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Tommy WideawakeTommy WideawakeWe were silent, and I could see the doctor's lips twitching beneath his moustache, as he gazed hard into the fire, and sucked at his cigar. The colonel knocked the ashes out of his pipe, and resumed: "I suppose," he said, "that it...
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Thalaba the DestroyerThalaba the DestroyerIn the continuation of the Arabian Tales, the Domdaniel is mentioned; a Seminary for evil Magicians under the Roots of the Sea. From this seed the present Romance has grown. Let me not be supposed to prefer the metre in which it...
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King-ErrantKing-ErrantThis is not a novel, neither is it a history. It is the life-story of a man, taken from his own memoirs. "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, gentleman, apothecary, ploughboy, thief." So runs the jingle. The hero of this book might have claimed as many...
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In the Guardianship of GodIn the Guardianship of God"Dittu Sansi, aged twenty-one, theft, six months," read out the overseer of the gaol, who was introducing a batch of new arrivals to the doctor in charge of a large gaol in the Upper Provinces of India. It was early...
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His Majesty's Well-BelovedHis Majesty's Well-Beloved - An Episode in the Life of Mr. Thomas Betteron as told by His Friend John HoneywoodTitle: His Majesty's Well-Beloved An Episode in the Life of Mr. Thomas Betteron as told by His Friend John Honeywood Author: Baroness Orczy Release Date:...
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Beau Brocade: A RomanceBeau Brocade: A RomanceThe young ones neither sighed nor murmured. They looked at one another furtively, then glanced away again, as if afraid to read each other's thoughts, and in a shamefaced manner wiped their moist hands against their rough cord breeches. There were...
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The Three Perils of Man or, War, Women, and Witchcraft, Vol. 1 (of 3)The Three Perils of Man; or, War, Women, and Witchcraft, Vol. 1 (of 3)The days of the Stuarts, kings of Scotland, were the days of chivalry and romance. The long and bloody contest that the nation maintained against the whole power of England, for...
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English and Scottish Ballads, Volume VIEnglish and Scottish Ballads, Volume VIArchaic, dialect and inconsistent spellings have been retained as in the original.Typographical errors such as wrongly placed line numbers, punctuation or inconsistent formatting have been corrected without comment. Where changes have been made to the wording these are listed...
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Saddle and MocassinSaddle and MocassinThe following sketches were made at different times and during various cruises in the States. The earlier ones are fairly close records of the scenes and incidents which they profess to describe. My movements in the country referred to in the two...
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 18Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 18One morning, early in the spring of 1298, a small Scottish vessel lay becalmed in the middle of the Irish Channel, about fifteen leagues to the south of the Isle of Man. During the whole...
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Folle-FarineFolle-FarineNot the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn. The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which...
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The Marriage of EstherThe Marriage of EstherScene.The bar of the Hotel of All Nations, Thursday Island. Time, 9.35, one hot evening towards the end of summer. The room contains about twenty men, in various stages of undress; an atmosphere like the furnace doors of Sheol; two tatterdemalions...
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The Girl Who Had NothingThe Girl Who Had NothingJoan Carthew had reason to believe that it was her birthday, and she had signalised the occasion by running away from home. But her birthday, and her home, and her running away, were all so different from things with the...
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The Rolliad, in Two PartsThe Rolliad, in Two Parts - Probationary Odes for the Laureatship & Political Eclogues * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PROBATIONARY ODES. Preliminary Discourse Thoughts on Ode Writing Recommendatory Testimonies Account of Mr. Wartons Ascension...
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William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, SocialistWilliam Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist The personal life of William Morris is already known to us through Mr. Mackails admirable biography as fully, probably, as we shall ever know it. My own endeavour has been to present a picture of Morriss busy career perhaps...
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The ImpostorThe ImpostorIt was a bitter night, for although there was no snow as yet, the frost had bound the prairie in its iron grip, when Rancher Witham stood shivering in a little Canadian settlement in the great, lonely land which runs north from the...
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Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)It happened on that same second of December that Mr. Littelby took his place for the first time as conductor of the business of Mynn and Mynn. He had arrived at Eckford the previous day, as per...
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Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3)Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3)I am going to tell you a story of real lifeone of those histories that in point of fact are common enough; but, hidden within themselves as they generally are, are thought to be so rare, and,...
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A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories, and FanciesA Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies. - 2nd ed.I must be allowed to say a few words in explanation of the contents of this little volume, which is truly what its name sets fortha book of common-places, and nothing more. If I...
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The Corner of Harley StreetThe Corner of Harley Street - Being Some Familiar Correspondence of Peter Harding, M.D.Your letter of this morning, like the cream that it was, rose naturally to the surface of the little pile of correspondence that awaited me on the breakfast-table; and if I...
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