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Nature and ArtNature and ArtElizabeth Simpson was born on the 15th of October, 1753, one of the eight children of a poor farmer, at Standingfield, near Bury St. Edmunds. Five of the children were girls, who were all gifted with personal beauty. The family was Roman...
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The Recollections of Geoffrey HamlynThe Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Near the end of February 1857, I think about the 20th or so, though it don't much matter; I only know it was near the latter end of summer, burning hot, with the bushfires raging like volcanoes on the...
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In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster BoyIn the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy This time only a few words are needed, for the story speaks for itself. My object has been rather to tell you a tale of interest than to impart historical knowledge, for the...
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The Sheridan Road MysteryThe Sheridan Road Mystery It was a still, balmy night in late October. The scent of burned autumn leaves hung in the air, and a hazy moon, showing just over the housetops, deepened the shadows on the streets. Policeman Murphy stopped far a moment,...
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MotherMotherEvery day the factory whistle bellowed forth its shrill, roaring, trembling noises into the smoke-begrimed and greasy atmosphere of the workingmen's suburb; and obedient to the summons of the power of steam, people poured out of little gray houses into the street. With somber...
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HuntingtowerHuntingtowerObvious typographical errors have been corrected without comment. One example of an obvious typographical error is on page 237 where the word "shamefaceedly" was changed to "shamefacedly". Other than obvious typographical errors, the author's original spelling has been left intact. This includes the use...
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The Jewel of Seven StarsThe Jewel of Seven Stars It all seemed so real that I could hardly imagine that it had ever occurred before; and yet each episode came, not as a fresh step in the logic of things, but as something expected. It is in such...
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The King's HighwayThe King's HighwayThis should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need about what they can legally do with the...
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A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great ConflictA History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great ConflictWhen the people of the United States heard the news of the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife...
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The Interdependence of LiteratureThe Interdependence of Literature "There is first, the literature of knowledge, and secondly the literature of power. The function of the first is to teach, the function or the second is to move; the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a...
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Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant LandTom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant LandWell, not exactly new. Youve seen it before, but not since Ive improved it. Im speaking of my new electric rifle. Ive got it ready to try, now, and Id like to see...
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The Valley of FearThe Valley of Fear He was too much absorbed with his own thoughts to give any immediate answer to my remonstrance. He leaned upon his hand, with his untasted breakfast before him, and he stared at the slip of paper which he had just...
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Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon BonaparteThis should be the first thing seen when anyone opens the book. Do not change or edit it without written permission. The words are carefully chosen to provide users with the information they need about what they can legally do with the texts....
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The Eskimo TwinsThe Eskimo Twins Old Akla, the Angakok, or Medicine Man of the village, shook his head when he heard about them. He said, "Such a thing never happened here before. Seals and human beings never have twins! There's magic in this." In the summer...
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Hopes and Fears for ArtHopes and Fears for ArtHereafter I hope in another lecture to have the pleasure of laying before you an historical survey of the lesser, or as they are called the Decorative Arts, and I must confess it would have been pleasanter to me to...
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The Student's Elements of GeologyThe Student's Elements of Geology THE LAST or sixth EDITION of my Elements of Geology was already out of print before the end of 1868, in which year I brought out the tenth edition of my Principles of Geology. In writing the last-mentioned work...
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Cynthia's Revels Or, The Fountain of Self-LoveCynthia's Revels; Or, The Fountain of Self-Love THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English...
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A Second Book of OperasA Second Book of Operas England and the Lord Chamberlain's censorship, et Gounod's "Reine de Saba," The transmigrations of "Un Ballo in Maschera," How composers revamp their music, et seq,Handel and Keiser, Mozart and Bertati, Beethoven's readaptations of his own works, Rossini and his...
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Rejected Addresses Or, The New Theatrum PoetarumRejected Addresses; Or, The New Theatrum PoetarumIn the present publishing era, when books are like the multitudinous waves of the advancing sea, some of which make no impression whatever upon the sand, while the superficial traces left by others are destined to be perpetually...
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The Lamp and the Bell: A Drama In Five ActsThe Lamp and the Bell: A Drama In Five Acts [The court-room in the palace at Fiori, extremely crowded with restless and expectant people. The crowd is arranged on both sides of the stage, in such a way that a broad avenue is left...
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