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41496-8 | m the villages after the long solitude of the plain, the shade of the deep woods, the coolness of the river, like all streams rising in the chalk, clear and peaceful, are equally delicious to the sense and the imagination. It was, doubtless, the recollection of these scenes that inspired Addison in his paraphrase of th... |
41496-8 | its badness _Arsinoe_ greatly impressed the public taste; and it was soon followed by _Camilla_, a version of an opera by Bononcini, portions of which were sung in Italian, and portions in English--an absurdity on which Addison justly comments in a number of the _Spectator_. His remarks on the consequences of translati... |
41496-8 | colet, who revealed to him the motives and secrets of men; his sister, Mrs. Jenny Distaff, was occasionally deputed to produce the paper from the wizard's "own apartment;" and Kidney, the waiter at St. James' Coffee-House, was humorously represented as the chief authority in all matters of foreign intelligence.
The mo... |
41496-8 | ters religious, moral, and artistic, which prevailed in the period between the Restoration and the succession of the House of Hanover. To whom do we owe the comparative harmony we enjoy? Undoubtedly to the authors of the _Spectator_, and first among these, by universal consent, to Addison.
Addison's own disposition se... |
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THE REVERBERATOR
By Henry James
I
“I guess my daughter’s in here,” the old man said leading the way into the little salon de lecture. He was not of the most advanced age, but that is the way George Flack considered him, and indeed he looked older than he was. George Flack had found him sitting... |
7529-0 | t of was strangely innocent: it was made up of calls and walks and buggy-drives, and above all of being, in the light of these exhibitions, the theme of tongues and subject to the great imputation. It had never in life occurred to her withal that a succession of lovers, or just even a repetition of experiments, may hav... |
7529-0 | could be trusted, especially if she didn’t know who the demonstrative French lady was, with her fine plain face, her hair so blond as to be nearly white, her vividly red lips and protuberant light-coloured eyes. Their host was to do no introducing and to reveal the visitor’s identity only after she had gone. That was a... |
7529-0 | with them--it was an immense simplification--was just to love them: one could do that even if one couldn’t converse with them. He succeeded in making Mme. de Brecourt seize this nuance; she embraced the idea with her quick inflammability. “Yes,” she said, “we must insist on their positive, not on their negative merits... |
7529-0 | ced an entrance.
XIII
Mr. Dosson, as we know, was, almost more than anything else, loosely contemplative, and the present occasion could only minister to that side of his nature, especially as, so far at least as his observation of his daughters went, it had not urged him into uncontrollable movement. But the truth i... |
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THE BROTHERS-IN-LAW: A TALE OF THE EQUATORIAL ISLANDS, and THE BRASS GUN OF THE BUCCANEERS
From "The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories"
By Louis Becke
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
1901
THE BROTHERS-IN-LAW: A TALE OF THE EQUATORIAL ISLANDS
"There," said Tâvita the teacher, pointing with his pa... |
25056-8 | h these two men were married to two sisters, there was but little love between them, and then as time went on came distrust, and then hatred, born out of Karta's jealousy and wicked heart; but until they came to live here on Peru there had been no bad blood--not even enough to cause a bitter word, though even then the ... |
25056-8 | rom my hands and cursed me, and bade me go as I stood. In my fear I sprang to the window and tried to tear down the cane lattice-work so as to escape from the house and the shame he sought to put upon me. He seized me by the waist and tried to tear me away, but I was strong--strong with the strength of a man. Then it w... |
25056-8 | s on the beach and dug trenches in the sand very quickly, behind which all those who carried muskets were placed, to fire into the enemy's canoes as they paddled along the narrow passage to the landing place. Karta and his white friends and the people of their town had more than two hundred muskets, whilst our village ... |
25056-8 | oats were in sight, returning from the wreck, Tiaru, the trader's wife, with her one child and some of her female relatives, were coming from their bathe in the sea, when they heard screams from the village, and presently some terrified women fled past them, calling out that Larmer and another white man and a number of... |
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TRUE STORIES OF THE GREAT WAR
TRUE STORIES OF THE GREAT WAR
TALES OF ADVENTURE--HEROIC DEEDS--EXPLOITS... |
48941-8 | h their eyes.
And there stretches, stretches, along the footways, along the margin of the road, without respite, without interval, without interruption, the two processions ever coming towards one another and passing.
Grey carts, carts, carts. Horses, horses, horses, fugitives wandering like shadows, horses, children... |
48941-8 | ily known as "patriotism" is swallowed up and lost in a wholesome, primal, man's desire to hunt man--the royalist of royal game--for the sake, only, of the game's lust), and if in G.S.W. we were rather like the famous American hunter who had never been known to kill anything, but who "just hunted"--well, such little ki... |
48941-8 | es moving in every direction. This one individual quietly smoking his cigarette on the hilltop, quite unperturbed by bursting shells, could by a single word divert or halt all of those endless columns that we saw. Truly is war a great and fascinating game for those whose post is not in the trenches. As for them--well, ... |
48941-8 | nfession and revelation of the workings of German secret agencies. So much ground was gained. The hardest stretch still remained to gain--to get some inkling of what I must tell and what I must keep silent about. That knowledge was very hard to come at. But from one of them, who had known me all through my fifteen mont... |
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|=================================================| | MR. WELLS HAS ALSO WRITTEN | | The following Novels: | | | | TONO BUNGAY | | LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM | | KIPPS ANN VERONICA | | THE HISTORY O... |
35338-8 | o, Daffy?"
"Dusting, Aunt--and the virtues," said Daffy.
"You ought to find something better than that."
"Father tells me a lot about the East Purblow Experiment," said Daffy after a perceptible interval.
"Ah!" cried Aunt Plessington with a loud encouraging note, but evidently making the best of it, "_that's_ bette... |
35338-8 | meet again!"
"I don't see why we shouldn't meet!" said Marjorie.
There was a slight pause.
"Let's have two of those jolly little green chairs," said Trafford....
They walked across the grass towards the chairs he had indicated, and both were full of the momentous things they were finding it impossible to say.
"Th... |
35338-8 | e and superficial in every other relation of life. Nevertheless it is true that in these particular directions the human mind has achieved a new and higher quality of attitude and gesture, a veracity, self-detachment and self-abnegating vigour of criticism that tend to spread out and must ultimately spread out to every... |
35338-8 | . Everything got coldly wet, and for the most part the Traffords sat under the tent and stared blankly at this summer day in Labrador.
"Now," said Trafford, "we ought to begin talking."
"There's nothing much to do else," said Marjorie.
"Only one can't begin," said Trafford.
He was silent for a time. "We're getting ... |
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The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
By Harry Collingwood ________________________________________________________________________ This book by Collingwood is a good story, but as your reviewer has said elsewhere, told in a rather long-winded manner, and in the not... |
21060-8 | t, like the first we had visited, it forked into two, one branch of which trended to the south-west and the other in a south-easterly direction. We chose the latter, and soon found ourselves pulling along a channel very similar to the last one we had explored, except that, in the present instance, the first of a chain ... |
21060-8 | g fever which scorched my body and sent the blood rushing through my throbbing veins like a torrent of molten metal. And finally, as I made an unsuccessful effort to move, I became aware, first of all by sundry sharp smarting sensations, that I had been wounded in three or four places; and secondly, by a feeling of sev... |
21060-8 | suspicious that my curiosity was aroused, and, placing myself in ambush behind the nearest tree, I resolved to watch him. He was making straight for our hut, dodging from tree to tree, and lurking behind each until he had apparently satisfied himself that the coast ahead was perfectly clear. Such excessive caution on t... |
21060-8 | ce more got safely within the compass of our sheltering walls, though not until I--who, of course, had to be last in seeking cover--had been overtaken and surrounded by some half-a-dozen furious blacks, two of whom I succeeded in disabling with my sword, whilst the remaining four were promptly placed _hors-de- combat_ ... |
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Transcriber's Note:
The spelling and accents of Sanskrit names is not consistent in the book. The Table of Contents is not part of the original book.
THE BUDDHA
A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AN... |
22782-8 | ing. He wonders at time's transiency And ponders on man's misery, And findeth his salvation In dreary resignation. That life I see Is not for me: 'Twould be ill spent; I would not find enlightenment. I lift not the world's woe And in my quest for truth would fail [_Muses a moment._] So I had better go And ... |
22782-8 | ister aspireth to the throne, And if we help him in his plans, he will Acknowledge you as sovereign over him. And that will save your army blood and trouble.
_Bb._ What is his name.
_N._ Visakha, noble King.
_Bb._ I wish to see him. Let him visit you And as by accident I want to meet him.
_GS._ Allow me, mighty Kin... |
22782-8 | Now quick give me a kiss.
_She pouts._
_K._ If you do not kiss me I shall go back to the forest of Uruvela. Nanda, the shepherd's daughter, is a very pretty girl. She is as pretty as you are. She is,--well, her cheeks are rosier than yours. She is a little taller, and she is so graceful when she milks the kine. The... |
22782-8 | dha, Our noble sov'reign bids me tender you His most respectful greetings, and he hopes That you return and visit Rajagaha, For he is very anxious to be honored By your auspicious presence in his kingdom.
_B._ My Lords, express to your most mighty King That the Tathagata can not accept This friendly invitation, for he... |
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38207-0 | antennæ are nearly similar in their form to those of the perfect insect, but the wings are wanting.”
HETEROMORPHA.
Hymenoptera. Strepsiptera. Coleoptera. Trichoptera. Diptera. Aphaniptera. Lepidoptera.
HOMOMORPHA.
Euplexoptera. Orthoptera. Hemiptera. Homoptera. Thysanoptera. Neuroptera.
But though th... |
38207-0 | type of the group to which they belong, without, as it seems in our present imperfect state of information, any sufficient reason.
Thus the ordinary type of Hymenopterous larva, as we have already seen, is a fleshy apod grub; although those of the leaf-eating and wood-boring groups, Tenthredinidæ and Siricidæ (Fig. 14... |
38207-0 | after they have ceased to influence the sound; so in embryology useless stages, interesting as illustrations of past history, but without direct advantage under present conditions, are rapidly passed through, and even, as it would appear, in some cases altogether omitted.
[Illustration: FIG. 34.—Colony of _Bougainvill... |
38207-0 | mum_, _Vortex_, &c., to be the lowest of existing worms; excluding the parasitic groups. Haeckel[73] also regards the Turbellaria as forming the nearest approach to the Infusoria. The true worms seem, however, to constitute a separate branch of the animal kingdom.
We may take, as an illustration of the lower worms, th... |
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61830-0 | burst of absolute frankness, Zona turned toward her friend:
“Do you want me to tell you the actual truth?” she asked. “Perhaps it will be the best thing I can do. It will be better for you, better for Hal, better for Dick, better for every one.”
Although her heart was seized with apprehension, Doris urged Zona to spe... |
61830-0 |
“Yes. Lead on.”
Not a few of the boys were surprised to see Chet and Hal walking rapidly away in company. As soon as they were some distance from the academy and not liable to attract attention, Arlington started into a run.
“We must hurry!” he called. “Get a gait on you, Darrell!”
Coming to the path through the w... |
61830-0 | and I don’t punch up any man who can’t punch back.”
“Ho! ho! ho!” laughed Chet. “All right. You will enjoy my little picnic with him. What do you think of a chap who thinks he is better than other people because he doesn’t drink, or smoke, or swear, or have any bad habits? He’s never tasted of liquor, and boasts of i... |
61830-0 | in plain clothes. Tell them the department shall have the entire credit of an important piece of work, if those six men are sent without delay to the corner of Euclid Avenue and Tenth Street. Not a moment must be lost. Accompany the officers to the same corner. That’s all.”
“Yes, sir.”
Instantly Jones wheeled and ha... |
59467-8 | Produced by Annie R. McGuire
[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE]
Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All Rights Reserved.
* * * * *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1896. FIVE CENTS A COPY.
VOL. XVII.--NO. 885. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
* * * * *
[Illustration]
THE LOST HOMER.
BY WEBB DONNELL.
... |
59467-8 | with grizzled mustaches, stood by his brown tent and listened carefully to every word he said.
Maceo had crossed the Trocha! The peasant did not lie. Once more he threw out his arms wildly. Then he brought both palms down upon the pommel of his saddle, and straightening his long arms, hunched his shoulders upon them ... |
59467-8 | d them much incensed against the French, but, like all their tribe, before they could act they had to have many meetings and a great oratorical display. George, who loved not speech-making, made them but one brief address, and by using all his powers managed to get Tanacharison and representatives of the other tribes o... |
59467-8 | have determined to let you go, as we have not food enough for three men. Go back to your tribe, and tell them that we spared your life; but before you go pile wood on the fire, for we may have to remain here, on account of the rise in the river, for several days."
This was a _ruse_, but the Indian fell at once into th... |
59467-8 | tamps which are common.
The French government announces the early withdrawal of the 75-centime adhesive stamp, the 5c. and 60c. envelopes, and the 3c. newspaper wrapper.
The new Japanese stamps which were to be issued in Japan on September 12, 1896, were received on letters in London on September 5.
The S.S.S.S. add... |
65495-0 | Transcriber's note: Italic font is indicated by _underscores_.
WHAT CHEER
OR
ROGER WILLIAMS IN BANISHMENT
_A POEM_
BY JOB DURFEE
“And surely betweene my friends of the Bay and Plimouth, I was sorely tost for fourteen weeks, in a bitter cold winter season, not knowing what bed or bread did meane.”--_Roger Wil... |
65495-0 | er manittoos we offerings owe, Dwell they in mountain, flood, or lofty sky; And oft they aid us when we hunting go, Or in fierce battle rush upon the foe.
XXVII.
“And manittoos, that never death shall fear, Do likewise in this mortal form abide; What else, my brother, is there beating here? What heaves this br... |
65495-0 | rs, when, Hungry and cold, they came thy borders nigh; And, Sachem, they were ignorant of thy race, They only sought a safe abiding place.
LII.
“And this they found in that deserted strand, Where slept the dead--where living men were not; They knew no wrong in this--a rightful hand Appeared, and welcomed to th... |
65495-0 | Unmarred by steel, and, startled at the sound, The wild deer snuffs the gales,--then, with a bound,
IV.
Vaults o’er the thickets, and down yonder glen His antlers vanish; on yon shaggy height Sits the lone wolf, half-peering from his den, And howls regardless of the morning light; Unwonted sounds and a strang... |
65495-0 | Peter, and asked who that was that called so. He answered that it was Annawan, Philip’s great captain, calling to his soldiers to stand to it, and fight stoutly.”
STANZA XIX.
_Scarce do they leave a scant and narrow place, Where we may spread the blanket of our race._
“We have not room to spread our blankets,” was... |
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OUR DAY
In the Light of Prophecy
[Illustration: JESUS WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM
"If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace!" Luke 19:42.]
... |
18503-8 | light was rejected more and more, the spirit of evil came to hold sway unrestrained. Dr. Mears well describes the changed conditions in these words:
"The narrative of the evangelists presents a tranquil scene, a succession of attractive pictures, in striking contrast to the bloody and tumultuous events which crowd... |
18503-8 | of the divided Roman Empire. Its look was more stout than its fellows, and the prophet heard it speaking "very great things," and saw it wearing out the saints of the Most High through the long centuries.
[Illustration: THE SHAME OF RELIGIOUS WARS
Christ viewing the battle fields of history, where millions of His fo... |
18503-8 | tion: THE GIFT OF GOD
"God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." John 3:16.]
[Illustration: CHILDLIKE FAITH
"Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 18:3.]
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH
"How should man be just [righteous] with God?" a... |
18503-8 |
"In the last days there will be a general flight to Jerusalem."
Speaking of Jerusalem, an old Arab commentator on the Koran, Mukaddasi (A.D. 985), said:
"As to the excellence of the city. Why, is not this to be the place of marshaling on the day of judgment, where the gathering together and the appointment will... |
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THE GO AHEAD BOYS IN THE ISLAND CAMP
BY ROSS KAY
Author of “The Search for the Spy,” “The Air Scou... |
35957-0 | lready.”
“Why, you finished breakfast only about an hour ago.”
“I can’t help that. I’m always hungry in this place.”
“Ahoy there!” shouted George from the shore. “Come in and get us.”
“The other canoe doesn’t leak you know,” replied John, neither he nor Fred making any move to do as George had asked.
“We know that... |
35957-0 | aters. Gradually lengthening the amount of line he had out, he kept casting and then drawing the rod back over his head so that the line stretched far behind him. Then, with a short snap of his wrist he would send the fly floating out over the pool again. As it came to rest lightly on the surface of the water he jerked... |
35957-0 | ath and trotted along ahead of him.
“Why, look at the cat,” exclaimed George half out loud. “I wonder how it got on the island here.”
As he spoke the little black and white animal left the path and entered a clump of bushes on one side. George had always been extremely fond of pets of all sort and he followed eagerly... |
35957-0 | his small comrade was a very poor swimmer. He had considered himself and George about on a par and he wondered how it could have happened that he had outdistanced him so far. Had he known the truth undoubtedly he would have been just as angry as Fred had been and his speed certainly would not have been benefited as a r... |
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A CITY SCHOOLGIRL AND HER FRIENDS
BY MAY BALDWIN
Author of 'Corah's School Chums,' 'Two Schoolgirls of Florence,' 'Sarah's School Friend,' 'The Girls' Eton,' &c.
WITH SIX COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS By T. J. O... |
30837-8 | y rate, this knowledge of their nearness to each other made their first day in London a happier one than it would otherwise have been.
The Tower proved as fascinating as it always does to girls who love history when they see the fortress for the first time, and the sisters spent a long time in it and its surroundings,... |
30837-8 | ere some words you used that we'd never heard before, but I like it now. I say, if you do move our way I wish you'd let me help,' Doreen said very earnestly, for she concluded that it was the moving which was causing Vava to look so worried.
'Thank you,' said Vava, and laughed.
'It won't be so bad, you know; the men ... |
30837-8 | aughed at his aggrieved expression. 'Girls don't generally treat you so badly, do they? Well, it won't do you any harm to be snubbed for once in your life, though it's only by a City clerk,' she replied.
'Only a City clerk? A disguised duchess would be nearer the mark! I 'm helping Vava with her sums--Miss Vava, I beg... |
30837-8 | 'How on earth did she manage it?' inquired Vava, who thought privately that if the housekeeper had got Stella this post she had done so by Mr. Jones's orders, and as it happens (to quote Stella) Vava was quite right; but fortunately Stella did not suspect this, or, as Vava well knew, she was capable of throwing it over... |
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14456-8 | hree he had whipped Bill--cause unknown to the chronicler, and somewhat hazy to Ford also after it was all over. By mid-afternoon he had Sammy entrenched in the tiny stronghold where barreled liquors were kept, and scared to the babbling stage. Aleck had been put to bed with a gash over his right eye where Ford had poi... |
14456-8 | eant to do.
It was not until Ford was ready to light his after-dinner cigarette that Mason led the way into the next room, which held the bunks and general belongings of the men, and closed the door so that they might talk in confidence without fear of Mose's loose tongue. Ford immediately pulled off his boots, laid h... |
14456-8 | ll, I'm glad Ford has got spunk enough not to care," Mrs. Kate interposed hastily. "Phenie's pretty, of course--but it takes more than that to attract a man like Ford. You can't expect him to like her when she won't look at him, hardly; it makes me feel terribly, because he's sure to think it's because he--I've tried t... |
14456-8 | as merely following suit until he got a chance to trump; but he was beginning to have a discouraged feeling that the game was hers, and that he might as well lay down his hand and be done with it. Which, when he brought the simile back to practical affairs, meant that he was thinking seriously of leaving the ranch and ... |
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Illustration: Copyright 1906 By Marie Corelli Signature: Marie Corelli FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN THIS YEAR BY GABELL, LONDON
The Treasure Of Heaven
A Romance Of Riches By Marie Corelli
AUTHOR OF "GOD'S GOOD MAN," "THELMA," "TH... |
18449-8 | ed it with the stated intention of calling back for it at the hour of the next train to London. This done, he stepped forth untrammelled, a free man. He had with him five hundred pounds in banknotes, and for a day or so was content to remain in Bristol at one of the best hotels, under an assumed name as before, while p... |
18449-8 | tender hands the thickly tangled dark curls of the smiling dead thing, with the fragrance of wild thyme clinging about it, as though it were a broken flower torn from the woods where it had blossomed. Tom o' the Gleam watched them, and his broad chest heaved with a sudden gasping sigh.
"You all know now," he said slow... |
18449-8 | to rouse yourself, you'd get well even now!"
He gazed at her in a kind of childish admiration.
"It's Mary!" he echoed, faintly--"And who is Mary?"
"Don't you remember?" And rising from her knees, she dashed away her tears and smiled at him--"Or is it too hard for you to think at all about it just now? Didn't I find ... |
18449-8 | een most thoughtful and kind to me; and as for gratitude!--why, the poor old dear makes too much of it altogether--one would think I had given him a fortune instead of just taking common human care of him. I expect he must have worked in some very superior house of business, for though he's so poor, he has all the ways... |
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_The_ BIRTH _and_ BABYHOOD OF THE TELEPHONE
_by_ Thomas A. Watson _Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell_
(An address delivered before the Third Annual Convention of the Telephone Pioneers of America at Chicago, O... |
54506-0 | t of nasal whine, of a pitch corresponding to the pitch of the spring. When the signalling key was closed, an electrical copy of that whine passed through the wire and the distant receiver. There were, say, six transmitters with their springs tuned to six different pitches and six receivers with their springs tuned to ... |
54506-0 | Illustration: 1876 BELL TELEPHONE _Telephone Apparatus Patented in 1876 by Prof. Bell, Models Made from Figure 7 in Bell’s Original Patent_]
I moved my domicile from Salem to another room on the top floor at 5 Exeter Place, giving us the entire floor, and as Mr. Bell had lost most of his pupils by wasting so much of... |
54506-0 | me of Bell’s occult (!) invention called on us or wrote to us within a year of that time.
[Illustration: _Prof. Bell’s Original Centennial Receiver_]
Telephone Installations
We began to get requests for telephone installations long before we were ready to supply them. In April, 1877, the first outdoor telephone li... |
54506-0 | ve made but little impression upon me.
Is it any wonder that my memory of those two years seems like a combination of the Balkan war, the rush hours on the subway and a panic on the stock market?
[Illustration: _Location of the First Telephone Switchboard in Boston—Holmes Burglar Alarm Building_]
Memories
I was ... |
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+Transcriber's Notes+
1. Typographical errors have been silently corrected.
2. Variations of spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.
3. The text version is coded for italics and... |
54452-0 | imonied are, I will appoint her stewardess." But WILLIAM hitched himself and sighed, And cleared his throat, and thus replied:
"Not so: unless you're fond of strife, You'd better mind your own affairs, I have an able-bodied wife Awaiting me at Wapping Stairs; If all this here to her I tell, She'll larrup you ... |
54452-0 | His eyes should flash with an inborn fire, His brow with scorn be wrung; He never should bow down to a domineering frown. Or the tang of a tyrant tongue. His foot should stamp and his throat should growl, His hair should twirl and his face should scowl; His eyes should flash and his breast protrude, And this sh... |
54452-0 | said that, on Sundays, people should do their own works of necessity, and not delegate them to persons in a menial situation, So he wouldn't allow his servants to do so much as even answer a bell. Here he is making his wife carry up the water for her bath to the second floor, much against her inclination,-- And... |
54452-0 | eatures, I suppose? _I'm_ disappointed with my nose: Some rave about it--perhaps they're right. My figure just sets off a fit; But when they say it's exquisite (And they _do_ say so), that's too strong. I hope I'm not what people call Opinionated! After all, I'm but a goose, and may be wrong!
When charms enth... |
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VISUAL ILLUSIONS
_THEIR CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS_
BY M. LUCKIESH
DIRECTOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE, NELA RESEARCH LABORATOR... |
36297-8 | ixtures may be obtained by directing the after-image upon colored surfaces. In this manner many of the interesting visual phenomena and illusions associated with the viewing of colors are accounted for. The influence of a colored environment upon a colored object is really very great. This is known as simultaneous cont... |
36297-8 | rd the ends.]
[Illustration: Fig. 55.--The horizontal line appears to sag in the middle.]
In Fig. 54 the horizontal straight line appears to consist of two lines tilting slightly upward toward the center. This will be seen to be in agreement with the general proposition that the sides of an angle are deviated in the ... |
36297-8 | ctly and often the illusions are very striking. If a series of gray papers is arranged from black to white, with the successive pieces overlapped or otherwise juxtaposed, a series of steps of uniform brightness is not seen. An instrument would determine the brightness of each as uniform, but to the eye the series would... |
36297-8 | e, but the definite and working basis of all branches of camouflage are the laws and facts of light, color, and vision as the scientist knows them.
Just as lower animal life has unconsciously survived or evolved by being fitted to do so, mankind has consciously, or at least instinctively, applied camouflage of various... |
23892-0 | Produced by Al Haines.
[Illustration: Cover]
[Illustration: "_HARRY’S BLOOD WAS UP._" p. 12]
CARRIED OFF
_A STORY OF PIRATE TIMES_
BY ESMÉ STUART
AUTHOR OF ’FOR HALF-A-CROWN’ ’THE LAST HOPE’ ’THE WHITE CHAPEL’ ETC.
_WITH FOUR FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS_
LONDON NATIONAL SOCIETY’S DEPOSITORY BROAD SANCTUAR... |
23892-0 | ds, but so small was the space between them that the Marquis had had a secure bridge built across the tiny strait, and the two islands were always reckoned as one. The children were quite ignorant of the reason of their sudden trip to the greater island, and indeed they only thought of enjoying the fun of going to a ne... |
23892-0 | om a cupboard; and the poor fellow fell upon it with such evident hunger that Etta’s heart was touched, and she continued to talk to Harry.
’Those wicked men have, then, starved you?’ she asked, as Carlo, having had his knee bandaged by Catalina, went into the large cupboard and tried to persuade Felipa to come out, f... |
23892-0 | s naught without a sword and a war-cry; yet I know that many of them disapprove of the cruel deeds they see.’
’But you would escape if you could?’ asked Etta.
’Yes, indeed; but Captain Morgan knows that, and I feel sure I am often watched. Good-night, Mistress Etta. I will do my best to free you out of this distress.... |
23892-0 | onger muttering his few sentences. The surprise of the Indian can easily be imagined, and the poor fellow’s pity for his old master was quite touching to witness, even though he had never received much kindness at his hands. Little by little the Marquis began to take in dimly that Carlo was with him, and to accept the ... |
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