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La Fontana de OroBenito Pérez Galdós La Fontana de Oro MADRID 1921 Los hechos históricos ó novelescos contados en este libro, se refieren á uno de los periodos de turbación política y social más graves é interesantes en la gran época de reorganización, que principió en 1812 y no parece próxima á ...

PatarouvaPushkin Aleksandr Sergeevich Patarouva I Patarouva merkitsee salaista pahansuontoa.Uusi ennustuskirja.Kerran lyötiin korttia hevoskaartilaisen Narumovin luona. Pitkä talviyö kului huomaamatta; kävimme illalliselle viidettä käydessä aamulla. Ne, jotka olivat voittaneet, söivät hyvällä ruo...

Christmas-TideChristmas-Tide A little boy in Miss Harrison's kindergarten heard the story of the legend of the Christ Child, told just prior to his going to Europe for a three months trip with his father and mother. While there his mother took him one day with her to see a collection of art photo...

East of Suez: A Play in Seven ScenesWilliam Somerset Maugham East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes DRAMATIS PERSONÆ DaisyGeorge ConwayHenry AndersonHarold KnoxLee Tai ChengSylvia KnoxAmahWuThe action of the play takes place in PekingSCENE I Scene: A street in PekingSeveral shops are shown. Their f...

The Forsaken InnAnna Katharine Green The Forsaken Inn: A Novel CHAPTER I. THE OAK PARLOR I WAS riding between Albany and Poughkeepsie. It was raining furiously, and my horse, already weary with long travel, gave unmistakable signs of discouragement. I was, therefore, greatly relieved when, in the...

The Young Yagers: A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern AfricaMayne Reid The Young Yagers: A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa Chapter One. The Camp of the Young Yägers Near the confluence of the two great rivers of Southern Africa – the Yellow and Orange– behold the camp...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 VILLAS IN THE REGENT'S PARK MARQUESS OF HERTFORD'S VILLA.DORIC VILLA.The definition of the word villa is a ...

Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American WarF. S. Brereton Under the Star-Spangled Banner: A Tale of the Spanish-American War CHAPTER I THE MARCHANT FOUNDRY The city of Birmingham was wrapped in a mantle of fog so dense that the inhabitants found it difficult to move about. ...

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2Sir Charles Eliot Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 BOOK IV THE MAHAYANA CHAPTER XVI MAIN FEATURES OF THE MAHAYANA The obscurest period in the history of Buddhism is that which follows the reign of Asoka, but the enquirer cannot...

Ladies and GentlemenLadies and Gentlemen A Lady and A Gentleman There were the hotel lobbies; they roared and spun like whirlpools with the crowds that were in them. But the streets outside were more like mill-races, and the exits from the railroad stations became flumes down which all morning an...