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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Pagina 7
... never met , even in the Pacific . As to being more than common idle on one day out of seven , whether they have been taught so much of what is essential by some earlier missionary , or whether they may be the corrupted descendants of ...
... never met , even in the Pacific . As to being more than common idle on one day out of seven , whether they have been taught so much of what is essential by some earlier missionary , or whether they may be the corrupted descendants of ...
Pagina 10
... by the dust they raised on their way . Very much to my surprise I found that they were advancing along a wide road , paved in a peculiar manner , for I had never seen anything of this kind among ΙΟ THE END OF PHÆACIA .
... by the dust they raised on their way . Very much to my surprise I found that they were advancing along a wide road , paved in a peculiar manner , for I had never seen anything of this kind among ΙΟ THE END OF PHÆACIA .
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And Other Stories Andrew Lang. for I had never seen anything of this kind among the heathen tribes of the Pacific . Their dresses , too , though for the most part mere wraps , as it were , of coloured stuff , thrown round them , pinned ...
And Other Stories Andrew Lang. for I had never seen anything of this kind among the heathen tribes of the Pacific . Their dresses , too , though for the most part mere wraps , as it were , of coloured stuff , thrown round them , pinned ...
Pagina 18
... never conceived that any spectacle , however strange and unbe- coming , could have produced such an effect on the native mind , especially in a person who was manifestly a chief , or high - priest of some heathen god . Seeing him pause ...
... never conceived that any spectacle , however strange and unbe- coming , could have produced such an effect on the native mind , especially in a person who was manifestly a chief , or high - priest of some heathen god . Seeing him pause ...
Pagina 19
... never at any time were inclined to substitute me for their heathen divinities ; very far from it indeed , though their peculiar conduct was calculated to foster in my breast this melancholy delusion . I had not been left long to my own ...
... never at any time were inclined to substitute me for their heathen divinities ; very far from it indeed , though their peculiar conduct was calculated to foster in my breast this melancholy delusion . I had not been left long to my own ...
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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.