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Patty and AzaleaCarolyn Wells Patty and Azalea CHAPTER I WISTARIA PORCH "Oh, Little Billee! Come quick, for goodness' sake! The baby's choking!"Patty was in the sun parlour, her arms full of a fluttering bundle of lace and linen, and her blue eyes wide with dismay at her small daughter's facial c...

The Gold Thread: A Story for the YoungNorman Macleod The Gold Thread: A Story for the Young TO MY CHILDREN I dedicate this story to you, because it was for you I first wrote it, and to you I first read it among the green hills of Moffat. It was afterwards printed in Good Words, and now you see it...

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...

Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on ShakespeareLeo Tolstoy Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare PART I TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARE I Mr. Crosby's article1 on Shakespeare's attitude toward the working classes suggested to me the idea of also expressing my own long-established...

For JacintaBindloss Harold For Jacinta CHAPTER I JACINTA BROWN It was about seven o'clock in the evening when sobrecargo Austin boarded the little mail-boat Estremedura as she lay rolling at anchor on the long, moon-lit heave that worked into the roadstead of Santa Cruz, Palma. Sobrecargo means m...

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...

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...