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Genevra; or, the history of a portraitGenevra; or, the history of a portrait - by an American lady. A resident of Washington City.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by T. B. PETERSON, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States,...
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The girl in the crowdThe girl in the crowdStretch an invisible cord knee-high across the sidewalk at Broadway and Forty-second Street, and in five minutes a hundred prettier girls than Daisy Reynolds will stumble over it. (A hundred homelier girls too, for that matter!) Daisy was just the...
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Bud GregoryThe nameless somethingBud Gregory was something there isn't any word for. He bet on a dirt-track automobile race in the State of Colorado, and won twelve dollars. Simultaneously, a certain European Power made a very polite apology to the Icelandic Government for the falling...
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The 13th ManThe Thirteenth ManOne of the pedestrians, a young and athletic man, had climbed the bank nearer to him in a second, and was peering through a gap in the hedge, where nothing met his gaze but miles of smiling country, dotted by farms at...
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The prey of the strongestThe prey of the strongest Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch...
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DefinitionDefinitionIt is a truism that a human being can get used to very nearly everything. The hardy Eskimo, lying belly-down on a plain of ice that stretched unbroken to the sky, probably spent little of his time in meditating upon the vastness and inscrutability...
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The Trevor caseThe Trevor caseA faint, very faint scratching noise broke the stillness. Then a hand was thrust through the hole in the window pane; deftly the burglar alarm was disconnected, and the fingers fumbled with the catch of the window. The sash was pushed gently...
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BlindfoldBlindfoldEllen Sydneys first garden in the Meadowburns new American home had made a fair beginning. She was at work one afternoon bending over the bed of sweet peas, hooking the baby tendrils to the wire mesh of the frame, with an occasional pat of...
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The Kopje FarmThe Kopje Farm I. JACK LOVAT II. A BOER LAAGER III. FRINGED WITH FIRE IV. MR. LOVAT'S ADVENTURE V. DIAMOND VALLEY VI. A CAPE REBEL VII. A WEIRD ADVENTURE VIII. THE AMBUSH IX. THE RESCUE X. THE FARM RECAPTURED XI. DIAMONDS GALORE Those stirring...
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Angel: A sketch in Indian inkAngel: A sketch in Indian inkIt was the middle of March in the North-West Provinces, and the hot weather had despatched several heralds to Ramghur, announcing its imminent approach. Punkahs were swinging lazily in barrack rooms, the annual ice notice had made a round...
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The sky was full of shipsThe sky was full of shipsSykes died, and after two years they tracked Gordon Kemp down and brought him back, because he was the only man who knew anything about the death. Kemp had to face a coroner's jury in Switchpath, Arizona, a crossroads...
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From beyond the starsFrom beyond the starsTommy Driscoll lay on his stomach in the grass outside his father's laboratory and read his comic books. He was ten years old and wholly innocent of any idea that Fate or Chance or Destiny might make use of him to...
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The crimpThe crimpCaptain Gully, of the steam whaler Bowhead, was familiar with this law. It prevented him from completing his crew. Men of any kind were scarce in San Francisco. Cargoes rotted in ships holds while the wages of ordinary seamen mounted to impossible heights....
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Y ddwy chwaer: Ffeithiau hanesyddolY ddwy chwaer: Ffeithiau hanesyddol Yn y flwyddyn 1536, yn ystod teyrnasiad yr anwadal a'r nwydlawn frenin, Harri yr Wythfed, pan nad oedd dyogelwch dynion, a meddianau ond drychfeddyliau gogoneddus yn ymddangos yn unig ar glogwyni breuddwydion y nos, neu yn hofran yn ngwaelodion...
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You are forbidden!You are forbidden!A wave of pity swept through him, intensifying his own brooding unhappiness. Despite the fact he had instructed his psycho-color experts to design his inner consultation office in as soothing a shade as scientifically possible, the patient was sweating profusely, awaiting the...
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The Snake's PassThe Snake's PassBetween two great mountains of grey and green, as the rock cropped out between the tufts of emerald verdure, the valley, almost as narrow as a gorge, ran due west towards the sea. There was just room for the roadway, half cut...
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A hitch in timeA hitch in timeI blessed the carelessness that had caused me to set the space-time dials a little off when I began this journey to the distant past. I had come to this barbaric era in the proper time, indeed, but millions of miles...
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The gray brotherhoodThe gray brotherhoodA gray taxi was threading the traffic of Fifth Avenue. Up through the wealthiest street in the world the driver flashed with all the aplomb of a professional bucker who knew the elastic limits of the automobile laws. Wheeling with a pucker...
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23 1/2 hours' leaveTwenty-three and a half hours’ leaveThe Headquarters Troop were preparing to leave camp and move towards the East, where at an Atlantic port they would take ship and the third step toward saving democracy. Now the Headquarters Troop are a cavalry organisation, their particular...
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Pesti album: Krúdy Gyula feljegyzései és elbeszéléseiPesti album: Krúdy Gyula feljegyzései és elbeszéléseiBudapestrl az utazsi knyvek azt rjk, hogy gynyr ifj hajadon a vn Duna partjain s tavasszal ibolyaszaga van a vrosnak, mint a pesti korz hlgyeinek; szidben Buda adja meg a vros tnust, lehull vadgesztenyk kopognak a bstyastnyon, a...
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