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Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaRasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaRasselas was written by Samuel Johnson in the year 1759, when his age was fifty. He had written his London in 1738; his Vanity of Human Wishes in 1740; his Rambler between March, 1750, and March, 1752. In 1755 his Dictionary...
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Phantasmagoria and Other PoemsPhantasmagoria and Other Poemsp. 8At least, I said, Im glad to find A Ghost is not a dumb thing! But pray sit down: youll feel inclined (If, like myself, you have not dined) To take a snack of something: With this you make a...
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The DynamiterThe DynamiterGentlemen,In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended. It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit. Let us dedicate our...
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Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of EnglandAncient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of EnglandIn 1846, the Percy Society issued to its members a volume entitled Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, edited by Mr. James Henry Dixon. The sources drawn upon by Mr. Dixon...
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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's BargainThe Haunted Man and the Ghost's BargainFar be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right. In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken,...
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2DEAREST KATHARINE,Here, on a very little book and accompanied with lame verses, I have put your name. Our kindness is now getting well on in years; it must be nearly of age; and it gets more...
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An Outcast of the IslandsAn Outcast of the Islands An Outcast of the Islands is my second novel in the absolute sense of the word; second in conception, second in execution, second as it were in its essence. There was no hesitation, half-formed plan, vague idea, or the...
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The Battle of the Books, and other Short PiecesThe Battle of the Books, and other Short PiecesSatire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodys face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few...
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Essays of TravelEssays of TravelOur friendship was not only founded before we were born by a community of blood, but is in itself near as old as my life. It began with our early ages, and, like a history, has been continued to the present time....
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1One day in the autumn of 1888, in the island of Tahiti, during an illness which he supposed might be his last, Stevenson put into the hands of his stepson, Mr. Lloyd Osbourne, a sealed paper...
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The WardenThe WardenThe Rev. Septimus Harding was, a few years since, a beneficed clergyman residing in the cathedral town of ; let us call it Barchester. Were we to name Wells or Salisbury, Exeter, Hereford, or Gloucester, it might be presumed that something personal was...
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Codex Junius XICodex Junius 11 This file contains translations from the Anglo-Saxon of the following works: "Genesis A", "Genesis B", "Exodus", "Daniel", and "Christ and Satan". All are works found in the manuscript of Anglo-Saxon verse known as "Junius 11." These works were originally written in...
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Sylvie and BrunoSylvie and Bruno One little picture in this book, the Magic Locket, at p. 77, was drawn by 'Miss Alice Havers.' I did not state this on the title-page, since it seemed only due, to the artist of all these (to my mind) wonderful...
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Across the Plains, with Other Memories and EssaysAcross the Plains, with Other Memories and EssaysTraveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears. To these barbaric seats...
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Prayers Written At Vailima, and A Lowden Sabbath MornPrayers Written At Vailima, and A Lowden Sabbath MornIn every Samoan household the day is closed with prayer and the singing of hymns. The omission of this sacred duty would indicate, not only a lack of religious training in the house chief, but a...
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Idylls of the KingIdylls of the King Dedication These to His Memorysince he held them dear, Perchance as finding there unconsciously Some image of himselfI dedicate, I dedicate, I consecrate with tears These Idylls. And indeed He seems to me Scarce other than my kings ideal knight,...
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Prester JohnPrester John Time, they say, must the best of us capture, And travel and battle and gems and gold No more can kindle the ancient rapture, For even the youngest of hearts grows old. But in you, I think, the boy is not over;...
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Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible SocietyLetters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible SocietyRevd. and dear Sir,I have just received your communication, and notwithstanding it is Sunday morning, and the bells with their loud and clear voices are calling me to church, I have sat down to...
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Gulliver of MarsGulliver of Mars Dare I say it? Dare I say that I, a plain, prosaic lieutenant in the republican service have done the incredible things here set out for the love of a womanfor a chimera in female shape; for a pale, vapid ghost...
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The Monk: A RomanceThe Monk: A Romance IMITATION OF HORACE Ep. 20.B. 1. Methinks, Oh! vain ill-judging Book, I see thee cast a wishful look, Where reputations won and lost are In famous row called Paternoster. Incensed to find your precious olio Buried in unexplored port-folio, You...
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