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The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport When Jack Conolly, of the Irish Shotgun Brigade, the Rory of the Hills Inner Circle, and the extreme left wing of the Land League, was incontinently shot by Sergeant Murdoch of the constabulary, in...

Die AufgeregtenWe are releasing two versions of this Etext, one in 7-bit format, known as Plain Vanilla ASCII, which can be sent via plain email and one in 8-bit format, which includes higher order characters which requires a binary transfer, or sent as email...

The Life of Lord ByronMy present task is one of considerable difficulty; but I have long had a notion that some time or another it would fall to my lot to perform it. I approach it, therefore, without apprehension, entirely in consequence of having...

Yeast: a ProblemThis little tale was written between two and three years ago, in the hope that it might help to call the attention of wiser and better men than I am, to the questions which are now agitating the minds of the rising...

Life of Johnson, Volume 4 - 1780-1784Being disappointed in my hopes of meeting Johnson this year, so that I could hear none of his admirable sayings, I shall compensate for this want[1] by inserting a collection of them, for which I am indebted to...

Die Laune des Verliebten - Ein Schäferspiel in Versen und einem AktLamon. Wie lange liebst du mich schon, ohne mich zu kennen? Ich wei es ganz gewi, du liebst nur mich allein, Und dieses muntre Herz ist auch auf ewig dein, Du weit es....

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 11. - Parlimentary Debates II. Debate on an address to the king. Debate on a motion for inquiring into the conduct of publick affairs. Debate on a motion for indemnifying evidence relating to the conduct of the...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 10 - Parlimentary Debates I Debate on the bill for prohibiting the exportation of corn. Debate on a seditious paper. Debate on incorporating the new-raised men into the standing regiments. Debate on taking the state of the...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06 - Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons Appointed to manage the contributions begun at London, December 18, 1758, for clothing French prisoners of war. The committee intrusted with the money, contributed...

The Velvet GloveThe Ebro, as all the world knows--or will pretend to know, being an ignorant and vain world--runs through the city of Saragossa. It is a river, moreover, which should be accorded the sympathy of this generation, for it is at once rapid...

The Gospel of the Pentateuch: A Set of Parish SermonsMy Dear Stanley, I dedicate these Sermons to you, not that I may make you responsible for any doctrine or statement contained in them, but as the simplest method of telling you how much they...

Damon and Delia: A TaleThe races at Southampton have, for time immemorial, constituted a scene of rivalship, war, and envy. All the passions incident to the human frame have here assumed as true a scope, as in the more noisy and more tragical contentions...

Confession de Minuit: RomanJe n'en veux pas M. Sureau; Je suis tout fait mcontent d'avoir perdu ma situation. Une douce situation, voyez-vous? Mais je n'en veux pas M. Sureau. Il tait dans son droit et je ne sais trop ce que j'aurais fait sa...

Le Chat du NeptuneMais, avec les lunettes, on voyait effectivement tribord, c'est--dire sur notre droite, une masse sombre que les plus inexpriments des passagers, parmi lesquels je me hte de me compter, n'auraient sans doute pas hsit reconnatre du premier coup pour un btiment...

Sermons on Evil-SpeakingIsaac Barrow was born in London in 1630. His father was draper to the king. His mother died when he was four years old. He was named Isaac after an uncle, who died in 1680, Bishop of St. Asaph. Young Isaac Barrow...

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8)Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents Contents p.2 Contents Contents p.2 Contents Contents p.2 Contents...

Manfredo Palavicino, o, I Francesi e gli Sforzeschi: Storia ItalianaUno Stato che, dopo aver raggiunto, quasi potrebbe dirsi, un primato di prosperit, di floridezza e di coltura, si arresta improvviso, tentenna, si sconnette, perde finalmente tutto quanto aveva acquistato con un lavoro assiduo di...

English Poets of the Eighteenth CenturyI. ORTHODOXY AND CLASSICISM QUIESCENT (1700-1725) The clearest portrayal of the prominent features of an age may sometimes be seen in poems which reveal what men desire to be rather than what they are; and which express sentiments typical,...

The Best Letters of Charles LambIt may well be that the "Essays of Elia" will be found to have kept their perfume, and the LETTERS OF CHARLES LAMB to retain their old sweet savor, when "Sartor Resartus" has about as many readers as Bulwer's...

All Saints' Day and Other SermonsInheriting the zealAnd from the sanctity of elder timesNot deviating;a priest, the like of whomIf multiplied, and in their stations set,Would oer the bosom of a joyful landSpread true religion, and her genuine fruits.The excursionBook vi. The following Sermons...