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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... girls , all busily weaving , and throwing the shuttle from hand to hand , laughing and chattering in low voices . In ... girl who was , I must confess , of singular beauty . Doto had long fair hair , a feature most unusual among these ...
... girls , all busily weaving , and throwing the shuttle from hand to hand , laughing and chattering in low voices . In ... girl who was , I must confess , of singular beauty . Doto had long fair hair , a feature most unusual among these ...
Pagina 34
... girls , who rose and went within the door opening from the plat- form at the upper end of the room . presently returned with an old woman , a housekeeper , as we would say , and obviously a faithful and familiar servant . After some ...
... girls , who rose and went within the door opening from the plat- form at the upper end of the room . presently returned with an old woman , a housekeeper , as we would say , and obviously a faithful and familiar servant . After some ...
Pagina 38
... girls showed no intention of going away , and it soon became evident that they meant to assist me in my toilet ! I had some difficulty in getting them to understand the indecorum of their conduct , or rather ( for I doubt if they ...
... girls showed no intention of going away , and it soon became evident that they meant to assist me in my toilet ! I had some difficulty in getting them to understand the indecorum of their conduct , or rather ( for I doubt if they ...
Pagina 54
... the country round that the procession , with persons who fell into its ranks as they came , was now making its way . Almost all the parties concerned were young , boys and girls , or 54 THE END OF PHEACIA . VI A Backslider A Warning.
... the country round that the procession , with persons who fell into its ranks as they came , was now making its way . Almost all the parties concerned were young , boys and girls , or 54 THE END OF PHEACIA . VI A Backslider A Warning.
Pagina 55
... girls carried young wild doves , young rooks , or the nestlings of such small fowls as sparrows and finches . It was a pretty sight to see these poor uninstructed young women , flushed with the exertion of climbing , and merry ...
... girls carried young wild doves , young rooks , or the nestlings of such small fowls as sparrows and finches . It was a pretty sight to see these poor uninstructed young women , flushed with the exertion of climbing , and merry ...
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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.