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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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

Joan of ArcLaura Elizabeth Howe Richards Joan of Arc CHAPTER I FRANCE IMPERISHABLE THE SOUL OF JEANNE D'ARC She came not into the Presence as a martyred saint might come,Crowned, white-robed and adoring, with very reverence dumb —She stood as a straight young soldier, confident, gallant, strong,W...