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Tales of Old JapanBaron Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale Tales of Old Japan PREFACE In the Introduction to the story of the Forty-seven Rônins, I have said almost as much as is needful by way of preface to my stories.Those of my readers who are most capable of pointing out the many shor...

The King of PiratesDaniel Defoe The King of Pirates / Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar THE PREFACE ONE of the particular Advantages of the following Letters from Captain Avery, is, the Satisfaction they will give the Readers how much they ha...

Sacred Books of the EastVEDIC HYMNSINTRODUCTION VEDIC HYMNSTO THE UNKNOWN GOD TO THE MARUTS1 TO THE MARUTS AND INDRA TO INDRA AND THE MARUTS TO AGNI AND THE MARUTS5 TO RUDRA6 TO RUDRA TO AGNI AND THE MARUTS TO VÂYU TO VÂYU INDRA AND AGASTYA: A DIALOGUE7 TO SOMA AND RUDRA TO RUDRA TO VÂTA TO VÂTA ...

Wonderful Stories for ChildrenHans Christian Andersen Wonderful Stories for Children OLÉ LUCKOIÈ, (SHUT-EYE.) There is nobody in all this world who knows so many tales as Olé Luckoiè! He can tell tales! In an evening, when a child sits so nicely at the table, or on its little stool, Olé Luckoiè c...

The Slim PrincessGeorge Ade The Slim Princess I consented to deliver a message for himI WOMAN IN MOROVENIA Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now occur in the same landscape. It started out to be Turkish and later decided to be European.The Mohammedan sanctuaries with...

«…C’était au mois de mai 1838. Je me trouvais, avec beaucoup d’autres passagers, sur le bateau le Nicolas I-er, qui faisait le trajet entre Saint-Pétersbourg et Lübeck. Comme, dans ce temps-là, les chemins de fer étaient encore peu florissants, tous les voyageurs prenaient la route de mer. Par ce...

"Forward, March": A Tale of the Spanish-American WarKirk Munroe «Forward, March»: A Tale of the Spanish-American War CHAPTER I A BOWL OF ROSES In the morning-room of a large, old-fashioned country-house, situated a few miles outside the city of New Orleans, sat a young man arranging a bowl of ros...

The Coral IslandChapter One. Beginning—My early life and character—I thirst for adventure in foreign lands, and go to seaChapter Two. The departure—The sea—My companions—Some account of the wonderful sights we saw on the great deep—A dreadful storm and a frightful wreckChapter Three. The Coral Is...

«Если б те люди Европы и Америки, в которых процесс чтения произведений подлинного искусства вызывает радостное и почти религиозное чувство восхищения красотой и мудростью духа человеческого, – если б эти люди знали творчество Александра Пушкина, они оценили бы его так же высоко, как высоко и спр...

Der Goldene TopfE. T. A. Hoffmann Der Goldene Topf ERSTE VIGILIE Die Unglücksfälle des Studenten Anselmus. Des Konrektors Paulmann Sanitätsknaster und die goldgrünen Schlangen. Am Himmelfahrtstage, Nachmittags um drei Uhr rannte ein junger Mensch in Dresden durchs schwarze Tor und geradezu in ein...