta oli kuitenkin sytyttvn alotteena laajalle kirjallisuuden haaralle, joka muutamissa vuosissa psi suureen vauhtiin ja yleiseen suosioon kaikissa sivistysmaissa. "Merirosvosta" lausuttujen arvostelujen...

The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3)A half-hour passed, and during that time I had sufficiently recovered from the distressful croak of the parrot to wonder, as any sailor would, how the ship was navigated; for I could not doubt that...

Personal record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee InfantryMY OLD COMRADES: In writing out this record I have gone back to the morning time of my own life, and lived once more in that other day that not only tried, but proved men's souls. Insignificant...

The Gravity BusinessIt was a spaceship, but not the kind men had once dreamed about. The flivver was shaped like a crude bullet, blunt at one end of a fat cylinder and tapering abruptly to a point at the other. It had been slapped...

Die Sandwich-Inseln, oder das Inselreich von Hawaii.Als ich zur Erfllung meines Versprechens schritt, ja da erschien abgesehen von den vielen Schwierigkeiten, denen der Schriftsteller gewhnlich begegnet sofort die der Wahl des Objektes zum Beginnen. Womit beginnen? das war die Frage. Soll es Amerika, soll...