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Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of EarthPoems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth I. Enter these enchanted woods, You who dare. Nothing harms beneath the leaves More than waves a swimmer cleaves. Toss your heart up with the lark, Foot at peace with mouse and worm, Fair you fare....
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The House of IslâmThe House of IslâmIn the reign of the Sultn Abdul Mejd Khan, upon termination of the war with Muscovy, a multitude of faithful Georgians and Circassians chose to cast themselves, their women and children, upon the bounty of the Padishah rather than endure the...
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Oliver's Bride A true StoryOliver's Bride; A true StoryI have not been always what I ought to have been, he said, you must understand that, Grace. I cant let you take me without telling you, though its against myself. I have not been the man that your husband...
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The Age of Science: A Newspaper of the 20th CenturyThe Age of Science: A Newspaper of the Twentieth CenturyThe greatest discovery ever achieved by man is beyond all question that which it is now our privilege to announce, namely, that of the new Prospective Telegraph. By this truly wonderful invention (exquisitely simple in...
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The Loot of CitiesThe Loot of Cities - Being the Adventures of a Millionaire in Search of Joy (a Fantasia); and Other StoriesMr. Bruce Bowring, managing director of the Consolidated Mining and Investment Corporation, Limited (capital two millions, in one-pound shares, which stood at twenty-seven-and-six), turned and...
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The Watsons: By Jane Austen, Concluded by L. OultonThe Watsons: By Jane Austen, Concluded by L. OultonThis work was left by its author, a fragment without a name, in so elementary a state as not even to be divided into chapters, and some obscurities and inaccuracies of expression may be observed in...
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Harry Joscelyn vol. 3 of 3Harry Joscelyn; vol. 3 of 3TEN years is a large slice out of a life; but it slips by, not leaving much trace in a rural country where everything goes quietly, and where Christmas follows after Christmas with scarcely any sign by which one...
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A Sack of ShakingsA Sack of ShakingsMost of the Essays brought together in the present volume have been published in the Spectator, and are here reproduced by the kind permission of the proprietors of that journal, for which I offer them my hearty thanks. It may perhaps...
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Verena in the Midst: A Kind of a StoryVerena in the Midst: A Kind of a StoryMr. Richard Haven, some of whose letters are to be found in a preceding volume, The Vermilion Box, is still a bachelor and still lives in Mills Buildings, Knightsbridge, but is doubtful if he can afford...
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[The Hogarth Essays no. 4]Homage to John Dryden: Three Essays on Poetry of the Seventeenth CenturyThe three essays composing this small book were written several years ago for publication in the "Times Literary Supplement," to the editor of which I owe the encouragement to write them, and now...
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The Red SaintThe Red SaintWhen Denise of the Hermitage went down to draw water at the spring at the edge of the beech wood, she saw the light of a fire flashing out through the blue gloom of the April dusk. It was far awaythat fire,...
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The UndefeatedThe UndefeatedIt was so hot that a certain Mr. William Hollis sitting on an old bacon box in the lee of a summerhouse in his lock-up garden had removed coat and waistcoat tie and collar, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and loosened...
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Advisory Ben: A StoryAdvisory Ben: A StoryIn the lives of all, even the least enterprising or adventurous, moments now and then arrive when a decision has to be made; and our demeanour at such times throws a strong light upon our character. Many of us postpone action,...
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A Tale of Old JapanA Tale of Old JapanThe appearance of this poem in its present form is due chiefly to the demand created for it by a vanished hand. It was set to music as a cantata by Coleridge Taylor, some years ago. He thought it his...
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Torn Sails: A Tale of a Welsh VillageTorn Sails: A Tale of a Welsh Village I.Mwntseison II.Hugh Morgan III.Mari "Vone" IV.Owen's "bidding" V.Traeth-y-daran VI.Changes VII.A wedding call VIII.Confidences IX.Gwen's rebellion X.Hugh's suspicions XI.The storm XII.Unrest XIII.Doubts and fears XIV.The mill XV.Torn sails XVI.Peace XVII.The mill in the moonlight Between two rugged...
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First the Blade: A Comedy of GrowthFirst the Blade: A Comedy of GrowthOnce upon a timeand we pull in our deep chairs, you quietly, I with a quick impatient jerk that scrabbles up the hearth-rug and worries your tidy soul. But you yourself have forgotten the blinds! Draw them close,...
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Wee Willie Winkie, and Other Stories. Volume 2 (of 2)Wee Willie Winkie, and Other Stories. Volume 2 (of 2)The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding...
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The Three LoversThe Three LoversTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain. It was...
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A Man of the MoorsA Man of the Moors"Well?" growled Mother Strangeways, as her grandson pushed his way in between the rickety doorposts of Sorrowstones Spring. "Well, it's ower an' done wi', for sartin sure. Kate's gone off wi' Griff Lummax." The old hag toasted her claws at...
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The Silver Domino Or, Side Whispers, Social and LiteraryThe Silver Domino; Or, Side Whispers, Social and Literary"The 'Silver Domino' can handle words and phrases in a manner which either proves an extraordinary original gift or a good deal of practice.... The parody of Miss Olive Schreiner is one of the best and...
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