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Encyclopaedia Britannica Volume 1, No. 1; Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature (Paperback): Books... Encyclopaedia Britannica Volume 1, No. 1; Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature (Paperback)
Books Group
R585 R136 Discovery Miles 1 360 Save R449 (77%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1810 Excerpt: ...of inflammable air, de-of b.die- termining it to be at least seven times lighter than rising in the common air. Soon after which, it occurred to Dr13' Black, that perhaps a thin bag filled with inflammable jjiack air might be buoyed up by the common atmosphere; MrCavailo. and he thought of having the allantoisof a calf prepared for this purpose: but his other avocations prevented him from prolecuting the experiment. The fame thought occurred some years afterwards to Mr Cavallo; and he has the honour of being the first who made experiments on the subject. He lirfl tried bladders; but the thinnest of these, however well scraped and prepared, were found too heavy. He then tried Chinese paper; but that proved so permeable, that the vapour passed through it like water through a sieve. His experiments, therefore, made in the year 1782, proceed1 ed As..station discovered by Mons. Montgolfier. ed no fnrthrr tbitiu blowing up soap-bubbles with in-flammable air, which ascended rapidly to the ceiling, 7 and broke against it. But while the discovery os the art of aerostation seemed thus on the point of being made in Britain, it was all at once announced in France, and that from a quarter whrrce nothing of the kind was to have been and finely decorated, expected. Two brothers, Stephen and John Mont-golfier, natives of Annonay, and mailers of a consider-able pEp.T-manuf.'.ctory there, had turned their thoughts towards this project as early as the middle of the year 1782. The idea was iiril suggested by the natural ascent of the smoke and clouds in the atmosphere; and their design was to form an artificial cloud, by inclosing the smoke in a bag, and making it carry up the cover-ing al ng with it-.Towards the middle of Novt-mber 8 that year, the experiment was made at...

The Poniard's Hilt or Karadeucq and Ronan. a Tale of Bagauders and Vagres (Paperback, UK ed.): Eugene Sue The Poniard's Hilt or Karadeucq and Ronan. a Tale of Bagauders and Vagres (Paperback, UK ed.)
Eugene Sue
R222 R43 Discovery Miles 430 Save R179 (81%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Excerpt: ...the comical idea of the count with loud applause and wild yells and laughter. The old Gaul trembled from head to foot, looked imploringly at Neroweg, lowered his head and murmured: "Seigneur, my knees are bare, the torch will burn me

A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities Volume 2 (Paperback): William Smith A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities Volume 2 (Paperback)
William Smith
R387 R201 Discovery Miles 2 010 Save R186 (48%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...c. 5, forbid him to put away his wife (irpopAtTei euAajSefas); and Cone. Gangr. c. 4, anathematizes those who refused to receive the communion from a married presbyter. But Epiphanius, ii. 59,4, speaks of a canon to the opposite effect, which, however, he admits not to be observed: Socrates, H. E. v. 22, notes, on the other hand, that although there was no positive enactment, many clergy did abstain from their wives, and that in Thessaly a clerk was excommunicated who did not so abstain. A distinction in this respect was afterwards drawn in the East, which with some modifications has remained until modern times, between presbyters and bishops. Justinian enacted in 531 that no person could be made bishop who did not practise married continence (Cod. Justin, i. 3, 48, cf. Cone. Trull, xii. 13; and see Celibacy, Vol. I. p. 324). In the West, Cone. Illib. A.D. 313, commands all married clerks to abstain and not to beget children under pain of deprivation; so also the doubtful addition to 1 Cone. Arelat. c. 29: 2 Carth. c. 3 = Cod. Eccles. Afric. c. 2, gives the prohibition without specifying a penalty: 5 Carth. c. 3 = Cod. Eccles. Afric. c. 25, makes the enactment apply to subdeacons and upwards, but not to inferior clerks: 1 Tolet. A.D. 398, assigns the milder penalty of non-promotion; so also 1 Turon. A.d. 441, c. 2; but 1 Araus. A.D. 441, c. 23, Agath. A.d. 506, c. 9, Arvern. A.d. 535, c. 13, revert to the penalty of deposition in the case of priests and deacons: Gerund. A.D. 517, c. 6, 3 Aurel. A.D. 538, c. 2, 5 Aurel. A.D. 549, c. 4 (but not 4 Aurel. A.D. 541, c. 17), Autissiod. A.d. 578, c. 20, and apparently 2 Matisc. A.D. 581, c. 11, 3 Lugd. A.D. 583, c. 1 (all Gallican councils, and all belonging to the century which succeeded the baptism of Chlodwig), ..

Rapport Du Comite Consultatif; Report of the Advisory Committee Volume 1-2 (Paperback, UK ed.): Francesco Guicciardini Rapport Du Comite Consultatif; Report of the Advisory Committee Volume 1-2 (Paperback, UK ed.)
Francesco Guicciardini
R303 R63 Discovery Miles 630 Save R240 (79%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755 edition. Excerpt: ... The Wars in Italy. BOOK II. THE CONTENTS. War of Pisa. Change of the Florentine Government. League between the Popet Venetians, and other Princes, against the French. Kings Return towards France. Battle of the Taro. Ferdinando'j Return to Naples. Siege of Novara by the Confederates. Peace between Charles and the Duke of Milan. First Difco DEGREES very of the French Disease in Italy. 5$ D J4. Rome and the Kingdom of Napies, the Sparks of a small Fire, U RIN G these Transactions in 1495. destined to kindle up at last a very great S Combustion, Combustion, to the Detriment of many, but principally of him who, by too great a Thirst after Dominion, had raised and maintained it, diffused themselves in other Parts of Italy. For though it had been agreed, while the King of France was at Florence, that he should keep Possession of Pisa till the Acquisition of Naples, but that the Jurisdiction and Revenues should belong tathe Florentines, yet> at his Departure from Florence, he had made no Provision, nor left any Orders for the Observation of such an Engagement, The Tifans, therefore, finding themselves faperMin voured by the French Commissary and tl Re DEGREESarruron, an DEGREES resolving never more to return under the Florentine Government, had turned out the Officers and all the Florentines that remained in the Place, imprisoned some, and seized on all their Goods and Effects, and broke out into downright Rebellion, both in Shew and Fact. Then, to confirm themselves m their Revolt, they not only sent Ambassadors to the King, after he had left Florence, to recommend to him the Defence of their Cause, but, resolving to use their utmost Endeavours to obtain Assistance wherever tould be had, sent, immediately on their D. Rebellion, others to Siena and Luc

La Feodalite Dans Le Nord de la France; Histoire Du Chateau Et de la Chatellenie de Douai, Depuis Le 10e Siecle Jusqu'en... La Feodalite Dans Le Nord de la France; Histoire Du Chateau Et de la Chatellenie de Douai, Depuis Le 10e Siecle Jusqu'en 1789; Avec de Nombreux Renseignements Genealogiques Et Heraldiques (2 ) (Paperback, UK ed.)
Us Government, Felix Brassart
R265 R57 Discovery Miles 570 Save R208 (78%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1877 edition. Extrait: ... ladite dame du Fresnoit.-Le 13juillet 1380, -nobles honsAmourys Pourchiaux, escuyers -, recoit de l'abbaye des Pres les termes arrieres de Noel 1378 et 1379, de rentes dues - a me dame dou Fresnoy, sereur doudit Amoury, a cause du fief de SaintAubin (1). Il resulte de tous ces renseignements que le fils aine du chevalier Gossuin de Saint-Aubin, sire du Fresnoy, reussit a conserver dans sa famille le fief de Saint-Albin, qui allait en sortir par suite du deces d'Hugues III, mort sans laisser d'enfant male. Gossuin V De Saint-aubin, chevalier, seigneur du Fresnoy, nous est fort peu connu comme possesseur du fief de Saint-Albin en Douai; mais en revanche son nom se trouve dans Froissart. L'inimitable chroniqueur raconte qu'en 1385 - messire Gossiaux de Saint-Aubin -, alias - le sire de Saint-Aubin -, etant en garnison a Audenarde, durant une revolte des Gantois contre le duc de Bourgogne, sauva la ville d'une surprise dirigee par l'ennemi. Gossuin V mourut vers 1390. Apres lui, survient la decadence pourla famille de SaintAubin, comme pour tant d'autres maisons chevaleresques de notre pays, dont le nom etait honorablement connu depuis le Xli siecle: c'etait le favoritisme, introduit chez nous par les ducs de Bourgogne, qui gaspillait la fortune publique pour bouleverser le livre d'or de la noblesse wallonne, soit en faisant monter jusqu'a un rang princier quel (1) Contr. eochirogr. anx archives de la ville..Guilmot, p. 12tO. qxxes anciennes familles, comme celle de Croy par exemple, soit en rendant opulentes des familles..

Zeitschrift (62 ) (Paperback, UK ed.): Us Government, Deutsche Gesellschaft Zeitschrift (62 ) (Paperback, UK ed.)
Us Government, Deutsche Gesellschaft
R475 R109 Discovery Miles 1 090 Save R366 (77%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Kaufer konnen in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1908 edition. Auszug: ...und dieses Nichtein-is treten wird in mein Herz sehnt sich" durch das Eintreten des Gegenteils ausgesprochen. Und darum wurde oben3) gesagt, dass beide Figuren hier undeutlich sind. Und da sich fur keine der beiden Figuren Beweis pro oder contra findet, so ist es eine Zweifel erregende Vermischung. so Oder z. B.: Auf dessen Antlitz-Mond die frische Jugend unter dem Scheine" des Bartes hinschrieb Amors Beschworungsformel, die das Siegel" hartnackigen Schmollens loser Dirnen schmelzt." Hier ist man im Zweifel, ob ein Vergleich vaktram candra a iva, oder eine Metapher vaktram eva candra vorliegt4), weil das Kompositum (vaktracandra) beides bedeuten kann. Nach der Regel Pan. 2, 1, 56: vyaghra usw. werden mit dem Verglichenen komponiert, wenn das tertium comparationis nicht ausgesprochen ist," enthalt das Kompositum einen Vergleich, weil vyaghra usw. ein so akrtigana ist. Das Kompositum enthalt aber eine Metapher, wenn man es unter mayuravyamsaka usw. (2, 1, 72) bringt; weil auch mayuravyamsaka usw. ein akrtigana ist. Da also hier ein Grund pro oder contra fehlt, so liegt eine zweifelerregende Vermischung vor. 201 Wo aber ein Grund pro oder contra bezuglich der Annahme ss einer bestimmten Figur vorliegt, da ist die betreffende Annahme notwendig. Grund pro ist was dafur spricht, Grund contra was dagegen spricht. Grund pro, z. B.: dort klarer und ist an jener Stelle wohl auch deshalb die ursprungliche, weil hier auf sie Bezug genommen wird. 1) 8iehe oben p. 127 f. 2) Verbessere anutkantha. 3) Siehe p. 128. Ubrigens wird im Karyaprakasa zu I, 4 unsere..

Ditmarsische Geschichte (1 ) (Paperback): Johann Adrian Bolten Ditmarsische Geschichte (1 ) (Paperback)
Johann Adrian Bolten
R258 R53 Discovery Miles 530 Save R205 (79%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Kaufer konnen in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1781 edition. Auszug: ...Abbo oder AlbivN--welcher Widekinds naher Verwandter gewesen ist '), mit ihm die Freyheit der Sachsen wider Karl den Grossen am langsten verthei- diget hat, und sich endlich zugleich mit ihm taufen last stn--der letzte Furst von Nordalbingien gewesen sey, und dieses ganze iand beherrschet habe. Allein bey keis nem einzigen gleichzeitigen Schriftsteller finden wir ei- nige Spur davon. Freylich ist es wahr, dass Widekind und Albion im 1.785 in Transalbingien ihren Aufenthalt gehabt haben ': aber sie waren nur hien her geflohen, wie sie vor dem siegenden Heere der Franken sonsten nicht mehr sicher waren; und daraus ist so wenig eine Herrschaft Albions als Widekinds uber die, ses iand zu folgern. Richtiger hat Pet. Lambek '5") anneh, ') S. eben diese 77. Anmerk.--Hr. Moser, welcher nach meinen Gedanken das alte sachsische Fryheits-Sysiem etwas zu, weit treibt, will i.TH. 206-209. S. gar nicht einmal zugeben, dass er uber eine Grafschaft regieret hatte, sondern meynt, dass er nach geendigtem Kriege bloss uber seine Privat-Guter zu sagen gehabt. Zgxov. I.II. c. IZ. et c. 2Z. Der sachsische Poet nennet ihn Abbs, beyandem heisst er Albisn. Denn so heisst es beym sachsischen Poeten: VlZeKin6um jsm meMvrstum, bbonerllgue.uiQul, yui 6e mszonbus ejus Lentis erst. SL, -Aa?ck. -6 s. 785. '-) Orig. Hamburg. z.z. 5g.--Doch irret sich Lambek, wenn er die von mir oben in der 57. Anm. angefuhrten Worte annehmen wollen, dass Albion bloss einen sachsischen Feldherrn im damaligen Kriege abgegeben hat; aus welchem Grunde ihn auch Karl der Grvsse in einem gewissen Priese ') Oux, das ist, Fe

Badenfahrt (English, German, Paperback): Geological Survey, Gebhard Mehring Badenfahrt (English, German, Paperback)
Geological Survey, Gebhard Mehring
R222 R44 Discovery Miles 440 Save R178 (80%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Kaufer konnen in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1914 edition. Auszug: ...was ihnen von des Baddiensts wegen verehrt wird, sollen sie nicht verheimlichen, sondern unter sich teilen, was ihnen aber zu verschweigen befohlen wird, sollen sie geheimhalten, Schaden am Bad und seinen Einrichtungen verhuten oder rechtzeitig anzeigen, sich mit dem festgesetzten Badgeld begnugen. Dieses Badgeld scheint in Uberkingen ursprunglich ganz den Badknechten zugefallen zu sein. Jn Goppingen wird ihnen eingescharft, nicht ihrer Gewohnheit nach die Bader zu heiss zu machen; keine sogenannte Halbherren oder Halbfrauen ) mehr bei gewisser Strafe in die Herren-und Frauenstublein zu setzen, sondern selbe einzig fur wirkliche Personen von Stand leer zu lassen und mit diesen zu besetzen." Ferner sollen sie Leute mit ansteckenden Krankheiten nicht in guten Zubern baden lassen, sondern ihnen alte geben, die sofort, nachdem jene mit ihrer Kur zu Ende sind, verbrannt werden mussen. Fur ihre Muhe erhalten sie einen Anteil am Badgeld, in Goppingen von Fremden das sechste Bad, von 3 Burgerbadern einen Heller. Dazu kommt aber vielfach der Erlos aus Asche und Lauge, der vermutlich bei dem starken Holzverbrauch nicht gering war. Jn Uberkingen muss ihnen deshalb (1778) eingescharft werden, mit dem Holz sparsamer umzugehen und nicht aus Eigennutz, um des Aschenverkaufs willen, mehr als notig zu verbrennen. Jn den altwurttembergischen Badern scheint man aber in der Regel den Ertrag aus Asche in die herrschaftliche Kasse abgefuhrt zu haben; in Goppingen waren es z. B. 1633: 10 fl. 12 Kr. Die Sauerbrunnenknechte hatten ferner noch, mindestens im 18. Jahrhundert, die.

Der Neue Pitaval; Eine Sammlung Der Interessantesten Criminalgeschichten Aller Lander Aus Alterer Und Neuerer Zeit (31 )... Der Neue Pitaval; Eine Sammlung Der Interessantesten Criminalgeschichten Aller Lander Aus Alterer Und Neuerer Zeit (31 ) (English, German, Paperback, UK ed.)
Geological Survey, Julius Eduard Hitzig
R225 R47 Discovery Miles 470 Save R178 (79%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Kaufer konnen in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1862 edition. Auszug: ... die andern bereits fertig und wieder herausgegangen waren. Die Mutter des Madchens sagte einmal zu ihr: Bei uns muss man, um einem Ungluck vorzubeugen, die Nachte hindurch wachen wie bei Kranken," und Maria selbst hatte ihr schon vor zwei Jahren mitgetheilt, dass sie vor ihrem Schwager ihres Lebens nicht sicher sei. Die Nachbarin schloss daraus, dass Lu-ranen seiner Schwagerin nachstelle und sie bedroht habe, wenn sie ihm nicht zu Willen ware. Sie sprach uber dieses Benehmen Luoranen' offentlich ihre Misbilligung aus und tadelte unverhohlen den strafbaren Umgang und die Untreue des Angeschuldigten. Luoranen, dem diese Aeusserungen hinterbracht wurden, erhob gerichtliche Klage wegen der ihm widerfahrenen Beleidigung, der Process ward indess durch Vergleich beigelegt. Weiter wurden viele Personen ermittelt, die bei dem Auftritte zugegen waren, als Luoranen seine Schwagerin mit dem Schureisen blutig schlug, weil sie sich ohne seine Genehmigung vermiethet hatte. Die Drohung in der Nacht vom 25. zum 26. April, da Luoranen dem Madchen das Gurtelmesser auf die Brust setzte, um den Bruch des Verlobnisses zn erzwingen, konnten die Frau und die Schwiegermutter bezeugen; letztere hatte noch am 29. April mit Rucksicht auf ") Es gehort zu den sehr patriarchalischen Sitten Finnlands, ), dass die wochentlich geheizten Badestuben von beiden Geschlechtern zugleich benutzt werden und zwar in so zahlreicher Gesellschaft wie? in den Badern von Ostends oder Lucca, jenen Vorgang geaussert, dass sie sehr besorgt sei wegen ihrer Tochter Ma

Die Tirolische Weisthuemer (4, PT. 2) (English, German, Paperback, UK ed.): Geological Survey, Ignaz Vinzenz Zingerle Die Tirolische Weisthuemer (4, PT. 2) (English, German, Paperback, UK ed.)
Geological Survey, Ignaz Vinzenz Zingerle
R426 R97 Discovery Miles 970 Save R329 (77%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Kaufer konnen in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1888 edition. Auszug: ...leggi anno 1810, II, 791; III, 1001). Die Organisation vom Jahre 1817 schuf wieder das Patrimonialgericht Altenburg mit Einschluss dci Gorz etc., landgrave in Elsass, herr auf der Windischen march, zu Portenaw und zu Salins etc., bekennen offenlich mit disem hrief und thun Jandesfurstlichen H of gerichtes" Hochenejpan (Prov. Gesetzsamml. Jahrgang 1817 S. 215), alier die Grafen von Khuen sagten dasselbe schon am 28. Januar 1824 heim und die Annahme erfolgte am 18. April 1826. Nun ward es, am 1. April 1827, zum landesfuistlichen Gericht Karneid geschlagen, doch schon im Jahre 1830 wieder getrennt und dem neu entstandenen Landgerichte Kalter n einverleibt, zu dem die grosse 4720 Bewohner zahlende Gemeinde Eppan seitdem gehorte. (Ferd. Bibl. Uli, i. 2). Ausser dem um das Jahr 1194 erbauten Schloss Altenburg, das bereits um 1600 eine Ruine war (Cod. Wang. 122. 1.40. Burglechner 3, 4, 1082), wurden Enchsberg als Stammschioas der Euchs und Gandegg als nachmaliges Gerichtsschloss und Sitz der Freiherrn und Grafen von Khuen, die es prachtig herstellten, von grosster Bedeutung (von Mayrhofer Genealogien). Mit dem Scluosse Boimont war seit 1228 das Fischereirecht auf den Seen zu Montiggl und das Jagdrecht in dieser Gegend verbunden, wozu Herzog Friedrich deren Inhabern das Eischereirecht auf dem Etschstrom gab (Bonelli Notizie 3, 188. Statth.-Arch. Schatzarch. Lade 130). Diesen Burgen zunachst kamen die Schlosser Englar, Wart, Mareit und Mos, die alle Ansitze reicher und machtiger Adelsfamilien waren, aber auch zu den minder bekannten, wie Freudenstein, St. Valentin, Matatsch u. a. gehorten schone Guter, Gulten, ...

Annals of Christ's Hospital (Paperback): Ernest Harold Pearce Annals of Christ's Hospital (Paperback)
Ernest Harold Pearce
R258 R55 Discovery Miles 550 Save R203 (79%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...of this close bond between the parish church and the school; and it may be confessed at once that the history does not always speak of placid contentment. A self-governing institution has a natural bias against being considered part of the life of a parish. Energetic and impetuous vicars, and, worse still, vicars who were impetuous without the energy, were apt to assert their right to "visit" within the precincts, and the authorities of the school were just as apt to cut the visit short at the lodge-gates. On the other hand, so large an institution in a parish of small area could never confer any great advantage on the parish, and has sometimes been a source of serious loss, as will presently appear. We have already been introduced to "one Thomas Bryckett, Vicar of Christes Church," the earliest occupant of the benefice under Henry VIII.'s Letters, whose lodging was in the monastery before it was fitted for its future tenants. The arrangements made for his removal by the Governors seem to have been amicable enough, and he doubtless found a comfortable lodging in the parish. However, ten years later I find a reference in the earliest surviving Court Book (September 27th, 1557), to the apparent homelessness of the vicar. He "specially sueth for" the " next advoydance of one of the new tements belonginge to St. Bartholomewes Hospitall lyinge in Christe proche (parish)." At the "speciall instance and request of my lorde maior," the vicar was allowed to have one of these houses at the rent then paid, "duringe so longe tyme as the same vicar shall continewe Vicar of the said Christe Churche." The strange thing is that the vicar at once let the house on lease to St. Bartholomew's...

Materialized Apparitions; If Not Beings from Another Life, What Are They (Paperback): Edward Augustus Brackett Materialized Apparitions; If Not Beings from Another Life, What Are They (Paperback)
Edward Augustus Brackett
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Excerpt: ...of me. Throwing her bare arms around my neck and pulling my head down to her, that others might not listen to what was said, she poured forth, in the most earnest and impassioned strain, her thoughts; talking as only a woman can talk under the highest inspiration. I had long since abandoned all doubts of the existence of these beings, and had been, in a quiet and affectionate way, studying the different phases of character 93 manifested by them. Like many others who have investigated this subject, I had met with things which I could not understand or harmonize with my experience. This was leading me to conclusions that I intuitively felt were not true, and yet I could not extricate myself from the network of apparent evidence that surrounded me. That she understood my mental condition, was evinced by the fact that her whole force and energy were directed to this one subject. Her form trembled and vibrated with emotion as she uttered sentence after sentence in clear explanation of what had perplexed me. Raising her head, and tossing back her long hair, she grasped both my hands, and, with a face beaming with light, said: "It seems strange to you, but what can I do? We are subject to conditions; and if I come at all, it must be in harmony 94 with them. There are spheres and circles we cannot penetrate, if the controlling influence is against us. We are still human, still yearning for affection,

A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil (Paperback): Jane Addams A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil (Paperback)
Jane Addams
R435 Discovery Miles 4 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Excerpt: ...amidst a crowd of honest people seeking recreation after a long day's work, groups of older girls walking and talking gaily with young men of their acquaintance, and happy children holding their parents' hands. This cruel exploitation of the childish eagerness for pleasure is, of course, possible only among a certain type of forlorn city children who are totally without standards and into whose colorless lives a visit to the amusement park brings the acme of delirious excitement. It is possible that these children are the inevitable product of city life; in Paris, little girls at local fetes wishing to ride on the hobby horse frequently buy the privilege at a fearful price from the man directing the machinery, and a physician connected with the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children writes: "It is horribly pathetic to learn how far a nickel or a quarter will go towards purchasing the virtue of these children." The home environment of such children has been similar to that of many others who come to grief through the five-cent theatres. These eager little people, to whom life has offered few pleasures, crowd around the door hoping to be taken in by some kind soul and, when they have been disappointed over and over again and the last performance is about to begin, a little girl may be induced unthinkingly to barter her chastity for an entrance fee. Many children are also found who have been decoyed into their first wrong-doing through the temptation of the saloon, in spite of the fact that one of the earliest regulations in American cities for the protection of children was the prohibition of the sale of liquor to minors. That children may be easily demoralized by the influence of a disorderly saloon was demonstrated recently in Chicago; one of these saloons was so situated that the pupils of a public school were obliged to pass it and from the windows of the schoolhouse itself could see much of what...

The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds Volume 2 (Paperback): Frederick Reynolds The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds Volume 2 (Paperback)
Frederick Reynolds
R222 R43 Discovery Miles 430 Save R179 (81%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 Excerpt: ...of Betterton, and Booth. One of these latter was a physician, whose name, I have forgotten, though I ought to remember it, because one day after dinner, Topham, half waking from one of his facetious dreams, exclaimed, " Whoever says Doctor was a country midwife, mistakes He was a farrier " then with a loud snore, he again sank into sleep. Another of these patriarchal persons being exceedingly deaf, perceiving a loud roar of laughter, desired the person next him, to roar the joke into his ear, through his trumpet. This operation having been performed, the queer old gentleman solemnly shook his head, muttering, "Oh fie for shame " Then being very near sighted, and mistaking me for Const, he whispered to me across the table, " Mr. Const, it is all very well, when that Reynolds cuts at Andrews, and the lawyers, he he he but when he broadly alludes to. Oh Mr. Const I wish like me, you ould turn a deaf ear to him." I feel, I have forgotten my promise; the Clown again --I cannot, I see, alter my nature; and if therefore the reader has been kind enough to bear with me so far, I fear, that I must request him to continue to accept me in my present character, or to reject me altogether.--I am no actor of all work: --I am simply writing my own light history, in my own light manner; and even if I attempted to be the dull repeater of abstruse, and commonplace speculations, or the sentimental hero, of an exaggerated, romantic narrative, I suspect that the majority of my readers would imitate the example of the Newcastle audience; who, when Stephen Kemble was performing Hamlet, previously to the representation of a pantomime, constantly interrupted him, exclaiming " Tarlequin, tarlequin Punch, punch /" But, to return to the Lio...

Ahistory of the Nineteenth Centrury Year by Year (Paperback): Edwin Emerson, Jr. Edwin Emerson Ahistory of the Nineteenth Centrury Year by Year (Paperback)
Edwin Emerson, Jr. Edwin Emerson
R277 R60 Discovery Miles 600 Save R217 (78%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...of this, preferring to await the British attack in a strong line of intrenchments north of the city. On May 25, two British columns of 2,000 men each, with sixteen pieces of artillery and fifty-two rockets, advanced to the attack across the sacred burial grounds. Three of the hill forts were carried with slight loss. At the fourth fort desperate resistance was encountered. After this fort had succumbed to a bayonet attack the Chinese rallied in an open camp one mile to the rear. Intrenclnnents were thrown up with remarkable rapidity. The British troops, led by the Royal Irish Fusiliers, streamed over the open ground and scattered the remaining forces of the Chinese. The brilliancy of this exploit was dimmed by the slaughter of Chinamen while asking quarter. The British losses were 70 killed and wounded. A general attack on the city was ordered for the next day. A fierce hurricane and deluge of rain frustrated this plan. During the day the Canton mandarins came to terms. They agreed to pay an indemnity ofncavy $6,000,000, and to withdraw their troops sixty miles from the city. A few days after this, when $5,000, 000 of the indemnity had already been paid, the Chinese broke the armistice by an attempt to surprise the British camp. Instead of driving the attack home, the Chinese soldiers, some 10,000 in number, contented themselves with waving their British attacked canton banners and uttering yells of defiance. The British artillery opened on them, and a running fight ensued. In the midst of it a violent thunderstorm burst over Canton. A detachment of Madras Sepoys lost its way, and was all but overwhelmed by the Chinese. They had to be extricated by a rescue party of marines, armed with the new percussion gun, which was proof against wet weather. Under threa...

Research Bulletin Volume 46-56 (Paperback): Books Group Research Bulletin Volume 46-56 (Paperback)
Books Group
R220 Discovery Miles 2 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...the number of replications, if no check plots were used. As doubling the number of replications will in general give a standard deviation about equal to the original standard deviation divided by the square root of 2, it will reduce variability about 30 %---7071. If alternat ing with check plots will consistently reduce variability more than 30 per cent it will be generally a more economical way to control error. Similarly, the use of check plots in every third plot requires as much land as would be required by increasing the number of replications by 50 per cent (using three replications instead of two, or fifteen instead of ten). From this relation the reduction of variability necessary if this practice is to equal replication in effectiveness can be easily computed. Such determinations for check plots at various intervals are shown in Table 30. Table 30.--Reduction Of Variability By The Use Of Check Plots Equivalent To That Probably Attainable With The Same Number Of Plots By Replication. Reduction in standard deviation to If protected single-row or 3-row plots are used in preliminary experiments a more reliable measure of soil productivity is available, and consequently the adjustment of yields is more likely to be of value, than when unprotected single-row plots are used. By the use of planting plans of the sort employed in these experiments, it is possible to adjust the yields by a somewhat shortened method. If adjustment of yield is effective in reducing plot variability in this sort of test it can be accomplished with but little increase in labor. In each of the tests reported in this paper a trial of the effectiveness of adjusting yields by means of check plots was made, the criterion of accuracy being in each case the variability of the yields of ...

Histoire Et Genealogie Des Quatre Branches de la Famille Bonaparte Depuis 1183 Jusqu'en 1855 (French, Paperback): Jean... Histoire Et Genealogie Des Quatre Branches de la Famille Bonaparte Depuis 1183 Jusqu'en 1855 (French, Paperback)
Jean Aloys Perrault-Maynand
R302 R62 Discovery Miles 620 Save R240 (79%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1855 edition. Extrait: ...eclata au Cap ou residait le capitaine-general et sa femme. Christophe, Clairvaux, Dessaline, a la tete de onze mille hommes, attaquent les Francais, que la fievre jaune avait presque tous moissonnes. Leclerc, avec quelques centaines de braves restes d'une superbe armee, parvint, par la plus heroique defense, a sauver la ville; mais, redoutant l'issue du combat, il envoie l'ordre de transporter a bord sa femme et son fils. Pauline s'y refusa. Vainement sollicitee de la maniere la plus pressante par celui a qui sa surete avait ete confiee, et par les supplications des dames de la ville, qui savaient a quels ennemis elles pouvaient etre livrees, elle ne cessa de repondre, que si son mari etait tue, elle saurait mourir avec son fils. Vous devez pleurer, vous, disait-elle aux dames qui embrassaient ses genoux, vous n'etes pas comme moi s ur de Bonaparte. Je ne m'embarquerai qu'avec mon mari, ou je mourrai. Une heure apres, le general en chef, instruit de la resistance de sa femme, et voyant la prise du Cap inevitable, envoya un aide-de-camp a la residence, avec ordre de transporter de force a bord sa femme, son fils et les dames de la ville. Cet ordre fut execute; on dut y employer la rigueur. Des qu'elle fut parvenue a la cale de l'embarquement, elle apprit la nouvelle de la defaite des noirs. Je le savais bien, dit-elle froidement, que je ne m'embarquerais tas; retournons a la residence. Le general Leclerc etant...

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