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George Meredith

Vittoria. Volume 5George Meredith Vittoria – Volume 5 CHAPTER XXVI THE DUEL IN THE PASS Meanwhile Captain Weisspriess had not been idle. Standing at a blunt angle of the ways converging upon Vittoria's presumed destination, he had roused up the gendarmerie along the routes to Meran by Trent on on...

The Adventures of Harry Richmond. CompleteGeorge Meredith The Adventures of Harry Richmond – Complete CHAPTER I. I AM A SUBJECT OF CONTENTION One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall-doors. Squire Be...

A Reading of Life, with Other PoemsGeorge Meredith A Reading of Life, with Other Poems A READING OF LIFE THE VITAL CHOICE I Or shall we run with ArtemisOr yield the breast to Aphrodite?Both are mighty;Both give bliss;Each can torture if divided;Each claims worship undivided,In her wake would have...

Evan Harrington. Volume 7George Meredith Evan Harrington – Volume 7 CHAPTER XXXIX IN THE DOMAIN OF TAILORDOM There was peace in Mr. Goren's shop. Badgered Ministers, bankrupt merchants, diplomatists with a headache—any of our modern grandees under difficulties, might have envied that peace over w...

The Adventures of Harry Richmond. Volume 3George Meredith The Adventures of Harry Richmond – Volume 3 CHAPTER XV WE ARE ACCOSTED BY A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY IN THE FOREST Bowls of hot coffee and milk, with white rolls of bread to dip in them, refreshed us at a forest inn. For some minutes after th...

Complete Short Works of George MeredithGeorge Meredith Complete Short Works of George Meredith FARINA By George Meredith THE WHITE ROSE CLUB In those lusty ages when the Kaisers lifted high the golden goblet of Aachen, and drank, elbow upward, the green-eyed wine of old romance, there lived, a bo...

The Amazing Marriage. CompleteCHAPTER I. ENTER DAME GOSSIP AS CHORUSCHAPTER II. MISTRESS GOSSIP TELLS OF THE ELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CRESSETT WITH THE OLD BUCCANEER, AND OF CHARLES DUMP THE POSTILLION CONDUCTINGCHAPTER III. CONTINUATION OF THE INTRODUCTORY MEANDERINGS OF DAME GOSSIP, TOGETHE...

One of Our Conquerors. Volume 3George Meredith One of Our Conquerors – Volume 3 CHAPTER XIX TREATS OF NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE DISSENSION BETWEEN THEM AND OF A SATIRIST'S MALIGNITY IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS COUNTRY There is at times in the hearts of all men of active life a vivid wild moment...

Diana of the Crossways. Volume 3George Meredith Diana of the Crossways – Volume 3 CHAPTER XVIII THE AUTHORESS The effect of a great success upon Diana, at her second literary venture, was shown in the transparent sedateness of a letter she wrote to Emma Dunstane, as much as in her immediate and c...

The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story. Volume 2George Meredith The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story – Volume 2 CHAPTER VII He was down on the plains to her the second day, and as usual when they met, it was as if they had not parted; his animation made it seem so. He ...