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Prince ZaleskiPrince ZaleskiNever without grief and pain could I remember the fate of Prince Zaleskivictim of a too importunate, too unfortunate Love, which the fulgor of the throne itself could not abash; exile perforce from his native land, and voluntary exile from the rest of...
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White Jacket Or, The World on a Man-of-WarWhite Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War Conceive him now in a man-of-war; with his letters of mart, well armed, victualed, and appointed, and see how he acquits himself. FULLERS Good Sea-Captain. NOTE. In the year 1843 I shipped as ordinary seaman on...
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The Danger TrailThe Danger TrailFor perhaps the first time in his life Howland felt the spirit of romance, of adventure, of sympathy for the picturesque and the unknown surging through his veins. A billion stars glowed like yellow, passionless eyes in the polar cold of the...
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A Desperate Chance Or, The Wizard Tramp's Revelation, a Thrilling NarrativeA Desperate Chance; Or, The Wizard Tramp's Revelation, a Thrilling Narrative The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange. A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow...
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Tartarin de TarasconTartarin de Tarascon ALPHONSE DAUDET (Nmes, May 13, 1840; Paris, December 16, 1897) Alphonse Daudet was born in the ancient Provenal city of Nmes, near the Rhne, May 13, 1840. In this same year mile Zola, destined like Daudet to pass his youth in...
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TineTineDen Gang, da du endnu var staerk og lykkelig, gik vi en Dag, som vi, mens jeg var Dreng, saa ofte plejede, naar Skumringen faldt paa, en "Onskevandring" ned ad Byens Gade: i Butiksruderne pegede vi ud alt, hvad vi onskede, vi delte og...
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The Story of the Other Wise ManThe Story of the Other Wise Man You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they travelled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Bethlehem. But have you ever heard the story of the...
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The Reign of GreedThe Reign of GreedEl Filibusterismo, the second of Jos Rizals novels of Philippine life, is a story of the last days of the Spanish rgime in the Philippines. Under the name of The Reign of Greed it is for the first time translated into...
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Snake and Sword: A NovelSnake and Sword: A Novel When Colonel Matthew Devon de Warrenne, V.C., D.S.O., of the Queens Own (118th) Bombay Lancers, pinned his Victoria Cross to the bosom of his dying wifes night-dress, in token of his recognition that she was the braver of the...
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Three More John Silence StoriesThree More John Silence StoriesHarris, the silk merchant, was in South Germany on his way home from a business trip when the idea came to him suddenly that he would take the mountain railway from Strassbourg and run down to revisit his old school...
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Hilda LesswaysHilda LesswaysThe Lessways household, consisting of Hilda and her widowed mother, was temporarily without a servant. Hilda hated domestic work, and because she hated it she often did it passionately and thoroughly. That afternoon, as she emerged from the kitchen, her dark, defiant face...
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The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — FictionThe World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — FictionOn an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D------, a beautiful little town in East Anglia, I first saw the light. My father, a Cornishman, after serving many years in the Line, at...
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Andrew Golding: A Tale of the Great PlagueAndrew Golding: A Tale of the Great PlagueHOW I, LUCIA DACRE, CAME TO WRITE THIS HISTORY, AT THE TIME THAT I WITH MY SISTER WAS LODGED IN A DESERTED HOUSE IN LONDON, WHEN THE GREAT PLAGUE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT; WHICH WAS IN THE...
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Three John Silence StoriesThree John Silence Stories And what is it makes you think I could be of use in this particular case? asked Dr. John Silence, looking across somewhat sceptically at the Swedish lady in the chair facing him. Well, then, she laughed, your wonderful clairvoyant...
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Birthright: A NovelBirthright: A Novel At Cairo, Illinois, the Pullman-car conductor asked Peter Siner to take his suitcase and traveling-bag and pass forward into the Jim Crow car. The request came as a sort of surprise to the negro. During Peter Siner's four years in Harvard...
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The Turquoise Cup, and, the DesertThe Turquoise Cup, and, the DesertThe Cardinal Archbishop sat on his shaded balcony, his well-kept hands clasped upon his breast, his feet stretched out so straight before him that the pigeon, perched on the rail of the balcony, might have seen fully six inches...
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Les affinités électivesLes affinités électives - Suivies d'un choix de pensées du mêmeUn riche Baron, encore la fleur de son ge et que nous appellerons douard, venait de passer dans sa ppinire les plus belles heures d'une riante journe d'avril. Les greffes prcieuses qu'il avait fait...
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Mike and PsmithMike and Psmith In Evelyn Waugh's book Decline and Fall his hero, applying for a post as a schoolmaster, is told by the agent, "We class schools in four gradesleading school, first-rate school, good school, and school." Sedleigh in Mike and Psmith would, I...
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Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the EmpireUncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire I dare say that I had already read my uncle's letter a hundred times, and I am sure that I knew it by heart. None the less I took it out of my pocket, and, sitting on...
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Manners Makyth ManManners Makyth Man - Ship's Company, Part 12.The night-watchman appeared to be out of sorts. His movements were even slower than usual, and, when he sat, the soap-box seemed to be unable to give satisfaction. His face bore an expression of deep melancholy, but...
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