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 12
... turned round , and lifted it in her arms with words which I was unable to understand , urging on the tormentors to ply their switches with more severity . Naturally I was alarmed by the strangeness and ferocity of the natives , so I ...
... turned round , and lifted it in her arms with words which I was unable to understand , urging on the tormentors to ply their switches with more severity . Naturally I was alarmed by the strangeness and ferocity of the natives , so I ...
Pagina 13
... turned my head away that I might neither see nor hear more of this spectacle , which I now perceived to be a human sacrifice more cruel than is customary even among the Fijians . When I next ventured to look up , the last trails of ...
... turned my head away that I might neither see nor hear more of this spectacle , which I now perceived to be a human sacrifice more cruel than is customary even among the Fijians . When I next ventured to look up , the last trails of ...
Pagina 15
... turning into their own dwellings on the shore , where , by the way , some large masted vessels were drawn up in little docks . But , while the general public , if I may say so , slowly withdrew , the woman with the idol in her arms ...
... turning into their own dwellings on the shore , where , by the way , some large masted vessels were drawn up in little docks . But , while the general public , if I may say so , slowly withdrew , the woman with the idol in her arms ...
Pagina 18
... turned and raised my hat , which seemed still more to alarm the old priest . He spoke to one of his attendants , who instantly ran across the square , and entered the courtyard of a large house , surrounded by a garden , of which the ...
... turned and raised my hat , which seemed still more to alarm the old priest . He spoke to one of his attendants , who instantly ran across the square , and entered the courtyard of a large house , surrounded by a garden , of which the ...
Pagina 22
... turned them rapidly over , and pre- sently discovered one thin sheet of lead , from which he began to read , or rather chant , in a slow measured tone , every now and then pausing and pointing to me , to my hat , and to the spectacles ...
... turned them rapidly over , and pre- sently discovered one thin sheet of lead , from which he began to read , or rather chant , in a slow measured tone , every now and then pausing and pointing to me , to my hat , and to the spectacles ...
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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.