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The Scornful LadyFrancis Beaumont The Scornful Lady Persons Represented in the Play Elder Loveless, a Sutor to the Lady. Young Loveless, a Prodigal. Savil, Steward to Elder Loveless. Lady and ) Martha, )Two Sisters. Younglove, or Abigal, a waiting Gentlewoman. Welford, a Sutor to the Lady. Sir Ro...

Christine: A Fife Fisher GirlBarr Amelia E. Christine: A Fife Fisher Girl CHAPTER I FISHERS OF CULRAINE The hollow oak our palace isOur heritage the sea. Howe’er it be it seems to me’Tis only noble to be good.Kind hearts are more than coronetsAnd simple faith than Norman blood. Friends, who have ...

The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya MountainsMayne Reid The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Chapter One. The Plant-Hunter “A Plant-Hunter! what is that?“We have heard of fox-hunters, of deer-hunters, of bear and buffalo-hunters, of lion-hunters, and of ‘boy-hun...

First Book in Physiology and HygieneJohn Harvey Kellogg First Book in Physiology and Hygiene PLATE 1. THE CIRCULATION.TO THE TEACHER This book is intended for children. The special objects which the author has aimed to accomplish in the preparation of the work have been:1. To present as fully as ...

A Reputed ChangelingCharlotte M. Yonge A Reputed Changeling / Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago PREFACE I do not think I have here forced the hand of history except by giving Portchester to two imaginary Rectors, and by a little injustice to her whom Princess Anne termed ‘the brick-bat wom...

Max CarradosBramah Ernest Max Carrados THE COIN OF DIONYSIUS It was eight o’clock at night and raining, scarcely a time when a business so limited in its clientele as that of a coin dealer could hope to attract any customer, but a light was still showing in the small shop that bore over its windo...

When It Was Dark: The Story of a Great ConspiracyThorne Guy When It Was Dark: The Story of a Great Conspiracy BOOK I "The mystery of iniquity doth already work."CHAPTER I AN INCIDENT BY WAY OF PROLOGUE Mr. Hinchcliffe, the sexton, looked up as Mr. Philemon, the clerk, unlocked the great gates of ...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831 ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL All who enjoy the luxury of doing good (and who does not, in some way or other?) will be happ...

The Secret HouseEdgar Wallace The Secret House CHAPTER I A man stood irresolutely before the imposing portals of Cainbury House, a large office building let out to numerous small tenants, and harbouring, as the indicator on the tiled wall of the vestibule testified, some thirty different professi...

Lochinvar: A NovelS. R. Crockett Lochinvar: A Novel FOREWORD TO THE TALE, TELLING WHAT BEFELL AT THE HOUSE OF BALMAGHIE IN THE YEAR OF GRACE 1685, AND HOW MY LADY WELLWOOD PARTED TWO YOUNG LOVERS "Aye," said Mistress Crombie, house-keeper to Roger McGhie, Laird of Balmaghie, a considerable house ...