CHAPTER 1 In such pursuits if wisdom lies, Who, Laura, can thy taste despise?–GAY The drawing-room of Hollywell House was one of the favoured apartments, where a peculiar air of home seems to reside, whether seen in the middle of summer, all its large windows open to the garden, or, as when our story commences, its bright fire and stands of fragrant green-house plants contrasted with the wintry fog and leafless trees of November....
The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells Chapter the First Beginnings, and the Bazaar I “Hole!” said Mr. Polly, and then for a change, and with greatly increased emphasis: “‘Ole!” He paused, and then broke out with one of his private and peculiar idioms. “Oh! Beastly Silly Wheeze of a Hole!” He was sitting on a stile between two threadbare looking fields, and suffering acutely from indigestion. He suffered from indigestion now nearly every afternoon in his life, but as he lacked introspection he projected the associated discomfort upon the world....
If you find any errors please feel free to notify me of them. I want to make this the best etext edition possible for both scholars and the general public. Haradda@aol.com and davidr@inconnect.com are my email addresses for now. Please feel free to send me your comments and I hope you enjoy this. David Reed History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Edward Gibbon, Esq. With notes by the Rev....
by J. F. Bone CHAPTER I The boxed ad in the opportunities section of the Kardon Journal of Allied Medical Sciences stood out like a cut diamond in a handful of gravel. “Wanted,” it read, “Veterinarian – for residency in active livestock operation. Single recent graduate preferred. Quarters and service furnished. Well-equipped hospital. Five-year contract, renewal option, starting salary 15,000 cr./annum with periodic increases. State age, school, marital status, and enclose recent tri-di with application....
THE LEARNED WOMEN (LES FEMMES SAVANTES) BY MOLIERE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES BY CHARLES HERON WALL The comedy of ‘Les Femmes Savantes’ was acted on March 11, 1692 (see vol. i. p. 153). Moliere acted the part of Chrysale. PERSONS REPRESENTED CHRYSALE, an honest bourgeois PHILAMINTE, wife to CHRYSALE ARMANDE & HENRIETTE, their daughters ARISTE, brother to CHRYSALE BELISE, his sister CLITANDRE, lover to HENRIETTE TRISSOTIN, a wit VADIUS, a learned man MARTINE, a kitchen-maid LEPINE, servant to CHRYSALE JULIEN, servant to VADIUS A NOTARY....
BOOK I. THE PROBLEM I. “A GREAT CASE” II. THE CORONER’S INQUEST III. FACTS AND DEDUCTIONS IV. A CUTS V. EXPERT TESTIMONY VI. SIDE-LIGHTS VII. MARY LEAVENWORTH VIII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IX. A DISCOVERY X. MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUS XI. THE SUMMONS XII. ELEANORES XIII. THE PROBLEM BOOK II. HENRY CLAVERING XIV. MR. GRYCE AT HOME XV. WAYS OPENING XVI. THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE XVII. THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISES XVIII....
THE LIFE OF GEORGE BORROW by Herbert Jenkins PREFACE During the whole of Borrow’s manhood there was probably only one period when he was unquestionably happy in his work and content with his surroundings. He may almost be said to have concentrated into the seven years (1833-1840) that he was employed by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Russia, Portugal and Spain, a lifetime’s energy and resource. From an unknown hack-writer, who hawked about unsaleable translations of Welsh and Danish bards, a travelling tinker and a vagabond Ulysses, he became a person of considerable importance....
The Little Lame Prince By MISS MULOCK[Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik] CONTENTS THE LITTLE LAME PRINCETHE INVISIBLE PRINCEPRINCE CHERRYTHE PRINCE WITH THE NOSETHE FROG-PRINCECLEVER ALICE THELITTLE LAME PRINCE CHAPTER I Yes, he was the most beautiful Prince that ever was born. Of course, being a prince, peoplesaid this; but it was true besides. When he looked at the candle, his eyes had an expression of earnest inquiry quite startling in a new born baby....
THE LONG SHADOW BY B.M. BOWER (B.M. SINCLAIR) ILLUSTRATIONS BYCLARENCE ROWE COPYRIGHT, 1908 TO THOSE WHO HAVE WATCHED THE SHADOW FALL UPON THE RANGE. CONTENTS I Charming Billy Has a Visitor II Prune Pie and Coon-can III Charming Billy Has a Fight IV Canned V The Man From Michigan VI “That’s My Dill Pickle!” VII “Till Hell’s a Skating-rink” VIII Just a Day-dream IX The “Double-Crank” X The Day We Celebrate XI “When I Lift My Eyebrows This Way” XII Dilly Hires a Cook XIII Billy Meets the Pilgrim XIV A Winter at the Double-Crank XV The Shadow Falls Lightly XVI Self-Defense XVII The Shadow Darkens XVIII When the North Wind Blows XIX “I’m Not Your Wife Yet!...
By Booth Tarkington Chapter I Major Amberson had “made a fortune” in 1873, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then. Magnificence, like the size of a fortune, is always comparative, as even Magnificent Lorenzo may now perceive, if he has happened to haunt New York in 1916; and the Ambersons were magnificent in their day and place. Their splendour lasted throughout all the years that saw their Midland town spread and darken into a city, but reached its topmost during the period when every prosperous family with children kept a Newfoundland dog....
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa BOOK 4 VIRATA PARVA Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [1883-1896] THE MAHABHARATA VIRATA PARVA SECTION I (Pandava-Pravesa Parva) OM! Having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara, the most exalted of male beings, and also to the goddess Saraswati, must the word Jaya be uttered. Janamejaya said, “How did my great-grandfathers, afflicted with the fear of Duryodhana, pass their days undiscovered in the city of Virata?...
[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XIV AND HIS COURT AND OF THE REGENCY BY THE DUKE OF SAINT-SIMON VOLUME 9. CHAPTER LXI The King’s Selfishness.–Defeat of the Czar.–Death of Catinat.–Last Days of Vendome.–His Body at the Escurial.–Anecdote of Harlay and the Jacobins....
[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF MADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN, v6 Written by Herself Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. BOOK 6. CHAPTER XIX. The Court Travels in Picardy and Flanders.–The Boudoir Navy.–Madame de Montespan Is Not Invited....
[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen BOOK 6. CHAPTER V. In the beginning of the spring of 1791, the King, tired of remaining at the Tuileries, wished to return to St....
THE MERCHANT OF BERLIN An Historical Novel L. MUeHLBACH TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY AMORY COFFIN, M.D. 1910 CONTENTS BOOK I. CHAP. I.–The Festival II.–The Workman’s Holiday III.–Brother and Sister IV.–Feodor von Brenda V.–Mr. Kretschmer, of the “Vossian Gazette” VI.–The Cowards’ Race VII.–The Interrupted Festival VIII.–The Leader of the People IX.–The Russian is at the Gates X.–Be Prudent XI.–The Night of Horrors XII.–Russians and Austrians XIII.–A Maiden’s Heart XIV.–A Faithful Friend XV....
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 12, No. 335.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1828. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * LAVENHAM CHURCH. [Illustration] Lavenham, or Lanham, a small town north of Sudbury, was once eminent for its manufactures, when there were eight or nine cloth-halls in the place, inhabited by rich clothiers. The De Veres, Earls of Oxford, whose names are blazoned in our history, held the manor from the reign of Henry I....
VOL. 12, NO. 340.] SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER. [PRICE 2d. Vicenza. [Illustration: Vicenza.] SPIRIT OF THE “ANNUALS,” FOR 1829. For some days past our table has been glittering with these caskets of song and tale in their gay attire of silken sheen and burnished gold–till their splendour has fairly put out the light of our sinumbra, and the drabs, blues, and yellows of sober, business-like quartos and octavos. Seven out of nine of these elegant little books are in “watered” silk bindings; and an ingenious lady-friend has favoured us with the calculation that the silk used in covering the presumed number sold (70,000) would extend five miles, or from Hyde Park Corner to Turnham Green....
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION: VOL. XII, NO. 349.] SUPPLEMENT TO VOL. XII. [PRICE 2d. CONTAINING ORIGINAL ESSAYS; HISTORICAL NARRATIVES; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS; SKETCHES OF SOCIETY; TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NOVELS AND TALES; ANECDOTES; SELECT EXTRACTS FROM NEW AND EXPENSIVE WORKS; POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED; THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS; DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES; USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS;&c. &c. &c. VOL. XII. 1828. PREFACE The present sheet completes the TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE MIRROR....
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. No. 354.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1829. [PRICE 2_d_. [Illustration: THE COLOSSEUM, IN THE REGENT’S PARK.] THE COLOSSEUM, IN THE REGENT’S PARK. In a recent Number of the MIRROR we offered ourselves as the reader’s cicerone throughout the interior of this stupendous building, the exterior of which is represented in the annexed engraving; and the architectural pretensions of which will, we trust, be found of equal interest to the interior....
VOL. 13, No. 372.] SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1829. [PRICE 2d. Epsom New Race Stand. [Illustration: Epsom New Race Stand.] We do not wish to compete with the “List of all the running horse-es, with the names, weights, and colours of the riders,” although the proximity of our publication day to the commencement of Epsom Races (June 2), has induced us to select the above subject for an illustration. The erection of the New Race Stand is the work of a company, entitled the “Epsom Grand Stand Association”–the capital L20,000, in 1,000 shares of L20 each....
