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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907It would be hard to exaggerate the stir which the newspapers and the public generally made over the homecoming of Mark Twain. He had left America, staggering under heavy obligation and set out on a pilgrimage...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900The Browning readings must have begun about this time. Just what kindled Mark Twain's interest in the poetry of Robert Browning is not remembered, but very likely his earlier associations with the poet had something to...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875 It was not easy to take up the daily struggle again, but it was necessary.[Clemens once declared he had been so blue at this period that one morning he put a loaded pistol to his...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900"A man reaches the zenith at forty, the top of the hill. From that time forward he begins to descend. If you have any great undertaking ahead, begin it now. You will never be so capable...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866 First, I want to confess how I have envied you your association with Mark Twain in those days when you and he went gipsying, a long time ago. Next, I want to express my wonder...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to TriesteThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to TriesteWithout speaking at any length I asked the young grand duke to give me an asylum in his dominions for as long as I might care to stay. I anticipated any questions...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. CompleteThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. The doctrine of the...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and DeathThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and Death You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 26: SpainThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 26: SpainThe greatest mistake a man that punishes a knave can commit is to leave the said rogue alive, for he is certain to take vengeance. If I had had my sword in the den...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 28: RomeThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 28: RomeAs I fell over the Englishman I had struck my hand against a nail, and the fourth finger of my left hand was bleeding as if a vein had been opened. Betty helped me...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 27: Expelled from SpainThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 27: Expelled from SpainIf these Memoirs, only written to console me in the dreadful weariness which is slowly killing me in Bohemiaand which, perhaps, would kill me anywhere, since, though my body is old, my...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 25: Russia and PolandThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 25: Russia and PolandPrince Charles de Biron, the younger son of the Duke of Courland, Major-General in the Russian service, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Newski, gave me a distinguished reception after reading...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 23: EnglishThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 23: EnglishI passed a night which seemed like a never-ending nightmare, and I got up sad and savage, feeling as if I could kill a man on the smallest provocation. It seemed as if the...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 24: London to BerlinThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 24: London to BerlinThus ended the first act of the comedy; the second began the next morning. I was just getting up, when I heard a noise at the street door, and on putting my...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 22: to LondonThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 22: to LondonThus freed from the cares which the dreadful slanders of Possano had caused me, I gave myself up to the enjoyment of my fair Venetian, doing all in my power to increase her...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 20: MilanThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 20: MilanFar from punishing the Corticelli by making her live with Redegonde, the Count d'Aglie seemed to have encouraged her; and I was not sorry for it, since as long as she did not trouble...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 21: South of FranceThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 21: South of FranceAt Genoa, where he was known to all, Pogomas called himself Possano. He introduced me to his wife and daughter, but they were so ugly and disgusting in every respect that I...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 19: Back Again to ParisThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 19: Back Again to ParisAt ten o'clock in the morning, cheered by the pleasant feeling of being once more in that Paris which is so imperfect, but which is the only true town in the...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 18: Return to NaplesThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 18: Return to NaplesCardinal Passionei received me in a large hall where he was writing. He begged me to wait till he had finished, but he could not ask me to take a seat as...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 17: Return to ItalyThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 17: Return to Italy"I see what you mean; I like that! But console your self, Veronique is nothing compared to you, in my eyes at all events. You are my only beauty; but to reassure...
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