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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10Bust. I should not be far off then; there went but a pair of sheers and a bodkin between us. Will you to work Miller? Here's a maid has a sack full of news for you: shall...
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A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and ParodyA Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and ParodyIn the pages that follow, I make no attempt to supply a consecutive and comprehensive history of English stage travestie. This would have been impossible within the limits assigned to me. My object has...
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Over the BrazierOver the BrazierWhen these poems, written between the ages of fourteen and twenty, first appeared, I was serving in France and had no leisure for getting the final proofs altogether as I wanted them. The same year, but too late, I decided on several...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 7 (of 8)The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 7 (of 8)The only poems belonging to the years 1821-2 were the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," originally called "Ecclesiastical Sketches." These were written at intervals, from 1821 onwards, but the great majority belong to 1821. They were first...
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The MessageThe MessageWarden gradually became aware that these ineptitudes were by way of comment. He turned and read the weatherprophets label at a glance. But life was too gracious at that moment, and he was far too welldisposed toward all men, that he should dream...
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All Sorts and Conditions of Men: An Impossible StoryAll Sorts and Conditions of Men: An Impossible StoryThe ten years' partnership of myself and my late friend Mr. James Rice has been terminated by death. I am persuaded that nothing short of death would have put an end to a partnership which was...
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TuulentupiaTuulentupiaTuttu, kimakka ni hertti kki Almayerin loistavista tulevaisuudenunelmistaan nykyhetken vastenmieliseen todellisuuteen. Tuo nikin oli niin vastenmielinen. Hn oli saanut kuulla sit vuosikausia, ja vuosi vuodelta oli hn siit yh vhemmn pitnyt. Mutta vhtp siit. Pian tm kaikki loppuisi. Almayer liikahteli levottomasti, mutta ei vlittnyt...
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Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 2 (of 3)Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 2 (of 3)It was a Tuesday evening when Cradock Nowell and Amy Rosedew signed and sealed, with the moons approval, their bond to one another. On the following day, Dr. Hutton and wife were to...
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Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 1 (of 3)Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 1 (of 3)Within the New Forest, and not far from its western boundary, as defined by the second perambulation of the good King Edward the First, stands the old mansion of the Nowells, the Hall...
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Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 3 (of 3)Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 3 (of 3)Upon the Christmas morning the parish flocked to church, and the church was dressed so beautifully that every one was amazed. Amy and Eoa made the wreaths, the garlands, and rosettes; there was...
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Der Amateursozialist: RomanDer Amateursozialist: RomanIn der Dmmerung eines Oktoberabends trat eine nervs aussehende Frau von etwa vierzig Jahren durch eine Eichenholztr auf einen breiten Flur, der sich im ersten Stockwerk eines alten englischen Landhauses befand. Eine Haarlocke war ber ihre Stirne gefallen, als ob sie tiefgebckt...
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Gipsy-Night, and Other PoemsGipsy-Night, and Other PoemsProbably the most important contribution to modern poetical theory is Mr. Robert Graves book On English Poetry. He grounds it upon Man as a Neurotic Animal. Poetry is to the poet, he argues, what dreams are to the ordinary man: a...
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Brothers: The True History of a Fight Against OddsBrothers: The True History of a Fight Against OddsFIRST EDITION . . May 1904 Reprinted . . June 1904 Reprinted . . August 1904 Reprinted . . November 1904 Reprinted . . December 1904 Reprinted . . The same month Reprinted . . January...
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Kophetua the 13thKophetua the ThirteenthThe outburst of political speculation which followed the Renaissance is well known to us by its remarkable literature. True it is that the greater part of it is long since dead and sleeps in peace, save where every now and then its...
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TähdistälukijaTähdistälukija Voi kiertothti-tehon hetkin avittaa sanat, merkkisetkin, niin sanotaan; mut en m niit uhmaisen taidon tit kiit. 1. Harhateill. 2. Hoviherra ja koulumestari. 3. Thdist lukeminen. 4. Ennustukset osuvat yhteen. 5. Mr. Bertram selittelee. 6. Uudet luudat lakaisemassa. 7. Skotlannin mustalaiset. 8. Ht. 9....
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 19Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 19In a little house in the Canongate of Edinburgh, there lived, not very long ago, Mr Gustavus MIver(for he never would allow himself to be called Ensign MIver, though that was his proper professional designation),as...
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Dimbie and I—and AmeliaDimbie and I—and Amelia The chestnut in the frog-pond field at the bottom of the garden is holding forth eager arms, crowned with little sticky, swelling buds, to the white, warm light. The snowdrops and crocuses have raised their pretty faces for a caress,...
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The Guinea Voyage: A Poem in Three BooksThe Guinea Voyage: A Poem in Three Books - To Which Are Added Observations on a Voyage to the Coast of Africa It may not be improper to observe, that this Poem was originally offered, as an humble mite from the author, towards the...
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Adam Hepburn's Vow: A Tale of Kirk and CovenantAdam Hepburn's Vow: A Tale of Kirk and CovenantTowards the close of a bleak grey February afternoon, in the year 1638, a small party of travellers might have been seen approaching Edinburgh by the high road from Glasgow. It consisted of a sturdy brown...
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The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'TooleThe Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, and His Man, Mark Antony O'Toole It was a cold frosty evening in December, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and the whole of the month had been unusually tempestuous. Throughout wide Britain, there are no shores on which the wind...
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