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The Land of Promise: A Comedy in Four ActsThe Land of Promise: A Comedy in Four ActsScene: The drawing-room at Miss Wickhams house in Tunbridge Wells. It is a room in which there is too much furniture. There are armchairs covered with faded chintz, little tables here and there, cabinets containing china,...
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By Far Euphrates: A TaleBy Far Euphrates: A TaleMany a tale of blood and tears has come to us of late from far Euphrates, and from the regions round about. It is not so much the aim of the following pages to tell these over again as to...
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The Daft DaysThe Daft DaysMr Andrew Lang says: In The Lost Pibroch we meet genius as obvious and undeniable as that of Mr Kipling. Mr Munros powers are directed to old Highland life, and he does what genius alone can dohe makes it alive again, and...
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My Lady Nobody: A NovelMy Lady Nobody: A NovelGods Angel of Human Love sat alone in the garden of lilies. Her arms hung listless among the blooms she had gathered into her lap. For her eyessole mirrors of the Inapproachable Presencewere gazing steadfastly down upon the darkness, deep...
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Kolme kutteria: MeriseikkailukertomusKolme kutteria: MeriseikkailukertomusHistoriallisen romaanin ensiminen mestari Walter Scott kuvasi merielmkin ensi kerran kaunokirjallisessa muodossa, v. 1822 ilmestyneess "Merirosvossa." Se tapahtui tosin ohimennen, mutta oli kuitenkin sytyttvn alotteena laajalle kirjallisuuden haaralle, joka muutamissa vuosissa psi suureen vauhtiin ja yleiseen suosioon kaikissa sivistysmaissa. "Merirosvosta" lausuttujen arvostelujen...
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The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3)The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3)A half-hour passed, and during that time I had sufficiently recovered from the distressful croak of the parrot to wonder, as any sailor would, how the ship was navigated; for I could not doubt that...
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A Day Well Spent: A Farce, in One ActA Day Well Spent: A Farce, in One ActIt is with the greatest pleasure, I dedicate to you a Farce, the success of which is so much to be attributed to your exertions. Accept my most hearty thanks for your inimitable performance of the...
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Romeo en JuliaRomeo en Julia(Zij vechten; van verschillende zijden komen Dienaars en Aanhangers van de beide huizen toeschieten en nemen deel aan den strijd; dan komen Burgers en Gerechtsdienaars met knuppels en hellebaarden, die zich tusschen de strijdenden werpen.) Gaan ronddraven bij die hier geschreven staan?...
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A Bachelor's ComedyA Bachelor's ComedyThis was no comedy to those most concerned, of course, for comedy is like happinessdirectly a person knows he is in it, he is out of it. Tragedy, on the other hand, can only touch those who do not take themselves seriously...
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The Robber, A TaleThe Robber, A Tale.It was in the olden time of merry England--not at that far removes period when our native land first received its jocund name from the bowmen of Sherwood, and when the yeoman or the franklin, who had wandered after some knightly...
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The Post-GirlThe Post-GirlWhen summer comes Mrs. Gatheredge talks of repapering her parlor, and Ginger gets him ready to sleep in the scullery at a night's notice, but the letting of lodgings is not a staple industry in this quarter of Yorkshire, and folks would fare...
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Preston Fight or, The Insurrection of 1715Preston Fight; or, The Insurrection of 1715 The details of Preston Fight, given in the tale, which I have the gratification of inscribing to your name, may be new to you; inasmuch as you may not have seen DOCTOR Hibbert Ware's very curious historical...
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The Tower of London: A Historical Romance, IllustratedThe Tower of London: A Historical Romance, Illustrated It has been, for years, the cherished wish of the writer of the following pages, to make the Tower of Londonthe proudest monument of antiquity, considered with reference to its historical associations, which this country or...
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Pygmalion and the ImagePygmalion and the Imageith the exception of "The Doom of King Acrisius," "Pygmalion and the Image" is the only poem of The Earthly Paradise for the illustration of which Burne-Jones actually executed a complete series of pictures; and though the finished paintings are but...
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Addie's Husband or, Through clouds to sunshineAddie's Husband; or, Through clouds to sunshine"I'm to marry a gentleman, brother Hal? Well, I guess I've no particular objection! Whenever he comes, he will find me ready to do him homage, and no mistake! Can't you tell me more about him? 'A gentleman'...
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The Mentor: Famous English Poets, Vol. 1, Num. 44, Serial No. 44The Mentor: Famous English Poets, Vol. 1, Num. 44, Serial No. 44Modern English poetry is rich not only in its quality, but in its variety, both of theme and of manner. The exuberant imagination and splendid profusion of Swinburne are in striking contrast with...
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The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 1 (of 3)The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 1 (of 3)I will pass by all the explanations concerning the reasons of my going to sea, as I do not desire to forfeit your kind patience by letting this story stand. Enough if I say that...
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The Master a NovelThe Master; a NovelDespite its long stretch of winter, in which May might wed December in no incompatible union, twas a happy soil, this Acadia, a country of good air and great spaces; two-thirds of the size of Scotland, with a population that could...
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Scottish Poetry of the 16th CenturyScottish Poetry of the Sixteenth CenturyMany of the best editions of the Scottish poets, even of recent date, increase the difficulties of archaic language by such unnecessary stumbling-blocks as the use of the old straight s, and of Anglo-Saxon symbols for certain letters. Some...
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A Princess of ThuleA Princess of ThuleBY W I L L I A M B L A C K, AUTHOR OF A DAUGHTER OF HETH, MADCAP VIOLET, STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PHAETON, Etc. NEW YORK: JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY, 14 & 16 Vesey Street. ON a small...
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