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Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School In the first place, Miss Minchin lived in London. Her home was a large, dull, tall one, in a large, dull square, where all the houses were alike, and all the sparrows were alike,...

A Child's Garden of VersesFor the long nights you lay awake And watched for my unworthy sake: For your most comfortable hand That led me through the uneven land: For all the story-books you read: For all the pains you comforted: For all you...

Les Misérables So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization of earth, and adding the element of human fate to divine destiny; so long as the three great...

Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman THE WRONGS OF WOMAN, like the wrongs of the oppressed part of mankind, may be deemed necessary by their oppressors: but surely there are a few, who will dare to advance before the improvement of the age, and...

The Damnation of Theron Ware No such throng had ever before been seen in the building during all its eight years of existence. People were wedged together most uncomfortably upon the seats; they stood packed in the aisles and overflowed the galleries; at the...

The Art of War Ssu-ma Chien gives the following biography of Sun Tz: [1] Sun Tz Wu was a native of the Chi State. His Art of War brought him to the notice of Ho Lu, [2] King of Wu. Ho Lu said to...

The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come - Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan {1} When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand That I...

Orthodoxy This book is meant to be a companion to "Heretics," and to put the positive side in addition to the negative. Many critics complained of the book called "Heretics" because it merely criticised current philosophies without offering any alternative philosophy. This book is...

The Arabian Nights Entertainments The stories in the Fairy Books have generally been such as old women in country places tell to their grandchildren. Nobody knows how old they are, or who told them first. The children of Ham, Shem and Japhet may have...

The Poison Belt It is imperative that now at once, while these stupendous events are still clear in my mind, I should set them down with that exactness of detail which time may blur. But even as I do so, I am overwhelmed by...

A Girl of the Limberlost Elnora Comstock, have you lost your senses? demanded the angry voice of Katharine Comstock while she glared at her daughter. Don't you 'why mother' me! cried Mrs. Comstock. You know very well what I mean. You've given me no...

Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible - Apocrypha 1:3 And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of...

At the Earth's Core IN THE FIRST PLACE PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT I do not expect you to believe this story. Nor could you wonder had you witnessed a recent experience of mine when, in the armor of blissful and stupendous ignorance, I...

The Return of the Native The date at which the following events are assumed to have occurred may be set down as between 1840 and 1850, when the old watering place herein called Budmouth still retained sufficient afterglow from its Georgian gaiety and prestige...

Northanger Abbey This little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication. It was disposed of to a bookseller, it was even advertised, and why the business proceeded no farther, the author has never been able to learn. That any...

Treasure Island To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his affectionate friend, TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER If sailor...

A Tramp Abroad 1.PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR 2.TITIANS MOSES 3.THE AUTHORS MEMORIES 4.THE BLACK KNIGHT 5.OPENING HIS VIZIER 6.THE ENRAGED EMPEROR 7.THE PORTIER 8.ONE OF THOSE BOYS 9.SCHLOSS HOTEL 10.IN MY CAGE 11.HEIDELBERG CASTLE 12.HEIDELBERG CASTLE, RIVER FRONTAGE 13.THE RETREAT 14.JIM BAKER 15."A BLUE...

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67 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 and reported to you within 90...

United States Census Figures Back to 1630All figures listed below for years before 1992 are US Census Bureau figures as per the source files. Where there were an assortment of figures for a specific year, we averaged them. 1992 was an estimate. Years after...