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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...

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...

One of the 28th: A Tale of WaterlooG. A. Henty One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo PREFACE Although in the present story a boy plays the principal part, and encounters many adventures by land and sea, a woman is the real heroine, and the part she played demanded an amount of nerve and courage ful...

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...

Peter and WendyJames Matthew Barrie Peter and Wendy CHAPTER I PETER BREAKS THROUGH All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with...

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. CompleteThe Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Volume 1PREFACEThe author's intention to publish his MSS123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839II. Linear Perspective4041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374...

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...

The Battle of Life. A Love StoryDickens Charles The Battle of Life. A Love Story PART THE FIRST Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a wild...

Anna Karenina, 1. BandAnna Karenina, 1. Band Erster Teil „Die Rache ist mein, ich will vergelten.“1 Alle glücklichen Familien sind einander ähnlich; jede unglückliche Familie ist auf ihre Weise unglücklich. —Im Hause der Oblonskiy herrschte allgemeine Verwirrung. Die Dame des Hauses hatte in Erfa...