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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... , and staggering with bent backs beneath showers of blows . The people behind them , who were almost as light in colour as ourselves , were cruelly flogging them with cutting branches of trees . Round NARRATIVE OF MR . GOWLES . II.
... , and staggering with bent backs beneath showers of blows . The people behind them , who were almost as light in colour as ourselves , were cruelly flogging them with cutting branches of trees . Round NARRATIVE OF MR . GOWLES . II.
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... light streamed out on the dusky square , as an old man dressed in red hurried to the scene of struggle . He wore a long white beard , had green leaves twisted in his hair , and carried in his hand a gilded staff curiously wreathed with ...
... light streamed out on the dusky square , as an old man dressed in red hurried to the scene of struggle . He wore a long white beard , had green leaves twisted in his hair , and carried in his hand a gilded staff curiously wreathed with ...
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... lights wandering in the garden or courtyard whither the messen- ger had been sent by the old priest . Presently there ... light shining on the men's faces and the rich coloured dresses , or lighting up the white idol of Apollon , which ...
... lights wandering in the garden or courtyard whither the messen- ger had been sent by the old priest . Presently there ... light shining on the men's faces and the rich coloured dresses , or lighting up the white idol of Apollon , which ...
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... that the chief was pointing out the absence of certain important elements in the fulfilment of the prophecy . Here was I , doubtless , " a man bearing a chimney on his head " ( for in this light they regarded my 24 THE END OF PHÆACIA .
... that the chief was pointing out the absence of certain important elements in the fulfilment of the prophecy . Here was I , doubtless , " a man bearing a chimney on his head " ( for in this light they regarded my 24 THE END OF PHÆACIA .
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And Other Stories Andrew Lang. head " ( for in this light they regarded my hat ) , and having " four eyes , " that is , including my spectacles , a convenience with which they had hitherto been unacquainted . It was unde- niable that a ...
And Other Stories Andrew Lang. head " ( for in this light they regarded my hat ) , and having " four eyes , " that is , including my spectacles , a convenience with which they had hitherto been unacquainted . It was unde- niable that a ...
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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.