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A Street of Paris and Its InhabitantA Street of Paris and Its Inhabitant This little Parisian silhouette in prose was written by Balzac to be the first chapter of a new series of the "Comedie Humaine" that he was preparing while the first was finishing. Balzac was never tired. He...
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Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the HouseJean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the HouseDisorder in order. Untidy officials offhanded in manner. Travelers protesting against the rules and regulations, to which they submitted all the same. Christophe was in France. After having satisfied the curiosity of the customs, he took his...
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Youth and EgolatryYouth and EgolatryPo Baroja is a product of the intellectual reign of terror that went on in Spain after the catastrophe of 1898. That catastrophe, of course, was anything but unforeseen. The national literature, for a good many years before the event, had been...
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The Man Who Would Be KingThe Man Who Would Be KingThe Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding out whether the other...
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Victor Roy, a Masonic PoemVictor Roy, a Masonic PoemAn anecdote appeared some time ago in the pages of "The Craftsman" which gave rise to the ideas embodied in "Victor Roy." It is not a story of profound depth. Its aim is not to soar to Alpine heights of...
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Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 - Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched {Editorial note: The title page of the 1903 source for this e-text identifies the author only as "Schroeder-Lossing" without first names or other identification. The available evidence indicates the work was begun...
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Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and UseAcetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use - A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power In compiling this work on the uses and application of acetylene, the special aim of...
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The shadow of the EastThe shadow of the East The American yacht lying off the harbour at Yokohama was brilliantly lit from stem to stern. Between it and the shore the reflection of the full moon glittered on the water up to the steps of the big black...
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The Riot ActThe Riot ActTyped in this February 8, 2002 by JonathanWalther. The source was cap V,volumeXIII, pages 142-146 of the "StatutesAtLarge" series, printed in the year 1764. Also indexed as "AnnoprimoGEORGEIII.Stat.2.C.5." Many sources on the Internet claim the RiotAct was passed in 1715; according to...
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Mr. Hawkins' Humorous AdventuresMr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures Hawkins has money, which generally mitigates idiocy; but in his case it also allows free rein to his inventive genius, and that is a bad thing. When I decided to build a nice, quiet summer home in the Berkshires, I...
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Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume ILectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I - Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. Ladies and Gentlemen: An honest god is the noblest work of man. Each nation has created a god, and the god...
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Shakspere and MontaigneShakspere and Montaigne - An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency of 'Hamlet' from Allusions in Contemporary WorksIt has always been a daring venture to attempt finding out Shakspere's individuality, and the range of his philosophical and political ideas, from his poetical productions. We come...
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War-time SilhouettesWar-time Silhouettes Mr. Adolf Reiss, merchant, sits alone on a gloomy December afternoon. He gazes into the fire with jaundiced eyes reflecting on his grievance against Life. The room is furnished expensively but arranged without taste, and it completely lacks home atmosphere. Mr. Reisss...
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The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red CrossThe Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross - Or, Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause"Well, if that isn't the oddest thing that ever happened!" murmured Laura Belding, sitting straight up on the stool before the high desk in her father's glass-enclosed office,...
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Henry Fielding: a MemoirHenry Fielding: a Memoir - Including Newly Discovered Letters and Records with Illustrations from Contemporary PrintsNew material alone could justify any attempt to supplement the Fielding of Mr Austin Dobson. Such material has now come to light, and together with reliable facts collected by...
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The Cathedral: A NovelThe Cathedral: A NovelThat night he slept well and soundly, and in the morning woke tranquil and refreshed. His life seemed suddenly to have taken a new turn. As he lay there and watched the sunlight run through the lattices like strands of pale-coloured...
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TogetherTogetherShe stood before the minister who was to marry them, very tall and straight. With lips slightly parted she looked at him steadfastly, not at the man beside her who was about to become her husband. Her father, with a last gentle pressure of...
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second SeriesGlimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second SeriesMY little two-story house by the Ohashigawa, although dainty as a bird- cage, proved much too small for comfort at the approach of the hot seasonthe rooms being scarcely higher than steamship cabins, and so narrow that an ordinary...
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Life in the Clearings versus the BushLife in the Clearings versus the BushIn our work of "Roughing it in the Bush," I endeavoured to draw a picture of Canadian life, as I found it twenty years ago, in the Backwoods. My motive in giving such a melancholy narrative to the...
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The Misses Mallett (The Bridge Dividing)The Misses Mallett (The Bridge Dividing) On the high land overlooking the distant channel and the hills beyond it, the spring day, set in azure, was laced with gold and green. Gorse bushes flaunted their colour, larch trees hung out their tassels and celandines...
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