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111The Battle Of The Books , Jonathan Swift (1890)
While things were in this ferment, discord grew extremely high; hot words passed on both sides, and ill blood was plentifully bred. Here a solitaryAncient, squeezed up among a whole shelf of Moderns… 1390 руб112A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers , Henry David Thoreau (1920)
But to return to the mountain. It seemed as if he must be the most singular and heavenly minded man whose dwelling stood highest up the valley. Thethunder had rumbled at my heels all the way, but the… 1546 руб113Cranford , Elizabeth Gaskell (1892)
In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come tosettle in the town, somehow the gentleman… 1546 руб114Health Through Will Power , James J. Walsh (1920)
1920. The will is the controlling factor in disease. Many another demonstration of the power of will has been furnished by the War. This volume is meant to help in the restoration of the will to its… 1311 руб115The Turtles of Tasman , Jack London (1911)
1911. Illustrated. American writer (real name John Griffith London). London grew up in poverty, earning a living through various legal and illegal means. He was a sailor and took part in the Klondike… 1484 руб116Sir Nigel , Arthur Conan Doyle (1909)
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was… 1317 руб117In Quest of Light , Goldwin Smith (1906)
1906. Faith, which is an emotion, cannot supersede or contradict reason, though it may soar above sense. To know what remains of our traditional belief we must frankly resign that which, however… 689 руб118The Land Of Little Rain , Mary Austin (1920)
Whatever goes up or comes down the streets of the mountains, water has the right of way; it takes the lowest ground and the shortest passage. Wherethe rifts are narrow, and some of the Sierra canons… 1311 руб119The Poetry of Tennyson , Henry Van Dyke (1893)
1893. A collection of essays by Van Dyke, American clergyman, educator and author, on Tennyson and his poetry. He writes in the preface: I believe that Tennyson is one of the great poets,-great in… 1317 руб120The Psychology And Training Of The Horse , Eugenio Martinengo Cesaresco (1906)
Horse training refers to teaching animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli. Training may be for the purpose of companionship, detection, protection, entertainment or all of the… 1314 руб
