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The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's NotesThe Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's NotesFornix--An arch. The arcades under the theatres. Pergulae--Balconies, where harlots were shown. Stabulae--Inns, but frequently houses of prostitution. Diversorium--A lodging house; house of assignation. Tugurium--A hut. A very low den. Turturilla--A dove cote; frequently in male part. Casuaria--Road...
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The Satyricon — Volume 05: Crotona AffairsThe Satyricon — Volume 05: Crotona Affairs CIRCE TO POLYAENOS--GREETING. Were I a wanton, I should complain of my disappointment, but as it is I am beholden to your impotence, for by it I dallied the longer in the shadow of pleasure. Still, I...
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The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by SeaThe Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea HIS FATE WAS UNAVOIDABLE NO ROCK-HEWN TOMB NOR SCULPTURED MARBLE HIS, HIS NOBLE CORPSE FIVE FEET OF EARTH RECEIVED, HE RESTS IN PEACE BENEATH THIS HUMBLE MOUND. NO ROCK-HEWN TOMB NOR SCULPTURED MARBLE HIS, HIS...
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The Satyricon — Volume 03: Encolpius and His CompanionsThe Satyricon — Volume 03: Encolpius and His CompanionsThere was no torch to light the way for us, as we wandered around, nor did the silence of midnight give promise of our meeting any wayfarer with a light; in addition to this, we were...
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The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of TrimalchioThe Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio NO SLAVE TO LEAVE THE PREMISES WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE MASTER. PENALTY ONE HUNDRED LASHES. WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE MASTER. PENALTY ONE HUNDRED LASHES. TO GAIUS POMPEIUS TRIMALCHIO AUGUSTAL, SEVIR FROM CINNAMUS HIS STEWARD. ......Buy Now...
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The Satyricon — Volume 01: IntroductionThe Satyricon — Volume 01: IntroductionOf the many masterpieces which classical antiquity has bequeathed to modern times, few have attained, at intervals, to such popularity; few have so gripped the interest of scholars and men of letters, as has this scintillating miscellany known as...
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The Golden Lion of GranpereThe Golden Lion of Granpere THE GOLDEN LION OF GRANPERE, BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE. CHAPTER I. Up among the Vosges mountains in Lorraine, but just outside the old half-German province of Alsace, about thirty miles distant from the new and thoroughly French baths of Plombires,...
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MetamorphosisMetamorphosis One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and...
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Their Mariposa Legend: A Romance of Santa CatalinaTheir Mariposa Legend: A Romance of Santa Catalina It began to happen a long time ago, centuries ago, when, in a fragrant rush of rain, spring came one day to Punagwandah, fairest of the Channel Islands. Beneath the golden mists of sunrise danced a...
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Cape Cod StoriesCape Cod Stories I don't exactly know why Cap'n Jonadab and me went to the post-office that night; we wa'n't expecting any mail, that's sartin. I guess likely we done it for the reason the feller that tumbled overboard went to the bottom'twas the...
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The Ivory TrailThe Ivory TrailGreen, ah greener than emeralds are, tree-tops beckon the dhows to land, White, oh whiter than diamonds are, blue waves burst on the amber sand, And nothing is fairer than Zanzibar from the Isles o' the West to the Marquesand. I was...
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Miss Minerva and William Green HillMiss Minerva and William Green Hill The bus drove up to the gate and stopped under the electric street-light. Perched on the box by the big, black negro driver sat a little boy whose slender figure was swathed in a huge rain coat. Mercy...
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A SirenA SirenIt was Carnival time in the ancient and once imperial, but now provincial and remote, city of Ravenna. It was Carnival time, and the very acme and high-tide of that season of mirth and revel. For the theory of Carnival observance is, that...
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The Old English Baron: a Gothic StoryThe Old English Baron: a Gothic Story As this Story is of a species which, though not new, is out of the common track, it has been thought necessary to point out some circumstances to the reader, which will elucidate the design, and, it...
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Corpus of a Siam MosquitoCorpus of a Siam Mosquito So he spoke, and the bright-eyed goddess, Athene, was pleased that she was the god he prayed to before all the others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a...
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Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of JerusalemPearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem It was but two hours after midnight, yet many were wakeful in Csarea on the Syrian coast. Herod Agrippa, King of all Palestineby grace of the Romansnow at the very apex of his power, celebrated a...
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Allan and the Holy FlowerAllan and the Holy Flower I do not suppose that anyone who knows the name of Allan Quatermain would be likely to associate it with flowers, and especially with orchids. Yet as it happens it was once my lot to take part in an...
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Aladdin O'BrienAladdin O'Brien It was on the way home from Sunday-school that Aladdin had enticed Margaret to the forbidden river. She was not sure that he knew how to row, for he was prone to exaggerate his prowess at this and that, and she went...
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Hardscrabble or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfareHardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfare It was on a beautiful day in the early part of the month of April, 1812, that four persons were met in a rude farm-house, situated on the Southern Branch of the Chicago...
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Innocent : her fancy and his factInnocent : her fancy and his factThe old by-road went rambling down into a dell of deep green shadow. It was a reprobate of a road,a vagrant of the land,having long ago wandered out of straight and even courses and taken to meandering aimlessly...
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