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Almoran and Hamet: An Oriental TaleAmidst the congratulations and praises of a free, a joyful, and now united people, people, who are ambitious to express their duty and their wishes in their various classes; I think myself happy to have Your Majesty's most gracious...

Kitty TrenireOn such an afternoon, when all the rest of the world lay in the fierce glare of the scorching sun, who could blame the children for choosing to perch themselves on the old garden wall, where it was so cool, and shady, and...

The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses From WomenIndeed we the Ladies of Pleasures, and those that stile themselves Procurers in Love Affairs, highly resent the late Paper put out against our Profession and bespattering of us for using only our own; but since it...

The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses from MenI am in a little pain lest the Title shou'd give Offence to some, whom I am unwilling to disoblige; yet I hope be more Judicious, when they see the design will allow it both their Pardon...

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873Behold me, then, with five hours around my neck, like so many millstones, in Strasburg, on the abjured Rhine! Had I not vowed never to visit that bewitched current again? Was it...

The Pocket George Borrow - Passages chosen from the works of George BorrowWhen a man has read once, or twice, or three times, through Borrows books, he will probably dip into them here and there at intervals. By so doing he gradually makes his...

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876Compress it as you may, this globe of ours remains quite a bulky affair. The world in little is not reducible to a microscopic point. The nations collected to show their riches,...

The Mysterious RiderA September sun, losing some of its heat if not its brilliance, was dropping low in the west over the black Colorado range. Purple haze began to thicken in the timbered notches. Gray foothills, round and billowy, rolled down from the higher...

Secret Chambers and Hiding Places - Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. The secret chamber is unrivalled even by the haunted house for the mystery and romance surrounding it. Volumes have been written about the haunted house, while...

La Daniella, Vol. I.Ce que nous allons transcrire sera, pour le lecteur, un roman et un voyage, soit un voyage pendant un roman, soit un roman durant un voyage. Pour nous, c'est une histoire relle; car c'est le rcit, crit par lui-mme, d'une demi-anne...

The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)LETTER I. Miss Byron to Miss Selby. A tenth letter from Dr. Bartlett: Description of a formal visit Sir Charles Grandison paid to the whole of the Porretta family assembled: their different characters clearly displayed...

Correspondance, 1812-1876 — Tome 4 Nohant, 3 janvier 1854. Ma chre mignonne, je reois ta lettre de nouvel an; j'tais bien sre que tu penserais moi, et je t'embrasse mille fois, en te souhaitant aussi tous les biens de ce monde, les vrais: le...

Le Naturalisme au théâtre, les théories et les exemplesDurant quatre annes, j'ai t charg de la critique dramatique, d'abord au Bien public, ensuite au Voltaire. Sur ce nouveau terrain du thtre, je ne pouvais que continuer ma campagne, commence autrefois dans le domaine du...

AdolpheLe succs de ce petit ouvrage ncessitant une seconde dition, j'en profite pour y joindre quelques rflexions sur le caractre et la morale de cette anecdote laquelle l'attention du public donne une valeur que j'tais loin d'y attacher. J'ai dj protest contre les allusions...

Les diaboliquesPremire prface aux Diaboliques Prface de la premire dition Le rideau cramoisi Le plus bel amour de Don Juan I II III IV V Le bonheur dans le crime Le dessous de cartes d'une partie de whist I II III un dner d'athes...

Manasse JäppinenKukapa ei tuntisi Manasse Jppist, tt aikamme kuuluisaa oppinutta, jonka ansiot kansanvalistuksen ja lukutaidon levittmisen alalla ovat niin suuret, ett nykyisen ylitirehtrin jlkeen hnet valitaan Suomen kouluylihallituksen ylitirehtriksi. Yleinen on mys sekin ajatus, ett tm kansanvalistuksen lmmin ystv olisi noiden suurien ansioittensa takia...

Correspondance, 1812-1876 — Tome 5 Nohant, 2 janvier 1864. C'est vrai, que je n'cris plus, parce que je n'en peux plus d'crire! mais tu sais bien que je ne t'oublie pas. Je suis souvent malade, je me remets sur pied pour un mois ou...

Correspondance, 1812-1876 — Tome 3 Nohant, 18 fvrier 1848. Je suis bien contente d'avoir de tes nouvelles. Je ne suis pas bien gaie loin de toi, quoique je me batte les flancs pour l'tre. Mais, enfin, il faut bien que tu remues un peu...

Correspondance, 1812-1876 — Tome 2 La Chtre, 10 juillet 1836. Hlas! mon amie, je n'ai point encore plaid en cour royale; par consquent je n'ai ni gagn ni perdu. Il tait question de mon dernier jugement sans doute quand on vous a annonc ma...

The AmuletIn the "Amulet," Hendrick Conscience has worked up an incident which occurred at Antwerp, in the 16th century, into a story of great power and deep interest. It was a dark and bloody deed committed, but swift and terrible was the retribution, strikingly...