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Essays in the Art of WritingEssays in the Art of WritingAlthough an old, consistent exile, the editor of the following pages revisits now and again the city of which he exults to be a native; and there are few things more strange, more painful, or more salutary, than such...
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Songs of Travel, and Other VersesSongs of Travel, and Other VersesThe following collection of verses, written at various times and places, principally after the authors final departure from England in 1887, was sent home by him for publication some months before his death. He had tried them in several...
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The WoodlandersThe Woodlanders The rambler who, for old association or other reasons, should trace the forsaken coach-road running almost in a meridional line from Bristol to the south shore of England, would find himself during the latter half of his journey in the vicinity of...
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The Bride of LammermoorThe Bride of Lammermoor The author, on a former occasion, declined giving the real source from which he drew the tragic subject of this history, because, though occurring at a distant period, it might possibly be unpleasing to the feelings of the descendants of...
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HereticsHeretics Heretics was copyrighted in 1905 by the John Lane Company. This electronic text is derived from the twelfth (1919) edition published by the John Lane Company of New York City and printed by the Plimpton Press of Norwood, Massachusetts. The text carefully follows...
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In the South SeasIn the South Seas - Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises on the Yacht "Casco" (1888) and the Schooner "Equator" (1889)For nearly ten years my health had been declining; and...
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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A RomanceThe Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance When the knell of my thirtieth birthday sounded, I suddenly realised, with a desolate feeling at the heart, that I was alone in the world. It was true I had many and good friends, and I...
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The Door in the Wall, and Other StoriesThe Door in the Wall, and Other Stories One confidential evening, not three months ago, Lionel Wallace told me this story of the Door in the Wall. And at the time I thought that so far as he was concerned it was a true...
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The Shadow Line: A ConfessionThe Shadow Line: A Confession To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love Only the young have such moments. I dont mean the very young. No. The very young have, properly speaking,...
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Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the PriestLavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the PriestIn the following pages I have endeavoured to describe a dream, partly of study, partly of adventure, in which will be found copious notices of books, and many descriptions of life and manners, some in a very unusual...
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New Poems, and Variant ReadingsNew Poems, and Variant ReadingsBy sunny market-place and street Wherever I go my drum I beat, And wherever I go in my coat of red The ribbons flutter about my head. I seek recruits for wars to come For slaughterless wars I beat the...
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UnderwoodsUnderwoodsThere are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd: the soldier, the sailor and the shepherd not unfrequently; the artist rarely; rarely still, the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of...
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Frivolous CupidFrivolous Cupid He came back, moreover, to assume a position very different from his old one. He had left Harrow now, departing in the sweet aroma of a long score against Eton at Lord's, and was to go up to Oxford in October. Now...
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Familiar Studies of Men and BooksFamiliar Studies of Men and BooksThese studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in Macmillans, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received...
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Tales and FantasiesTales and FantasiesJohn Varey Nicholson was stupid; yet, stupider men than he are now sprawling in Parliament, and lauding themselves as the authors of their own distinction. He was of a fat habit, even from boyhood, and inclined to a cheerful and cursory reading...
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Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical LifeRound the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life I quite recognise the force of your objection that an invalid or a woman in weak health would get no good from stories which attempt to treat some features of medical life with...
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The Romany RyeThe Romany RyeI awoke at the first break of day, and, leaving the postillion fast asleep, stepped out of the tent. The dingle was dank and dripping. I lighted a fire of coals, and got my forge in readiness. I then ascended to the...
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KidnappedKidnapped While my husband and Mr. Henley were engaged in writing plays in Bournemouth they made a number of titles, hoping to use them in the future. Dramatic composition was not what my husband preferred, but the torrent of Mr. Henleys enthusiasm swept him...
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The Bible in SpainThe Bible in Spain - Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the PeninsulaIt is very seldom that the preface of a work is read; indeed, of late years, most books have been sent...
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BalladsBalladsOri, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English. Take it, being done; And let me sign...
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