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The Common LawRobert W. Chambers The Common Law CHAPTER I There was a long, brisk, decisive ring at the door. He continued working. After an interval the bell rang again, briefly, as though the light touch on the electric button had lost its assurance."Somebody's confidence has departed," he thou...

SevastopolLyof N. Tolstoï Sevastopol SEVASTOPOL IN DECEMBER, 1854 The flush of morning has but just begun to tinge the sky above Sapun Mountain; the dark blue surface of the sea has already cast aside the shades of night and awaits the first ray to begin a play of merry gleams; cold and mist are ...

La Vénus d'IlleProsper Mérimée La Vénus d'Ille LA VÉNUS D'ILLE (1837)Je descendais le dernier coteau du Canigou, et, bien que le soleil fût déjà couché, je distinguais dans la plaine les maisons de la petite ville d'Ille, vers laquelle je me dirigeais.«Vous savez, dis-je au Catalan qui me servait...

Romeo i JuliaWilliam Shakespeare Romeo i Julia / Tragedya w 5 Aktach OSOBY: PROLOG Dwa rody, jasne jednako i sławne,Tam, gdzie się rzecz ta rozgrywa, w Weronie,Do nowej zbrodni pchają złości dawne,Pamiąc szlachetną krwią szlachetne dłonie. Z łez tych dwu wrogów wzięło bowiem życie,Pod najstrazliw...

PoemsWilliam D. Howells Poems THE PILOT’S STORY I It was a story the pilot told, with his back to his hearers,–Keeping his hand on the wheel and his eye on the globe of the jack-staff,Holding the boat to the shore and out of the sweep of the current,Lightly turning aside for the heavy logs of the...

The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present PowerJohn S. C. Abbott The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power PREFACE The studies of the author of this work, for the last ten years, in writing the "History of Napoleon Bonaparte," and "The French Revolution of 1789," have necessarily made h...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 349, Supplement to Volume 12.Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. / Volume 12, No. 349, Supplement to Volume 12 PREFACE The present sheet completes the TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE MIRROR. This circumstance alo...

The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the UnseenDoyle Arthur Conan The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen I THE BROWN HAND Every one knows that Sir Dominick Holden, the famous Indian surgeon, made me his heir, and that his death changed ...

Le comte de MoretPREMIER VOLUMECHAPITRE Ier. L'HOTELLERIE DE LA BARBE PEINTE CHAPITRE II. CE QUI ADVINT DE LA PROPOSITION FAITE PAR L'INCONNU A MAITRE ÉTIENNE LATIL CHAPITRE III. OU LE LECTEUR COMMENCE A S'EXPLIQUER LA HAINE QUE LE GENTILHOMME BOSSU PORTAIT AU COMTE DE MORET, ET CE QU'IL EN ADVIN...

Lectures on Russian Literature: Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, TolstoyIvan Panin Lectures on Russian Literature: Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy PREFACE The translations given in this volume, with the exception of the storm-scene from Tolstoy in the First Lecture, are my own.The reader will please b...