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Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1For years the makers of this book have spent the summer time in wandering about the French country; led here by the fame of some old monument, or there by an incident of history. They...
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Lundy's Lane, and Other PoemsLundy's Lane, and Other Poems THE BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE Rufus Gale speaks1852 Yes,in the Lincoln Militia,in the war of eighteen-twelve; Many's the day I've had since then to dig and delve But those are the years I remember as the brightest years of...
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The Book-Hunter at HomeThe Book-Hunter at Home[viii] [ix] [1] The rich finds of which the aged bookseller dreams are bargains only in the light of present-day prices. As a matter of fact, the great majority of them were not really bargains at all. He may bitterly lament...
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The Cold SnapThe Cold Snap - 1898 In the extremes of winter and summer, when the weather is either extraordinarily cold or hot, I confess to experiencing a peculiar sense of helplessness and vague uneasiness. I have a feeling that a trifling additional rise or fall...
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DesertedDeserted - 1898 What a glorious, all-satisfying country this Nevada desert would be, if one were only all eyes, and had no need of food, drink, and shelter! Would n't it, Miss Dwyer? Do you know, I 've no doubt that this is the...
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With The Eyes ShutWith The Eyes Shut - 1898 Railroad rides are naturally tiresome to persons who cannot read on the cars, and, being one of those unfortunates, I resigned myself, on taking my seat in the train, to several hours of tedium, alleviated only by such...
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LostLost - 1898 The 25th of May, 1866, was no doubt to many a quite indifferent date, but to two persons it was the saddest day of their lives. Charles Randall that day left Bonn, Germany, to catch the steamer home to America, and...
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A Love Story ReversedA Love Story Reversed - 1898 The golden hands of the parlor clock point glimmeringly to an hour after midnight, and the house is still. The gas is turned almost out, but the flickering of the dying sea-coal fire in the grate fitfully illumines...
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The Old Folks' PartyThe Old Folks' Party - 1898 And now what shall we do next Wednesday evening? said Jessie Hyde, in a business-like tone. It is your turn, Henry, to suggest. Jessie was a practical, energetic young lady, whose blue eyes never relapsed into the dreaminess...
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At Pinney's RanchAt Pinney's Ranch - 1898 John Lansing first met Mary Hollister at the house of his friend Pinney, whose wife was her sister. She had soft gray eyes, a pretty color in her cheeks, rosy lips, and a charming figure. In the course of...
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A Positive RomanceA Positive Romance - 1898 My friend Hammond is a bachelor, and lives in chambers in New York. Whenever we meet on my occasional visits to the city, he insists on my spending the night with him. On one of these occasions we had...
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Potts's Painless CurePotts's Painless Cure - 1898 Pouting lips and delicate brows fretted in pretty importunity over the troubled eyes enforced the pleading tones, and yet the young man to whom they were addressed found strength to reply: I 'm afraid I can't get rid of...
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Two Days' Solitary ImprisonmentTwo Days' Solitary Imprisonment - 1898 Mr. Joseph Kilgore was suffering from one of those spring influenzas which make a man feel as if he were his own grandfather. His nose had acquired the shape of a turnip and the complexion of a beet....
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A Summer Evening's DreamA Summer Evening's Dream - 1898 It is a village street, with great elms on either side, while along the middle stands another row set in a narrow strip of grassy common, so that the street and roadway are in reality double. The dwellings...
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To Whom This May ComeTo Whom This May Come - 1898 It is now about a year since I took passage at Calcutta in the ship Adelaide for New York. We had baffling weather till New Amsterdam Island was sighted, where we took a new point of departure....
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Hooking WatermelonsHooking Watermelons - 1898 The train slackened, a brakeman thrust his head in at the door and shouted Bah,a mysterious formality observed on American trains as they enter towns,and an elderly lady, two drummers, and a young man with a satchel got out, followed...
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An Echo Of AntietamAn Echo Of Antietam - 1898 The air was tremulous with farewells. The regiment, recruited within sight of the steeples of Waterville, and for three months in camp just outside the city, was to march the next morning. A series of great battles had...
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The Blindman's WorldThe Blindman's World - 1898 The narrative to which this note is introductory was found among the papers of the late Professor S. Erastus Larrabee, and, as an acquaintance of the gentleman to whom they were bequeathed, I was requested to prepare it for...
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Brittany and Its BywaysBrittany & Its Bywayssome account of its inhabitants and its antiquities; during a residence in that country. DinanAscent of the RanceStatue of Du Guesclin, 44Siege of 1359Duel of Du Guesclin and Thomas of Cantorbry, 45Castle of MontfilantStory of Gilles de Bretagne, 46Lunatic AsylumCastle of...
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PipefulsPipefulsSir Thomas Browne said that Eve was edified out of the rib of Adam. This little book was edified (for the most part) out of the ribs of two friendly newspapers, The New York Evening Post and The Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. To them,...
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