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Franse ToestandenHeinrich Heine Franse Toestanden I. Halfvasten? Er is geen tijd meer voor bespiegelingen over het verleden. Het heden is op dit moment belangrijker, en het thema, dat dit heden mij nu ter bespreking aanbiedt, is van die aard dat zelfs de vraag of ik kan verder schrijven ervan afh...

Rose in BloomLouisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom A Sequel to 'Eight Cousins' PREFACE As authors may be supposed to know better than any one else what they intended to do when writing a book, I beg leave to say that there is no moral to this story. Rose is not designed for a model girl: and the Sequel...

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient EgyptJames Baikie Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt PLATE 1. AN EGYPTIAN GALLEY.SKETCH-MAP OF ANCIENT EGYPT.CHAPTER I "A LAND OF OLD RENOWN" If we were asked to name the most interesting country in the world, I suppose that most people would say Palestine—not because...

Roughing it De LuxeIrvin S. Cobb Roughing it De Luxe A PILGRIM CANONIZED It is generally conceded that the Grand Cañon of Arizona beggars description. I shall therefore endeavor to refrain from doing so. I realize that this is going to be a considerable contract. Nearly everybody, on taking a fir...

France and England in N. America, Part III: The Discovery of the Great WestTO THE CLASS OF 1844, HARVARD COLLEGE, THIS BOOK IS CORDIALLY DEDICATED BY ONE OF THEIR NUMBERPREFACE INTRODUCTION THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WESTCHAPTER I. 1643-1669. CAVELIER DE LA SALLE CHAPTER II. 1669-1671. LA SALLE A...

Diary in America, Series TwoFrederick Marryat Diary in America, Series Two Volume One—Chapter One TravellingI believe that the remarks of a traveller in any country not his own, let his work be ever so trifling or badly written, will point out some peculiarity which will have escaped the notice o...

Diary in America, Series OneFrederick Marryat Diary in America, Series One Introduction After many years of travel, during which I had seen men under almost every variety of government, religion, and climate, I looked round to discover if there were not still new combinations under which human na...

France and England in N America, Part VII, Vol 1: A Half-Century of ConflictFrancis Parkman France and England in N America, Part VII, Vol 1: A Half-Century of Conflict PREFACE This book, forming Part VI. of the series called France and England in North America, fills the gap between Part V., "Co...

Tablets of the Divine Plan`Abdu'l-Bahá Tablets of the Divine Plan 1: TABLET TO THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE NORTHEASTERN STATES Revealed on March 26, 1916, in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s room at the house in Bahjí, addressed to the Bahá’ís of nine Northeastern States of the United States: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamp...

Bahá'í World Faith`Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Faith CHAPTER SIX: THE FAITH OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH MANKIND IS IN DANGER O people of the world!The dawn of the Sun of Reality is assuredly for the illumination of the world and for the manifestation of mercy. In the assemblage of the family of Adam results and ...