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The Antiquary — CompleteThe Antiquary — Complete THE ANTIQUARY was begun in 1815; the bargain for its publication by Constable was made in the October of that year. On December 22 Scott wrote to Morritt: I shall set myself seriously to The Antiquary, of which I have...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and CullodenBonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and CullodenIt was a dull evening in the month of September, 1728. The apprentices had closed and barred the shutters and the day's work was over. Supper was laid in the long room over the shop,...
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The Antiquary — Volume 01The Antiquary — Volume 01 "THE ANTIQUARY" was begun in 1815; the bargain for its publication by Constable was made in the October of that year. On December 22 Scott wrote to Morritt: "I shall set myself seriously to 'The Antiquary,' of which I...
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The Antiquary — Volume 02The Antiquary — Volume 02 * The author cannot remember where these lines are to be found: perhaps in Bishop Hall's Satires. [They occur in Book iv. Satire iii.] About a week after the adventures commemorated in our last CHAPTER, Mr. Oldbuck, descending to...
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The Winning of Barbara WorthThe Winning of Barbara WorthWhile this story is not in any way a history of this part of the Colorado Desert now known as the Imperial Valley, nor a biography of anyone connected with this splendid achievement, I must in honesty admit that this...
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Ghosts I Have Met and Some OthersGhosts I Have Met and Some OthersIf we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we should enjoy the supernatural exceedingly,...
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Han d'IslandeHan d'Islande I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLI, XLII,...
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Across the YearsAcross the YearsThe stories in this volume are here reprinted by the courteous permission of the publishers of the periodicals in which they first appeared,--The Ladies Home Journal, Ainslees Magazine, The Scrap Book, The New England Magazine, The Pictorial Review, The Housewife, The Pacific...
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A Prefect's UncleA Prefect's Uncle Marriott walked into the senior day-room, and, finding no one there, hurled his portmanteau down on the table with a bang. The noise brought William into the room. William was attached to Leicester's House, Beckford College, as a mixture of butler...
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The PothuntersThe Pothunters 'Where have I seen that face before?' said a voice. Tony Graham looked up from his bag. 'But you ought to be on a bed of sickness, and that sort of thing. I heard you'd crocked yourself.' 'So I did. Nothing much,...
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Tales of St. Austin'sTales of St. Austin's Most of these stories originally appeared in The Captain. I am indebted to the Editor of that magazine for allowing me to republish. The rest are from the Public School Magazine. The story entitled 'A Shocking Affair' appears in print...
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The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil WarThe Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil WarThe fog made the clothes of the men of the column in the roadway seem of a luminous quality. It imparted to the heavy infantry overcoats a new colour, a kind of blue which...
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Tomaso's Fortune and Other StoriesTomaso's Fortune and Other Stories It does not matter where it was. I do not want other peoplethat is to say, those who were around usto recognize Sister or myself. It is not likely that she will see this, and I am not sure...
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AikensideAikenside The good people of Devonshire were rather given to quarrelingsometimes about the ministers wife, meek, gentle Mrs. Tiverton, whose manner of housekeeping, and style of dress, did not exactly suit them; sometimes about the minister himself, good, patient Mr. Tiverton, who vainly imagined...
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The Rangers; or, The Tory's DaughterThe Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter - A Tale Illustrative of the Revolutionary History of Vermont and the Northern Campaign of 1777 On commencing his former work, illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont,THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS,it was the design of the author to...
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Marguerite Verne Or, Scenes from Canadian LifeMarguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian LifeIt is one of the feelings of human nature to be possessed with a desire to worship the great and titled, to become enamoured with those appendages, which are the symbols of social distinction. Let us consider how...
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The Heart of Mid-Lothian, CompleteThe Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete The author has stated, in the preface to the Chronicles of the Canongate, 1827, that he received from an anonymous correspondent an account of the incident upon which the following story is founded. He is now at liberty to...
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Old Mortality, CompleteOld Mortality, Complete The remarkable person, called by the title of Old Mortality, was well known in Scotland about the end of the last century. His real name was Robert Paterson. He was a native, it is said, of the parish of Closeburn, in...
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The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 When Mrs. Saddletree entered the apartment in which her guests had shrouded their misery, she found the window darkened. The feebleness which followed his long swoon had rendered it necessary to lay the old man in bed. The...
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The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 The author has stated, in the preface to the Chronicles of the Canongate, 1827, that he received from an anonymous correspondent an account of the incident upon which the following story is founded. He is now at liberty...
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