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001266735 | Occasional Papers on the theory of Glaciers; now first collected ... With a prefatory note on the recent progress and present aspect of the theory | [
"1845.] EXPERIMENTS ON THE PLASTICITY OF ICE. 103 § 5. Experiments at Chamouni on the Plasticity of Ice. It has been shown that in order to reconcile De Saussure's theory of sliding motion with the ascertained fact that the centre of the glacier moves faster than the sides, it had been assumed that solutions of con... |
003926099 | Tales and Sketches of Wales | [
"TALES AND SKETCHES OF WALES. 161 During a hunt the hospitalities of any farm house on the route are offered in the freest manner, and anyone neglecting so to do earns thc name of a churl, aud lies ever after under a cloud. But, as a rule, the farmer visited is ouly too happy to spread his table, and to bring out t... |
000847634 | La Suisse alpestre ... Par un professeur bernois [The introduction signed: D***.] | [
"85 8 juin 1352, Glaris fut admis dans la Confédération. C'était le sixième canton (mais il n'eut plus que le septième rang après Tadmission de Berne en 1353). En 1386, les Glaronais prirent part à la bataille de Sempach. Le 9 avril 138S, aidés de quelques Schwytzois, ils remportèrent la mémorable victoire de Naefe... |
001336233 | Les Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, leurs origines, leur émancipation et leurs progrès | [
"PREMIÈRE PARTIE. — LES ORIGINES DES COLONIES. 91 <c suivi Luther ou Calvin, mais s'il avait aimé et cherché la « vérité, » la responsabilité de Locke est à couvert, la disposi tion qui consacre le privilège de TÉglise anglicane ayant été Tœuvre de l'un des propriétaires, contre le gré du philo sophe. Telle était, ... |
000473827 | Delle vicende dell'America Meridionale, e specialmente di Montevideo nell'Uruguay ... Memoria, etc | [
"8 vidi un monte , per cui dipoi restò a quel luogo P appellativo di Montevideo , nome che non molti anni dopo doveva essere dato alla bella città metropoli della Repubblica dell' Uruguay. Dalla morte di Solis passarono dieci anni senza che la Corte di Spagna si occupasse dei paesi scoperti da lui, essendo tutta in... |
002601314 | Onze Voorruders. Een eerste hoofdstuk uit de geschiedenis van Zeeland | [
"26 Poelvoetsheede , St. Jan ten heede (ten Heere) en Heede nisse tot ons kwam , een tijd van rust en welvaart te zijn geweest. Al heeft men hier, tot dusver, nog geene over blijfselen ontdekt van villa's of andere gebouwen, misschien later spoorloos verwoest of door de zee bedekt, zoo blijkt toch klaar , dat de Ro... |
002319972 | A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry. Selected and arranged by C. Mackay ... Twenty-third edition | [
"A THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS. 14 And make one twenty in an hour, Of Æson's age before,\" When on upon my wayless walk As my desires me draw, I like a madman feU to talk And told me, \" That the bottom clear, Now lay'd with many a sett Of seed pearl, e'er she bath'd her there Was known as black as jet : With everything ... |
001477882 | The Government Official. A novel [By Charlotte E. L. Riddell, with the assistance of A. H. Norway.] | [
"ENLIGHTENMENT. 29 show his Assistant some of the tasks he found heart and leisure to essay out of those hours when he was serving her most gracious Majesty. Had any curious inquirers who wished to learn how far egotism will carry a man been wandering about St. Paul's Square on the Christmas Eve of 1879, he would s... |
001921697 | The Mégha Dúta; or, Cloud Messenger; a poem ... Translated into English verse, with notes and illustrations, by H. H. Wilson, etc | [
"MEGHA DUTA, OR 26 Where dwell the Yacshas in their sparkling fields, And Si'va's crescent groves' 7 surrounding gilds, Direct thy licensed journey, and relate To her who mourns in Alaca,™ my fate ; 19 52 There shalt thou find the partner of my woes, True to her faith, and stranger to repose. Her task to weep our d... |
001834797 | An Account of the Empire of Marocco, and the district of Suse; ... to which is added, an accurate and interesting account of Timbuctoo, etc | [
"/' /' rr /■ / Scale of 1 Foot",
"Fedala. 102 up here, but the exorbitant price given for them by some agents of European antiquarians, induced the Jews to imi tate them, which they did so correctly, that these amateurs were deceived; and lately people have fallen into the oppo site extreme, being now so over cau... |
003795198 | Mémoires secrets pour servir à l'Histoire de la Cour de Russie, sous les règnes de Pierre-le-Grand et de Cathérine 1re, rédigés ... d'après les manuscrits originaux du Sieur de Villebois ... par T. Hallez. (Notice biographique sur le Sieur de Villebois.) | [
"CHAPITRE II. VÉRITABLE CAUSE DE LA MORT DU CZAR PIERRE Ier. — INTRIGUE DE LA CZARINE CATHERINE AVEC LE CHAM- BELLAN MŒNS DE LA CROIX. — JUGEMENT ET SUPPLICE DE CE DERNIER. - RÉFORME RELIGIEUSE OPÉRÉE PAR LE CZAR DANS SES ÉTATS. — DÉTAILS SUR LA FÊTE GROTESQUE DU CONCL.l VU, INSTITUÉE PAR PIERRE Ier A SA COUR. Le C... |
003692122 | The Genius of Scotland; or, sketches of Scottish scenery, literature and religion. Third edition | [
"134 GENIUS OF SCOTLAND. whom it would be desirable to give a full-length portrait. I refer to Dr. Candlish, certainly one of the most popular and effective preachers in the Free Church of Scotland. But I am not in pos session of the materials for such a portrait, having heard him preach only once, and being imperf... |
003604896 | A Military Journal during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. ... To which is added an appendix, containing biographical sketches of several General Officers | [
"NOVEMBER.] MILITARY JOURNAL, 1777. 117 On the 4th of October, General Washington planned an attack on the main body of the enemy stationed at German town, near Philadelphia. The enterprise was planned with such judgment and skill, as to afford promise of a complete victory. The execution of it was conducted by his... |
000815214 | Over the Borders of Christendom and Eslamiah. A journey through Hungary, Slavonia, Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegobina, Dalmatia, and Montenegro, to the North of Albania, in the summer of 1875 | [
"OVER THE BORDERS OF 68 one else. After a good deal of squabbling, this deA-ice was agreed to ; and the Congress of Carlovitz assembled, according to the ar rangement of Maurocordato, who took great credit to himself for his ingenuity. By this treaty — which was ratified in 1698 — the SaAre became the boundary line... |
002212985 | Poems | [
"POEMS. r The tear did never leave her cheek, No other youth became her marrow j She found his body in the stream, And now with him she sleeps in Yarrow. B4",
"POEMS. 29 Devoted to the Muses' choir, I tune the Caledonian lyre To themes of high renown No other theme than You I'll chuse, Than You invoke no other Mu... |
001018962 | South Australia and its mines; with an historical sketch of the colony | [
"45 ADMINISTRATION. Colonel Gawler were in the course of payment in England, and found that had Colonel Gawler drawn bills for these precisely similar claims remaining unpaid in the colony, that then the creditors here would have been placed in the same position as those elsewhere ; when also I saw the distress whi... |
002483655 | Amaranthus: a poem. Dedicated to the memory of the ... late Earl of Shaftsbury, etc | [
"8 Years of Maturity, and tread in the glorious Steps of his Facher. I am, S i r, Your most devoted Humble Servants R. MkhlL",
"10 Shall such a Man, of such uncommon Fame, Depart from hence a mere mere empty Name ? Or thro' Ingratitude sink down to Nought, An airy Dream become for Want of Thought ? No. He shall l... |
001632042 | The Poetical and Prose remains of E. M. Heavisides. Edited by H. Heavisides | [
"21 ON THE WRITINGS OF DICKENS. of the \" house of Dombey,\" and the fad of his much boasted reputation, to chasten, and ultimately to humble, the false pride of his nature. Other authors, Jerrold for instance, would have crushed and annihilated him in the ruin of his house. But Dickens purifies by calamity and ele... |
000745356 | The Siren of Warmington ... Illustrated by Lancelot Speed [A play.] | [
"14 THE SIREN. saved us from disaster or positive calamity. You were only just in time, when you sent the telegram, to stop his posting some absurdly tender and compromis ing verses. And. I know he has surreptitiously bought an engagement ring, and it will be no easy matter to avert the catastrophe as it is. How wo... |
001850440 | L'Été à Paris | [
"LE DIX-HUITIÈME SIÉCLE. 101 Junon, Proserpine, ou bien la mère des Gracques, Cornélie. La noble tête ainsi tranchée conservait toutes les apparences de la vie éternelle. Elle était si belle ainsi, que notre jeune homme ne put résister à Tenvie d'emporter dans sa maison ce noble marbre. Du jardin et du palais de Ve... |
001230570 | The writings of Henry Fielding. Comprising his celebrated works of fiction, carefully revised and collated with the best authorities. With a memoir by David Herbert | [
"THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING. 14 BOOK I. CHAPTER I. and of Mrs. Pamela Andrews. How artfully doth the former, by insinuating that he escaped being promoted to the highest stations in Church and State, teach us a contempt of worldly gran deur! how strongly doth he inculcate an abso lute submission to our superiors !... |
002118311 | Révolution brabançonne. Essai historique, suivi de la Joyeuse Entrée de Joseph II. annotée par M. Le Grand | [
"37 de Louvain. II institua trois dégrés de juridiction : la pre mière instance, Tinstauce d'appel et celle de révision, et il établit en outre un conseil souverain de justice, chargé de juger en dernier ressort. stoornisse geschiet tot Loven door eenige ierschmannen, 21 juin 1788. — Bries uyt Loven, 1 julii 1788. ... |
000262398 | The Siege of Ostend: or, the New Troy ... Reprinted from the 'Proceedings of the Huguenot Society,' etc [With plates and a map.] | [
"THE SIEGE OF OSTEND: OR THE NEW TROY 27 Si sa trop naive confiance fut trompee, il ne dut s'en prendre qu'a lui et Sir Francis Vere ne peut etre en aucune far/on accuse d'avoir rien fait de deshonorant. These are much the same words as Mr. Markham's : If the Archduke chose to assume that a surrender was intended i... |
000056938 | An Inquiry into the Views, Principles, Services and Influences of the leading men in the origination of our Union and in the formation and early administration of our present government. vol. 1 | [
"PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS, IN 1774. 23 — finally, that as the late Acts of Parliament have made it impossi ble that there should be a due administration of justice, and all law therefore must be suspended — that as the Govenor has by procla mation prevented ihe meeting of the general Court, they therefore request th... |
003424363 | Book of words of a romantic opera in three acts, entitled, 'King for a day,' | [
"2 Oft have I seen the darling creatures, Look shy at him as if to say : Don't you admire my pretty features, But the big stupid turns away ; So if I were not by his side, Then all these sweet kisses would be lost, So now you see why he can't do witnout me Pif But who comes here ? It is Ziz 1. 'Tis the inspector of... |
001966954 | Spell-bound [A novel.] | [
"71 SPELL-BOUND. \" Follow the counsel of your hatred. That is an oracle which can never fail you. So, about a fortnight after Mr. and Mrs. Oakleigh landed, Norman Brinkworth stood also on the Australian shore. He had little difficulty in finding the where- abouts of those he sought, for the expedi- tion was much t... |
002886677 | Travels in Central Africa, and explorations of the Western Nile tributaries | [
"146 TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AFRICA. board. For the first time I witnessed the spitting salutation, but this they did in their own hands, waring them at the same time towards Petherick : it is only the chief who is privileged to spit direct in the hand or face of the one he would honour. I gave Shotbyl (for. so was the ... |
001867535 | Memorials of Angus and the Mearns: being an account, historical, antiquarian, and traditionary, of the castles and towns visited by Edward I, and of the barons, clergy, and others, who swore fealty to England in 1291-6, etc | [
"12 MEMORIALS OF ANGUS AND MEARNS. William Fraser, and his spouse, Margaret Murray, had the thanedcms of Colly, or Cowie, and Durris, from David II., the first of which had previously belonged to Fraser's father. Robert, son of William Keith, Marischal, had a charter from Robert II. of the forests of Cowy and the M... |
001266103 | Histoire du Conseil de Flandre | [
"HISTOIRE DU CONSEIL DE FLANDRE, depuis son érection en i385, jusqu'à l'an 1758 (1). Manuscrit autographe de Jean-François Foppens, chanoine de Malines. Louis dit de Maele, Comte de Flandre, étant mort à (1) L Histoire du Conseil de Flandre, publiée pour la première fois, se compose d'un Précis historique de cinq p... |
001863235 | Chronological Tables of Ancient History. A Synchronistic arrangement of the events | [
"13 12 c 643—620 Political History. Jewish Church History. Wars, Popular Move- ments, Catastrophes. B.C. 643 642 Amon E — 640 son, con- tinued idol-worship: was killed by conspirators. 641 64 O Josiah E— 609 son æt 8. Rome Ancus Martius grands of Numa E — 616, incor- porated the Latin cities : rise of the Plebs. 63... |
003574194 | Five Years Residence in the Canadas; including a Tour through part of the United States of America in ... 1823 | [
"THE FIRE-FLY. 247 taining their number with accuracy : and I found it to be 1,000. I multiplied the number of insects found upon one square inch by the number of inches in a square yard, and the result was the number of insects contained on the surface of a square yard. The Snow-flea is perfectly black, and about ... |
001970283 | Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays. (New edition.) | [
"THE AIR-MOTHERS. [TI. 156 with a high hand, and even summon the people who have set it wrong. And that is a power which, in a free country, must never be given to the servants of any private company, but only to the officers of a corporation or of the Government.\" \" And what shall we do with the rest of the wate... |
000388869 | L'Abissinia degli Abissini, ossia la vera opinione della gran maggioranza del paese sul fatto e da farsi | [
"CESARE BODINI L'ABISSINIA DEGLI ABISSINI OSSIA LA VERA OPINIONE DELLA GRAN MAGGIORANZA DEL PAESE sul fatto e da farsi TORINO TIPOGRAFIA COOPERATIVA VIA AMEDEO AVOGADRO, 4 1887",
"59 aspetto, ossia sulla base del diritto, che pur sembrami il primo ed il principale ad esaminarsi, riducendosi invece tutti a conside... |
000502499 | Précis analytique des documents que renferme le dépôt des archives de la Flandre-Occidentale à Bruges, par Octave Delepierre. (sér. 2. tom. 2-8. Par F. Priem.) [With 'Inventaire des pièces concernant la ville de Bruges, qui reposent aux archives générales du département du Nord à Lille.' By J. O. Delepierre.] | [
"2 facilement gagner, car le Duc Philippe publia une or donnance en 1431, qui fait connaître qu'ils recevaient oultre et par dessus leurs gages ordinaires, plusieurs dons tant d'or, d'argent, vaisselle, chevaulx et draps comme cí autres choses. Le duc défend expressément cet abus. Cinq ans plus tard il introduisit ... |
002962817 | A Narrative of the campaign in Russia during the year 1812 | [
"51 ground. He supposed that both places were sufficiently safe from any attempt of the enemy ; as the commanding situation of the heights he filled, and the domineering station of his artillery, seemed to denounce destruction on even the most distant approach of a hostile force. The allied troops, at this point, w... |
000730749 | Master of his Fate | [
"70 MASTER OF HIS FATE. o'clock train made but two pauses on its journey to London — at Croydon and at Clapham Junction. At neither of those places could a man in a fur coat be heard of as having descended from the train ; and yet it was manifest that he did not arrive at Grosvenor Road, where tickets were taken. A... |
001626894 | Durazzo: a tragedy, in five acts, [in verse.] | [
"[Act II. DURAZZO, 38 You think the living only can accomplish. GARCIA. Proceed — explain, DURAZZO. I know to imitate His written style, as glass or water send The features back, without a line neglected. In such a sort I '11 pen a grievous charge ; As if the gallant victim made complaint Of treachery, and fix it o... |
000555290 | Oliver Gay. A rattling story of field, fright, and fight, etc | [
"Look on This Picture, then on That. 7 him in that beautiful country home in which his ancestors have chvelt for so many and many a generation. Indeed, Gaywater Park and its possessors formed part of the county history, and the earliest record of the Gay family dates back as far as the Conquest. A chum of Oliver's ... |
000921159 | Fickle Phyllis [A novel.] Edited by G. D'Esterre | [
"FICKLE PHYLLIS. 30 have set up a matrimonial agency. I am goiug up to town in another month for my annual pil grimage to the shrine of Fashion, though good ness knows it's purgatory to me, but one must keep pace with the times. You shall go with me, but where the money is to come from for your dresses I don't know... |
000990511 | The picture of Dublin, being a description of the City ... With a map of Dublin in ... 1610, a large map for the present year and several views, etc | [
"18 called St. John's chapel, is built oh a part of the site of this priory, of which there are now no other remains but the ruin of the steeple. PRIORY OF SAINT SAVIOUR. About the year 1202, William Mareschal, earl of Pembroke, founded this priory for Cistertian's friars, who gave it to the Dominicans in 1 224. It... |
003738459 | Las Operaciones navales durante la guerra entre Chile i la Confederacion peruboliviana 1836-37-38 | [
"79 contesté con el número 3.°, i tuvo por resultado el convenio que señala el número 4.° Las ventajas obtenidas han sido quedar en nuestro poder cincuenta i un individuos de tropa, dos oficiales de la guarnición i cincuenta i seis entre jefes, oficiales i ciudadanos que se halla ban en este presidio, i son los que... |
001660341 | A Translation of the Charter granted to the City of Hereford by King William the third [14 June, 1697, or rather 1696?] | [
"2 hitherto have had and held with the said City and Town aforesaid, at Fee Farm, by the rent of forty pounds a year, ofthe Gifts, Grants, and Confirmations of divers our progenitors heretofore Kings and Queens of England, as by their several Charters, Gifts, Grants, and Confirmations doth more fully appear, which ... |
001629077 | A Narrative. By Sir F. B. H. Supplemental chapter [A vindication of his government of Upper Canada.] | [
"53 manner possible, certain reasons for my increasing that body, which, though obviousand unanswerable, I should have been most happy to have overlooked, until I had had time enough to become better acquainted with the province. Under such an excuse, however, I did not feel disposed to shield myself, and as this g... |
000556999 | Poems of Paganism; or, Songs of life and love. By 'Paganus'-L. Cranmer-Byng | [
"DESPAIR. 29 Though I stretch out vain hands to a form that evades me, And pine for a voice that is utterly still, Yet only in dreams her dear image upbraids me, And the hand of remorse on my bosom falls chill. Can the power that united us cleave us asunder — The forces that lured us, so suddenly part ? 'Tis the so... |
001466127 | Lines on General Gordon's Death, and his last Prayer, by the author of 'Rhymes from the Cobbler's Lapstone.' | [
"LINES ON GENERAL S©Fd©Fi's Bealh HIS AND T ■•-- ■ vfc v<S 'IT tub 55 k/\\\\ 1QC S O THE AUTHOR OF RHYMES FROM TBE COBBLERS LAPSTONE.\" PRICE ONE PENNY. (COPYRIGHT.) STOCKFORT: WM. BRAMHALL, \"ATLAS PAPER WORKS,\" HEATON LANE.",
"Liqeg oq tge Death of general Cjoition. THOU mighty warrior ofthe Lord, Who drew, no... |
002706777 | Konflikten mellan Danmark och Holstein-Gottorp 1695-1700, med särskildt afseende fäst vid Sveriges förhållande till densamma, etc | [
"45 brandenburgska statsmånnen i många frågor intaga, fbrefaller vid forstå påseendet sbkande, vacklande och obeståmd och fbråndras vid, som det synes, ganska obetydliga orsaker. Men bakom denna obe ståmdhet finnes ett medvetet mål, som ger enhet åt det bgonskenli gen planlbsa, och detta mål år att baiansera makten... |
000814403 | Paul Patoff | [
"PAUL PATOFF 17 XVII features wrinkling in a contemptuous smile. ' I tell you I feel perfectly well. I have recovered.' But she had hardly spoken, and puffed a great cloud of aromatic smoke into the still air of the illuminated room, when the smde began to fade. Balsamides watched her narrowly, and saw the former e... |
002670291 | Colonial France | [
"Martinique. 157 clique of sugar manufacturers in the country, and by the im position of extravagant bounties, throws a heavy weight on the poor consumers, and heavily handicaps the colonial producer. The produce of cocoa, coffee, cotton, spices, and tobacco is, with the exception of the former, steadily diminishin... |
001769909 | The Wards of Plotinus [A novel.] | [
"58 The Wards of Plotinus. \" Thou art My sheep,\" she heard Him say ; \" For thee I did the ransom pay ; Within My book thy name I read, Then come and in My pastures feed.\" And now we lay her with the dead, Her soul from earth to heav'n is fled ; With Him she loves, her sufferings o'er, She hath true joys for eve... |
004117748 | A System of Mineralogy, comprising the most recent discoveries ... Fourth edition, rewritten, rearranged, and enlarged | [
"126 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. the parts to which the crystal is attached, in order to aid in its adjustment. The contrivances for the adjustment of the crystal are at p, q, r. To use the instrument, it must be placed on a small stand or table, and so elevated as to allow the observer to rest his elbows on the table. The wh... |
002125549 | Geografja: opisanie krajów Polskich ... Udzielone 1829 do atlasu panny Reginy Korzeniowskiéj | [
"A. opisy i mappy Polski. B. krajiny z jakich się składała. C. rzeki. D. zamożność i produkta. E. politiczny podział. F. rozległość, osiadłość, ludność. G. duchowieństwo. H. skarb. I. siła zbrojna, wojsko. K. distinkcje.",
"18 GEOGRAFJA. vincje Polski, rozsypały się. Razem uważane nosiły jimie Lechji, do których ... |
001381319 | A Lawyer's Wife. A tale, etc | [
"26 A Lawyer's Wife thirty, fashionably dressed, leaning also on the rails beside him. Brownie could not hear what they said, but she could observe the woman looking now at the river, and now turning to regard the man as she spoke. She could notice how his attention was fixed by what the woman was saying, how he ca... |
002575134 | Erzählungen eines Grossvaters aus der Böhmischen Geschichte | [
"20 sich besonders die präg« hohe Schule in zwei Partheien, welcher Zwle« spalt von d m anfgeregten Huß bei den Böhmen genährt und so immer der Haß zwischen den deutschen und böhmischen Lehrern Statt fand. Huß hatte zwar, als ihm sein junger feuriger freund Magister Hieronymus die Schriften Will ef's anpries, die e... |
002121886 | Cromwell, an historical play in five acts | [
"2 CROMWELL. Obad. [in a sanctimonious tone] Verity, but that the refreshment of the body is necessary and lawful, 1 would not abide within earshot of the profane ones. Lock. Nay, master Obadiah, for the matter of that, even thy sanctity is somewhat whispered against; men scruple not to say that thou hast turned le... |
003335009 | Грамотность въ деревняхъ Государственныхъ крестьянъ Псковской губерніи въ 1863 году | [
"21 значение лучшихъ учениковъ въ училища садоводства. По распоря жению же министерства обучали! некоторыхъ мальчиковъ ветеринар ному искусству, делали ихъ коновалами. До конца 1857 г. коновалы эти были въ полномъ раеиоряженга окружныхъ пачальниковъ и только въ последние годы, циркуляромъ 31 декабря 1857 года, за п... |
000547496 | Unexplored Syria. Visits to the Libanus, the Tulúl el Safā, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus, and the Aláh. By R. F. Burton and Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake [With contributions by Isabel Lady Burton and others.] | [
"62 UNEXPLORED SYRIA. with source, as after heavy rains all the gorges dis charge surface water. The word Wady26 is usually translated by us 'valley,' instead of Fiumara or Nul lah : nothing, in fact, is less like our English valley than a Syrian Wady : the former word would be more fitly Arabised by Sahlah or Wata... |
003136239 | An Account of two remarkable trains of Angular Erratic Blocks, in Berkshire, Massachusetts, with an attempt at an explanation of the phenomena | [
"ACCOUNT OF TWO REMARKABLE TRAINS or ANGULAR ERRATIC BLOCKS, IN BERKSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH AN ATTEMPT AT AN EXPLANATION OF THE PHENOMENA BY PROFESSOR HENRY D. ROGERS, AND PROFESSOR WILLIAM B. ROGERS. [Extracted from the Boston Journal of Natural History for June, 1846.]",
"6 R.ogers's Account of two Remarkabl... |
003628011 | Walden; or Life in the Woods | [
"■20 WALDEN. know nothing about it. I will only hint at some of the enterprises which I have cherished. In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too ; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely ... |
000047779 | The Admiral's Ward | [
"THE ADMIRAL'S WARD. 167 sobbed AVinnie. ' I never dreamed of doing you a wrong ; I loved you always, I love you now — let nothing separate us. I wdl do anything you Uke, d you will only believe in me, and let me stay with you.' ' I do believe in you, AVinnie ; but I must be alone for this day at least. Leave me ; ... |
000852316 | The Dailys of Sodden Fen. By the author of Four Crotchets to a Bar,' etc [i.e. Susanna C. Venn.] | [
"IN THE MOOD FOR ACTION. 185 better than she has done ours — the master's and mine. I'm sorry to say as much, but I always speak of people as I find them.' ' Just so,' observed Aurea serenely; ' and then if other people do not always find them just as you speak of them, you cannot help it, can you?' The matron wasn... |
001976884 | Englische Gedichteins Deutsche übertragen und ein Essay: Gefangene von Chillon | [
"5 Da erst orhielt der Blumen Pracht Bedeutung in dem Madchenbilde, Der Lilie Schmelz vom Nacken lacht, Aus Wangen bhihen Rosen milde; Wie Schwarz den Hyakinthos ziert, Die Locken diesen Glanz erwidern; Wie's Veilchen sich im Kelche ruhrt, Lacht's blaue Auge aus den Lidern. 7. Abendlied. Wenn schon die Schatten sin... |
003124311 | Edith: a tale of Belle Isle, Windermere. In verse | [
"8 EDITH. Wak'st thou but o'er thy fate to grieve, And mourn the loss of one who ne'er Deserved thy sympathy or care ? \" He ceased. High o'er his ward he stood Like towering oak in ancient wood, That oft its surly shade will throw On weeping birch that bends below. His purpose, vague and undefined, With thrill of ... |
000748914 | The Moonstone ... Second edition | [
"THE MOONSTONE 24 people wdio are really obliged to get their living, to be forced to work for the clothes that cover them, the roof that shelters them, and the food that keeps them going. But compare the hardest day's work you ever did with the idleness that splits flowers and pokes its way into spiders' stomachs,... |
003357334 | Catalogue of the Manuscript Library of Sir Cuthbert Sharp, connected with the County of Durham [Edited by Sir C. Sharpe.] | [
"CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY OF SIE C. SHARP, CONNECTED WITH THE Count)? of Qurtjam. 1829.",
"14 XVII. 4to. Sunderland Genealogy. XVIII. 4to. Hartlepool Pedigrees XIX. 4to. \" Scraps of Pedigrees\" with Marriage Licences for 1724, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738. MIS... |
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"103 Früchte gedeihen hier gewöhnlich besonders gut, was wohl zum Theil daher kommen mag, daß sie durch den Fürther Schloßberg und durch die Plestner Waldungen gegen die Stürme aus Westen hinreichend geschützt stehen. Zum andern Theil hat der daselbst wohnende Oekonom Ioh. Georg Truckenbrodt durch seine unermü dete... |
002671030 | A Peep into Normandy and Brittany, August and September, 1897, with incidents, impressions, and historical outlines. By the author [or rather, translator] of 'The Tutor's Dilemma,' etc [Charles Barton.] | [
"i :isr id :e :x: _ NORMANDY. Dept. Calvados — page Caen Bayeux ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Villers-sur-Mer 26 L'Abbaye d Ardennes ... ... ... ... 27 Ouisterham ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 Uept. Manche — Avranches ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 Mont.-St.-Michel .' 47 BRITTANY. Dept. Cotes-du-Nord — Dinan ... ... ... ... ... |
001661826 | The Crime of a Christmas Toy. A detective story, etc | [
"2 THE CRIME OF A CHRISTMAS TOY. stared at the missive lying on the table, while the little old doggie, in seeming wonderment at the sudden motion which disturbed his comfort, sat upon his haunches and looked into his master's face in plaintive remonstrance. \"What a nuisance that man is!\" his lordship said at las... |
001587021 | The Forst of Arden, its towns, villages, and hamlets: a topographical and historical account of the district between and around Henley-in-Arden and Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of Warwick. Illustrated with numerous engravings | [
"The, Forest of Arden. 13 bling Prince's metal, a kind of Aurichaleum.* A few miles south eastward of this camp was Ausona, or Avona, (Warwick,) where the Prefect or Commander of the Dalma tian Horse was posted.t I. CAMP. 2. DITCH. 3. ROAD. The Roman Post that has been referred to, lies about a mile and a half to t... |
000249369 | Lyra Sacra. A book of religious verse, selected and arranged by H. C. Beeching | [
"XX CONTENTS GERARD HOPKINS page BARNFLOOR AND WINEPRESS . . . 313 GOD'S GRANDEUR .... 314 HEAVEN HAVEN ..... 315 MORNING, MIDDAY, AND EVENING SACRIFICE 316 ROBERT BRIDGES JOY . 317 SINCE TO BE LOVED ENDURES . . . 319 THIS WORLD IS UNTO GOD A WORK OF ART . 320 WHEN I SEE CHILDHOOD ON THE THRESHOLD SEIZE ...... 320 ... |
000730419 | Ramah Droog; a comic opera, in three acts | [
"RAMAH DROOG. 10 Alminah. By me: — oft have I listened to the melancholy sounds which gave vent to your sorrows, till my heart vibrated in unison (raising her veil). Sidney. Charming creature! But how is it poffible Alminah. Be content to know the extent of my power, without questioning the means : enquire no furth... |
001444464 | Father Godfrey [A novel.] By the author of 'Anne Dysart,' 'Arthur,' &c. &c [Miss - Douglas] | [
"FATHER GODFREY. 141 obnoxious youth with being the accepted lover of Elfrida Foxley — Elfrida, whom he had believed to be his own wholly. His first impulse was to disbelieve it ; but she had not been to church for two days ! In a moment Mr. Summerwood was aware that he had not finally rejected her for himself. He ... |
000212193 | Amberhill [A novel.] | [
"65 AMBERHILL. theless, a secret shame in my heart for the pur port of our conversation. The day passed much more cheerfuby than usual for a Sunday ; and then Cyrd came in the evening, and we talked about the poem, and discussed the propriety of publishing it, and the amount of fame and money to be looked for from ... |
003980599 | A Girl Diplomatist [A novel.] | [
"CHAPTER VIII. COMPLICATIONS. Next morning Barbara was rather taken aback by Sir Harry begging her as a personal favour to himself to be the bearer of some necessary papers from his desk at White hall to the private residence of Lord Luf fington. \" It seems he took a tremendous fancy to you last night, and he decl... |
002128479 | A Harvest of Weeds ... New edition, etc | [
"■12 A HARVEST OF WEEDS. \" Take the portmanteau on to the house,\" he cried, as he strode off through the trees. Yes ; it was Aliss Leyton. She and Eustace had evidently just finished a game, for he was fanning her across the net with his soft cap. They were standing with their backs towards the avenue, so did not... |
000188481 | Sierra Leone; or, the White Man's Grave | [
"AN UNPLEASANT ENCOUNTER. 103 glanced at my gun, and while grasping it still more firmly, I felt afraid to think of using it, even in the strictest self-defence, while if I walked away, the man would probably again attack me. Several women now appeared at the doors of the hovels ; and, feeling that the most judicio... |
001951555 | A Token of affectionate regard, sacred to the memory of John Wesley, etc [In verse.] | [
"( € ) Hail favour'd Nurfery of Literature * By Sutton's great Benevolence defign'd. For Youth and Age each bleffing to procure, To cultivate and humanize the Mind. Fam'd Houfe of Mercv, honourable Pile, Houfe that HE did, and I fhall ever love ! Where Youth in all its Innocence may fmile, And Age its numerous Bene... |
002532176 | Documents de l'histoire contemporaine. L'Exécution de G. Chaudey et de trois gendarmes publiée par E. M | [
"DOCUMENTS DE l'hISTOIRE CONTEMPORAINE L'EXECUTION DE GUSTAVE CHAUDEY ET DE TROIS GENDARMES PUBLIEE PAR EDGAR MONTEIL PARIS, CHARAVAY FRERES, EDITEURS 4, rue Furstemberg, 4 i885",
"PREFACE Si je ne consultais que le desir ou setrouvent les republicains sinceres d'effacer de leur me\" moire des jours funebres dura... |
002369278 | History, gazetteer, and directory of Cumberland, etc | [
"26 HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND. changed to 'Middle Shires,' they being now nearly in the centre of his extended dominion. The extinction of the border feuds, however, was not completely effected till after the final union, in 1706, for long-cherished distinctions and prejudices are not easily eradicated. Prior to the un... |
000960687 | Within the Walls. A tale of the siege of Haarlem | [
"42 WITHIN THE WALLS ; OR, that Don Frederick would immediately appear before the Avails of Haarlem. It was Sabbath, and in the Church of St. Bavon a great congregation had assembled — a grave and intelli gent congregation — of many of whom it might be said that they were able to give a reason for the hope that was... |
001718886 | The Maidens' Lodge; or, None of self and all of Thee: a tale of the reign of Queen Anne | [
"76 THE MAIDENS' LODGE. Rhoda had walked away. \"But I shall not ! \" answered Phœbe, softly \"Deary me, child ! \" said Betty, turning to look at her, \" don't you go for to fret over that. Why, if a bit of a thing like that'll trouble you, you'll have plenty to fret about at White- Ladies. Mrs. Rhoda, she's on an... |
003092323 | The Arctic Expedition of 1875-76.: a reply to its critics | [
"8 to a considerable conflagration, so it proved in this case ; presently the medical press joined in the fray. It is scarcely necessary to state that I entirely distinguish between the medical profession and the medical press. The latter asserted loudly that the leader of the Expedition was responsible for the out... |
003895309 | Back to Africa: a confession | [
"BACK TO AFRICA. 5 hour — before him. So soon as the letters were delivered, I opened and sorted them, and while we were having breakfast in the library he would look them over, and tell me in what terms to answer those which he did not propose to answer himself. One Monday morning — I remember it as vividly as if ... |
001993778 | Memorie per la storia della Liburnica, città di Fiume, etc | [
"255 In quel tempo era capitano di Segna Pietro Krusich, sovrastante al presidio austriaco; ma essendosi questi dovuto allontanare dalla città coi suoi soldati, onde recar aiuto alla fortezza di Clissa in pericolo, Segna nella primavera del 1527 si rivolse al provveditore veneto dì Veglia ed ai capitani austriaci d... |
003933464 | Anthologia Anglica. A new selection from the English poets from Spenser to Shelley. With short literary notices | [
"ANTHOLOGIA ANGLICA. 182 Humbled by such rebuke ; so far beneath His confidence to equal God in power. Yet soon he heal'd ; for spirits that live throughout Vital in every part, not as frail man In entrails, heart or head, liver or reins, Cannot but by annihilating die ; Nor in their liquid texture mortal wound Rec... |
003088095 | Monographie de la Ville et du Canton de Nontron, Dordogne ... Avec une introduction par ... A. Dujarric-Descombes | [
"XIV peu démembrée par Taliénation successive des parois ses, de manière qu'il ne resta en dernier lieu que la seule ville et paroisse de Nontron, vendue à son tour par Alain d'Albret à Dauphin Pastoureau. A ce seigneur succédèrent Jean de Campnhac, Charles-Hélie de Co longe, Hélie de Pompadour, Jean-Charles de Lav... |
003572836 | Histoire du château et du bourg de Blandy en Brie | [
"64 cher et très aine frère et cousin Tarchiduc d'Autriche, son silz, d'une part, et nous d'autre, lequel traicté a esté accepté par notre très chère et aînée cousine Anne, fille aisnée de feu notre cousin le duc de Bretaigne, pour elle et ceulx de son parti , nous ayons restitué notre cher et amé oncle et cousin l... |
002523745 | Notes of Travel. Extracts from the journals of Count Moltke [Translated from the German.] | [
"Notes of ©tabel. 65 variety of ancient and modern buildings. Near to a pine in the Colonna garden, a conspicuous object from afar, there is an old square tower from which Nero may have witnessed the burn ing of the city, while he sang to his lyre. Further to the right the Capitol towers high above the Venetian Pal... |
002483180 | Récits d'Histoire de France, compiled by M. Seignobos. Edited with biographical and geographical index, explanatory notes and a vocabulary by A. Esclangon. ... With illustrations and maps. Sole authorised edition | [
"VIII ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Louis XIV. Frontispiece Mazarin ... ... ... ... ... ••• 3 Turenne ... ... ... ... ... ••• 5 Guillaume III \" Jean Bart 25 Louis XV. 27 Law 29 Maria Theresa ... ... ... ... ... 37 Frederick the Great ... ... ... ... 43 Turgot 47 Beaumarchais ... ... ... ... ... 49 Lafayette ... ... ... ... ... |
002042571 | Histoire militaire de la Prusse avant 1756, ou introduction à la Guerre de Sept-Ans | [
"136 HISTOIRE MILITAIRE Dans la campagne de 1709, les Prussiens entre tiennent 19 bataillons et 39 escadrons à l'armée des alliés. Ces forces prennent part au siège de Tournai ; le comte de Lottum y dirige l'une des Irois attaques, celle de la porte de Valenciennes, entre le haut Escaut et la Citadelle, et pratique... |
003425356 | Canada: past, present and future. Being a historical, geographical, geological and statistical account of Canada West | [
"CANADA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 157 The Amount which the Canada Company had been allowed out of their payments for \" Public Works and Imjjrovements\" on the 1st of February, 1838, was as follows : — Date when cost of work having been submitted and ap- proved, was or- dered to be cred- ited to the com- Descripti... |
000034816 | Cardinal Pole; or, the Days of Philip and Mary. An historical romance | [
"12 CARDINAL POLE. envoy from the Pope to England, and made ac quainted by this discreet messenger with the Queen's gracious intentions towards him. But with characteristic humility he declined them, alleging that, apart from any other considerations, his age and infirmities forbade him to think of marriage. Her Ma... |
002105626 | Arras sous la Révolution | [
"359 tion qui a été depuis vivement controverséc dans les assemblées législatives. Un officier de la garde nationale peut-il être en même temps membre d'un corps municipal? lzambard, qui avait été élu lieutenant-colonel de la garde nationale, se trouvait également notable à la Municipalité ; il crut devoir donner s... |
002606305 | Additional notes on 'The Measurements of Ptolemy and of the Antonine Itinerary,' by G. M. Hills. ... S [ussex] A [rchæological] C [ollections] . XXXI, 58 & 78; XXXII, 215, etc. (Reprinted from the Sussex Archæological Collections.) | [
"PTOLEMY AND OF THE ANTONINE ITINERARY.\" 7 comes to Venta Belgarum, which I have in my former paper (XXXII., 221) placed at Cæsar's Camp, Aldershot (in Iter's VII. and XV. of Antoninus), where coins have been found. But I have since learnt from General Sir J. H. Lefroy, F.S.A., that the coins found by his brother ... |
001890800 | Letters from Palestine, descriptive of a Tour through Galilee and Judæa, with some account of the Dead Sea, and of the present state of Jerusalem [Letter 21 signed Th. R. J, i.e. T. R. Joliffe.] | [
"LETTERS FROM PALESTINE. 55 of Syria introduces him to objects, that have no re semblance to those with which he has been hitherto associated : the vegetable kingdom, the brute creation, and even his own species, are in appearance greatly dissimilar, and seem to point out that he is alighted on a new and distant pl... |
002298762 | Ade. A romance. By G. M | [
"WITH THE AUTHOR'S EYES. 151 next quarter of a century, and leave his coin to somebody else at the end. I should think, on a moderate computation, I have had a dozen and a half telegrams to the same effect in the last five years, and he's on his perch yet. The excitement wears off when one is used to it, you see,\"... |
004002540 | The Girl Musician [A novel.] | [
"The Girl Musician. 18 loved to explore these hidden treasures, and, whenever she could escape the vigilant eye of her aunt, she was sure to be ensconced near the quaint dormer window, with her feet doubled under her, in Turkish fashion, and her mind wholly absorbed in some old romance, long since banished from the... |
003141926 | Review. The Tomb of the Martyrs, adjoining the United States Navy Yard, Brooklyn City, ... who died in dungeons ... in and about the city of New York, during the several years of our Revolutionary War | [
"J,i{Ac * tfJ r_-__&_-^_$___^- -^„__w<> 07 THE TOMB OF THE MARTYRS .",
"THE TOMB OF THE MARTYRS. The following inscriptions are now displayed in and about the sacred premises. First.— The Portal to the Tomb of 11,500 patriot prisoners of War, who died in dungeons and pestilential prison-ships, in and about the Ci... |
000586750 | Annals of Tryon County; or, the Border warfare of New-York, during the Revolution [With an appendix.] | [
"30 ANNALS OF ted more by what he considered his duty to the English government, than governed by his own private opinions. He could but view therefore with regret, those acts of the British Parliament which were goading on the Americans to resistance by force. His sons-in-law, Colonel Guy John son, and Colonel Cla... |
001196543 | La France: sìtes, monuments, richesses et souvenirs | [
"110 LA FRANCE. Louis XIII et orné d'une belle façade, à laquelle on reproche cependant de n'avoir pas tout à fait assez de hauteur. La salle des Illustres, placée au centre du Capitole, est ainsi appelée parce qu'on y voit le buste des Toulousains qui se sont rendus célèbres. La plus ancienne église de Toulouse es... |
000119728 | Discourses in America | [
"LITERA TURE AND SCIENCE II 101 of human nature. But I put this forward on the strength of some facts not at all recondite, very far from it ; facts capable of being stated in the simplest possible fashion, and to which, if I so state them, the man of science will, I am sure, be willing to allow their due weight. D... |
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