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The Poetical Works of James BeattieThe Poetical Works of James BeattieThe design was to trace the progress of a Poetical Genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world...
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Jimmy Quixote: A NovelJimmy Quixote: A NovelIn the early days of a friendship that has happily lasted for some years, you were witness of, and kindly helper in, some of those struggles which must always be the lot of the young beginner in literature. They were good...
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The Magistrate: A Farce in Three ActsThe Magistrate: A Farce in Three ActsTHE MAGISTRATE is, after Sweet Lavender, perhaps the most popular of Mr. Pineros plays, and it is particularly interesting as being the first of his works in which his own individuality found absolutely independent expression, and emphatically and...
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The City of Beautiful NonsenseThe City of Beautiful NonsenseIt was half-past seven in the evening. At half-past seven it is dark, the lamps are lighted, the houses huddle together in groups. They have secrets to tell as soon as it is dark. Ah! If you knew the secrets...
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The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2)The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2)Mr. Kegan Pauls InaccuraciesGodwins Early StoryFrom Socinianism to DeismIn the Service of PublishersHack-WorkPolitical JusticeCaleb WilliamsTemperance and FrugalityGodwins two imprudent MarriagesHis consequent ImpoverishmentHis personal AppearanceHis Speech and MannerHis morbid VanityHis Sensitiveness for his...
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The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 1 (of 2)The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 1 (of 2)Creators of The Romantic ShelleyClints Fanciful CompositionThe Poets Personal AppearanceHis Little Turn-up NoseHis Ancestral QualitySussexisms of his Speech and PoetryHis Phenomenal UntruthfulnessHis Temperance and IntemperanceA Victim of Domestic PersecutionWas The Necessity of...
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Ralph Wilton's weirdRalph Wilton's weirdThe yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago. Bookcases...
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A Christmas Carol; Or, The Miser's Warning!A Christmas Carol; Or, The Miser's Warning! - (Adapted from Charles Dickens' Celebrated Work.)A farcical comedy in 3 acts. By Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. Produced originally at the Times Square Theatre, New York. 9 males, 6 females. Modern costumes and naval uniforms. 2...
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Narcissus, a Twelfe Night MerrimentNarcissus, a Twelfe Night Merriment HIS play, which for want of a ready-made title I have called Narcissus, dates from a period of peculiar interest in the history of that class of dramatic composition to which it belongs. So vast a phenomenon as the...
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A Woman MartyrA Woman MartyrCHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI...
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Anima PoetæAnima PoetæSpecimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which the poet's nephew and son-in-law, Henry Nelson Coleridge, published in 1835, was a popular book from the first, and has won the approval of two generations of readers. Unlike the Biographia Literaria, or...
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The Love Affairs of Lord ByronThe Love Affairs of Lord ByronWhether a book is called The Love Affairs of Lord Byron or The Life of Lord Byron can make very little difference to the contents of its pages. Byrons love affairs were the principal incidents of his life, and...
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KeatsKeatsWith the name of Keats that of his first biographer, the late Lord Houghton, must always justly remain associated. But while the sympathetic charm of Lord Houghtons work will keep it fresh, as a record of the poets life it can no longer be...
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Lays and Legends (Second Series)Lays and Legends (Second Series)A priest tells how, in his youth, a church was built by the free labour of loveas was men's wont in those days; and how the stone and wood were paid for by one who had grown rich on usury...
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The Youth of Parnassus, and Other StoriesThe Youth of Parnassus, and Other StoriesThe first time Foley saw him was one wet October evening, when, splashing across the quadrangle towards his rooms, he noticed a large umbrella moving through the dripping twilightan umbrella which, from its undecided motion, must belong, he...
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The Boss of TaroombaThe Boss of TaroombaAMOS JUDD. By J. A. Mitchell, Editor of "Life" IA. A Love Story. By Q. [Arthur T. Quiller-Couch] THE SUICIDE CLUB. By Robert Louis Stevenson IRRALIE'S BUSHRANGER. By E. W. Hornung A MASTER SPIRIT. By Harriet Prescott Spofford MADAME DELPHINE. By...
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Seven Short PlaysSeven Short PlaysMagistrate: Homicide, then! This district has been shamefully neglected! I will change all that. When I was in the Andaman Islands, my system never failed. Yes, yes, I will change all that. What has that woman on her stall? Magistrate: The smoke...
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The Wages of VirtueThe Wages of VirtueFIRST EDITION . . . November, 1916 Reprinted . . . . . December, 1916 Reprinted . . . . . May, 1917 Reprinted . . . . . September, 1917 Reprinted (2/-) . . January, 1920 Reprinted (3/6) . ....
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Emmeline, the Orphan of the CastleEmmeline, the Orphan of the CastleIn a remote part of the county of Pembroke, is an old building, formerly of great strength, and inhabited for centuries by the ancient family of Mowbray; to the sole remaining branch of which it still belonged, tho' it...
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A Fool's Paradise: An Original Play in Three ActsA Fool's Paradise: An Original Play in Three ActsAct I.On R. table: China Bowl, books in case, newspapers, photo views, three letters and newspaper through post. Book on sofa. Ready: Tennis ball to throw on from between C. doors and R.W. Tennis bat for...
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