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Boswell's Life of JohnsonBoswell's Life of Johnson - Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood Phillips Brooks once told the boys at Exeter that in reading biography three men meet one another in close intimacythe subject of the biography, the author, and the reader....
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The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and FireThe San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire Earthquake and famine, fire and sudden deaththese are the destroyers that men fear when they come singly; but upon the unhappy people of California they came together, a hideous quartette, to slay human beings, to blot...
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A Distinguished Provincial at ParisA Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Distinguished Provincial at Paris is part two of a trilogy. Part one, Two Poets, begins the story of Lucien, his sister Eve, and his friend David in the provincial town of Angouleme. Part two is centered on Luciens...
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The Fall of the Moghul Empire of HindustanThe Fall of the Moghul Empire of HindustanTwo editions of this book having been absorbed, it has been thought that the time was come for its reproduction in a form more adapted to the use of students. Opportunity has been taken to introduce considerable...
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The Private Papers of Henry RyecroftThe Private Papers of Henry RyecroftThe name of Henry Ryecroft never became familiar to what is called the reading public. A year ago obituary paragraphs in the literary papers gave such account of him as was thought needful: the date and place of his...
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Native Life in South AfricaNative Life in South Africa - Before and Since the European War and the Boer RebellionPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the...
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SeraphitaSeraphita As the eye glances over a map of the coasts of Norway, can the imagination fail to marvel at their fantastic indentations and serrated edges, like a granite lace, against which the surges of the North Sea roar incessantly? Who has not dreamed...
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No ThoroughfareNo ThoroughfareDay of the month and year, November the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. London Time by the great clock of Saint Pauls, ten at night. All the lesser London churches strain their metallic throats. Some, flippantly begin before the heavy bell...
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Somebody's LuggageSomebody's LuggageThe writer of these humble lines being a Waiter, and having come of a family of Waiters, and owning at the present time five brothers who are all Waiters, and likewise an only sister who is a Waitress, would wish to offer a...
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A Message from the SeaA Message from the SeaCaptain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff. There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was...
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The Perils of Certain English PrisonersThe Perils of Certain English PrisonersIt was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-four, that I, Gill Davis to command, His Mark, having then the honour to be a private in the Royal Marines, stood a-leaning over the bulwarks...
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Enoch Arden, etcEnoch Arden, &c. 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 days of receipt of the...
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BureaucracyBureaucracy In Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance we are about to make at a moment when...
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ShelleyShelley In the case of most great writers our interest in them as persons is derived from out interest in them as writers; we are not very curious about them except for reasons that have something to do with their art. With Shelley it...
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Shelley: An EssayShelley: An EssayThe Church, which was once the mother of poets no less than of saints, during the last two centuries has relinquished to aliens the chief glories of poetry, if the chief glories of holiness she has preserved for her own. The palm...
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Leaves of GrassLeaves of Grass Ones-Self I Sing Ones-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form...
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Some ReminiscencesSome Reminiscences As a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendly suggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure. I defended myself with some spirit; but, with characteristic tenacity,...
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Penelope's English ExperiencesPenelope's English Experiences - Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton Here we are in London again,Francesca, Salemina, and I. Salemina is a philanthropist of the Boston philanthropists limited. I am an artist. Francesca is It is very difficult to label Francesca....
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Lavender and Old LaceLavender and Old Lace A rickety carriage was slowly ascending the hill, and from the place of honour on the back seat, the single passenger surveyed the country with interest and admiration. The driver of that ancient chariot was an awkward young fellow, possibly...
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The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling IdyllThe Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll If you (presuming you are of the sex that does such things)if you had gone into the Drapery Emporiumwhich is really only magnificent for shopof Messrs. Antrobus & Co.a perfectly fictitious Co., by the byeof Putney, on...
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