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The Abbess Of VlayeThe Abbess Of VlayeMonsieur des Ageaux was a man of whom his best friends could not say that he shone, or tried to shine, in the pursuit of the fair sex. He was of an age, something over thirty, when experience renders more formidable...
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Andromache: A Play in Three ActsAndromache: A Play in Three ActsMy Dear ARCHER, The germ of this play sprang into existence on a certain April day in 1896 which you and I spent chiefly in dragging our reluctant bicycles up the great hills that surround Riveaulx Abbey, and discussing,...
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Poems and ParodiesPoems & ParodiesTwo simple words, charged now for some of us with sad and infinite memories. It is not the death of the Professor, nor of the soldier, nor of the politician--nor even of the poet or the essayist--that causes the heart-ache that we...
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Twelfth Night or, What You WillTwelfth Night; or, What You WillRob. True, madam; and, to comfort you with chance, Assure yourself, after our ship did split, [pg6] When you, and that poor number saved with you, Hung on our driving boat, I saw your brother, Most provident in peril,...
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The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle AgesThe Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle AgesAfter writing it, I took wider views of the subject, and also felt uneasy at having deviated unnecessarily from the historical outline of a true story. These two sentiments have cost me more than...
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VagariesVagariesHe who has written these pages is no author; his life belongs to reality, and does not leave him any peace for indulging in fiction, and, besides, he has for nearly twenty years limited his best thoughts and efforts to that special authorship which...
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Spiritual AdventuresSpiritual AdventuresI am afraid I must begin a good way back if I am to explain myself to myself at all satisfactorily. I can see how the queer child I was laid the foundation of the man I became, and yet I remember singularly...
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A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British AuthorsA Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British AuthorsTHE favor with which a few articles in the periodical press, similar to those herewith presented, have been received induces the hope that the present volume may prove acceptable. If some popular literary shrines which...
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The Land of Song, Book 2. For lower grammar gradesThe Land of Song, Book 2. For lower grammar gradesThe inestimable value of literature in supplying healthful recreation, in opening the mind to larger views of life, and in creating ideals that shall mold the spiritual nature, is conceded now by every one who...
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PoemsPoemsI have added some passages to "The Land of Heart's Desire," and a new scene of some little length, besides passages here and there, to "The Countess Cathleen." The goddess has never come to me with her hands so full that I have not...
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The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 2 (of 3)The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 2 (of 3)The abb's departure left a void in the household. He had grown to be so conspicuous and necessary a feature in it that even Gabrielle regretted his mercurial presence,...
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Browning and His CenturyBrowning and His CenturyDuring the nineteenth century, which has already receded far enough into the perspective of the past for us to be able to take a comprehensive view of it, the advance guard of the human race found itself in a position entirely...
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A Little WizardA Little WizardWhen the agent of General Skippon, to whom the estate of Pattenhall by Ripon fell, as part of his reward after the battle of Naseby, went down to take possession, he found a little boy sitting on a heap of stones a...
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Chippinge BoroughChippinge Borough It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherds plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar. He...
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Un Cadet de Famille, v. 2/3Un Cadet de Famille, v. 2/3Vous devez comprendre, reprit de Ruyter, que le pauvre niais de Torra fut vendu par son frre, qui, tant l'an de la famille, avait non-seulement des droits de pre sur son cadet, mais encore le pouvoir de vendre tous...
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My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 2 (of 3)My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 2 (of 3) - A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the UnionThe dowager's words produced their effect upon Doreen, despite her virtuous indignation. She no longer committed herself by indiscreet communings with the 'scatter-brained young men.' She...
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The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 1 (of 3)The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 1 (of 3)Although there was no cash in silken fob or broidered pocket, the Elect denied themselves no luxury. Bejewelled Fashion was sumptuously clad: my ladies quarrelled and intrigued, danced and...
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My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 3 (of 3)My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 3 (of 3) - A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the UnionIf the cits of Dublin during this time were in the throes of apprehension and suspense, the Lords and Commons were enduring the agonies of evil...
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My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 1 (of 3)My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 1 (of 3) - A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the UnionSo sang all Dublin in a delirium of triumph on the 9th of November, 1783. From the dawn of day joy-bells had rung jocund peals; rich...
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The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 3 (of 3)The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 3 (of 3)It was a matter of imperative necessity to beat down at once the protecting barriers within which the victim had ensconced herself, and here was the first difficulty to...
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