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The King's Stratagem, and Other StoriesThe King's Stratagem, and Other StoriesIn the days when Henry IV. of France was King of Navarre only, and in that little kingdom of hills and woods which occupies the southwest corner of the larger country, was with difficulty supporting the Huguenot cause against...
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The New RectorThe New Rector The king was dead. But not at once, not until after some short breathing-space, such as was pleasant enough to those whose only concern with the succession lay in the shouting, could the cry of Long live the king! be raised....
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Sophia: A RomanceSophia: A RomanceIn the dining-room of a small house on the east side of Arlington Street, which at that period--1742--was the Ministerial street, Mr. and Mrs. Northey sat awaiting Sophia. The thin face of the honourable member for Aldbury wore the same look of...
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Under Four Administrations, from Cleveland to TaftUnder Four Administrations, from Cleveland to Taft - Recollections of Oscar S. Straus ...I am drawing these memories to a close in my log cabin in the primitive Maine woods, where my wife and I have been coming for rest and for fishing for...
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Starvecrow FarmStarvecrow Farm The postchaise had nearly cleared the sands. Behind it the low line of Lancashire coast was fading from sight. Before it the long green hill of Cartmel had risen so high and drawn so near as to hide the Furness fells. On...
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The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, EsmeraldaThe Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, EsmeraldaScene.Border of the Thames. A deserted strand. An old parapet in ruins, conceals the borders of the water. To the right, a house of mean appearance. At the corner of this house, a statuette...
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The Blessed Hope: A Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Francis CunninghamThe Blessed Hope: A Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Francis Cunninghamp. iiiThe substance of the following Sermon was preached at St. Peters, Lowestoft, on Sunday, the 19th of August, 1855, after the death and funeral of Mrs. Francis Cunningham, the beloved wife of...
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Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume 2 (of 2)Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume 2 (of 2)Those words "odd," and "singular," and "eccentric," what odd, singular, eccentric sort of words they are, reader! How often they mean nothing,being thrown out, as descriptions of character, by drivelling Ignorance, who scrapes them up as...
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Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 1 (Vol. 1 - 4)Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 1 (Vol. 1 - 4)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Pourquoi ce...
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Horace ChaseHorace ChaseIN a mountain village of North Carolina, in the year 1873, the spring had opened with its accustomed beauty. But one day there came a pure cold wind which swept through the high valley at tremendous speed from dawn to midnight. People who...
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La dégringoladeLa dégringoladeD'un quart de lieue, le soir, on voyait resplendir ses becs de gaz au plus bel endroit du boulevard Clichy, presqu'en face de la place Pigalle. C'est vers 1865 qu'il fut fond, au rez-de-chausse d'une maison neuve, par un certain Justus Putzenhofer, Prussien...
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La coucaratcha (II/III)La coucaratcha (II/III)Mais comme cette nouvelle volont ne faisait pour ainsi dire que de natre, elle n'tait pas encore assez forte pour vaincre l'autre, qui avait toute la force qu'une longue habitude peut donner. Cependant ces deux volonts, l'une ancienne et l'autre nouvelle, l'une...
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Social Transformations of the Victorian Age: A Survey of Court and CountrySocial Transformations of the Victorian Age: A Survey of Court and CountryIt may be well very briefly to explain the relation in which the present work stands to a survey, not a history, of modern England undertaken by the same author some years ago....
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SolomonSolomonMIDWAY in the eastern part of Ohio lies the coal country; round-topped hills there begin to show themselves in the level plain, trending back from Lake Erie; afterwards rising higher and higher, they stretch away into Pennsylvania and are dignified by the name of...
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Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1)Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1)From the very beginning of reading and writingnay, doubtless from the very beginning of speaking,Truth, immortal Truth has been the object of ostensible worship to all who read and to all who listen; and, in the abstract,...
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Ovington's BankOvington's Bank It was market day at Aldersbury, the old county town of Aldshire, and the busiest hour of the day. The clock of St. Julianas was on the point of striking three, and the streets below it were thronged. The gentry, indeed, were...
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La coucaratcha (I/III)La coucaratcha (I/III)Vers la fin de la guerre d'Espagne, je me trouvais Chiclana, charmant village peu loign de Cadix, et renomm par l'efficacit de ses sources minrales;on m'avait conseill ces eaux pour parfaire la gurison d'une blessure assez dangereuse, et mon excellent hte don...
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Der TeemeisterDer Teemeister Haus brannte, auch papierner Lampion fing Feuer, Nachthimmel war gar nicht so schwarz, eher blulich, nun goss Rot von unten in gischtender Garbe hoch, Zikaden zirpten erwachend auf, ungeheuer leise, doch gleichwohl schrill fr glserne Ohren, verzweifelter Greis fiel zu Boden und...
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Life and Writings of Maurice MaeterlinckLife and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"Maurice Maeterlinck.Il dbuta ... dans La Pliade par un chef-d'uvre: Le Massacre des Innocents. Albert Mockel devint plus tard son patient et infatigable aptre Paris. C'est lui qui nous fit connatre Les Serres Chaudes et surtout cette Princesse Maleine...
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For the CauseFor the CauseParis had never seemed to the eye more peaceful than on a certain November evening in the year 1589: and this although many a one within its walls resented the fineness of that night as a mockery, a scoff at the pain...
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