- An American Girl
- An anatomical diagram of about 1298
An anatomical diagram of about 1298 - An argument with the leading lady
- An easy-going disposition
A cat eating from the counter while a lady ignores the cat - An Egyptian Woman
An Egyptian Woman - An excellent device for catching minnows
The simplest way to catch minnows is with a drop net. Take an iron ring or hoop such as children use and sew to it a bag of cotton mosquito netting, half as deep as the diameter of the ring. Sew a weight in the bottom of the net to make it sink readily and fasten it to a pole. When we reach the place which the minnows frequent, such as the cove of a lake, we must proceed very cautiously, lowering the net into the water and then baiting it with bits of bread or meat, a very little at a time, until we see a school of bait darting here and there over the net. We must then give a quick lift without any hesitation and try to catch as many as possible from escaping over the sides. The minnow bucket should be close at hand to transfer them to and care must be used not to injure them or allow them to scale themselves in their efforts to escape. - An Odd Volume
A seated man reading a book - Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie - Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie - Anna Jameson
- Another case of trying to keep neutral
Couple sitting on a park bench not really communicating - Are you going to volunteer
She: Are you going to volunteer? He: If yes, no. If no, yes. - Aren’t there a couple of young men in there with Clara
“Aren’t there a couple of young men in there with Clara?” “No, only one. There isn’t a sound.” - Aristide Bruant’s
- Arm
- Arm 2
- Ascending spica bandage of groin
- Ascending spica of shoulder
- Ashes of Roses
This careful drawing, from the painting by Mr. Boughton, in the Royal Academy, reproduced by the Dawson process, is interesting for variety of treatment and indication of textures in pen and ink. It is like the picture, but it has also the individuality of the draughtsman, as in line engraving. Size of drawing about 6½ x 3½ in - Asking an honest question
A man and woman talking - At a Comedy
- At D’Armenonville
- At The Café De Horlogue
- At the Royal Academy - Her first picture. Skied
- At the top of the swing
At the top of the swing - Au Montmartre
- Baby
- Baby and Blackbird
Little toddler pointing to a blackbird - Baby in bath
Baby in bath - Baby on floor
- Baby sees a mouse
- Badminton in the studio
From the painting by R.W. MacBeth, A.R.A. - Bandage of the knee
- Barry Cornwall
- Bartender looking at beer
Bartender looking at beer - Bashful lady
- Bathtime
- Bathtime 2
- Bearded man waiting for dinner
Bearded man waiting for dinner - Beastly Beard
Beastly Beard - Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli - Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
It is hard to measure the men of one period of history with those in another. Some writers, even American writers, impressed by the artificial splendours of the European courts and by the tawdry and destructive exploits of a Frederick the Great or a Great Catherine, display a snobbish shame of something homespun about these makers of America. They feel that Benjamin Franklin at the court of Louis XVI, with his long hair, his plain clothes, and his pawky manner, was sadly lacking in aristocratic distinction. But stripped to their personalities, Louis XVI was hardly gifted enough or noble-minded enough to be Franklin’s valet. - Benjamin Franklin
American independence, the beginnings of which we have just been considering, was accomplished after a long struggle. Many brave men fought on the battle-field, and many who never shouldered a musket or drew a sword exerted a powerful influence for the good of the patriot cause. One of these men was Benjamin Franklin. He was born in Boston in 1706, the fifteenth child in a family of seventeen children. His father was a candle-maker and soap-boiler. Intending to make a clergyman of Benjamin, he sent him, at eight years of age, to a grammar-school, with the purpose of fitting him for college. The boy made rapid progress, but before the end of his first school-year his father took him out on account of the expense, and put him into a school where he would learn more practical subjects, such as writing and arithmetic. The last study proved very difficult for him. - Bernard Palissy
- Bettina von Arnim
- Bicyclist
- Biker with beard
Biker with beard - Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid - Birthplace of Lamarck - Front View
Birthplace of Lamarck - Front View - Bismarck
Prussian affairs were then very much in the hands of a minister of the seventeenth-century type, Von Bismarck (count in 1865, prince in 1871), and he saw brilliant opportunities in this trouble. He became the champion of the German nationality in these duchies—it must be remembered that the King of Prussia had refused to undertake this rôle for democratic Germany in 1848—and he persuaded Austria to side with Prussia in a military intervention. Denmark had no chance against these Great Powers; she was easily beaten and obliged to relinquish the duchies. Then Bismarck picked a quarrel with Austria for the possession of these two small states. So he brought about a needless and fratricidal war of Germans for the greater glory of Prussia and the ascendancy of the Hohenzollern dynasty in Germany. German writers of a romantic turn of mind represent Bismarck as a great statesman planning the unity of Germany; but indeed he was doing nothing of the kind. - Blaise Pascal
- Blind man's buff
In the olden times this game was known by the name of "Hood-man Blind," as in those days the child that was chosen to be "blind man" had a hood placed over his head, which was fastened at the back of the neck. In the present day the game is called "Blind Man's Buff," and very popular it is among young folk. - Blood Corpuscles
- Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington - Bowler with beard
Bowler with beard - Bowrtie man with beard
Bowrtie man with beard - Boy and Girl
- boy and girl