In the Wrong Paradise: And Other StoriesK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1886 - 316 pagini Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
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... books , with the eyes of the sympathetic sportsman . If Why - Why and Mr. Gowles amuse you a little , let this be my Diomedean exchange of bronze for gold - of the new Phæacia for Kukuana- land , or for that haunted city of Kôr , in ...
... books , with the eyes of the sympathetic sportsman . If Why - Why and Mr. Gowles amuse you a little , let this be my Diomedean exchange of bronze for gold - of the new Phæacia for Kukuana- land , or for that haunted city of Kôr , in ...
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... book I carry would , I was convinced , secure for me a favourable reception among the natives ( if of the gentle brown Polynesian type ) , whom I expected to find on the island . Exhausted by my sufferings , I now fell asleep , but was ...
... book I carry would , I was convinced , secure for me a favourable reception among the natives ( if of the gentle brown Polynesian type ) , whom I expected to find on the island . Exhausted by my sufferings , I now fell asleep , but was ...
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... book as I began to repeat an address that had often silenced the papistic mummers in England . Before I had uttered half a dozen words , the men who were dragging the sheep flew at me , and tried to seize me , while one of them offered ...
... book as I began to repeat an address that had often silenced the papistic mummers in England . Before I had uttered half a dozen words , the men who were dragging the sheep flew at me , and tried to seize me , while one of them offered ...
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... book ! " — a foolish nickname the sailors had given me . He was obviously more than half - drunk , and carried in his hand a black rum - bottle , probably ( from all I knew of him ) not nearly full . His shirt and trousers were torn and ...
... book ! " — a foolish nickname the sailors had given me . He was obviously more than half - drunk , and carried in his hand a black rum - bottle , probably ( from all I knew of him ) not nearly full . His shirt and trousers were torn and ...
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... book , your Reverence , " he screamed ; " here's your jolly good health and song , " and he put his horrible black bottle to his unchastened lips . " Here we are , Captain , two Englishmen agin a lot o ' blooming Kanekas ; let's clear ...
... book , your Reverence , " he screamed ; " here's your jolly good health and song , " and he put his horrible black bottle to his unchastened lips . " Here we are , Captain , two Englishmen agin a lot o ' blooming Kanekas ; let's clear ...
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Pagina 12 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst}— THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Pagina 279 - But, howsoever thou pursu'st this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once. The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire; Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me.
Pagina 23 - Numbers. By the Rev. R. WINTERBOTHAM, LL.B. With Homilies by the Rev. Professor W. BINNIE, DD, Rev. ES PROUT, MA, Rev. D. YOUNG, Rev. J. WAITE, and an Introduction by the Rev. THOMAS WHITELAW, MA Fourth Edition. 15*. Deuteronomy. By the Rev. WL ALEXANDER, DD With Homilies by Rev.
Pagina 18 - MARKHAM, Capt. Albert Hastings, RN— The Great Frozen Sea : A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6.
Pagina 18 - Woman. Dedicated, by permission, to Lady Agnes Wood. Revised by the Venerable Archdeacon DENISON. 32mo, limp cloth, is. 6d. MILLER, Edward. — The History and Doctrines of Irvingism ; or, The so-called Catholic and Apostolic Church. 2 vols. Large post 8vo, 25^.
Pagina 32 - By MC Cooke, MD, LL.D. Edited by the Rev. MJ Berkeley, MA, FLS With numerous Illustrations.
Pagina 33 - XVIII. The Nature of Light: With a General Account of Physical Optics.
Pagina 25 - ROBERTSON, The late Rev. FW, MA—Life and Letters of. Edited by the Rev. STOPFORD BROOKE, MA I. Two vols., uniform with the Sermons. With Steel Portrait. Crown 8vo, Js.
Pagina 44 - Mrs. GS— Waking and Working; or, From Girlhood to Womanhood. New and Cheaper Edition. With a Frontispiece. Crown Svo, 3*.
Pagina 19 - NEWMAN, JH, DD— Characteristics from the Writings of. Being Selections from his various Works. Arranged with the Author's personal Approval.