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002492520 | The Militia Major. A novel [By Mrs. Lorenzo N. Nunn.] | [
"66 THE MILITIA MAJOR. so wildly for their own barbarous vengeance. Infantry may and have been opposed and resisted by undisciplined men in their sober senses, but there is something in the well appointed, fully accoutred dragoon, which awes the peasant into a momentary kind of respect for a mode of warfare with wh... |
001761245 | The History of a Crime ... Translated by T. H. Joyce and A. Locker | [
"11 THE REBOUND. \" Yes, sir.\" This \" Yes, sir,\" uttered with calmness, and even with a certain embarrassment, told me all. Where I expected an indignant outcry I found this peaceable answer. It seemed to me that I was speaking to the Faubourg St. Antoine itself. I understood that all was at an end in this distr... |
003330483 | Une excursion à Ithaque. Dessins ... d'après les photographies de l'auteur. Et carte de l'île d'Ithaque | [
"' í*siii-ir/.Y/.!fctítf:-íi-i'xoii :.l IfíOH^IOÏAJA*! OTtí",
"V LE SUD DE L'ILE Mardi, 3 novembre. — Je prends un cheval ce matin pour remonter vers le sud la vallée de Wathy. La route serpente d'abord entre les jardins de la ville, puis au milieu des oliviers, des amandiers et des vignes qui s'étendent à perte ... |
003109828 | My Lady Coquette. A novel. By Rita | [
"My Lady Coquette. 13 with bashfulness in the presence of their respected progenitor, but employing their tongues as freely before him as they are accustomed to do when by themselves. \"Father,\" remarks Arthur presently, \"you wdl be losing some of your lambs if you don't look out. Are you aware how many suitors a... |
003819635 | Voorouderlijke Wijsheid in hagehelijke tijden. Het Ministerie der Raadpensionarissen S. van Slingelandt, P. Steyn en L. P. van de Spiegel herdacht | [
"52 bij gebrek aan ondernemingsgeest en vooral aan de vroeger zoo overvloedige kapitalen, nu hoe lang zoo meer in buiten landsche geldleeningen belegd, om de hoogste interessen te trekken en salie zeilen bij te zetten\". De grond van het kwaad lag eigenlijk nog dieper; er was gebrek aan die edele deugd van het voor... |
003960901 | Poems | [
"ODE II. TO Miss SARAH FOWLER. Toutesfois vous demeurant en ce lieu, mes tenebreuses et tristes parolles n'en pourroient chasser les Graces, desquels vous roe semblez estre l'unique simulachre, et moins les Muses qui vous recognoissent pour leur Minerve. Tyard. I. W hen first Aurora's gorgeous car Springs from Nigh... |
003378218 | Diary of the Times of Charles the Second by the Honourable Henry Sidney, afterwards Earl of Romney; including his correspondence with the Countess of Sunderland and other distinguished persons at the English Court; to which are added letters illustrative of the times of James II. and William III. Edited, with notes, by... | [
"INTRODUCTION. XCV Bentinck was expressly sent to him to ask his ad vice as to the expediency of refusing the Royal Assent to the Bill for Triennial Parliaments. Sir W. Temple advised him to pass the Bill ; and he employed Swift, who was then his private secretary, to carry his reasons to the Earl of Portland ; the... |
000374789 | [Изъ пещеръ и дебрей Индіи.] From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan. Translated from the Russian | [
"42 FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTAN. m pure English a speech, in which he thanked us for the honour of our presence. Then new bouquets, pansu paris, and rose-water, and, finally, we reached home about four a.m. Next morning we learned that the per formance had ended at half-past six.",
"242 FROM THE CAVES... |
000120061 | Man and Wife; or, More secrets than one: a comedy, in five acts, etc | [
"jfr A COMEDY. 7 ffddy IV. And William — seno*up Tiffany to Miss Helen's room, and bid her say we expect her at breakfast. Will. Miss Helen has been in the Park thes two hours. Sir W. .(Laughs aside.) Lady IV. How ! in the Park these two hours ? Impossible— send Tiffany to seek her. IVill. Yes, my lady. [Exit. Sir ... |
002682671 | Geschiedenis der kerkelijke en politicke Geschillen in de Republiek der Zeven Vereenigde Provincien, voornamelijk gedurende het Twaalfjarig Bestand-1598-1625 | [
"96 AAN WIE SOUVEREINITEIT? 't Is waar, de Stalen van Holland ploclameerden nog wel zichzelven niet tot Souverein, maar de logica der feiten moest hen binnen korte jaren daartoe brengen. Tevens lag in hetgeen zij toen deden de kiem der aanspraken, die later gemaakt zouden worden: eenerzijds het gezag der Staten, an... |
000783827 | Mrs. Grundy's Victims | [
"Mrs. Grundys Victims. 14 thought it? Both Amy and Eva seemed to be such sweet, innocent girls. But that only shows how deep they are, to manage to conceal their true nature like that. You are quite sure there is no mistake ? \" \" Oh, perfectly sure. I have a friend at Greenly who knew the first Mrs. Forest, and w... |
000609590 | Royal Charters and Historical Documents relating to the Town & County of Carmarthen and the Abbeys of Talley and Tygwyn-ar-Daf. By [i.e. compiled by] J. R. Daniel-Tyssen ... Edited and annotated by A. C. Evans | [
"9 de Fenis, Waltero de Merton, et multis aliis.\" Nos autem predictam concessionem ratam habentes et gratam earn pro nobis et heredibus nostris concedimus et confirmamus, sicut predicta carta rationabiliter testatur. Hiis testibus, Guidone de Lezine, Galfrido de Lezine, et Willielmo de Valencia, fratribus nostris,... |
003326060 | Bellamira, or the Mistress, a comedy: as it is acted by Their Majesties Servants | [
"ADVERTISEMENT. Mixt Eflays upon Tragedies, Comedies, Italian Coma dies, Englifh Comedies, and Opera's to his Grace the Duke of Buckingham. Written Originally in French by the Sieur de Saint EVRE MONT. Printed for Timothy Goodwin, at the Maiden- Head <, ver againft St. Dunftans Church in Fleetftyiettx 1 687-",
"(... |
000972521 | Beggars all. A novel | [
"Book I.] BEGGARS ALL. 101 \" Yes,\" said Star. She had evidently something more to say. \"Will he — will he hear about the— about the advertisement ? \" \" Certainly not. There are only two people now who know anything about it, and, unless you tell of it, no one else will ever know.\" \" I did not know whether it... |
000810479 | The Southern Rebellion: being a history of the United States from the commencement of President Buchanan's administration through the war for the suppression of the Rebellion. Containing a record of political events, military movements, campaigns, expeditions, battles, skirmishes, etc. Prepared from official documents ... | [
"PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION. 153 tion had been perpetrated upon loyal citizens. Every where on the border the extreme sever ities of war had been practised with a fierce and relentless spirit by their regular or irregular soldiery. And now they raised this cry of horror to inflame the indignation of their o... |
003405259 | The Japs at Home | [
"144 THE JAPS AT HOME. \" Well,\" I said to him, \" you have been as good as your boast this time ; but how can you make it a certainty every time?\" \"Well, I'll tell you,\" he said, \"for it isn't very likely ever to get back to the class of Japs I deal with. The fact is that I understand the so-ro-ba (abacus), t... |
002271228 | Memorials of the Church of St. John the Evangelist; being an account, biographical, historical, antiquarian and traditionary, of the Parish Church of Montrose and Clergy thereof | [
"58 PARISH CHURCH OF MONTROSE. to him of all stipend, teind, victuall, and silver marriage moneys, and all benefits belonging to him and be his presentation, and decreet of modification of the commis sioners of Parliament in favour of his predecessors for the said stipend and serving the cure at the said kirk, exce... |
002926683 | A Discourse delivered at Providence, Aug. 5, 1836, in commemoration of the first settlement of Rhode Island and Providence plantations. Being the second centennial anniversary of the settlement of Providence | [
"28 all his officers and soldiers should be well accommodated with us.\" 4. \" I marched up with them to the Narragansett sachems, and brought my countrymen and the barbarians, sachems and captains, to a mutual confidence and complacence each in other. 5. \" Though I was ready to have marched further, yet upon agre... |
002295031 | History of St. Andrews, episcopal, monastic, academic, and civil, comprising the principal part of the ecclesiastical history of Scotland | [
"70 HISTORY OF ST ANDREAVS. Byshoprics he sand but four or three, But, or he died, nyne left he. Abbays he founded nyne or ten, And set in them religious men. His object seems to have been, as much to civilize as Christianize his rude subjects ; and, doubtless, these institutions could not fail to have this effect,... |
000345277 | A Banished Beauty [A novel.] | [
"139 CHAPTER IX. WHICH INTRODUCES SHUM, SHOOTS THE GILDED PEDESTAL, AND CAPTURES A MYSTERIOUS POACHER. About this time Harold developed a very remark able anxiety to slay a seal. He meant, he said, to shoot at least one before he left the island, if not two, and the more hopeless the pursuit seemed, the keener he b... |
000916004 | The History of Des Moines County, Iowa, containing a history of the county ... a biographical directory of citizens ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men ... history of Iowa, map of Des Moines County ... Illustrated | [
"142 HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA The province of Louisiana stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the sources of the Tennessee, the Kanawha, the Allegheny and the Monongahela on the east, and the Missouri and the other great tributaries of the Father of Waters on the west. Says Bancroft, \" France had obtained, unde... |
003320592 | A Comprehensive History of the Iron Trade, throughout the world, from the earliest records to the present time. With an appendix, containing official tables, etc | [
"73 BRITISH COLONIES IN AMERICA. day for taking this affair into consideration, carefully ex amined into the state of the British commerce carried on with Sweden, as well as into the accounts of iron imported from the plantations of America ; and a committee of the whole House having resolved, that the duties on Am... |
002250145 | Rules and list of Members. 1890 | [
"18 Visitors. No Membei to receive profits from Club. No servant to receive any gratuity. September to 31st March, and shall be closed for ingress at 1 o'clock the next morning, and shall be finally closed at 2 o'clock, or during the Session of Parliament half-an-hour after the House rises, such closing not being l... |
003026008 | Bryanston Square [A novel.] | [
"109 BRYANSTON SQUARE. of ladies by one. But if you think, sir, that it would seem the least unkind, or \" \"Not the least, my dear — do just as you please,\" replied Mr. Stainforth. \" You cannot have a better — a more satisfactory cause for staying at home. I remember Mrs. Wellbank perfectly. She was very truly a... |
003521726 | Gunner Jingo's Jubilee | [
"SURPRISES OF SORTS. 211 in that fight without sword or bullet. Before night the force changed front, so as to start at dawn on the return march. The camp-followers were between the troops and the position lately occupied by the enemy. Whether some of the latter returned or not under cover of the darkness, was neve... |
003822530 | The Life of Lamenther: a true history, written by herself (Anne W [all]) . In five parts. Containing a just account of the many misfortunes she underwent, occasioned by the ill treatment of an unnatural Father | [
"A true Hifiory. II of three Children, and the laft. — 0 Lament Her ! Although in Sorrow (he did conceive us, yet (he bore it amazingly well ; her great Spirit would never let her make her Diftrefs known, to thofe Friends whofe Counfel fhe had formerly reje_led, and fhe ufed every Art to fcreen herfelf from their U... |
002990056 | Priests and People: a No-Rent romance | [
"86 PRIESTS AND PEOPLE. hear, not a soul ; only the stillness and darkness reigned, and the dead leaves dropped silently down. Her anger choked her; her voice in its passion broke. The hot tears coursed down on the coat of the poor little dog as she circled it in her arms and leant against the gate. \"Witch, poor l... |
002427044 | Five Years in Madagascar, with notes on the military situation | [
"PREFACE. This little work is somewhat of a mosaic. It does not profess to treat exhaustively of the curious country which is the subject of these pages ; of its various races ; its varying climate ; and its multifarious sources of potential wealth. Numerous excellent works, notably that of Captain Pasfield Oliver ... |
003317343 | The Heart of Mid-Lothian | [
"10 THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. a sort of appendix to the half-bound and sUp-shod volumes of the circulating library.\" \" I'll bet you a pint of claret,\" said the elder lawyer, \" that he will not feel sore at the comparison. But as we say at the bar, \" I beg I may not be interrupted ; \" I have much more to say u... |
003547458 | American Notes, 1881 [Letters reprinted from the 'Edinburgh Courant,' with plates and a map.] | [
"viii PREFACE. the case, the seeming discourtesy arising from the clerk having many applicants at the same moment for bedrooms, and it being beyond his power to answer all questions in a few minutes. By quietly waiting for my turn, I found the clerk civil, yea, even polite and obliging; and by delay I was only once... |
001344270 | Questions historiques, revues et complétées d'après les notes de l'auteur par C. Jullian | [
"ORIGINES DE LA PROPRIÉTÉ FONCIÈRE. 109 livre de droit privé, ce dont ii eût été sort capable, c'est des limites des propriétés qu'il eût toujours parlé. Peut-on s'étonner de cela? Lisez les trente volumes de Thiers, faites sur eux le mème calcul que M. de Jubainville, et, si vous raisonnez comme lui, vous conclure... |
001549629 | Comparative Physical Geography; or the earth in relation to man ... Translated from the French by C. C. Felton, etc | [
"THE LAW OF LIFE. 79 which present, by their forms and their disposition, an as semblage of characters peculiar to them alone, we have to inquire if, in virtue of these forms themselves, and of this particular position, each of these individuals has not a peculiar physical life, manifesting itself, in the main, by ... |
001987987 | In den Vreemde. Herinneringen, ontmoetingen, schetsen ... Zwitserland 15 Junij. 5 September 1839 | [
"172 woesten en hobbeligen weg was geschud gewor- den, — niet toe te onderzoeken. De meeste aan- wezigen gaven zich niet eens de moeite van te ant- woorden ; sommige keerden even het hoofd naar de plaats van waar de stem gekomen was en vervolgden hun gesprek, andere ligtten met eene zekere ver- wondering de oogen v... |
002269303 | Love Effusions or Valentine Rhapsodies, being a collection of original verses, etc | [
"Another. Tis customary on this day For lovers compliments to pay; But 'tis the lady must define Who'll be her chosen Valentine. This seeming liberty I take, Believe me, not for custom's sake ; I hope and trust thou will be mine, My ever faithful Valentine. It is the language of the heart, Which now I candidly impa... |
001504386 | History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State Laws | [
"64 HISTORY* OF ILLINOIS. In this fearful combat women bore a conspicuous part. A wife of one of the soldiers, who had frequently heard that the Indians subjected their prisoners to tortures worse than death, resolved not to be taken alive, and continued fighting until she was literally cut to pieces. Mrs. Heald wa... |
002511980 | The Wilderness of the World. A novel | [
"THE WORLD. 43 House, when a mere child, under rather mysterious circumstances, and I have never been able to obtain any clue to her parentage or connexions.\" \"Will you, Miss Fullmer, favour me with the name of the person who left Miss Neville under your care ?\" Miss Fullmer hesitated. \" I do not know, Sir Regi... |
000111869 | Aristotelis Ethicorum Nicomacheorum libri decem ... Edidit Car. Lud. Michelet | [
"Aristotelis Ethic. Nicom. 100 σαδϊ υποδήματα προς οίκίαν ή τροιρήν- εί γάρ μή τοϋτο, ούκ έσται άλλ.αγή , ουδέ κοινωνία- τοϋτο δ', 11 εί μή ίσα εϊη πως, ούκ έσται, Δεϊ άρα ενϊ τινι πάντα μετρεϊσ&αι, ώςπερ ελ.έχ&η πρότερον τοϋτο δ' έστϊ τή μέν άλ.η&εία ή χρεία, ή πάντα συνέχει- εί γάρ μη&έν δέοιντο, ή μή ομοίως, ή ο... |
001463004 | The Court of King James the First ... To which are added letters illustrative of the personal history of the most distinguished characters in the court of that monarch and his predecessors. Now first published from the original manuscripts by J. S. Brewer | [
"KING JAMES. 135 revenge himself upon all of them he should find it a desperate work, and therefore better sit still and take no notice of them, which in truth King James did, and therein I commend him ; for God doth sometimes permit sin, and surely it was for his quietness and peace which he did ever most aim at, ... |
001682481 | The History of the United States of America from the discovery of the continent to the organization of Government under the federal constitution. (Vol. 3-6, from the adoption of the Federal Constitution to the end of the sixteenth Congress.) | [
"JACKSON AT PENSACOLA. 539 this moment, of engaging in any new quarrel, orders had chapter been dispatched to Jackson countermanding the author- ity heretofore sent to him to take possession of Pensa- 1814. cola. But Jackson, before this countermand arrived, in- 0ct' 21 deed before receiving the original authority,... |
003361866 | The Habitations of Doncaster in olden times | [
"7 The General, as he was styled (1), sent troops forward, himself keeping his head-quarters at Doncaster. In 1648, October 20, there is an entry in the Corporation books of their having \"paide two messengers for car riage warrants into the country for quarterage Colonel Ransbrow souldgers, Is. 2d.\" November 30, ... |
001039594 | The Lapse of Time; a poem for the new year | [
"THE LAPSE OF TIME _? A POEM, FOR THE NEW YEAR. By REBECCA EDRIDGE. L'ape, e la serpe spesso Soggon l'istesso umore ; Ma l'alimento istesso Cangiando in lor si va. Che della serpe in seno II fior si fa veleno; In sen dell'ape il fior Dolce liquor si fa. METASTASIO. UXBRIDGE, PRINTED BY T. LAKE, and Sold by J. ROBSO... |
003155910 | Exil du Parlement de Bretagne à Vannes, 1675-1690 | [
"28 moran (doyen du Parlement), s'est sauvé ici pour ne pas entendre les pleurs et les cris de Rennes, en voyant sortir son cher Parlement. Toute la province est affligée.... C'est une désolation terrible, la ruine de Rennes emporte celle de la province. » Puis la même Mme de Sévigné révèle cette circonstance toute... |
002783746 | The Parliaments and Councils of England, chronologically arranged, from the reign of William I. to the Revolution in 1688 | [
"INTRODUCTION. XVII are first entered. This rule seems to have had few exceptions. The Princes of Wales have, now and then, Precedence, and, very rarely, other Temporal Peers. The form of AVrits to the Archbishops and Bishops vary. Those to Councils and Convocations differ from those to Parliaments. In the Writs to... |
001945800 | A Year of Consolation [Travels in Italy.] | [
"262 A YEAR OF CONSOLATION. given signal are extinguished, and during a loud voiced exhortation from the pulpit, a castigation of about ten minutes is zealously carried for ward by the devoutly disposed, who are fur nished wdth ropes'-ends or leathern thongs for this purpose, to the considerable perd of unpar ticip... |
003626902 | Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 | [
"VISCOUNT KENMURE. 75 she afterwards compensated by her energy and self denial for her early error of judgment. It had been arranged that the insurrection in Dum friesshire was to break out in conjunction with that headed in Northumberland by Mr. Forster. To effect this end, numbers of disaffected, or, as the Jacob... |
000844404 | The Cycle of Life: a book of poems for young and old ... With illustrations by various eminent artists, engraved by Whymper | [
"\". REJOICE EVERMORE.\" 67 And both are sweet and calm, Fair flowers upon the banks of either blow ; Both fertilise the soil, and where they flow Shed round them holy balm. Archbishop Trench. F 2",
"MY PICTURE. 135 MY PICTURE. STAND this way — more near the window — By my desk : you see the light Falling on my P... |
003316904 | The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, containing introductory remarks on popular poetry; and new introductions to Lay of the Last Minstrel; Marmion; Lady of the Lake; Rokeby; and Lord of the Isles; also, the tragedy of Macduff's Cross; Doom of Devorgoil; and the Ayrshire Tragedy | [
"MACDUFF'S CROSS. 23 Turn thee, I say ! thou art as stout as he, And well may'st match thy single sword with bis — Shame, that a man should rein a steed like thee, Yet fear to turn his front against a foe ! — I am ashamed to look on them. NINIAN. Yet look again, — they quit their horses now, Unfit for the rough pat... |
002394421 | The Two Henriettas [A novel.] | [
"REWARDED LABOUR 155 live on what I don't earn. I have got a lot of bills to pay.\" \"Oh, Henrietta, that is very wrong!\" \" Wrong ! You are always harping on right and wrong. You are another Mary, as I have told you before ; only you are a hundred times better looking, and a hundred times as clever. I can't under... |
003206164 | Drifting through Dreamland [Verses.] | [
"Via Vitæ. 37 Though they were to all appearance As bad as they well could be. At least they proclaimed their colours ; They made no pretence of good ; But he as he talked of heaven Sinned worse than they ever could. He sighed over other's failures, Pretending they caused him pain, But cared not what harm he did th... |
002244147 | Saint Ann's Society Schools, Brixton Hill, Surrey, and St. Ann's Lane, Aldersgate, etc. (Receipts and expenditure on the general account from the 31st December, 1831, to the 31st December, 1832.) | [
"SAINT ANN'S SOCIETY SCHOOLS, Brixton Hill, Surrey, and St. Anns Lane, Aldersgate ; For Educating, Clothing, & wholly Providing for the Children of Poor & Necessitous Persons. From all Parts, whether Orphans or not ; more particularly the Offspring of Respectable Parents. SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. INSTI... |
001894796 | Olga Romanoff: or, the Syren of the Skies. A sequel to 'The Angel of the Revolution.' | [
"Olga Romanoff 34 the will with her. The little slip of paper had been removed so skilfully that it would have been impossible for him to have even guessed that it had ever been attached to the parchment, or that it was now lying hidden in the bosom of the girl who would have killed him without the slightest scrupl... |
002208952 | Pastoral Stanzas ... on ... the Marriage of C. Phipps ... with the Honourable Miss Lepel Hervey | [
"pastoral stanzas PRESENTED TO C. P H I P P S, Esquire, AND Miss LE PEL HER VET, On their MARRIAGE. f ÆG ON, who lov'd the green Retreat; Flying, with Care, Life's splendid Blaze : Ægon, whose Lyre first warbled sweet, When fam'd OctaVia* deign'd to praise. * Her Grace the Dutches ©/\"Buckingham. A 2 Invited",
"L... |
002657974 | Schetsen uit Insulinde | [
"Eeno Sawah. Naar eene aquarel van M. ten Kate.",
"170 SUMATRA. I. — - HET RIJNSCHE ZENDINGSGENOOTSCHAP. met geen anderen Staat een contract zou sluiten zonder vergunning van het Britsche Gouvernement. Van al de bemoeiingen van Raffles heeft er geen zulke groote beteekenis gekregen als de vestiging der Engelschen... |
000753311 | The Opinions of the Judge and the Colonel as to the Vast Resources of Colorado, etc | [
"45 I ITJWSVIMfeS im fflAA~~A-€,®QP After the train had passed through the \"Gorge\" the party remained seated upon the platform, enjoying the delightful air just crisp by a tinge of coolness blown from the snow peaks of the mountains. The scenery had changed from the wildness of the canon to the rolling pine-clad ... |
002671220 | Die Atlantis nach griechischen und arabischen Quellen ... Aus dem Russischen übersetzt | [
"8 j'ai encore chez moi. Mon fils aîné, qui, comme tu le sais, a été au collège d'Alger et lit très-bien récriture française, a exa miné ce livre et m'a déclaré que c'était des caractères incon nus, ne ressemblant en rien à ceux dont vous vous servez, tandis que sur une de ces pierres qui se trouve dans mon douar, ... |
000914412 | Essai sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Palestine, d'après les Thalmuds et les autres sources rabbiniques ... Première partie. Histoire de Palestine depuis Cyrus jusqu'à Adrien | [
"CHAPITRE XI. 189 (Deutéronome, xv, 2), ne pouvaient plus être réclamées à parlir de cette époque1. Mais ce principe de progrès fut loin de se développer d'abord au sein du sanhédrin , où , quoi qu'en disent des sources postérieures , Hillel n'est jamais entré , et qu'il a en core moins présidé2. Là fleurit dans to... |
003626852 | Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco. A narrative of exploration | [
"SIDI REHAL TO DEMNAT. 143 be watered by a network of channels leading from the Wad Tedili. The plain now became more broken and undulating as well as better wooded, and the bordering hills also assumed new and more varied features. Here and there were castellated Sheik's houses crowning promi nent eminences and th... |
001196007 | In Kamerun. Zugvogels Reise- und Jagdabenteuer ... Mit ... Abbildungen. Zweite Auflage | [
"IV. Eine Festnacht in Kamerun. Es war die Zeit des Vollmondes, in welcher die Dualla zu Ehren des Gottes „Elung\", der das böse Prinzip darstellt, nächt liche Feste abhalten. Die Hauptccremonie, zu welcher die Weißen nur ungern zu gelassen werden, war schon in der vorhergehenden Nacht vollzogen worden. Nach verbür... |
000675020 | Russkoe provint︠s︡īalʹnoe obshchestvo vo vtoroĭ polovini︠e︡ XVIII vi︠e︡ka : istoricheskiĭ ocherk | [
"РУССКОЕ ими овпгао ВО ВТОРОЙ ПОЛОВИНА XVIII ВЕКА. ИСТОРИЧЕСК1Й ОЧЕРКЪ Н. Чечулина. С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ. Типография В. С. Балашева. Екатерпнипсклй каналъ, 78. 1889.",
"83 не нарумянившись прёехать въ гости значило поступить невежливо; белиться было не обязательно. Мы видели, какъ отмечено было по явлеше въ провинцёи „м... |
000376902 | A Tory Lordling. By Blinkhoolie, author of 'Blair Athol,' etc | [
"A Tory Lordling. 51 I'd — and, oh to think of what I'd have won ! \" \"Well, it's no use talking — can't be helped.\" The next day there was an unpleasant rumour that Leander's defeat was due to Beau's not having been able to back him. e 2",
"A Tory Lordling. 134 the Marble Arch to Grosvenor Gate every barrier i... |
003037645 | History of Lexington, Kentucky, etc | [
"1790.] FIRE COMPANIES. 165 city. Three hundred firemen have been known to turn out in procession on such occasions, presenting a splendid ap pearance with their brilliant uniforms aud gay trappings. But these are memories of an age which ended with the purchase of the first steam fire engine, in March, 1864. The \... |
003641551 | The Wonderland of the Antipodes; and other sketches of travel in the North Island of New Zealand ... With map and ... illustrations, etc | [
"16 knees \" for shipbuilders' work, we watched with some inte rest the preparation of our food in a genuine copu-maori, or native oven. This was done as foUows : the women scraped a hole in the soft ground with their hands, and filled it with dry wood, to which they set a light. On the top of the blazing fire they... |
003678823 | A Woman's Error. A novel | [
"158 a woman's error. shocked at the great change that had come over Edith ; but had no idea that it was he who had caused that change. He still thought her very lovely, and for a moment he called to mind the pleasant hours he had passed in her society in Portman Square, and even smiled when he thought how very muc... |
003776336 | De Bloedstrijd onzer vaderen tegen Spanje [from the time of Charles V. to 1648] beschreven ... voor het Nederlandsche Volk. ... Met 12 ... platen | [
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".ames ibbu urotacwamt^ bcoocu too**.",
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