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Quote, "The Great Stone Face, then, was a work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness, formed on the perpendicular side of a mountain by some immense rocks, which had been thrown together in such a position as, when viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resemble the features of the human countenance. It seemed as if an enormous giant, or a Titan, had sculptured his own likeness on the precipice. "
The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci from Caryn's eBooks - This is a compilation of DaVinci's notes and thoughts translated into english and formatted into a Digital Web Book. *** Includes DaVinci's thoughts and instructions on painting, scuplture, drawing, living, life and death.
Pilates Basics is a unique non-impact exercise program designed to balance the body by toning and strengthening core muscle groups throughout the body.
Sophist is a dialogue by Plato. It is also the middle part of a trilogy, that begins with "Theaetetus" and "The Statesman" being the third part.
Opera Stories from Wagner, Florence Akin
Quote, "This was an untenable position. Cataneo, who only looked for a duchess, thought himself ridiculous as a husband; and, when Massimilla complained of this indifference, he calmly bid her look about her for a cavaliere servente, even offering his services to introduce to her some youths from whom to choose. The Duchess wept; the Duke made his bow."
Quote, "But you hold out no inducement, you offer no relief from listlessness, you provide nothing to amuse his mind, you afford him no means of exercising his body. Unwashed and unshaven, he saunters moodily about, weary and dejected. In lieu of the wholesome stimulus he might derive from nature, you drive him to the pernicious excitement to be gained from art. He flies to the gin-shop as his only resource; and when, reduced to a worse level ...
The Stark Munro Letters is a semi biographical book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that brings forward his personal views on religion, politics, ethics, and society.
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Quote, "Now, however sceptical I may yet feel about the truth of all Darwin's theory, I cannot sit quietly by and see him misrepresented in such a scandalously slovenly manner. What Darwin does say is that sometimes diversified and changed habits may be observed in individuals of the same species; that is that there are eccentric animals just as there are eccentric men."
Quote, "And Simon and Matryona understood who it was that had lived with them, and whom they had clothed and fed. And they wept with awe and with joy. And the angel said: "I was alone in the field, naked. I had never known human needs, cold and hunger, till I became a man. I was famished, frozen, and did not know what to do. I saw, near the field I was in, a shrine built for God, and I went to it hoping to find shelter. But the shrine was lock...
Seven English Cities, W. D. Howells
Quote, "It was the shock of this disappointment, perhaps, coming soon after the loss of his wife, that had driven him crazy on that point," the barber suggested, with an air of great psychological insight. After a time the old man abandoned the active search. His son had evidently gone away; but he settled himself to wait."
The Yellow Fairy Book - 48 of the classic Fairy Tales from Caryn's eBooks -- The Cat and the Mouse, The Wizard King, The Magic Ring, Thumbelina and many more. **** The Editor thinks that children will readily forgive him for publishing another Fairy Book. We have had the Blue, the Red, the Green, and here is the Yellow. If children are pleased, and they are so kind as to say that they are pleased, the Editor does not care very much for what ...
Alice, or The Mysteries, Book VI by Edward Bulwer Lytton
Quote, "Mr. Bridges had long been desirous of becoming a candidate for this distinction, but, until the death of Mr. Leader, no vacancy having occurred among the scholars, he had as yet had no opportunity of going in for it. The income to be derived from it was not inconsiderable, and as it led to the porter fellowship the mere pecuniary value was not to be despised, but thirst of fame and the desire of a more public position."
A Passion in the Desert by Honore De Balzac; -- Translated by Ernest Dowson -- Can animals really feel passion or empathy? One soldier learned a hard lesson and lost a good friend in the process. **** "The whole show is dreadful," she cried coming out of the menagerie of M. Martin. She had just been looking at that daring speculator "working with his hyena,"--to speak in the style of the programme."By what means," she continued, "can he have t...
Those Extraordinary Twins, Mark Twain
Several books were found in a repository deep in the bowels of the Space Administration, Planet Earth. Written in Galactic Standard, they tell the story of a small world, Windfallow, whose history is intertwined with that of earth. On Windfallow, man has never sinned, angels are visible and the common building materials are gemstone. The same
Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse is a comical novel that tells the story about Lord "Bill" Dawlish, golf lover, and his adventures in romance, golf and the theatre.
Sub-titled 'the workshop manual of seduction', this book uses the magic of NLP to take the reader through a powerful set of potentially life-changing chapters that build confidence and self-esteem. Scott Holland demonstrates, using real-life examples, how changing the way you look at and respond to women is actually easier than changing a wheel - and the results are even more exciting!
Quote, "Not that the child was a fool. Had she been, the wise woman would have only pitied and loved her, instead of feeling sick when she looked at her. She had very fair abilities, and were she once but made humble, would be capable not only of doing a good deal in time, but of beginning at once to grow to no end."
Certain Personal Matters is a collection of humorous essays by H. G. Wells including "The Pleasure of Quarrelling" and "How I Died".
Roughing It follows Mark Twain's travel account of his journey by coach through the western American states during the period 1861-1867.
Bab Ballads and Savoy SongsA book of ballads and songs by W.S.Gilbert, English dramatist and writer of humorous verse, he is best remembered as librettist of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. ?I collected the most popular of the songs and ballads which I had written for the series of light operas with which my name is associated, and published them under the title of
The New Revelation is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's personal, deep insight into the world of spiritualism. His personal investigation attempts to explain the relationship between modern religion and spiritualism.
A Vindication of the Press does not seem to have been occasioned by a specific situation, and in it Defoe is not alone concerned with freedom of the press, but writes on a more general and discursive level.
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box follows one of the 58 Sherlock Holmes detective stories as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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