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Thomas MooreThomas MooreSudden fame, acquired with little difficulty, suffers generally a period[Pg 1] of obscuration after the compelling power which attaches to a man's living personality has been removed; and from this darkness it does not always emerge. Of such splendour and subsequent eclipse, Moore's...
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A History of Pendennis, Volume 1A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 - His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy If this kind of composition, of which the two years' product is now laid before the public, fail in art, as it constantly does and must, it...
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Vision HouseVision House CHAPTER I. Enter Miss Sorel CHAPTER II. Exit the Blighter CHAPTER III. A Cabin Window CHAPTER IV. ReprisalsEt Cetera CHAPTER V. Anonymous CHAPTER VI. On Sunday at Three CHAPTER VII. Samson Agonistes CHAPTER VIII. What the Star Said CHAPTER IX. Something Out...
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The Jumblies, and Other Nonsense VersesThe Jumblies, and Other Nonsense VersesEncouraged by the cordial reception extended by Press and Public to their issue of the Pelican Chorus and Other Nonsense Verses by Edward Lear, newly illustrated, the Publishers have requested the Artist, Mr. L. Leslie Brooke, to do a...
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The Pobratim: A Slav NovelThe Pobratim: A Slav NovelMind, I do not mean to say that I consider this operation as being in any way unlucky if performed on that day. We, of course, cut our hair during the new moon; but there is no special time for...
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Barrington. Volume 2 (of 2)Barrington. Volume 2 (of 2) CHAPTER I. FIFINE AND POLLY CHAPTER II. AT HOME AGAIN CHAPTER III. A SMALL DINNER-PARTY CHAPTER IV. A MOVE IN ADVANCE CHAPTER V. A CABINET COUNCIL CHAPTER VI. AN EXPRESS CHAPTER VII. CROSS-EXAMININGS CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL CONYERS CHAPTER IX....
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St. George for England: A Tale of Cressy and PoitiersSt. George for England: A Tale of Cressy and PoitiersMy Dear Lads: You may be told perhaps that there is no good to be obtained from tales of fighting and bloodshedthat there is no moral to be drawn from such histories. Believe it not....
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Tales of the TrainsTales of the Trains - Being Some Chapters of Railroad Romance by Tilbury Tramp, Queen's Messenger Let no enthusiast of the pastoral or romantic school, no fair reader with eyes deeply, darkly, beautifully blue, sneer at the title of my paper. I have written...
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Barrington. Volume 1 (of 2)Barrington. Volume 1 (of 2) CHAPTER I. THE FISHERMAN'S HOME CHAPTER II. A WET MORNING AT HOME CHAPTER III. OUR NEXT NEIGHBORS CHAPTER IV. FRED CONYERS CHAPTER V. DILL AS A DIPLOMATIST CHAPTER VI. THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER CHAPTER VII. TOM DILL'S FIRST PATIENT CHAPTER...
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Famous Scots Series, 13The 'Blackwood' Group THOMAS CARLYLE. By Hector C. Macpherson. ALLAN RAMSAY. By Oliphant Smeaton. HUGH MILLER. By W. Keith Leask. JOHN KNOX. By A. Taylor Innes. ROBERT BURNS. By Gabriel Setoun. THE BALLADISTS. By John Geddie. RICHARD CAMERON. By Professor Herkless. SIR JAMES Y....
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The Englishman from ParisThe Englishman from ParisArthur Murphy's afterpiece, The Englishman From Paris, was given its first and last performance at Drury Lane on 3 April 1756. According to the prompter's account the play "went off well," and the receipts for the night, 240, indicate that a...
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East of Suez: A Play in Seven ScenesEast of Suez: A Play in Seven ScenesSeveral shops are shown. Their fronts are richly decorated with carved wood painted red and profusely gilt. The counters are elaborately carved. Outside are huge sign-boards. The shops are open to the street and you can see...
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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and SonThe Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of a Father and SonAmong the Victorian novelists, George Meredith occupies a place apart. Unlike Dickens, Thackeray, and Eliot, he appeals to a select few. Those who appreciate him are folk of his own tempercultivated, intellectual, urbane....
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The Rival Crusoes; Or, The Ship WreckThe Rival Crusoes; Or, The Ship Wreck - Also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage."George! Harry!lazy fellows that you are!Why are you not in attendance?" said Lord Robert Summers in an angry tone, throwing the rein of his pony to his grooms,...
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The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 3The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 3This 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...
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The Pagan's CupThe Pagan's CupCertain portions of England yet remain undiscovered by Americans and uncivilised by railways. Colester village above King's-meadows, in a county which need not be named, is one of these unknown spots. No doubt before long the bicycle and the motor-car will enliven...
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The Scribleriad, and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical VirtueThe Scribleriad, and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue1. The engravings are numbered 2571-2573 in F. G. Stephens, Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Division 1Satires (London, 1877), Vol. III, Part I. For lists of pamphlets attacking, and in some...
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Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume IITales of the Wonder Club, Volume II"Pretty nearly all, I guess, sir," replied the landlord, "and a curious one it is, too, and no mistake. But talk of being buried alive, I could tell you a queer adventure that happened to myself, if you...
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The Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of AdventureThe Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of Adventure TALES OF ADVENTURE I. Dbut of Bimbashi Joyce II. The Surgeon of Gaster Fell III. Borrowed Scenes IV. The Man from Archangel V. The Great Brown-Pericord Motor VI. The Sealed Room TALES OF MEDICAL LIFE...
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William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical TaleWilliam Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical TaleThe nature of the following work is sufficiently indicated by the title. In it the most interesting portions of the career of Shakespeare, taken from the best accredited sources, are brought forward in a pleasing narrative, the...
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