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THE history, the features, and the most famous examples of European architecture, during a period extending from the rise of the Gothic, or pointed, s …
Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men, Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars Makest to teem the many-voyaged main And fruitful lands—for all of …
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The …
AFTER retiring from active business my husband yielded to the earnest solicitations of friends, both here and in Great Britain, and began to jot down …
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feeling …
"His Last Bow" September 1917 is one Sherlock Holmes short story of 56 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, seven in His Last Bow also called Reminiscensces of …
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The Learner, who wishes to try the question fairly, whether this little book does, or does not, supply the materials for a most interesting mental rec …
The scope of the subject presented in this work is expressed on the title page. It will be readily seen that the author has departed from the course u …