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William Jennings Bryan: A Concise But Complete Story of His Life and ServicesThe author of this little volume, in giving it to the reading public, feels called on for a few words by way of explanation and apology. The book is written because there...

Absurd Ditties Title: Absurd Ditties Author: G. E. Farrow Release Date: October 1, 2016 [EBook #53190] Language: English Credits: Produced by David Edwards, readbueno and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from...

The History of Parliamentary Taxation in EnglandIn a chapter of Halls Chronicle having to do with the mid-reign history of Henry VIII occurs an instance of popular protest against arbitrary taxation. The people are complaining against the Commissions, says the Chronicler, bodies appointed by...

The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 05, May, 1878may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the branch offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. Drafts or...

Harper's Young People, February 7, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe Dicksons were spending the winter in Paris, and Art, who was fourteen, resolved to make the most of the grand opportunity thus afforded him of thoroughly exploring the handsomest city in the world. He...

Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2)Notwithstanding the proverbial tendency of biographers to contract what Macaulay has called the disease of admiration, no one who can lay claim to any strength of mind need allow the fear...

Colección de Documentos Inéditos Relativos al Descubrimiento, Conquista y Organización de las Antiguas Posesiones Españolas de Ultramar. Tomo 3, De Las Islas Filipinas, IIEl mtodo seguido en esta publicacin designa el primer lugar en el presente tomo la relacin del viaje del patache San...

Le Novelle della Pescara LA VERGINE ORSOLA. LA VERGINE ANNA. GLI IDOLATRI. L'EROE. LA VEGLIA FUNEBRE. LA CONTESSA D'AMALFI. LA MORTE DEL DUCA D'OFENA. IL TRAGHETTATORE. L'AGONIA. LA FINE DI CANDIA. LA FATTURA. I MARENGHI. LA MADIA. MUNGI. LA GUERRA DEL PONTE. TURLENDANA RITORNA....

La maniere d'amolir les os, et de faire cuire toutes sortes de viandes en fort peu de temps, & à peu de frais.LON a dja veu quelques experiences du Bain Marie ferm vis, imprimes dans le livre de lIllustre Monsieur Boyle des experiences Physicomechaniques,...

The Sorceress, v. 3 of 3A Novel. BY M R S. O L I P H A N T, AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD, THE CUCKOO IN THE NEST, ETC., ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON: F. V. WHITE & Co., 31,...

Eräitä kertoelmia"Mutta ajatelkaa toki painetta", sanoi luutnantti. "Veden pinnalla on neljtoista naulaa tuumalla, kolmekymment jalkaa alempana kaksi kertaa niin paljo; kuusikymment, kolme; yhdeksnkymment, nelj kertaa; yhdeksnsataa neljkymment kertaa; viisituhatta kolmesataa peninkulma on kaksisataa neljkymment kertaa neljtoista naulaa; se on odottakaas kolmekymment sentneri puolitoista tonnia,...

Ylimys: RomaaniValo tunkeutui suureen huoneeseen niin suureen, ett sen korkeaa, veistokuvilla koristettua kattoa oli mahdoton lhemmin tarkastaa ja kulki koitteen tutkivalla, kylmll uteliaisuudella aikain muovaileman, fantastisen varushuoneen lpi. Vapaana ihmissilmn ennakkoluuloista se paljasti outoja epjohdonmukaisuuksia, iknkuin valaisten historian kiihkotonta kulkua. Sill thn ruokasaliin joka...

Sea PlunderCaptain Blood used to come down to McGinnis wharf every afternoon to have a look round. The Captain was an Irishman of the black-haired, grey-eyed type from the west coasta relic of the wreck of the Spanish Armada. The Spanish strain in the...

Stories and Sketches by our best authorsDR. GRAHAM sat in his office, his book closed on his knee, and his eyes fixed upon the street. There was nothing of interest to be seen. A light snow was falling, making the pavement dreary; but it...

Travels on the AmazonAN earnest desire to visit a tropical country, to behold the luxuriance of animal and vegetable life said to exist there, and to see with my own eyes all those wonders which I had so much delighted to read of in...

Kasba (White Partridge): A Story of Hudson BayI have always regarded the writing of prefaces to be, for the most part, work thrown away; nevertheless, I am tempted to prefix a few words to this novel, in the form of a note, in order...

The Scratch Pack"If there even appeared to be the faintest reason for his not going into something," said Gheena severely. Then she put her hand on the collar of the nondescript cur named Crabbit, an animal which was not precisely an Irish terrier and...

Æschylos Tragedies and FragmentsIn preparing the present issue they have followed the carefully revised text of the second edition, and have included the scholarly and suggestive annotations with which the Dean invariably delighted to enrich his work as a translator. The seven Plays, which...

Helena Nybloms SagorOch s brjade han spela allt det mjukaste och bsta, han visste, af sitt hjrtas fverfld. Men d ppnade en tjnstflicka drren p glnt och hviskade: Ge dig genast i vg! Mor skall sofva! Nu ska jag spela s morskt och frimodigt,...

Stargazing: Past and PresentIn the year 1870 I gave a course of eight Lectures on Instrumental Astronomy at the Royal Institution. The Lectures were taken down by a shorthand writer, my intention being to publish them immediately. In this, however, I was prevented by...