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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... leaves , and other strange substitutes for paper , used by Mr. Gowles during his captivity . II . NARRATIVE OF MR . GOWLES . * * " I MUST now , though in sore straits for writing materials , and having entirely lost count of time , post ...
... leaves , and other strange substitutes for paper , used by Mr. Gowles during his captivity . II . NARRATIVE OF MR . GOWLES . * * " I MUST now , though in sore straits for writing materials , and having entirely lost count of time , post ...
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... leaves twisted in his hair , and carried in his hand a gilded staff curiously wreathed with wool . When they saw him approaching , my assailants fell back , each of them kissing his own hand and bowing slightly in the direction of the ...
... leaves twisted in his hair , and carried in his hand a gilded staff curiously wreathed with wool . When they saw him approaching , my assailants fell back , each of them kissing his own hand and bowing slightly in the direction of the ...
Pagina 34
... good cooks . I have tasted of more savoury meats , dressed in coverings of leaves on hot stones , in Maori pahs , or in New Caledonian villages , than among the comparatively civilized natives 34 THE END OF PHEACIA .
... good cooks . I have tasted of more savoury meats , dressed in coverings of leaves on hot stones , in Maori pahs , or in New Caledonian villages , than among the comparatively civilized natives 34 THE END OF PHEACIA .
Pagina 38
... leave me . I afterwards learned that this custom , shocking as it appears to Europeans , is regarded as entirely right and usual even by the better class of islanders ; nor , to do them justice , have I ever heard any imputations on the ...
... leave me . I afterwards learned that this custom , shocking as it appears to Europeans , is regarded as entirely right and usual even by the better class of islanders ; nor , to do them justice , have I ever heard any imputations on the ...
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... leaving the arms free . When one is accustomed to it , this kind of dress is not uncomfortable , and many of the younger braves carried it with a good deal of grace , showing some fancy and originality in the dispositions of the folds ...
... leaving the arms free . When one is accustomed to it , this kind of dress is not uncomfortable , and many of the younger braves carried it with a good deal of grace , showing some fancy and originality in the dispositions of the folds ...
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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.