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HerodiasHerodias In the eastern side of the Dead Sea rose the citadel of Machaerus. It was built upon a conical peak of basalt, and was surrounded by four deep valleys, one on each side, another in front, and the fourth in the rear. At...
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SalammboSalammbo It was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar. The soldiers whom he had commanded in Sicily were having a great feast to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Eryx, and as the master was away, and they...
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The Water Goats, and Other TroublesThe Water Goats, and Other Troubles And then, said the landscape gardener, combing his silky, pointed beard gently with his long, artistic fingers, in the lake you might have a couple of gondolas. Two would be sufficient for a lake of this size; amply...
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Dream DaysDream Days In the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngsters stood on pretty level ground. True, it was always happening that one of us would be singled out at any moment, freakishly, and without regard to his own preferences, to wrestle with...
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Martin Hyde, the Duke's MessengerMartin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger MARTIN HYDE CHAPTER I. I LEAVE HOME CHAPTER II. I LEAVE HOME AGAIN CHAPTER III. I LEAVE HOME A THIRD TIME CHAPTER IV. I LEAVE HOME FOR THE LAST TIME CHAPTER V. I GO TO SEA CHAPTER VI. THE...
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The Autobiography of a SlanderThe Autobiography of a SlanderAt last the tea came up, and so With that our tongues began to go. Now in that house youre sure of knowing The smallest scrap of news thats going. We find it there the wisest way To take some...
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Penelope's English ExperiencesPenelope's English Experiences - Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton Here we are in London again,Francesca, Salemina, and I. Salemina is a philanthropist of the Boston philanthropists limited. I am an artist. Francesca is It is very difficult to label Francesca....
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The Soul of a BishopThe Soul of a Bishop IT was a scene of bitter disputation. A hawk-nosed young man with a pointing finger was prominent. His face worked violently, his lips moved very rapidly, but what he said was inaudible. Behind him the little rufous man with...
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The Mysterious IslandThe Mysterious Island Are we rising again? No. On the contrary. Are we descending? Worse than that, captain! we are falling! For Heavens sake heave out the ballast! There! the last sack is empty! Does the balloon rise? No! I hear a noise like...
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Kai Lung's Golden HoursKai Lung's Golden Hours Homo faber. Man is born to make. His business is to construct: to plan: to carry out the plan: to fit together, and to produce a finished thing. That human art in which it is most difficult to achieve this...
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The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling IdyllThe Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll If you (presuming you are of the sex that does such things)if you had gone into the Drapery Emporiumwhich is really only magnificent for shopof Messrs. Antrobus & Co.a perfectly fictitious Co., by the byeof Putney, on...
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The Glimpses of the MoonThe Glimpses of the Moon It rose for themtheir honey-moonover the waters of a lake so famed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were rather proud of not having been afraid to choose it as the setting of their own. It required...
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The Heritage of the Desert: A NovelThe Heritage of the Desert: A Novel I. THE SIGN OF THE SUNSET II. WHITE SAGE III. THE TRAIL OF THE RED WALL IV. THE OASIS V. BLACK SAGE AND JUNIPER VI. THE WIND IN THE CEDARS VII. SILVERMANE VIII. THE BREAKER OF WILD...
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Betty ZaneBetty ZaneHad it not been for the heroism of a girl the foregoing inscription would never have been written, and the city of Wheeling would never have existed. From time to time I have read short stories and magazine articles which have been published...
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Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyJane Eyre: An Autobiography A preface to the first edition of Jane Eyre being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both of acknowledgment and miscellaneous remark. My thanks are due in three quarters. To the Public, for the indulgent...
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Twenty Years AfterTwenty Years After In a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind...
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Ten Years LaterTen Years Later In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in...
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The Three MusketeersThe Three MusketeersIn which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them. A short time ago, while...
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A Simple SoulA Simple Soul For a hundred francs a year, she cooked and did the housework, washed, ironed, mended, harnessed the horse, fattened the poultry, made the butter and remained faithful to her mistressalthough the latter was by no means an agreeable person. Madame Aubain...
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AnthemAnthem It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone...
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