Books published in 1878
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A Candid Examination Of Theism
[english | 1878]George John Romanes
Excerpts: [... truly moral, way of regarding the question to be discussed in the following pages, even if the conclusions yielded by this discussion were more negative ...... require to read in the facts of the external world an indication, whether true or false, of some such presiding agency. The subjective mind being, ...... superfluous for these chapters have clearly shown that, if there is a ...]
Genres: [religion] Downloads: 2
An International Episode
[english | 1878]Henry James
Summary: [Madame de Mauves -- Daisy Miller -- An international episode -- The siege of London -- Lady Barberina -- The author of Beltraffio -- The Aspern papers -- The pupil -- The turn of the screw -- The beast in the jungle.]
Genres: [fiction | short stories] Downloads: 381
Da Importancia Da Historia Universal Philosophica Na Esphera
[english | 1878]Alberto Augusto De Almeida Pimentel
Excerpts: [... o peso d'uma responsabilidade immensa, porque chegar um dia em que ella devera crear, permitta-se-nos a expresso, o mundo da sua existencia, construindo ...... na concepo grandiosa da divindade immaterial e absolutamente perfeita no estabelecimento dos estados, onde o poder theocratico veio a parar nas modernas ...... que a monogamia santificou. O agricultor vivia rodeado dos seus ...]
Genres: [history] Downloads: 154
Dab Kinzer
[english | 1878]William Stoddard
Excerpts: [... her if she meant to have it moved over to the Kinzer side of the north fence, but he had doubts as to the propriety of it and just then the boy came ...... more money with full loads both ways, but it was well they did not have a full load on that precise train. Ford had turned over the seat in front ...... lawyer Foster must be a good deal forehanded in money matters. And so he ...]
Genres: [young readers | fiction and literature] Downloads: 366
De Koran
[dutch | 1878]Anonymous
Summary: [The Calcutta Quran Petition is a book by Sita Ram Goel and Chandmal Chopra and published by Goel under his Voice of India imprint. The first edition was published in 1986 the second in 1987 and the third in 1999. The subject matter of this book is censorship the banning of books and the Quran. After the publication of this book some people tried to ban it.]
Genres: [religion] Downloads: 108
Diccionario De Joo Fernandes
[english | 1878]Francisco Gomes De Amorim
Summary: [Francisco Gomes de Amorim (Pvoa de Varzim Portugal 13 August 1827 - Lisbon 4 de November 1891) was a Portuguese poet and Dramatist. He was a friend of Almeida Garrett.]
Genres: [reference] Downloads: 459
Dick Sands The Boy Captain
[english | 1878]Jules Verne
Excerpts: [... to investigate the character of one with whom he was now brought into such close contact Negoro looked about forty years of age. Although he had the appearance ...... be a good haul, to compensate them for their ill-success in the last season. A quarter of an hour later and the Pilgrim was within half a mile of ...... on Benedict, and began to fawn on him. Get away, you brute! he ...]
Genres: [fiction | action adventure] Downloads: 14
Drift From Two Shores
[english | 1878]Bret Harte
Excerpts: [... the fringes and overlappings of the sea. At high noon the shadow of a seagull's wing, or a sudden flurry and gray squall of sand- pipers, themselves ...... again said in chorus, James. but this time with an evident effort to recall some speech or action previously resolved upon and committed to memory. ...... establishment was correct. The door at which he knocked opened upon a ...]
Genres: [western] Downloads: 70
Etna
[english | 1878]G Rodwell
Excerpts: [... 1688.-1689.-1693.-1694.-1702.-1723.-1732.-1735.-1744.-1747.- 1755.-Flood of 1755.-1759.-1763.-1766.-1780.-1781.-1787.- 1792.-1797.-1798.-1799.-1800.-1802.-1805.-1808.-1809.-1811.- ...... a great extent, breaks its waves and sucks back its surf at the roots of that mountain. Caverns reach from this sea as far as the deep gorges of the ...... his Voyage pittoresque dans les Deux ...]
Genres: [science] Downloads: 80
Helgelannin Sankarit
[english | 1878]Henrik Ibsen
Summary: [Henrik Ibsen (20 March 1828 ? 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright theatre director and poet. He is often referred to as the father of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era when European societies were characterized by strict mores of family life and propriety. Ibsens work examined the ...]
Genres: [drama] Downloads: 225
History Of English Humour Vol 1
[english | 1878]Alfred Guy Kingan Lestrange
Excerpts: [... the brazen refulgence.. In Hesiod's Theogony, v. 40, we read that when the Muses are singing the palace of loud-thundering Jove laughs (with delight) ...... for the Philistines. He was an exaggeration of a not very uncommon type of man, in which brute strength is joined to loose morals and whimsical ...... and appearances were represented under a great variety of forms. As the mind ...]
Genres: [humor] Downloads: 231
History Of English Humour Vol 2
[english | 1878]Alfred Guy Kingan Lestrange
Excerpts: [... Mice, but Pope is more prolific than any other poet in such productions. His earlier taste seems to have been for imitation, and he wrote good ...... directed against Dissenters and Republicans and in No. 9, we have a kind of Litany commencing:-. From Commonwealth, Cobblers and zealous State ...... for a man to travel-the very air was so replete with feathers.. The above is taken ...]
Genres: [humor | history] Downloads: 117
In The Rocky Mountains
[english | 1878]W G Kingston
Excerpts: [... table. Clarice, who until a short time before had been assisting Rachel, now returned- having been away to arrange her toilet. She took her usual ...... the kindness shown him by the Palefaces, was the answer. He has come to warn his friends, who sleep in security, that their enemies are on the war-path, ...... gone away to take squaws from among the Indians, and set up for ...]
Genres: [adventure | fiction and literature] Downloads: 374
In The Wilderness
[english | 1878]Charles Dudley Warner
Summary: [Der Vildmarken suser is a story collection from 1919 by Norwegian writer Mikkjel Fonhus. One of the stories about the large killer bear Rugg in the Vassfaret forests was published as a childrens book in 1965 Fortellingen om slagbjonnen Rugg. This book and the subsequent animal novels Det skriker fra Kverrvilljuvet and Troll-Elgen was Fonhus breakthrough and made him known for his ability to ...]
Genres: [essays | nature] Downloads: 50
Joulun Aatto
[english | 1878]Charles Dickens
Summary: [Joulun Aatto 1878 by Charles Dickens. This Book Is In Finnish.]
Genres: [fiction and literature | ghost stories] Downloads: 482
La Dame Dauteuil
[french | 1878]Pierre Zaccone
Summary: [Lauteur nous conte la destine tragique de Berthe fille unique de M. Danglade escroc de haut vol qui se cache aussi sous le nom de M. de ltiolle. Aprs avoir men une vie pauvre et solitaire elle connatra les joies dune vie entoure de toutes les dlices que peut donner lopulence. Mais linvitable se produira... loppos de son pre elle saura en toutes circonstances garder une attitude dune ...]
Genres: [fiction] Downloads: 462
La Fille Du Juif Errant
[french | 1878]Paul Feval Pere
Summary: [Cet ouvrage comprend deux rcits crits par Paul Fval la fin de sa vie aprs sa conversion. Dans La fille du juif errant lauteur nous propose diverses rincarnations du juif errant au travers de lhistoire dune famille de bourgeois au moment de la rvolution de 1848. Le carnaval des enfants est un texte crit par Fval pour sa petite-fille Jane qui raconte le retour dun homme dans son foyer aprs une ...]
Genres: [fiction] Downloads: 464
La Tombe De Fer
[french | 1878]Hendrik Conscience
Summary: [The Lion of Comarre Against the Fall of Night are early stories by Arthur C. Clarke. This volume is a collection of two early works by Arthur C. Clarke. Originally published in 1968 it has been reprinted several times. Both concern Earth in the far future with a utopian but static human society. Against the Fall of Night was later expanded and revised as The City and the Stars one of Clarkes ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 441
Landolin
[english | 1878]Berthold Auerbach
Excerpts: [... the Present Time. By Sir Edward R. Creasy, M.A., author of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. Rise and Progress of the English Constitution, ...... girl was almost too beautiful. She now seated herself upon the door-step, and began braiding her hair, and singing softly to herself but she often ...... said Anton, whenever you come to our house you will find joy there, for as ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 313