An exact dating of the composition of Reipublicae christianopolitanae descriptio is not possible269 It was published in 1619 in Strasburg by the firm of Lazarus Zetzner, who also brought out Mythologiœ Christianœ, Memorialia, Turris Babel, Geistlic
In the evening when the wind had dropped a little, they went out on the groyne to see the steamer come in. There were a great many people walking about the harbour; they had gathered to welcome some one, bringing bouquets. And two peculiarities of a well-dressed Yalta crowd were very c...
DURING the fall of the year 1827, while residing near Charlottesville, Virginia, I casually made the acquaintance of Mr. Augustus Bedloe. This young gentleman was remarkable in every respect, and excited in me a profound interest and curiosity. I found it impossible to comprehend him either in...
In the cell next to him was a drunken wife-beater and in the one beyond a yelling maniac. At midnight they opened the station house to the homeless wanderers who were crowded about the door, shivering in the winter blast, and they thronged into the corridor outside of the cells. Some o...
He saw the long familiar figures of the saints, the verger Matvey puffing out his cheeks and blowing out the candles, the darkened candle stands, the threadbare carpet, the sacristan Lopuhov running impulsively from the altar and carrying the holy bread to the churchwarden. . . . All these ...
And he thereupon kissed the blushing girl with a heartiness that restored her confidence in him completely. “Well,” he said to himself as he retired with his candle, “I’ve managed to get a fair penn’orth out of it after all.” CHAPTER XXXI In spite of the Spartan transformation whi...
He motioned me to a chair between Madame and himself, while a servant set a candle on a shelf behind him. Then he proceeded to catechise me in excellent English, with now and then a phrase of French, as to the doings in my own land. Admirably informed this Italian gentleman proved...
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Wonder of the world (Kalanchoe pinnata), young banana leaves (Musaspecies), or castor bean leaves (Ricinus communis) were rolled with a bottle to burst the plant veins. The leaves were then passed quickly over a flame to warm them. Soft candle (whale fat) and Epsom salts were pasted on...
I must add that the night was very fine, very clear, and the moon brightly shin- ing; so much so that even after I had put out my candle all this decoration remained visible, not illumi- nated by my mind's eye, as you might think, but by this lovely night, whose lights clung ...