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002462183 | Mountains and Lakes of Switzerland and Italy, ... views from original sketches by C. Pyne | [
"7 I'i.wn-h.all, li.i-le. The Town-hall (Rath-/, an intei of the sixti he Rhim ound the fountains w i ,Und in B may usually b r-^n^^^S^^ ■1 the",
"BELLIXZOXA. towards him. Perhaps his fairy bride could help him. When he told her of his thought, she smiled upon him brightly. * # * * * The tribute-day came; the Cha... |
000235934 | Fifty Lyrical Ballads | [
"3 OH AM I NOT A LOVER STILL? Oh ! am I not a lover still. In heart and soul the same — As Avhen I sought thy bower first, And learnt to breathe thy name ? Oh ! look I not as proud of thee ? Oh ! speak I not as kind ? And Avhen I leaAe thee, do I not Leave joy itself behind ? The love I offered long ago, Is but mat... |
003508292 | A Shroud for Sir S. Romilly: a elegy | [
"A gratis FOR g>tr Samuel _&omtllp.",
"10 Nor bolts, nor bars, liad I been thee 5 should e'er Have kept me from that interesting room : Physicians were but second to thy cart, For friendship might have stay'd the dreadful doom But, O forgive, forgive me, for I rave ! So blame attach'd to them — attached to tliee ... |
001001029 | Histoire physique, civile et morale de Paris ... Quatrième édition | [
"342 HISTOIRE DE PARIS. Ki ou Mémoires sur V étude , les lundis et jeudis, à quatre heures du soir. Langue et littérature sanscrite : M. E. Burnous, membre de lTnsti tut, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, expliquera le troi sième livre de Manou, avec commentaire, le mercredi , et Rhagavad gitâ,ìe vendred... |
001219604 | A Starved Soul [A novel.] | [
"A STARVED SOUL. 35 lodgings at Cowes till this matter is settled, and shall know where to find you if you don't turn up here within a week, now that I have once found my way here. That is my address,\" and she tossed him an envelope as she spoke. Then, without looking at him, and in a more tender voice, \" and is ... |
003099064 | Home, Sweet Home. A novel | [
"MY DEBUT. 25 tances — that we met ever so long ago at Fairport.\" \" I have never forgotten you, Madame,\" I managed to say. \" How strange ! and I have never for gotten the little girl whose face was so wonderful a study. You did not come to hear me again, though.\" \" I had to go home,\" I explained. \" Where my... |
001279797 | Le Cimetière de Méry-sur-Oise et son Chemin de Fer. Réponse au rapport de la Commission d'Enquête inséré au Moniteur du 29 Novembre 1867 | [
"22 LE CIMETIÈRE DE MÉRY puisque nous ne nous occupons maintenant que de cette question spéciale. Réunie à Versailles, la Commission d'enquête, après avoir consacré plusieurs séances au dépouillement des pièces et à l'audition de M. Bassompierre, ingénieur dé légué par M. Haussmann pour expliquer et défendre le tra... |
003259125 | A Fascinating Traitor: an Anglo-Indian story | [
"A FASCINATING TRAITOR",
"A FASCINATING TRAITOR. 15 With courtly hospitality he offered the creamy champagne as a remplacement for the lost vin du pays. A charming smile rewarded the gallant youth, while Major Hawke turned with interest to the renewal of the interrupted narrative. He had caught a glance of burnin... |
001593417 | The Mills of God [A tale.] | [
"THE MILLS OF GOD. 65 everybody, but in the language of many was \" the devil's own garden.\" Pea-pickers are seldom superstitious, and have generally outgrown nerves. In pea-picking eyes, therefore, the cedar grove at O'Hell Run was good camping ground, and the first arrivals in Rancocus Township always made a rus... |
000711740 | The Mistress of the Ranch. A novel | [
"264 That very afternoon he found her alone by Dan's grave on the mountain - side. She made a desolate picture among the dry grass and weeds, the black pines above her, and a few autumnal clouds wandering helplessly about in the sky. She had flung herself forward against the low pile of stones, her arms stretched o... |
002333801 | Diary of a tour through Great Britain in 1795 ... With an introduction and notes by D. MacRitchie | [
"Diary of a Tour 2 me at all, were it not for the help of a bottle of good claret, by ' It seems the Captain likes a bottle of good claret ! Arrive in the evening at Kinross. Next morning, Tuesday the 23rd, set out for the waterside. At Kelty-bridge meet a vast number of coal-drivers, who inform me they have them a... |
001863716 | My Visit to the Gold-fields in the South-East Wynaad | [
"ON THE COONOR GHAT.",
"A DANGEROUS DRIVE. 5 two wheels, with low axles. It accommodates three passengers ; one by the side of the driver, the other two behind, as in our dogcarts. The pole passes through the body, and is furnished with an iron yoke that rests upon the collars of the horses. Within a quarter of a... |
001281888 | The history of Pontefract, in Yorkshire | [
"AS mankind was primarily created by the Supreme Being, for the reciprocal comfort and benefit of one another, an incumbent duty is imposed upon every member of society, to contribute, as much as lays in his power, towards the general good. In the beginning of the Cataline War, Sallust not only shews the difference... |
003625346 | The Diversions of a Prime Minister, etc. (A sketch of the history of Tonga.) | [
"A REBUFF. 69 I had never been warned that the king was less anxious for my coming than were his Ministers, nor that the prin cipal argument used by his chiefs to induce him to dismiss Mr Baker was that they were quite prepared to govern their country without help from any foreigner. It flashed through my mind that... |
000658034 | Travels in Asia Minor and Greece ... Third edition [of 'Travels in Asia Minor,' and 'Travels in Greece,' previously published separately] | [
"86 TRAVELS IN GREECE. with the removal of the altar, the pulpit, and the sundial, Pnyx may be deemed to have undergone no very material alteration. It had formerly many houses about it, and that region of the city was call ed by its name. Cimon, with Elpinice his sister, lived in Pnyx ; and Plato relates of the ea... |
002765886 | The City of the Magyar, or Hungary and her institutions in 1839-40 | [
"284 THE CITY OF THE MAGYAR. the same advantages as those afforded to the more wealthy. Some of the pupils do not pay more than three silver florins yearly, and none exceed nine, whatever may be their means. The great expense is the engagement of private tutors from among the Togati, who are paid according to their... |
001801724 | The Lost Inheritance, a novel | [
"200 THE LOST INHERITANCE. days of chUdhood, before she had become aware of the importance of events, and saw those consequences attend everything. And Adeline had been happy, she had been the sole object of Vernon's attention ; he had given her every thought, and his conversation had amused and excited her. What g... |
003937785 | The Barn Stormers: being the tragical side of a comedy | [
"12 THE BARN STORMERS. wish to close with offer, and shall accept services of another lady who has already applied for the position.\" Good gracious ! And this was Wednesday morn ing ! The shock of those potent words, the \" other lady,\" was too much for Monica's mental balance. Poignant jealousy set in. Rather th... |
001381054 | Della storia delle Alpi marittime e di P. Gioffredo, cenni, etc | [
"VI LETTORI COSTANZO GAZZERA Il presente volume dei Monumenti di Storia Patria non comprende che un solo lavoro di argomento storico, il quale ci siamo con tanto maggiore fiducia determinati a fare di pub blica ragione colla stampa , non tanto perché fosse questa da molto tempo, e con univer sale desiderio di tutti... |
001564942 | Descriptive and historical sketches of Avranches and its vicinity | [
"23 and Avranches; but at length a peace was con cluded, by which it was stipulated that hall the island of Guernsey should be given to lhe abbey of Mont Saint-Michel'. The horrible famine which prevailed in Normandy from io3i to io34, the suffer ings of his people , and probably compunc tions of conscience prompte... |
002113924 | In a Glass Darkly | [
"IN A GLASS DARKLY. 2 tions, well known to the sages of eight hundred years ago, and two of which are still, he alleges, known to the fraternity of thieves, and, among them, as police-office inquiries sometimes disclose to this day, in practical use. The Essay, Mortis Imago, will occupy as nearly as I can, at prese... |
002641447 | The Poll taken at the Election of two Members for ... Newcastle ... 1837, etc | [
"THE POLL TAKEN AT THE ELECTION OF TWO MEMBERS, FOR THE BOROUGH OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE JULY 25, 1837. CANDIDATES. WILLIAM ORD, Esq. JOHN HODGSON HINDE, Esq. CHARLES JOHN BIGGE, Esq. JOHN BLENKINSOPP COULSON, Esq. AUGUSTUS HARDING BEAUMONT, Esq. ANTHONY NICHOL, Esq., Sheriff. GEORGE WAUGH STABLE, Esq., Undbr.Sheriff... |
003212532 | Die Theilung Polens in den Jahren 1773, 1793, 1796 und 1815 ... Von F. von S | [
"1 Molen, ein Land, ein Volt und ein Staat fast nur durch Unglück denkwürdig, umfaßte seit 1000 Jahren die größte Ebene Europas, hatte, Litthauen mit eingeschlossen, vor der ersten Theilung 1773 einen Flächenraum von mehr als 13,000 Quadratmeilen, auf welchem 15 Millionen Menschen unter der Herrschaft von nahe eine... |
001828093 | Album della guerra del 1866 | [
"124 BATTAGLIA DI CUSTOZA - RAPPORTO DEL GENERALE LAMARMORA occupava Goito stesso, Marmirolo e Roverbella , come riserva generale del movimento in avanti degli altri due Corpi, e complemento contro Man tova dell'occupazione offensiva divisata. « Il quartier generale principale doveva por tarsi in Valeggio, centro n... |
003787772 | [Guerra del Pacífico.] Chile. Episodias maritimos. Las dos Esmeraldas | [
"96 EPISODIOS MARÍTIMOS El capitán Williams pasó al mando del vapor Maipo que montaba cinco cañones. En cambio, tomó su puesto, como segundo del capitán Goñi, el teniente 1.° don Ricardo Rogers, natural de Concepción, brillante i hermoso mestizo, hijo de un capitán ingles i de una chilena, como Williams, i que una ... |
002670690 | Journals of the Voyage and Proceedings of H.M.C.S. 'Victoria' in search of ship-wrecked people at the Auckland and other Islands. ... Compiled by ... W. H. N. and T. Musgrave | [
"captain norman's journal. 19 meters, steamed up to Port Chalmers, where the Harbor-master, Captain Thomson, took charge and moored the ship. At 11 a.m. proceeded to Dunedin, according to my instructions, to call upon the officer representing the Government, with refer ence to a supply of coal. Had an interview wit... |
000478811 | The Face of Death. A Westmoreland story | [
"Away and Forget. 42 indulge themselves provided they let me alone. And as for the parsons, why, they're not the only humbugs in the world, — are they, Rob ? \" Alan had noticed a very bright colour in the boy's cheek, and a flash in his eye which seemed to him ominous of a falling out between him and his host, and... |
002516818 | Biographical outlines of English Literature. A course of exercises in translating and reading | [
"29 ACT IV. SCENE I. VENICE. A. COURT OP JUSTICE. The Duke , the Magnificoes , Antonio , Bassanio , and others. Enter Shylock. Duke. Make room, and let him stand before our face. — Shylock, the world thinks, and I think so too, That thou but lead'st this fashion of thy malice To the last hour of act; and then 'tis ... |
003753449 | The Dutch in the Arctic Seas ... Third edition | [
"THE GRAND MODERN EXEMPLAR. 15 the Russian explorers, down to Wrangell — for Hud son, in the case of his two North-eastern voyages for the merchants of London, but particularly the first, had quite distinct ideas of going via the Pole — various expeditions with this object in view, and with that of Arctic research ... |
000653667 | Revenged! [A tale.] | [
"Contents. IV CHAPTER X. page Two Valentines u7 CHAPTER XI. A Picnic 12S CHAPTER XII. A Night and a Day 140 CHAPTER XIII. Surmises 148 CHAPTER XIV. \"Come Again!\" 160 CHAPTER XV. Gussie's Confession 171",
"Revenged. 80 Half the fashionable world of London was watching with inter ested eyes this new fascination o... |
000047913 | A History of Colonization on the Western Coast of Africa | [
"HISTORY OF AFRICAN COLONIZATION. 255 We were looking forward with confidence to the more perfect consummation of our wishes, when that moral desert should rejoice and blossom as the rose ; but God has seen fit to cross our expectations, in calling from his station this laborious mis sionary. It becomes us to bow w... |
001240054 | A Quaker Maid [A tale.] | [
"A QUAKER MAID 202 lightful task of furnishing it according to her own ideas and without much, if any, thought of cost. This was easily done, for London tradesmen are accommodating at first, and Captain Chambers did not grudge the cost when he only intended to pay about one-third of the amount and leave the remaind... |
000840006 | Martin Luther. A poem [By M. A. Cursham.] | [
". id MARTIN LUTHER. \" It was upon him and his soul that the fate of Europe depended — \" He was the man of his age and nation.\" Schlegel. ..SCHLEGEL. PART I. O ! Thou bright Seraph — which in heav'n art known The chosen watchman round Jehovah's throne ! Supreme intelligence of yonder Sphere, Say — can a mortal s... |
000100294 | Appleton's European Guide Book illustrated. Including England, Scotland, and Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Northern and Southern Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal, Russia, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Containing ... maps, etc | [
"Route 5.— CORK TO LIMERICK. IRELAND. 45 rick, and caused Thomond Bridge to be built. Edward Bruce be sieged it iq 1314, and burned the suburbs. At the end of that war the city w:is strongly fortified. The most interesting objects at Limerick are the calheilnil and the caitle. both in the English Town, ruined statn... |
001484905 | Verfassung und Verwaltung der Stadt Würzberg vom 13. bis zum 15. Jahrhundert. Mit Urkunden | [
"Geschichte des Stadtrathes. 11! Gramich, Verfassung und Verwaltung der Stadt Würzburg, bestellte Vertrauensmänner; waren diese ausserordentlichen Auflagen, wie meist der Fall, zur Schuldentilgung bestimmt, so ward wohl auch ein genauer Plan dieser Finanzoperation zum Voraus festgestellt'). Entbehrte die Stadt demn... |
003603236 | Monographie de la paroisse de La Mancellière, au diocèse d'Avranches | [
"1 MONOGRAPHIE DE LA PAROISSE DE LA MANCELLIÈRE AU DIOCÈSE D'AVRANCHES LA MANCELLIÈRE - SITUATION PASSÉE ET PRÉSENTE II existe deux communes de ce nom (en latin : Mancellaria, Thabitation de Mancel), dans le département de la Manche. Celle qui nous occupe se trouve dans Tarrondissement de Mortain, et le canton d'Is... |
001613439 | A Handbook of European History, 476-1871, chronologically arranged | [
"HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN HISTORY 280 Eastern, Southern, & Northern Europe. Germany. 1808. Alexander invades Finland, and an English army is sent to Stockholm under Sir John Moore. The English intervention effected nothing, and in 1809 Gustavus IV was dethroned. The Tugendbund is constituted at Konigsberg April). An Au... |
001297282 | Voyage d'exploration sur le littoral de la France et de l'Italie. Par M. Coste ... Deuxième édition suivie de nouveaux documents sur les pêches fluviales et marines. Publiée par ordre de S. M. l'Empéreur sous les auspices de S. Exc. le Ministre de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux publics [With plans.] | [
"DE LA LAGUNE DE COMACCHIO. 21 Celle de Pédone porte quelquefois le nom de l'entrepreneur Tho masi, qui, en 1726, férigea aux frais du trésor pontifical. En résumé, f organisation de toutes ces écluses, espacées sur une longueur de 16 kilomètres environ du côté du Volano, de 20 ki lomètres du côté du Beno, mettent ... |
003501868 | Journal of a tour through part of France, Flanders, and Holland, etc | [
"145 agfes that have survived the wreck of time or of sacrilege j I mean the Tomb of Dagobert, a sepulchral chapel which originally adorned the church of St. Denis, form ing one ofthe number of those pious memorials which Saint Louis caused to be erected to the honour and (according to the Romish Faith) for the sou... |
000223404 | Jonathan at Home: or, a Stray Shot at the Yankees | [
"88 A STRAY SHOT AT THE YANKEES. their appearance, wearing long beards that, if anything, add to their ugliness. There are no cabs here, and their absence is most incommodious to strangers wishing to see everything. A company endeavoured to establish some, but, for various reasons, the project was given up as soon ... |
001550502 | Rambles in the Isle of Wight, in 1841 and 1842, with miscellaneous additions | [
"3 Words, though delicious, neither weak nor mean, But well adapted to the varying scene, Such as may charm the carping critic's ear, And chase those frowns less-daring poets fear : — Guide me, regardless of the roaring tide, To where, reposing on St. Catherine's side, Black Gang, in all his terrible array Of deart... |
000976473 | Letters from Continental Countries | [
"LETTER Lill. BRUNSWICK — CATHEDRAL MONUMENTS — MARKET-PLACE — VARIOUS BUILDINGS CHURCHES PALACE CASTLE — VARIOUS BUILDINGS THEATRE VIEWEG'SCHE HAUS — SIERSTORFF PICTURE-GALLERY DUCAL MONUMENT — MR. VIEHWEG's VILLA — CAMPE's GRAVE. Brunswick. The good old city of Brunswick [Braunschweig], like the Hanse-towns, is s... |
000144847 | An Introduction to the Study of Metallurgy, etc | [
"34 AN INTRODUCTION TO METALLURGY Incipient red . . . . . ■ 525 Dark red 7°°° Incipient cherry-red ..... 800 Clear cherry-red ..... 1000 White 1300° Dazzling white . ..... 1500 Un solidifying from a molten state, metals frequently exhibit ex crescences due to the expulsion of absorbed gases. This expulsion often oc... |
000360616 | 'A Peep into the Past': Brighton in the Olden Time, with glances at the present, etc [With plates, including portraits.] | [
"the Brighton directory for 1800. 9 Jonathan Grenville (Headborough in 1800) was formally appointed poor-rate collector \"at a compensation of 3d. in the £ on all monies collected ; the appointment to be discretionary in the 'Breast' of the Parish Officers.\" The inhabitants were ignorant of police, watch, and othe... |
001846047 | Letters archaeological and historical relating to the Isle of Wight. By ... E. B. James ... Collected and arranged by his widow (R. B. James) [With a biographical sketch.] | [
"CAPTAIN OF THE ISLAND. 53 I caused Elger, the schoolmaster, to provide an oration, which was made unto him at the schoolmaster's door by Keeling, one of the scholars [was this Keeling a son of William Keeling, whose tablet with his epitaph on it is still in Carisbrooke Church ?] ; then the Mayor with his brethren ... |
001857590 | Live it Down. A story of the Light Lands | [
"34 LIVE IT DOWN. ' canting hypocrite' (as he persisted in calling the rector) made Carry tremble in her minute shoes, and Martha turn pale with astonishment, and John Brom head say, \" Easy, easy, Edgar, — come my young friend, don't be so violent. You must let every man act ac cording to his conscience.\" \" Cons... |
003632207 | Silken Threads. A detective story. By the author of 'Mr. and Mrs. Morton.' | [
"SUNSET. 11 crowded room. Barclay had always been the hero of the hour because of his great wealth, his dignified bearing, and his extraordinary physical beauty. Now he was more than ever conspicuous because of the fact of his engage ment to Miss Fullerton, the reigning belle of the last winter's season ; and there... |
002055951 | The Aryavarta or Northern India. A lecture, etc | [
"7 moving cars of the different idols, believing that thus crushed to death they would instantly ascend to heaven. But this nefarious practice as many others of a similarly revolting nature has been put down by our English governors. Except the pandits who are perhaps numerous, but whose influence is not salutary, ... |
000843228 | Sweet Irish Eyes. A novel | [
"166 Sweet Irish Eyes So Honor went on ; ' but if you will only be calm, and have a little patience, and listen to me, I can make it all clear to you. Eila is playing a very difficult double game ; how it will end I can't say. But I assure you her heart is as true to you as on that night when she said good-bye to y... |
003562142 | Sylvia's Revenge, or; a Satyr against man [by Richard Ames] ; in answer to the Satyr against Woman [by Robert Gould] | [
"5 With her he uses all the little Arts, Invented to surprize unguarded Hearts. No Treats are wanting that may bribe her Sense, And to her heart convey soft Love from thence. To Balls and Plays she'.*; Daily ufher'd in, Tell mee St. James\\-par\\ how oft' you've seen, (Grove, The Perjur'd wretch conduct her through... |
003868265 | Histoire de l'école cartographique belge et anversoise du XVIe siècle [With 15 plates.] | [
"12 géométrie élémentaire accessibles à tous et qui me paraît être celle dont s'inspirèrent uniquement nos pères. Des formes très variées, avons-nous dit, ont été proposées par les Grecs pour l'exécution des réseaux géographiques ; elles se rattachent, avec des nuances différentes, à deux caté gories principales. I... |
001279230 | Gentz und Cobenzl. Geschichte der österreichischen Diplomatie in den Jahren 1801-1805, etc | [
"30 Erste« Capitel. Allianz allein hinreiche» würde'). In gleichem Sinne gingen Auf träge an Saurau. Abcr cs gelang Cobenzl nicht, am Czarenhofe das einmal ucrfcherzte Vertrauen wieder zu erwerben. Die großen Ver hältnisse selbst waren dabei im Wege. Bonaparte gab im September 1801 Aegypten definitiv auf und verhan... |
002465075 | Anecdotes pour servir à l'histoire de la conquête d'Alger en 1830 ... Seconde édition ... augmentée, etc | [
"29 concert le fils de France... Trois mois après, le 6 août i83o, j ai revu cette même rade de Toulon , elle était triste et silencieuse ; le Duquesne, le Marengo , le Scipion, l'Al gésiras et le Nestor , chargés des trésors d'Alger, attendaient Tordre d'arborer un pavillon ; on n'en voyait aucun sur leur poupe ; ... |
003078418 | Briefe aus Philadelphia ... Vermehrte Ausgabe | [
"Sechster Brief. 39 uns kaum schon gedacht hat. Da sind die drei verschie denen Häuser Minton , dann Maw & Co. , dann wieder Doulton, Campbell, Stanley und andere, die uns die reichste Musterkarte für die Fliesenindustrie vorführen. Die Boden fliesen sind zum Theil matt, wie die Mettlacher, zum Theil auch glasirt. ... |
001821286 | Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus | [
"[1499. 30 SPANISH VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. it. In the bottom of the canoe lay an Indian prisoner, bound hand and foot. On being liberated he informed the Spaniards by signs that these Caribs had been on a marauding expedition along the neighbouring coasts, shut ting themselves up at night in a stockade which they car... |
000602776 | Historia de México desde los primeros tiempos de que hay noticia hasta mediados del siglo XIX [Edited by Francisco Leon Carbajal. With plates and maps.] | [
"132 donde es conocido, se tiene noticia de la propiedad que po seía, de socorrer á los individuos enfermos de su misma es- pecie. Pero si el pelícano era digno de admiración por ser com pasivo con sus semejantes, no era menos maravilloso el yoalcuachilli, por las armas que le habia suministrado el Criador para su ... |
002877097 | The Edlingham Burglary, or circumstantial evidence | [
"The Edlingham Burglary. 23 \" Let's look,\" replied Peter ; and on examination, it was found to be even so. Poor bunny had been in trouble before falling into the jaws of \" Mat/' and had been obliged to save his life by leaving one of his legs in a trap. Proceeding along a stone dyke, they went into a field, and ... |
000238252 | Eawr Bessy. Poem. (Extracted from After-Business Jottings.) | [
"Jski us pht$lrafimt& Artist. Engraver. Page Etched Portrait of Author, . Walter Tomlinson, . . . Frontispiece. Bessy Going to School, C. Potter, . . W. Morton, . . 7 Bessy Reading, ..... W. Tomlinson, . H. Watkinson &> Co., 10 Bessy Returning from School, . George Hayes, . R. Langton, . . 14 Bessy Playing with Kit... |
000622220 | Descubrimiento del río de las Amazonas, según la relación hasta ahora inédita de Fr. Gaspar de Carvajal, con otros documentos referentes á Francisco de Orellana y sus compañeros ... Con una introducción ... por José Toribio Medina [With facsimiles.] | [
"Fr. Gaspar de Carvajal XXV temporal, favoreciéndolo el Señor, dejaba augmen tados: en su tiempo, en parte del, fué prior desta casa el muy religioso maestro Fr. Tomás de Argo medo, varón docto y de mucho ejemplo, el cual el año de 6o me dio el hábito, á quienes, si no era cual, ó cual, nos quitaba los nombres y no... |
000761772 | Confessions of a Coward and Coquette. Being the record of a short period of her life as told by herself. Edited by the author of 'The Parish of Hilby.' [A novel. By M. E. Mann.] | [
"POOR MATTIE ! 115 with the pity I had always felt for that unfortunate woman. She sat and stared before her with her usual ex pression of stolid discontent, augmented to-night, it appeared to me, into a look of almost despair, while I put on Ivy's little night-gown, helped her with her sleepy, inarticulate prayer,... |
003678552 | Lady Anna | [
"5 EARLY HISTORY OF LADY LOVEL. a prey, as the fox is a prey to the huntsman and the salmon to the angler. But he had acquired great skill in his sport, and could pursue his game with all the craft which experience will give. He could look at a woman as though he saw all heaven in her eyes, and could listen to her ... |
002101175 | An historical and descriptive account of Leamington and Warwick; to which are added, short notices of the towns, villages, etc. within the circuit of ten miles. Abridged from a larger work (An historical and descriptive account of the town and Castle of Warwick, etc [Signed, W. F, i.e, William Field.]) | [
"22 PERAMBULATION same side, one of the principal Inns, tlie Warwick Arms, presents a spacious front, built of white stone, in a pleas ing style of simple elegance. Opposite is the Printing- Office, whence issues, every Saturday, a Newspaper, which has an extensive circulation. Still lower down, stands one of the D... |
002540981 | Irish Melodies ... With an appendix, containing the original advertisements, and the prefatory letter on music | [
"12 IRISH MELODIES I will fly with my Coulin, and think the rough wind Less rude than the foes we leave frowning be- hind : — And I'll gaze on thy gold hair as graceful it wreaths, And hang o'er thy soft harp, as -wildly it breathes ; Nor dread that the cold-hearted Saxon will tear One chord from that harp, or one ... |
002055599 | Narrative of the Defence of Kars, historical and military ... From authentic Documents and from Notes taken by the several Officers serving on the Staff of Her Majesty's Commissioner with the Ottoman Army in Asia Minor. Illustrated by Lieut. Col. C. Teesdale C.B, and W. Simpson [With plates and a map.] | [
"96 KUPRI KEUI PLUNDERED OF GRAIN. soon as brought in, but no great quantity could be collected. A large number of cattle were also procured, and given over to the Colonels of regiments to be pastured during the day just outside the lines, and shut up in pens, made expressly for the purpose, during the night. Repea... |
001760272 | Geography: what it is, and how to teach it, etc | [
"6 headings of chapters that are among the most interesting por tions of works treating of Natural History, and it is from these that the geographer draws the material necessary to his purpose. To give, as frequently and as fully as possible, \" a local habi tation\" to the truths of natural science, is in an espec... |
003065897 | The White Squaw [Pt. 1.] | [
"THE WHITE SQUAW. 42 will prove fatal alike to him and me. Wnen ambition enters the heart, honour and justice find no home therein. Our people cannot know that man in the past; they must jud-re him by his present. I would be generous— the Great Spirit knows that— but I must also be just. If I. hare raised augry fee... |
002916579 | The Barren Ground of Northern Canada | [
"THE BARREN GROUND CHAP. IV. 52 by boiling, which takes most of the flavour out of the meat, but has the advantage of being easy and eco nomical of firewood. The marrow is usually eaten raw, and, as there is no blood visible in the bones of a fat animal, it is not such a disgusting habit as it seems to be at first ... |
001724573 | Full Annals of the Revolution in France, 1830 ... Illustrated with engravings | [
"REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, 1830. 47 same day they cleared the Quai Pelletier up to the Place de Grdve, but the murderous fire of their assailants was insupportable, and obliged them instantly to retreat. and divine, and in which I look part only out of human respect, with which I shall ever reproach myself, my conscien... |
003805159 | Mohammed Christus. Vier Schetsen van eene reis in het Oosten, etc | [
"Aanwijzing der Platen Aan den Jordaan Tegenover den Titel. Kameeldrijvers, biddende in de woestijn » blz. 37 De weg naar de Pyramiden » » 43 De Moskee van Omar te Jerusalera » • 53 De Olijfberg met Gethseraane * » 67 In de kerk van het Heilige Graf. » 73 De klaagmuur der Joden te Jerusalem » » 79 De Doode Zee » » ... |
002318621 | A Military Tour in European Turkey, the Crimea and on the Eastern Shores of the Black Sea ... with maps | [
"193 MAUSOLEUM. several hundred ancient steel skull-caps, or helmets, said to have been lying there ever since the time of the Tartars, and which resemble in form those still worn by the Circassians, and other mountain tribes of the Caucasus.* At the south end of this building is one much smaller, and of great beau... |
002269183 | The Love of Glory: a poem | [
"15 245 250 255 260 He did not go to the Parnassian mount To hear Apollo warbling to the lute, Surrounded by the Graces and the Nymphs; Nor did he climb Olympus to behold The fiery coursers of the sun subdued By art divine, while round the car were seen Aurora and the rosy-finger'd Hours. He chose a nobler view, an... |
001777868 | Ten years' wanderings among the Ethiopians : with sketches of the manners and customs of the civilized and uncivilized tribes, from Senegal to Gaboon | [
"134 SOCIAL PECULIARITIES. correct, from the West African Herald of May 31st, 1860:— \"A few weeks ago an old man died in Ajumor coong in the interior, leaving to his family over three thousand ounces of gold, three hundred slaves, and much land. The old fellow when alive dwelt in a most wretched hut, and the only ... |
002722753 | The Harrisburg Visitors' Guide, etc | [
"20 cal force ofthe State department. We now pass through the hall to the western end, and descend by a circular stairway to the portico floor, in front of the Treasury and Auditor Geue ral departments Both are open to visitors. Having com pleted the \"Tour ofthe Buildings,\" we proceed to the front ofthe main buil... |
000067013 | The Settling of Bertie Merian [A tale.] | [
"130 THE SETTLING OF Mr. Merian's face. His brows were drawn in a rigid, straight line ; and in his eyes was an ominous displeasure. He was standing, too, in the mail ; and had rather oddly shortened one rein, keeping a coil of it firmly under his left thumb. He passed the onlookers and drove the horses up to the c... |
000954961 | Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a narrative of a residence in China | [
"A NARROW ESCAPE. 73 my sledge violently against an old dead tree of a large size, that stood near the road side ; and, as it was very rotten, the shock broke off the upper half, which fell with a thundering crash within a foot or two of our heads, and so very near the horses, that I thought at first they were both... |
002276704 | The Zulus and the British Frontiers | [
"ZULU RELIGION. 127 heathen Empire, as in that of the Cæsars, the political and military despot's throne stands for the altar of their God ; the shrine of visible and tangible Force, and of arbitrary self-will ; undoubtedly the final result of every immoral superstition. There are no regular temples, or stated ordi... |
000085368 | History of the Dunmow Flitch of Bacon Custom ... Poems by W. H. Ainsworth [and others] ... Historical notices of ceremonies similar to that of Dunmow | [
"39 belonged to Ralph Baignard or Baynard, who was also Lord of the Manor of Ashdon Hall, and forty other manors in Essex. The family had settled at Messing in the time of Henry IIL, and was possessed of the Manor there called after the family name. Lady Juga was a descendant of this family, and sister to Ralph, bu... |
000019927 | Storia della Cava, distinta in tre epoche | [
"®&]?, wmi* OdtAtxwiione di I sòcuciucu na città non oscura, vantaggio samente allogata , colla e pope lata abbastanza ; una città com mendevole per la sede del fa moso tempio di Giunone Argi- va cessò finalmente di essere : essa fu pur deso lata e dìstrutta ; è questo un fatto , che non può mettersi in dubbio, ma ... |
002815951 | A Tour in Wales, 1770 [or rather 1773] . (Supplemental corrections and additions to the first volume of the Welsh Tour.) Plates [by Mr. Griffith] | [
"Wills pinx? Sopwoodf sa-Tp . THOMAS PEKHA5T ESO? Pu&Urfod June. i^ifiio by Whrt» £ <.':' ho.",
"BETTISFIELD. 296 John he gave Haughton or Halghton (a house in this neighborhood) and Llai ; to Edzvard, lands in Fenns, a place likewise not remote ; and to Richard, lands in Bettisfield. Jenkin soon after fell, vali... |
001097880 | The Volunteers, an allegorical cantata | [
"Cjj* foiunffcrs.",
"- Invocation. — Bass Solo, and Semi-Chords. Spirits, whom the King of kings, Gives to watch o'er human things, Hither, from each blest abode : From the morning's purple robe ; From the solar world of light ; From the planet of the night ; From the rainbow's varied round ; From the blue horizo... |
001957303 | The Carding-Mill Valley ... Author's edition | [
"10 THE CARDING-MILL VALLEY. nervous twitches round her thin lips ; her white face grew yet more deathlike. Feelings seldom stirred swayed her like a leaf. She trembled from head to foot, and there was something sadder than sorrow in the expression of her tearless eyes. Stella did not look at her, but, nevertheless... |
003065899 | The Wild Huntress | [
"CHAPTER IV. THE HOROLOGE OF THE DEAD HORSE. With inquiring eye and anxious heart, I turned towards the spot where I had left my companion. To my joy, he was still upon his feet, and coming towards me. I could see blood dripping from his fingers, and a crimson stained rent in the sleeve of his buckskin shirt ; but ... |
002173403 | Gold. A Dutch-Indian story for English people | [
"Gold 83 the family. She also had her own maid, a plump little Javanese woman, who was continually surprising her by her strange ways and postures. Marie soon found that her uncle was very proud of her. He liked to \" show her off,\" as he said, and he was perpetually wondering to whom he would marry her. She was f... |
000940281 | The Rebecca Rioter. A story of Killay life | [
"THE REBECCA RIOTER. 93 Hughes leant over the man, ancl felt if his heart was beating. \" I was not think he dead neither,\" answered he, after a pause; \"but, and if he were, it is better so than for he to be alive and swearing to us at the next sessions. And us have got his money whatever.\" \" AVell, us have got... |
000835112 | A Hint to Husbands: a comedy, etc | [
"A COMEDY. 15 SIR CHARLES. Be content : I have it not about me. LADY TRANSIT. Search your pockets. SIR CHARLES. I never carry letters in my pockets. LADY TRANSIT. Oh yes, on such occasions, when you come Express on a commission, you would bring it. SIR CHARLES. Now why should you desire to see a letter Which 'tis s... |
000181549 | A Sketch of New South Wales | [
"A SKETCH OK NEW SOUTH WALES. BY J. 0. BALFOUR, Esq. FOR SIX XEARS A SETTLER IN THE BATHURST DISTRICT. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. 1845.",
"68 FEMALE CONVICTS. tralian community, would not again have returned to their crimes. Convict servants who misbehaved were brought up before the neighbouring ... |
001419128 | A Matter-of-fact girl | [
"CONTENTS. VI CHAPTER VI. PAGE CONTAINING MUCH CORRESPONDENCE .... 138 CHAPTER VII. POOR BARBERRY ! . . . ... 165 CHAPTER Vin. LOST IN THE SEA MISTS . ..... 192",
"A MATTER-OF-FACT GIRL. 26 may lay one broad hand on his knee. \"Dinna ye trouble aboot the fairm. I'm wishing every day ye would leave it a' to Tom. T... |
003459654 | Letters from the North Highlands, during the Summer 1816 | [
"220 LETTERS FROM have created those mountain torrents so beautifully and faithfully described by Mrs. Grant, as they issue down the dark sides of the hills, appearing in the sun beams like liquid silver. The cottages throughout the whole of this district are built of turf, the roof covered with weeds and grass, wh... |
003917682 | Geschichte des Herzogthums Bremen | [
"42 Dies Land gehörte zum Bisthum des Rimbertus und er war gerade dort, als die Normannen zurückkehrten. Ein großes Heer der Christen stellte sich ihnen bei der jetzigen Stadt Norden entgegen. Der Bischof hatte sie durch Predigt und Mahnung ermuthigt. Es kam zu einer blutigen Schlacht. Während der selben lag Rimber... |
001744607 | Dott Wynyard's Revenge: a novel | [
"Dolt Wynyard's Revenge. 46 ' Very likely, but as we have not yet come to that stage of her perform ances, you must let me continue the catalogue of her merits. She is amus- O ing—' ' Humph — occasionally, and when there is a man in the case whom she fancies she can turn to account.' 'But her singing! Surely you ca... |
000105927 | Einige Betrachtungen über den Hamburger Sielbau, von einem Architecten | [
"11 nur an den Versuch, die Geschwindigkeit eines Stromganges zu berechnen , wohinein z. B. wie in das Stammsiel vom Ferdinan dusthor bis zur englischen Kirche, gegen 500 Hausstele und ohn gefähr 25 Nebenstele, mit verschiedenen Gefällen und fortwäh rend wechselndem Wasserschatze münden, so wird Einem der Ge danke ... |
003583688 | A Duke and no Duke. A farce. As it is acted by their Majesties Servants. Written by N. Tate [or rather altered by him from 'Trappolin creduto principe' by Sir Aston Cokayne] . With the several songs set to music, etc | [
"A Duke and no Duke 7 Ot Tufcany 'till my return ; your Power I leave unlimited, keep open Ear To juft Complaints: Allow and A (51 no wrong; Lookclofely to our Prifoner Brunetto. , Alb. So may your wifli't Return be fafe and fpeedy. Lav. Sifter, your tears afflict us; a few Weeks Shall grace our Court with the fair... |
001174859 | A letter [in verse] to Mr. Addison, on the King's [George I.] accession to the Throne | [
"A Letter to Mr. Addison, on 2 \" Long have we flruggled in a glorious Caufe, To guard Religion, and fecure our Laws. In vain we taught th' ambitious Gaul to yield, And reap'd the Harvefl of each bloody Field: Abroad Triumphant, ftill new Dangers rofe From home-bred Faction, and inteftine Foes: Whom ev'n againft th... |
002903126 | The History of Cilgerran; ... with copies of charters and other MSS | [
"History of Cilgerran. 94 period no one who has a knowledge of the parish will doubt ; which is also satisfactorily testified by the enormous quantity of human bones which have been from time to time disinterred near Forest, during the erection of the present edifices, as well as by the discovery of cannon-balls, o... |
001865053 | The Red Rag. A novel | [
"116 THE RED RAG. change had come o'er the spirit of your dream. You wanted to make the amende honorable in a neat little speech about retracting your previous bad opinion of his profession. By the living Jingo, AVarriner, my boy, I was never so surprised in my life as when I saw vou come into the drawing-room the ... |
001487621 | Description and use of the New Uranographia | [
"3 The places, and the annual motion of the superior planets are designed in the Zodiac, according to the true proportion •f their course in their orbits. The colures which divide the four seasons, are marked at the two solstices of summer and winter, and at the two equinoctial points, as well as the pole of the ec... |
002987359 | The white witch. A novel [By F. A. Price.] | [
"AT SIR WILLLAM HUNT'S. 7 \" Well, mamma, you must endeavour to keep out of his sight while they are in the neighbourhood. In a short time he and Lady Hunt leave again, and then all danger will be over.\" \" For the present ; only for the present. Oh, my child, what will become of me ? I shall never know peace agai... |
002703840 | Cousin Mary [A novel.] | [
"COUSIN MARY. 154 always stand between her and its penalties. But if this was their feeling, they were at least very kind and liberal in this final setting out, which also was her own doing or her husband's doing, and no way suggested by any desire of theirs to get rid of her. And her aunt and the girls urged upon ... |
003293786 | The School for Orators, or a Peep at the Forum; a farce [in two acts and in prose] | [
"10 sion, which seems hitherto unaccountably to have escaped attention. Debating societies have of late become so fashionable, and so well attended, that it is of the utmost importance to inquire into the effect likely to be produced on the public mind by the speeches of ingenious, learned, eloquent, and insinuatin... |
000617837 | The Gamester: a comedy, etc [By Susanna Carroll, afterwards Centlivre. Based on 'Le Joueur' of Jean François Regnard.] | [
"7 V&l Ten. Sir Tho. No. Heel. Hird-harred \"Jew. Vat. F.ve, Sir; for I itan't go without some Money. St Tho. Not a Sow fe trom me. Hett. One, Sir, that we may dine; for I am sure my Ma^ ster has nor a G oar, by his Humility. Sir Tho. No ; if you are hungry, go sling a merry Main for your D.nncr. Heet Ah, Sir, I ne... |
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