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A Bed of RosesA Bed of Roses'We go.' The lascar meditatively pressed his face, brown and begrimed with coal dust, streaked here and there with sweat, against the rope which formed the rough bulwark. His dark eyes were fixed on the shore near by, between which and...
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The Convict's Farewell: with Advice to Criminals, before and after TrialThe Convict's Farewell: with Advice to Criminals, before and after TrialFarewell ye partner of my woes, farewell! The finest language could but faintly tell, What I now feel in writing this adieu, What you must suffer when Im far from you. There was a...
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The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and the MasterpieceThe Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and the MasterpieceIt seemed suitable, when making a selection of short stories for publication in book form, to include my first attempt with my last, and therefore the very juvenile production"Miss Jones...
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Hard PressedHard PressedIT was a gala night at the National Opera House, and the theatre was crammed from floor to roof, for Melba was sustaining a new part, and all London had gathered to listen. It was rarely indeed that so fashionable an audience assembled...
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The Trembling of the VeilThe Trembling of the Veil [Pg 1] [Pg 2] [Pg 3] At the end of the eighties my father and mother, my brother and sisters and myself, all newly arrived from Dublin, were settled in Bedford Park in a red-brick house with several mantelpieces...
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Ayala's AngelAyala's AngelWhen Egbert Dormer died he left his two daughters utterly penniless upon the world, and it must be said of Egbert Dormer that nothing else could have been expected of him. The two girls were both pretty, but Lucy, who was twenty-one, was...
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The Gambler: A NovelThe Gambler: A Novel An eight-mile drive over rain-washed Irish roads in the quick-falling dusk of autumn is an experience trying to the patience, even to the temper, of the average Saxon. Yet James Milbanke made neither comment nor objection as mile after mile...
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The FurnaceThe Furnace CHAPTER I. YOUTH IN THE CITY CHAPTER II. THE IMPRESSION-SEEKER CHAPTER III. OF MENTAL STANDPOINTS CHAPTER IV. BLIND WALLS CHAPTER V. BAL'S BAY CHAPTER VI. GRADONI CHAPTER VII. RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT CHAPTER VIII. BROKEN BARRIERS CHAPTER IX. FURNACE FLAMES CHAPTER X....
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Roland Cashel, Volume II (of II)Roland Cashel, Volume II (of II) ROLAND CASHEL CHAPTER I. AN UNLIMITED MONARCHY CHAPTER II. LADY KILGOFF AT BAY CHAPTER III. A PARTIAL RECOVERY AND A RELAPSE CHAPTER IV. MORE KENNYFECK INTRIGUING CHAPTER V. LINTON'S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE CHAPTER VI. THE SEASON OF LINTON'S FLITTING...
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Roland Cashel, Volume I (of II)Roland Cashel, Volume I (of II) As Roland Cashel strolled along alone, he could not divest himself of a certain feeling of disappointment, that, up to the present, at least, all his wealth had so little contributed to realize those illusions he had so...
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An Elegy to the Memory of the late William Palgrave, Esquire, with Other PiecesAn Elogy to the Memory of the late Wm. Palgrave, Esq., with Other Pieces You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered...
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An Address to a Wealthy LibertineAn Address to a Wealthy Libertine - or, the Melancholy Effects of Seduction; with a Letter from an Unfortunate Farmer's Daughter, to her Parents in NorfolkBelieve me, Sir; I do these lines impart With every pang that can corrode the heart; Bring to your...
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A Traitor's WooingA Traitor's WooingAuthor of "Her Splendid Sin," "The Hidden Victim," "A Race with Ruin," etc. etc. ILLUSTRATED LONDON WARD LOCK & CO. LTD 1909 The Tribune.Mr. Headon Hill's new book, "The Avengers," has not a dull line, and one's pulse is kept on the...
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The Man of TasteThe Man of Taste The idea of "taste" and the ideal of the "man of taste" have fallen considerably in critical esteem since the eighteenth century. When F. R. Leavis calls Andrew Lang "a scholar and a man of taste, with a feeling for...
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Mosada: A dramatic poemMosada: A dramatic poemMosada. [alone] Three times the roses have grown less and less, As slowly Autumn climbed the golden throne Where sat old Summer fading into song, And thrice the peaches flushed upon the walls, And thrice the corn around the sickles flamed,...
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StevensonianaStevensoniana - Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His WorkThe early days of the literary career of Robert Louis Stevenson can hardly be said to have been entirely devoid of recognition, though it...
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The Little Schoolmaster Mark: A Spiritual RomanceThe Little Schoolmaster Mark: A Spiritual RomanceThe words of the anthem in the concluding chapter are taken from a sermon by Canon Knox Little, "The Vision of the Truth," preached in St. Paul's in Lent 1883, and published in The Witness of the Passion....
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 14The Rebellion; a Tragedy: As it was acted nine dayes together, and divers times since, with good applause, by his Majesties Company of Revells. Written by Thomas Rawlins. London: Printed by I. Okes, for Daniell Frere,...
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Raison et sensibilité, ou les deux manières d'aimer (Tome 1)Raison et sensibilité, ou les deux manières d'aimer (Tome 1)La famille des Dashwood tait depuis long-temps tablie dans le comt de Sussex. Leurs domaines taient tendus, et leur rsidence habituelle tait Norland-Park, au centre de leurs proprits, o plusieurs gnrations avaient vcu avec honneur,...
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Love's UsuriesLove's Usuries[Several of the following stories are reprinted by kind permission of the Editor of "Black and White," in which journal they originally appeared. "On the Eve of the Regatta" is reprinted by kind permission of the Editor of "The Gentlewoman."] Is happiness courted...
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