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The Chaste DianaThe Chaste DianaThis romance of The Beggars Opera introduces many real persons but all imaginatively treated. Lord Baltimore, The American Prince, as he was called at the time in society, has come down to us with a reputation for heartlessness of which I have...
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Colin II: A NovelColin II: A NovelWith the declining wheel of the sun to the west, the shadow of the great yew-hedge began to flow like some tide, dark and clear, over the paved terrace which since morning had basked in the blaze of the July day....
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Legends of the Black Watch or, 42nd HighlandersLegends of the Black Watch; or, Forty-second Highlanders Woven up with an occasional legend or superstition gleaned among the mountains from whence its soldiers came, the warlike details and many of the names which occur in the following pages, belong to the military history...
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Borgia: A Period PlayBorgia: A Period PlayIt is dead midnight: lights are burning. Lord Cardinal Cesare, in the black satin dress of a Spanish gentleman, with jewelled poignard, reclines on a couch. He appears to be sleeping, except that now and again he slowly rolls from hand...
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Die Pest zu LondonDie Pest zu LondonEs war 1664, um den Anfang des September, als ich gesprchsweise von meinen Nachbarn hrte, da die Pest in Holland von neuem ausgebrochen wre. Sie war dort im vorhergehenden Jahre sehr heftig aufgetreten, besonders in Amsterdam und Rotterdam, wohin sie nach...
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Waiting for an Omnibus in the Lowther Arcade on a Rainy Day: A Farce, in One ActWaiting for an Omnibus in the Lowther Arcade on a Rainy Day: A Farce, in One Act Away with Melancholy, From Village to Court, Whitebait at Greenwich, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, The Woman I Adore, A Capital Match, The Two Bonnycastles,...
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CapturesCapturesIts psychic origin, like that of most human loves and hates, was obscure, and yet, like most human hates and loves, had a definite point of physical departurethe moment when Bowdens yellow dog bit Steers ungaitered leg. Even then it might not have got...
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The Secret of ChimneysThe Secret of ChimneysCastles Select Tour, represented by seven depressed-looking females and three perspiring males, looked on with considerable interest. Evidently their Mr. Cade had met an old friend. They all admired Mr. Cade so much, his tall lean figure, his sun-tanned face, the...
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1851 Or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Cursty Sandboys1851; Or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to enjoy themselves, and to see the Great Exhibition.THE GREAT EXHIBITION was about to attract sight-seers of all the worldthe sight-seers, who make up nine-tenths of the human...
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John, A Love Story vol. 1 of 2John, A Love Story; vol. 1 of 2I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene. It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great...
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John, A Love Story vol. 2 of 2John, A Love Story; vol. 2 of 2There is nothing so hard in human experience as to fit in the exceptional moments of life into their place, and bring them into a certain harmony with that which surrounds them; and in youth it is...
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Around the Boree Log, and Other VersesAround the Boree Log, and Other VersesThese names are often applied to the same bird; but Happy Jacks (alias Gray-crowned Babblers) are brown with white markings; Twelve Apostles (alias Apostle-Birds) are gray with brown wings. Peewees, in the next line, are of course Magpie...
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QuicksandsQuicksandsOne sultry September afternoon, some years ago, my brother Ronald and I, being tired and dusty, found a temporary resting-place on the parapet of a little old bridge that spanned a sleepy stream. Through a thin silk blouse a comforting sun beat upon my...
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The Essays of Douglas JerroldThe Essays of Douglas JerroldMuch of Douglas Jerrolds writing took essay form although he only applied the title to five short pieces which were added as Essays to The Chronicles of Clovernook in 1846. Those five pieces are included in this volume along with...
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Grey Wethers: A Romantic NovelGrey Wethers: A Romantic NovelMore than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and Kings Avon. The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of Kings Avon,from which...
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A Gentleman of LeisureA Gentleman of LeisureThe main smoking-room of the Strollers Club had been filling for the last half-hour, and was now nearly full. In many ways the Strollers, though not the most magnificent, is the pleasantest club in New York. Its ideals are those of...
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The Vagaries of Tod and PeterThe Vagaries of Tod and PeterA small boy coming down to the drawing-room at half-past five for the sacred hour of play, found a visitor absorbing his mothers attention. For five minutes or so he politely refrained from interrupting their conversation, and he wandered...
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Within the PrecinctsWithin the PrecinctsThe Abbey Church of St. Michaels stands on a low hill in a flat and fertile country. The holy places which are sacred to the great archangel seem to settle naturally upon a mount; and this, one of the noblest structures consecrated...
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The House of AdventureThe House of AdventureTwo stragglers lay sleeping in an orchard near the village of Beaucourt, sprawling upon a grass bank under the branches of an old apple tree. The sun had cleared the horizon and hung as a great yellow disc in the purple...
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Derval Hampton: A Story of the Sea, Volume 2 (of 2)Derval Hampton: A Story of the Sea, Volume 2 (of 2) Another long spell of the sea, including several voyages and some stirring adventures, was before Derval now, with a protracted absence from Britain. The ship was not getting ready for sea, so Captain...
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