Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War docx

... others to arms if necessary. The colonel warmly approved of the steps that Harry had taken to save the valuables, and determined that until the war was at an end these should remain hidden, as ... maintained. The streets had been barricaded, and Prince Rupert's men fought at great disadvantage. At length, as evening approached, and the main body of the Cavaliers came...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 23:21

... portion of Northern Africa was yet submerged by the waters of that ocean of which what is now the Sahara was prob- ably the deepest part, Aeria was one of the many islands that had risen above ... upon as the man who, if any man could, would some day win the heart of their idolised Angel. Of the other love that was the passion of his other life, no one save Natas...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 09:20

... of it came a cock which crowed, and then a small bird came out of an upper window and sang, and then a woman looked out to ascertain what the noise was about. Numerous toys of a similar character ... Eric of Lindburg, and his companion arrive, intending afterwards to commence a system of severe punishment on the offending Ava. The lady abbess was not aware that Ava w...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 14:20

... inhabitants were hanged, burned, or beheaded every day. The news of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, of the treachery of the King of France towards the inhabitants of the Netherlands, and of the ... and flannel was bound round the oars. The men, who had been aware of the danger that threatened their captain, sharpened the pikes and axes, and declared to e...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 12:20

... glimpse of the ‘beautiful Antonia’ (or can it be the Other?) moving in the dimness of the great cathedral, saying a short prayer at the tomb of the rst and last Cardinal-Archbishop of Sulaco, ... Republic of Costaguana, the last spur of the coast range forms an insignicant cape whose name is Punta Mala. From the middle of the gulf the point of t...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 15:20

... upon their appearance. If any of them have so many gray hairs that you cannot pluck them out, take the blacking and brush, and go at them." CHAPTER IV THE BOAT-RACE. At eight o'clock, ... such an examination. Mr. Cardney, a teller in one of the banks, had just been married, and wanted a maid-servant for his wife, and, passing through the market in the ear...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... it and the main road up the hill, and there was little fear of anyone being abroad at that time in the morning. There was, as yet, but a faint gleam of daylight in the sky; and it was dark in the ... View of Gibraltar from the Bay. The Professor gets excited. The Rock and Bay of Gibraltar. &apos ;The old gentleman is a brick,' exclaimed Gerald. Bob swims off...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 23:20

... resistance to the forces of the mistress of the world. Unhappily, the reverse of this was the case. Except in the defense of Jotapata and Gamala, it can scarcely be said that the Jewish people, as ... for the vegetation; and so soft and equable was the air that, for ten months in the year, grapes and figs could be gathered. The population, supported by the abun...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 23:21

... Donald Roy Macdonald. He was setting forth to them a tale of an imprisoned maid and a plan for the rescue of that same lady. CHAPTER III 28 CHAPTER IV OF LOVE AND WAR All day the rain had splashed ... Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net A DAUGHTER OF RAASAY A TALE OF THE '45 By WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE Illustrated by STUA...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 03:21

... good but there was a Wise Woman. VIII Thorberg was the Wise Woman's name. She was the last alive of a family of nine, all women and all wise in the art of reading the days to come. It was supposed ... of England once and valueless now. There's the half of a king for you. That was Knut King of England a rare man I have heard my father say. And rats have...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 03:21