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Bandit LoveBandit LoveRotten Row on a brilliant June morning, and Hyde Park at its loveliest. The London "season" at its height, and throngs of fashionably-dressed men and women "taking the air," strolling idly to and fro, lounging on little green-painted chairs, or leaning on the...
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A Christmas FaggotA Christmas FaggotMost of the following poems have appeared in the 'S. Barnabas' Parish Magazine.' For my godchildren and my people I have made them up into a little bundle of sticksa Christmas faggot to feed the fires in the winter palace of our...
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Th' History o' Haworth RailwayTh' History o' Haworth Railway - fra' th' beginnin' to th' end, wi' an ackaant o' th' oppnin' serrimonyThe Author of this well-known, amusing, and celebrated pamphlet was born on the 22nd March, 1836, at a place midway between Keighley and Haworth, called Hoylus...
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Only an Irish GirlOnly an Irish Girl"Ah, mavourneen, may yez never see that day!" nurse Walsh murmurs with passionate fondness, as she takes the girl's hand between her own broad palms and presses and fondles it. "Shure it's like yesterdayI mind it so wellthat yer mother, as...
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A Bachelor's DreamA Bachelor's DreamHe put this question emphatically, with an energetic blow of his gloved hand upon his knee, and seemed very desirous of receiving an answer, although he was jogging along alone in his comfortable brougham. But the Doctor was perplexed, and wanted some...
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Gycia: A Tragedy in Five ActsGycia: A Tragedy in Five ActsIt follows as closely as possible the striking story recorded by Constantine Porphyrogenitus in his work, "De Administratione Imperii." Nor has the writer had occasion (except in the death of the heroine) to modify the powerful historical situations and...
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Merry-Garden and Other StoriesMerry-Garden and Other StoriesBeside a winding creek of the Lynher River, and not far from the Cornish borough of Saltash, you may find a roofless building so closely backed with cherry-orchards that the trees seem by their slow pressure to be thrusting the mud-walls...
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The Wind in the WillowsThe Wind in the WillowsTHE Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in...
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The Silver Lining: A Guernsey StoryThe Silver Lining: A Guernsey StoryThe mackerel boats from Cobo (a bay in the island of Guernsey) were setting sail; an old woman was detaching limpets from the rocks, and slowly, but steadily, filling up her basket. On the west side of the bay,...
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Apologia DiffidentisApologia DiffidentisIn the matter of avowals the diffident[1] never speak if they can write. That is why my apology for a furtive existence is here set down in solitude instead of being told face to face. You have borne so many years with my...
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The Rough RoadThe Rough RoadThis is the story of Doggie Trevor. It tells of his doings and of a girl in England and a girl in France. Chiefly it is concerned with the influences that enabled him to win through the war. Doggie Trevor did not...
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Revised Edition of PoemsRevised Edition of PoemsThe Author respectfully submits to the general public of his native town and district, this volume of poems, containing some of the chief results of his musings for the past thirty years. He hopes that the volume, which is in reality...
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Treasure IslandTreasure IslandSummary: While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Squire Trelawney, Doctor Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen...
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The MethodistThe Methodist - A Poem ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE METHODIST*** ******* This file should be named 27776-h.txt or 27776-h.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/7/7/7/27776 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old...
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Once on a TimeOnce on a Time This book was written in 1915, for the amusement of my wife and myself at a time when life was not very amusing; it was published at the end of 1917; was reviewed, if at all, as one of a...
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The Battaile of AgincourtThe Battaile of AgincourtThis text uses UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that your browsers character set or file encoding is set...
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Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkHamlet, Prince of DenmarkR. means on the Right side of the Stage; L. on the Left side of the Stage; C. Centre of the Stage; R.C. Right Centre of the Stage; L.C. Left Centre of the Stage. The play of Hamlet is above all...
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Remarks on Clarissa (1749)Remarks on Clarissa (1749)erhaps an Address of this Nature[3] may appear very unaccountable, and whimsical; when I assure you, my Design is fairly to lay before you all the Criticisms, as far as I can remember them, that I have heard on your History...
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Poetical Works of Matthew ArnoldPoetical Works of Matthew ArnoldApollodorus says:"Cresphontes had not reigned long in Messenia when he was murdered, together with two of his sons. And Polyphontes reigned in his stead, he, too, being of the family of Hercules; and he had for his wife, against her...
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Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on ShakespeareTolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on ShakespeareMr. Crosby's article[1] on Shakespeare's attitude toward the working classes suggested to me the idea of also expressing my own long-established opinion about the works of Shakespeare, in direct opposition, as it is, to that established in...
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