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Jaunty Jock, and Other StoriesJaunty Jock, and Other StoriesThe last of the West Bow balls before Lady Charlotte ran away with her dancing-master was on a dirty evening in November. Edinburgh was all day wrapped in haar, and now came rain that made the gutters run like mountain...
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Oxford Poetry, 1921Oxford Poetry, 1921The Editors of this years Oxford Poetry, the work of undergraduates who have been in residence since the date of the last collection, have attempted to make the volume more representative of Poetry and less representative merely of Oxford than its predecessors....
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The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty ExtravagantThe English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty ExtravagantWhen this piece was first published it was ushered into the World with the usual ceremony of a Preface, and that a large one, whereby the Authour intended and endeavoured to possess...
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The Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian LifeThe Squatter's Dream: A Story of Australian LifeJack Redgrave was a jolly, well-to-do young squatter, who, in the year 185, had a very fair cattle station in one of the Australian colonies, upon which he lived in much comfort and reasonable possession of the...
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The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore HookThe Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore HookThe life of the distinguished humourist whose opera minora we now present to the world, was so chequered and diversified by remarkable incidents and adventures, and passed so much in the...
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Jack Straw: A Farce in Three ActsJack Straw: A Farce in Three ActsThe Performing Rights of this play are fully protected, and permission to perform it, whether by Amateurs or Professionals, must be obtained in advance from the authors Sole Agent, R. Golding Bright, 20 Green Street, Leicester Square, London,...
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Oxford Poetry, 1919Oxford Poetry, 1919OXFORD POETRY, 1914 (Out of Print) OXFORD POETRY, 1915 OXFORD POETRY, 1916 OXFORD POETRY, 1917 OXFORD POETRY, 1918 The following authors wish to make acknowledgment for permission kindly given to reprint: Mr. E. Dickinson, to the editor of Coterie; Mr. P. H....
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Oxford Poetry, 1920Oxford Poetry, 1920The following authors wish to make acknowledgment to the editors of the publications mentioned for permission kindly given to reprint: Mr. E. Blunden, The Nation (Forefathers), Voices (Sheet Lightning); Miss V. M. Brittain, The Oxford Chronicle (Boars Hill, and The Lament of...
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The Tragedy of Ida NobleThe Tragedy of Ida NobleOn Monday, August 8th, 1838, the large bark Ocean Ranger, of which I was second mate, was in latitude 38 40' N., and longitude 11 W. The hour was four o'clock in the afternoon. I had come on deck to...
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Men of MawmMen of MawmFor a short space Mr. Riley forsook the white for the red rose, and wrote The Lady of the Lawn as a result. He has now definitely returned to his own country, and in his new novel is told the story of...
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The Oxford Circus: A Novel of Oxford and YouthThe Oxford Circus: A Novel of Oxford and YouthEntrusted with the literary remains of the late Alfred Budd, we think it fitting to provide the reading public, however briefly and inadequately, with some particulars of his life. They are, alas, only too few (Fate...
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Pearl-Fishing Choice Stories from Dickens' Household Words Second SeriesPearl-Fishing; Choice Stories from Dickens' Household Words; Second SeriesTHE large demand for the First Series of this publication, has confirmed the publishers in their opinion of its worth and its adaptability to meet the wants and tastes of the reading public, and induced them...
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The Honeymoon: A comedy in three actsThe Honeymoon: A comedy in three actsCedric Haslam. Renowned aviator. The taciturn inventive Englishman. Very self-controlled, but capable of passionate moments. Obstinate, with enormous force of character. His movements, gestures, and speech have a certain air of slow indolence, but are at the same...
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The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard IIIThe Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard IIIOf all the hard-working people on the earth, there are none so serviceable to her neighbours as the moon. She lights lovers and thieves. She keeps watch-dogs waking. She is a constant resource to poets...
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The Castle of EhrensteinThe Castle of Ehrenstein - Its Lords Spiritual and Temporal; Its Inhabitants Earthly and UnearthlyIt was an awfully dark and tempestuous night; the wind howled in fury through the trees, and round the towers; the large drops of rain dashed against the casements, the...
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Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish NavvyChildren of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an Irish Navvy"I wish the Kinlochleven navvies had been thrown into the loch. They would fain turn the Highlands into a cinderheap," said the late Andrew Lang, writing to me a few months before his death....
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Scandal: A NovelScandal: A NovelThere was a laugh and a shrug. "If it comes to that, my dear fellow, what on earth are we doing in New York at this time of year? Anyway, I'm not interested." "I am. She's with that unpleasant brute, Sutherland York...
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The Laughter of Peterkin: A retelling of old tales of the Celtic WonderworldThe Laughter of Peterkin: A retelling of old tales of the Celtic WonderworldAt the rising of the moon, Peterkin awoke, and laughed. He was in his little white bed near the open window, so that when a moonbeam wavered from amid the branches of...
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The Adventures of M. D'HaricotThe Adventures of M. D'Haricot N my window-sill lies a faded rose, a rose plucked from an English lane. As I write, my eyes fall upon the gardens, the forests, around my ancestral chateau, but the faint scent is an English perfume. To the...
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MerirosvoMerirosvoOli keskuun loppupuoli v. 179, Biskajan lahden pauhaavat aallot olivat jo vhitellen asettumassa raivoisan ja tn vuodenaikana harvinaisen myrskyn jlkeen. Kuitenkin ne hykyivt viel valtavasti, ja kerran toisensa perst kiihtyi tuuli oikullisiksi rajuiksi vihureiksi, ikn kuin olisi tahtonut uudelleen aloittaa temmellyksens. Mutta sen ponnistukset...
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