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Jokes For All OccasionsJokes For All Occasions - Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public SpeakersWit and humor, and the distinction between them, defy precise definition. Luckily, they need none. To one asking what is beauty, a wit replied: "That is the question of a...
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Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in PeruHarry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in PeruThe hour was noon, the month chill October; and the occupantsa round dozen in numberof Sir Philip Swinburnes drawing office were more or less busily pursuing their vocation of preparing drawings and tracings, taking out quantities, preparing...
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Brazilian TalesBrazilian Tales The noted Brazilian critic, Jos Verissimo, in a short but important essay on the deficiencies of his country's letters, has expressed serious doubt as to whether there exists a genuinely Brazilian literature. "I do not know," he writes, "whether the existence of...
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In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IVIn The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV 1 King. Bright Babe! whose awful beauties make The morn incur a sweet mistake; 2 King. For whom the officious heavens devise To disinherit the sun's rise; 3 King. Delicately to displace The day, and plant it fairer...
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South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of AdventureSouth American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure The first part of this new volume of the American Fights and Fighters Series needs no special introduction. Partly to make this the same size as the other books, but more particularly because I...
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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - GreeceThe Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - GreeceEver since civilized man has had a literature he has apparently sought to make selections from it and thus put his favorite passages together in a compact and convenient form....
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Bolivia.—Een in wording zijnde Staat aan den Stillen OceaanBolivia.—Een in wording zijnde Staat aan den Stillen Oceaan - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907-1908Het aes triplex (drievoudig koper) waarmede de dichter der oudheid het hart van den eersten zeevaarder ompantserd achtte, schijnt nog slechts een onvoldoende bescherming, vergeleken bij de wapenrusting, waarmede...
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 3Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 3 - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's HandbookA number of typographical errors have been maintained in the current version of this book. They are marked and the corrected text is shown in the...
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Descripcion del rio Paraguay, desde la boca del Xauru hasta la confluencia del ParanaDescripcion del rio Paraguay, desde la boca del Xauru hasta la confluencia del ParanaEl P. Jos Quiroga, uno de los miembros mas ilustrados y laboriosos de la Compaia de Jesus en estas Provincias, naci en 1707 en Fabs, pequea aldea de la jurisdiccion de...
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An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern TimesAn Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern TimesThomas Hill Green was born in Birkin, Yorkshire, April 7, 1836. His early education was acquired first at home under his father, the rector of Birkin, then at Rugby, where he...
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Short Stories of Various TypesShort Stories of Various Types This text contains both footnotes and endnotes. The three footnotes are marked with an upper case letter (i.e., [A]). The endnotes are marked with both a page number and a note number (i.e., [126-1]). This series of books includes...
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The Annals of the CakchiquelsThe Annals of the CakchiquelsBoth for its historical and linguistic merits, the document which is presented in this volume is one of the most important in aboriginal American Literature. Written by a native who had grown to adult years before the whites penetrated to...
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The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaThe Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaUntil about the middle of the 19th century, our knowledge of the religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians was exceedingly scant. No records existed that were contemporaneous with the period covered by Babylonian-Assyrian history; no monuments of the past...
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Myths and Legends of All NationsMyths and Legends of All Nations - Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish,The myths and legends here gathered together have appealed and will continue to appeal to every age. Nowhere in the realm of fiction are there stories to compare with those...
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PoeticsPoeticsThe person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from which the work is...
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Christmas Short Works Collection 2006Christmas Short Works Collection 2006Sean McKinley, Douglas Nathaniel Williams, Susan Denney, Alan Davis-Drake, Judy Bieber, acclivity, Esther, Ezwa, Henry Figon, Kristin Hughes, Kara Shallenberg, Simon Taylor, Matthew Walton, Betsie Bush, David Barnes, William Coon, Karen Savage, Jemma Blythe, Dave Ranson, Linda Wilcox, Dan Threetrees,...
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Christmas Poetry and Hymn CollectionChristmas Poetry and Hymn CollectionThe person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from...
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In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 - Christmas Poems from 'round the WorldFancy, if you will, Gentle Reader, that, between the intervals of tale-telling,the Yule-log still ruddy upon the visages of your fellow-guests from many lands,fancy that a quiet traveller draws out of his side-pocket...
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Short Story Writing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short StoryShort Story Writing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of the Short StoryThe short story was first recognized as a distinct class of literature in 1842, when Poe's criticism of Hawthorne[1] called attention to the new form of fiction. Short story writing had, however,...
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Religion and Art in Ancient GreeceReligion and Art in Ancient GreeceGreek religion may be studied under various aspects; and many recent contributions to this study have been mainly concerned either with the remote origin of many of its ceremonies in primitive ritual, or with the manner in which some...
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