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Medical Essays, 1842-1882Medical Essays, 1842-1882 These Essays are old enough now to go alone without staff or crutch in the shape of Prefaces. A very few words may be a convenience to the reader who takes up the book and wishes to know what he is...
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Pages from an Old Volume of Life A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881Pages from an Old Volume of Life; A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881 This is the new version of the Panem et Circenses of the Roman populace. It is our ultimatum, as that was theirs. They must have something to eat, and the circus-shows to...
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A Mortal AntipathyA Mortal Antipathy Pray, do you remember, when there was an accession to the nursery in which you have a special interest, whether the new-comer was commonly spoken of as a baby? Was it not, on the contrary, invariably, under all conditions, in all...
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The Guardian AngelThe Guardian Angel It is a quarter of a century since the foregoing Preface was written, and that is long enough to allow a story to be forgotten by the public, and very possibly by the writer of it also. I will not pretend...
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Elsie VennerElsie Venner I have nothing of importance to add to the two preceding Prefaces. The continued call for this story, which was not written for popularity, but with a very serious purpose, has somewhat surprised and, I need not add, gratified me. I can...
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Jeff Briggs's Love StoryJeff Briggs's Love Story It was raining and blowing at Eldridge's Crossing. From the stately pine-trees on the hill-tops, which were dignifiedly protesting through their rigid spines upward, to the hysterical willows in the hollow, that had whipped themselves into a maudlin fury, there...
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I and My ChimneyI and My Chimney Though I always say, I and my chimney, as Cardinal Wolsey used to say, I and my King, yet this egotistic way of speaking, wherein I take precedence of my chimney, is hereby borne out by the facts; in everything,...
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Greyfriars BobbyGreyfriars Bobby When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp. He was only a little country dogthe very youngest and smallest and shaggiest of Skye terriersbred on a heathery slope of the Pentland hills, where the loudest sound was the...
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A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other StoriesA Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other Stories The steamer Silveropolis was sharply and steadily cleaving the broad, placid shallows of the Sacramento River. A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening...
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Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp Or, The Old Lumberman's SecretNan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret Chapter I. THE YELLOW POSTER Chapter II. THE COTTAGE ON AMITY STREET Chapter III. "FISHING Chapter IV. SWEEPING CLEAN Chapter V. GREAT EXPECTATIONS Chapter VI. A SPRAT FOR A HERRING Chapter VII. A VISTA...
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Coral ReefsCoral Reefs The object of this volume is to describe from my own observation and the works of others, the principal kinds of coral-reefs, more especially those occurring in the open ocean, and to explain the origin of their peculiar forms. I do not...
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Over the TeacupsOver the Teacups This series of papers was begun in March, 1888. A single number was printed, when it was interrupted the course of events, and not resumed until nearly years later, in January, 1890. The plan of the series was not formed in...
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The Clue of the Twisted CandleThe Clue of the Twisted Candle The 4.15 from Victoria to Lewes had been held up at Three Bridges in consequence of a derailment and, though John Lexman was fortunate enough to catch a belated connection to Beston Tracey, the wagonette which was the...
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The SnareThe Snare THE SNARE CHAPTER I. THE AFFAIR AT TAVORA CHAPTER II. THE ULTIMATUM CHAPTER III. LADY OMOY CHAPTER IV. COUNT SAMOVAL CHAPTER V. THE FUGITIVE CHAPTER VI. MISS ARMYTAGES PEARLS CHAPTER VII. THE ALLY CHAPTER VIII. THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER CHAPTER IX. THE GENERAL...
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The Book of SnobsThe Book of Snobs (The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:I am the individual destined to write that workMy vocation is announced in terms of great eloquenceI show that the world has been gradually preparing itself...
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The Way to PeaceThe Way to Peace ATHALIA HALL stopped to get her breath and look back over the road climbing steeply up from the covered bridge. It was a little after five, and the delicate air of dawn was full of wood and pasture scentsthe sweetness...
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Five TalesFive Tales INDIAN SUMMER OF A FORSYTE is also posted as Etext #2594 [In the present 1919 edition of Five Tales the fifth tale was Indian Summer of a Forsyte; in later collections, Indian Summer... became the first section of the second volume of...
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Saint's ProgressSaint's Progress Such a day made glad the heart. All the flags of July were waving; the sun and the poppies flaming; white butterflies spiring up and twining, and the bees busy on the snapdragons. The lime-trees were coming into flower. Tall white lilies...
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Henri III et sa CourHenri III et sa CourHENRI III, roi de France CATHERINE DE MEDICIS, reine mre HENRI DE LORRAINE, DUC DE GUISE CATHERINE DE CLEVES, DUCHESSE DE GUISE PAUL ESTUERT, COMTE DE SAINT-MEGRIN NOGARET DE LA VALETTE, BARON D'EPERNON; ANNE D'ARQUES, VICOMTE DE JOYEUSE (favoris du...
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Ten Years LaterTen Years Later In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in...
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