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
... Tribes ( whom they do not , however , at all resemble outwardly , being , I must admit , of prepossessing appearance ) , I can only conjec- ture . This Apollon of theirs , in his graven images ( of which there are many ) , carries a bow ...
... Tribes ( whom they do not , however , at all resemble outwardly , being , I must admit , of prepossessing appearance ) , I can only conjec- ture . This Apollon of theirs , in his graven images ( of which there are many ) , carries a bow ...
Pagina 11
... tribes of the Pacific . Their dresses , too , though for the most part mere wraps , as it were , of coloured stuff , thrown round them , pinned with brooches , and often clinging in a very improper way to the figure , did not remind me ...
... tribes of the Pacific . Their dresses , too , though for the most part mere wraps , as it were , of coloured stuff , thrown round them , pinned with brooches , and often clinging in a very improper way to the figure , did not remind me ...
Pagina 32
... tribe , and I even pleased myself with the hope that some day , a reclaimed and enlightened character , she might employ her skill in embroidering slippers and braces for a humble vessel . I seemed to see her , a helpmate meet for me ...
... tribe , and I even pleased myself with the hope that some day , a reclaimed and enlightened character , she might employ her skill in embroidering slippers and braces for a humble vessel . I seemed to see her , a helpmate meet for me ...
Pagina 101
... had not yet penetrated , the shepherds and the wilder tribes were gathering in arms One night we stole on board the William Wilberforce , leaving the city desolate , filled with the smoke of funeral pyres , and the wailing SAVED ! ΙΟΙ.
... had not yet penetrated , the shepherds and the wilder tribes were gathering in arms One night we stole on board the William Wilberforce , leaving the city desolate , filled with the smoke of funeral pyres , and the wailing SAVED ! ΙΟΙ.
Pagina 171
... tribe of red men . He had come to this conclusion for some time , when I and my brother returned from school , hastily summoned back , to find him extremely ill . He had suffered from a paralytic stroke , and he scarcely recognized us ...
... tribe of red men . He had come to this conclusion for some time , when I and my brother returned from school , hastily summoned back , to find him extremely ill . He had suffered from a paralytic stroke , and he scarcely recognized us ...
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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.