THE GRINGOS A STORY OF THE OLD CALIFORNIA DAYS IN 1849 BY B.M. BOWER 1913 WIth Illustrations By Anton Otto Fischer [Illustration: “Gringos are savages and worse than savages.”] AUTHOR’S NOTE I wish to make public acknowledgment of the assistance I have received from George W. Lee, a “Forty-niner” who has furnished me with data, material, and color which have been invaluable in the writing of this story. CONTENTS I....
{e Herodotou diathesis en apasin epieikes, kai tois men agathois sunedomene, tois de kakois sunalgousa}.–Dion. Halic. {monos ‘Erodotos ‘Omerikhotatos egeneto}.–Longinus. PREPARER’S NOTE This text was prepared from an edition dated 1890, published by MacMillan and Co., London and New York. Greek text has been transliterated and marked with brackets, as in the opening citation above. PREFACE If a new translation of Herodotus does not justify itself, it will hardly be justified in a preface; therefore the question whether it was needed may be left here without discussion....
INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain [From an 1869–1st Edition] Part 3. CHAPTER XXI. We voyaged by steamer down the Lago di Lecco, through wild mountain scenery, and by hamlets and villas, and disembarked at the town of Lecco. They said it was two hours, by carriage to the ancient city of Bergamo, and that we would arrive there in good season for the railway train. We got an open barouche and a wild, boisterous driver, and set out....
MEMOIRS OF GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN By William T. Sherman VOLUME II CHAPTER XVI. ATLANTA CAMPAIGN-NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA TO BENEBAW. MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 1864. On the 18th day of March, 1864, at Nashville, Tennessee, I relieved Lieutenant-General Grant in command of the Military Division of the Mississippi, embracing the Departments of the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, and Arkansas, commanded respectively by Major-Generals Schofield, Thomas, McPherson, and Steele. General Grant was in the act of starting East to assume command of all the armies of the United States, but more particularly to give direction in person to the Armies of the Potomac and James, operating against Richmond; and I accompanied him as far as Cincinnati on his way, to avail myself of the opportunity to discuss privately many little details incident to the contemplated changes, and of preparation for the great events then impending....
[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XIV AND HIS COURT AND OF THE REGENCY BY THE DUKE OF SAINT-SIMON VOLUME 8. CHAPTER LV State of the Country.–New Taxes.–The King’s Conscience Troubled.– Decision of the Sorbonne.–Debate in the Council.–Effect of the Royal Tithe....
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. X, NO. 272.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1827. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: DUBLIN POST OFFICE.] DUBLIN POST OFFICE. The general post-office, Dublin, was at first held in a small building on the site of the Commercial Buildings, and was afterwards removed to a larger house opposite the bank on College Green (since converted into the Royal Arcade;) and on January 6, 1818, the new post-office in Sackville-street was opened for business....
Vol. 20. No. 573.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1832. [PRICE 2d. OLD HALL, IN DERBYSHIRE. [Illustration] This picturesque specimen of olden architecture stands upon the Norton Lees estate, on the northern verge of Derbyshire upon the adjacent county of York; about a mile from Sheffield, and eight miles north of Chesterfield, and but a short distance from Bolsover Castle, pictured in No. 566 of The Mirror. “The estate, in the reign of Henry VII....
THE NEW NORTH Being Some Account of a Woman’s Journey through Canada to the Arctic BY AGNES DEANS CAMERON WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR Published November, 1909 [Illustration: A Magnificent Trophy] TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER JESSIE ANDERSON CAMERON AND TO ALL THOSE WHO TRY TO LIVE OUT HER SIMPLE RULE “WE MUST JUST TRY TO DO THE VERY BEST WE CAN” PREFACE It is customary to write a preface....
Translated by S. M. Mitra Adapted by Mrs. Arthur Bell 1919 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. Thanks to Mr. S. M. Mitra, the well-known Hindu psychologist and politician, who has done so much to draw more closely together the land of his birth and that of his adoption, I am able to bring within reach of English children a number of typical Hindu Tales, translated by him from the Sanskrit, some of them culled from the ancient classics of India, others from widely separated sources....
Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia” BOOK VII. FEARFUL SHIPWRECK OF THEDOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT. February-November, 1730. Chapter I. ENGLAND SENDS THE EXCELLENCY HOTHAM TO BERLIN. Things, therefore, are got to a dead-lock at Berlin: rebellious Womankind peremptorily refuse Weissenfels, and take to a bed of sickness; inexpugnable there, for the moment. Baireuth is but a weak middle term; and there are disagreements on it. Answer from England, affirmative or even negative, we have yet none....
History of the Moravian Church by J. E. Hutton Note from the E-text preparer: I have inserted a few notes of my own regarding spelling (one Greek word) and the rearranging of dates that were originally shown in the margins of the book; any of my own adjustments or notes have been enclosed in these brackets: {} to separate them from the original text. As well, I have renumbered all the footnotes from their corresponding pages and set them at the end of this document....
IRELAND HISTORIC AND PICTURESQUE BY CHARLES JOHNSTON ILLUSTRATED 1902 CONTENTS. I. VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE. II. THE GREAT STONE MONUMENTS. III. THE CROMLECH BUILDERS. IV. THE DE DANAANS. V. EMAIN OF MACA. VI. CUCULAIN THE HERO. VII. FIND AND OSSIN. VIII. THE MESSENGER OF THE NEW WAY. IX. THE SAINTS AND SCHOLARS. X. THE RAIDS OF THE NORTHMEN. XI. THE PASSING OF THE NORSEMEN. XII. THE NORMANS. XIII. THE TRIUMPH OF FEUDALISM....
J.S. LE FANU’S GHOSTLY TALES BY J.S. LE FANU VOLUME 5 CONTENTS LAURA SILVER BELL (1872) WICKED CAPTAIN WALSHAWE, OF WAULING (1869) THE CHILD THAT WENT WITH THE FAIRIES (1870) STORIES OF LOUGH GUIR (1870) The Magician Earl Moll Rial’s Adventure The Banshee The Governess’s Dream The Earl’s Hall THE VISION OF TOM CHUFF (1870) DICKON THE DEVIL (1872) LAURA SILVER BELL In the five Northumbrian counties you will scarcely find so bleak, ugly, and yet, in a savage way, so picturesque a moor as Dardale Moss....
CONTENTS PART 1 LARRIKINS ALL 1 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CORNER2 JONAH EATS GREEN PEAS3 CARDIGAN STREET AT HOME4 JONAH DISCOVERS THE BABY5 THE PUSH DEALS IT OUT6 THE BABY DISCOVERS JONAH7 A QUIET WEDDING8 JONAH STARTS ON HIS OWN9 PADDY’S MARKET10 JONAH DECLARES WAR11 THE COURTING OF PINKEY PART 2 THE SIGN OF THE “SILVER SHOE” 12 THE SIGN OF THE “SILVER SHOE”13 A FAMILY IN EXILE14 ADA MAKES A FRIEND15 Mrs PARTRIDGE LENDS A HAND16 A DEATH IN THE FAMILY17 THE TWO-UP SCHOOL18 THE “ANGEL” LOSES A CUSTOMER19 THE PIPES OF PAN20 Mrs PARTRIDGE MINDS THE SHOP21 DAD WEEPS ON A TOMBSTONE22 A FATAL ACCIDENT PART 1 LARRIKINS ALL CHAPTER 1 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CORNER One side of the street glittered like a brilliant eruption with the light from a row of shops; the other, lined with houses, was almost deserted, for the people, drawn like moths by the glare, crowded and jostled under the lights....
L’ALLEGRO HENCE, loathed Melancholy,…………Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn…………’Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy!Find out some uncouth cell,…………Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings;…………There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks,…………In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess fair and free,In heaven yclept Euphrosyne,And by men heart-easing Mirth;Whom lovely Venus, at a birth,With two sister Graces more,To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore:Or whether (as some sager sing)The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr, with Aurora pIaying,As he met her once a-Maying,There, on beds of violets blue,And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with thee,....
LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA, AS REPRESENTED IN THE FINE ARTS. BY MRS. JAMESON. CORRECTED AND ENLARGED EDITION. BOSTON:HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.The Riverside Press, Cambridge.1881. NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS. Some months since Mrs. Jameson kindly consented to prepare for this Edition of her writings the series of Sacred and Legendary Art, but dying before she had time to fulfil her promise, the arrangement has been intrusted to other hands. The text of the whole series will be an exact reprint of the last English Edition....
LIBER AMORIS, OR, THE NEW PYGMALION by WILLIAM HAZLITT ADVERTISEMENT The circumstances, an outline of which is given in these pages, happened a very short time ago to a native of North Britain, who left his own country early in life, in consequence of political animosities and an ill-advised connection in marriage. It was some years after that he formed the fatal attachment which is the subject of the following narrative....
My maiden name was Marthy Cannary. I was born in Princeton, Missourri, May 1st, 1852. Father and mother were natives of Ohio. I had two brothers and three sisters, I being the oldest of the children. As a child I always had a fondness for adventure and out-door exercise and especial fondness for horses which I began to ride at an early age and continued to do so until I became an expert rider being able to ride the most vicious and stubborn of horses, in fact the greater portion of my life in early times was spent in this manner....
LYING PROPHETS A NOVEL BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS Author of “Down Dartmoor Way,” “Some Everyday Folks” “The End of a Life,” etc. “‘Tis like this: your man did take plain Nature for God, an’ he did talk fulishness ’bout finding Him in the scent o’ flowers, the hum o’ bees an’ sichlike. Mayhap Nature’s a gude working God for a selfish man but she ed’n wan for a maid, as you knaws by now....
by William Shakespeare PERSONS REPRESENTED. VICENTIO, Duke of Vienna.ANGELO, Lord Deputy in the Duke’s absence. ESCALUS, an ancient Lord, joined with Angelo in the deputation. CLAUDIO, a young Gentleman.LUCIO, a Fantastic.Two other like Gentlemen.VARRIUS, a Gentleman, Servant to the Duke. PROVOST.THOMAS, friar.PETER, friar.A JUSTICE.ELBOW, a simple Constable.FROTH, a foolish Gentleman.CLOWN, Servant to Mistress Overdone. ABHORSON, an Executioner.BARNARDINE, a dissolute Prisoner. ISABELLA, Sister to Claudio.MARIANA, betrothed to Angelo.JULIET, beloved by Claudio....
