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GlassesGlassesYes indeed, I say to myself, pen in hand, I can keep hold of the thread and let it lead me back to the first impression. The little story is all there, I can touch it from point to point; for the thread, as...
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The Adventures of Louis de RougemontThe Adventures of Louis de RougemontI was born in or near Paris, in the year 1844. My father was a fairly prosperous man of businessa general merchant, to be precise, who dealt largely in shoes; but when I was about ten years old, my...
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The Coxon FundThe Coxon FundTheyve got him for life! I said to myself that evening on my way back to the station; but later on, alone in the compartment (from Wimbledon to Waterloo, before the glory of the District Railway) I amended this declaration in the...
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The Old Bachelor: A ComedyThe Old Bachelor: A ComedyBefore repeating such known facts of Congreves life as seem agreeable to the present occasion, and before attempting (with the courage of ones office) to indicate with truth what manner of man he was, and what are the varying qualities...
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The Double-Dealer: A ComedyThe Double-Dealer: A ComedySir,I heartily wish this play were as perfect as I intended it, that it might be more worthy your acceptance, and that my dedication of it to you might be more becoming that honour and esteem which I, with everybody who...
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The Jolly CornerThe Jolly CornerEvery one asks me what I think of everything, said Spencer Brydon; and I make answer as I canbegging or dodging the question, putting them off with any nonsense. It wouldnt matter to any of them really, he went on, for, even...
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The MessageThe Message I have always longed to tell a simple and true story, which should strike terror into two young lovers, and drive them to take refuge each in the other's heart, as two children cling together at the sight of a snake by...
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The Lair of the White WormThe Lair of the White WormAdam Salton sauntered into the Empire Club, Sydney, and found awaiting him a letter from his grand-uncle. He had first heard from the old gentleman less than a year before, when Richard Salton had claimed kinship, stating that he...
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War of the ClassesWar of the ClassesWhen I was a youngster I was looked upon as a weird sort of creature, because, forsooth, I was a socialist. Reporters from local papers interviewed me, and the interviews, when published, were pathological studies of a strange and abnormal specimen...
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PoemsPoemsSONNETMY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN SONNETTHOUGHTS IN SEPARATION TO A POET SONG OF THE SPRING TO THE SUMMER TO THE BELOVED MEDITATION TO THE BELOVED DEADA LAMENT SONNET IN AUTUMN A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO HER OWN OLD AGE SONG BUILDERS OF...
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History of the Conflict Between Religion and ScienceHistory of the Conflict Between Religion and Science WHOEVER has had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the mental condition of the intelligent classes in Europe and America, must have perceived that there is a great and rapidly-increasing departure from the public religious faith,...
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The Count of Monte Cristo, IllustratedThe Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built,...
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The Return of Dr. Fu-ManchuThe Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu CHAPTER I. A MIDNIGHT SUMMONS CHAPTER II. ELTHAM VANISHES CHAPTER III. THE WIRE JACKET CHAPTER IV. THE CRY OF A NIGHTHAWK CHAPTER V. THE NET CHAPTER VI. UNDER THE ELMS CHAPTER VII. ENTER MR. ABEL SLATTIN CHAPTER VIII. DR....
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DopeDope Monte Irvin, alderman of the city and prospective Lord Mayor of London, paced restlessly from end to end of the well-appointed library of his house in Princes Gate. Between his teeth he gripped the stump of a burnt-out cigar. A tiny spaniel lay...
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The SymposiumThe Symposium For myself, (1) I hold to the opinion that not alone are the serious transactions of "good and noble men" (2) most memorable, but that words and deeds distinctive of their lighter moods may claim some record. (3) In proof of which...
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The Sportsman: On Hunting, a Sportsman's Manual, Commonly Called CynegeticusThe Sportsman: On Hunting, a Sportsman's Manual, Commonly Called Cynegeticus To the gods themselves is due the discovery, to Apollo and Artemis, patrons of the chase and protectors of the hound. (1) As a guerdon they bestowed it upon Cheiron, (2) by reason of...
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On RevenuesOn Revenues For myself I hold to the opinion that the qualities of the leading statesmen in a state, whatever they be, are reproduced in the character of the constitution itself. (1) As, however, it has been maintained by certain leading statesmen in Athens...
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The Polity of the Athenians and the LacedaemoniansThe Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians Now, as concerning the Polity of the Athenians, (1) and the type or manner of constitution which they have chosen, (2) I praise it not, in so far as the very choice involves the welfare of...
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The MemorabiliaThe Memorabilia I have often wondered by what arguments those who indicted (1) Socrates could have persuaded the Athenians that his life was justly forfeit to the state. The indictment was to this effect: "Socrates is guilty of crime in refusing to recognise the...
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On HorsemanshipOn Horsemanship This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though there is doubt about some of these) is: Claiming to have attained some proficiency in horsemanship (1) ourselves, as the result of...
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