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So long a time had passed that Dorothy C. had grown to be what father John called "a baker's dozen of years old"; and upon another spring morning, as fair as that when she first came to them, the girl was out upon the marble steps, scrubbing away most vigorously. The task was known locally...

The story begins on May 5, 1805, in one of the wildest and most abrupt portions of New Spain, which now forms the State of Coahuila, belonging to the Mexican Confederation. If the reader will have the kindness to take a glance at a numerous cavalcade, which is debouching from a canyon and scaling...

All the other children who knew her thought Maggie a wonderfully fortunate little girl. She was sometimes spoken about as the "Little Princess of Tower Hill," for Tower Hill was the name of her father's place, and Maggie was his only child.     The children in the village close by spoke...

MANY of the tales in this collection appeared either in the Indian Antiquary, the Calcutta Review, or the Legends of the Punjab. They were then in the form of literal translations, in many cases uncouth or even unpresentable to ears polite, in all scarcely intelligible to the untravelled English reader;...

  • Hugh de Payens returns to Palestine—His death—Robert de Craon made Master—The second Crusade—The Templars assume the Red Cross—Lands, manors, and churches granted them in England—Bernard de Tremelay made Master—He is slain by the Infidels—Bertrand de Blanquefort made Master—He...

Babam Sergei Krilov’un, yaşamı boyunca ne tür kayıplar verdiğini bilseydim, belki de onun hayatına burnumu sokmazdım. Ya annem, Hatuna Krilov, hayatının en büyük, en acımasız sınavından geçtiğini... Onu hiç, ama hiç, bu şekilde acımasızca yargılamazdım. Ama yaptım…  Ben...

Cinderella, or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances, that are suddenly changed to remarkable...

"Franz Kafka : 1920 günlüğünden aforizmalar" başlıklarıyla iki ayrı bölümde yayınlanan aforizmaları Franz Kafka, Ekim 1917 ile Şubat 1920 arasında, kısa süren iki yaratıcılık döneminde yazmıştı. O tarihlerde Kafka'nın içdünyası büyük yıkımlarla karşı karşıyaydı:...

CURIOUS creatures of Animal Life have been objects of interest to mankind in all ages and countries; the universality of which may be traced to that feeling which "makes the whole world kin." The Egyptian records bear testimony to a familiarity not only with the forms of a multitude...

Nutuk Kitabı Hakkında: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kurucusu Ulu Önder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ün **Nutuk isimli kitabı yaklaşık 1.000 sayfadan oluşuyor ve yayınevimiz aracılığıyla kitabın TAMAMI size üst düzeyde kalitede TEK bir e-kitap olarak, “EPUB” **formatında sizlere...

Hark! hark! the dogs bark, The beggars are coming to town; Some in rags and some in tags, And some in a silken gown. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown, And some gave them a good horse-whip, And sent them out of the town. Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, And said, oh! what a good boy am I.

  After too many years, T. L. Sherred returns with a story that gets our SPACE SPECIAL rating. It's the story of a man with a headache—who found a cure for it! And the cure gave him more power than any man could dream of.                                             ________________________________________  ...

In 1861 Captain Grant succeeded Captain Burgess on Matinicus, taking his son with him as assistant. The old keeper left Abby on the rock to instruct the newcomers in their duties, and she performed the task so well that young Grant fell in love with her, and asked her to become his wife. Soon after...

Jonas Lie is sufficiently famous to need but a very few words of introduction. Ever since 1870, when he made his reputation by his first novel, "Den Fremsynte," he has been a prime favourite with the Scandinavian public, and of late years his principal romances have gone the round of Europe....