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The Adventures of Peregrine PickleT. Smollett The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle CHAPTER I An Account of Mr. Gamaliel Pickle—The Disposition of his Sister described—He yields to her Solicitations, and returns to the Country.In a certain county of England, bounded on one side by the sea, and at th...

Sämmtliche Werke 4: MirgorodNikolai Vasilevich Gogol Sämmtliche Werke 4: Mirgorod / Gutsbesitzer der alten Zeit / Taraß Bulba / Wij / Wie Iwan / Iwanowitsch und Iwan Nikiforowitsch sich entzweiten / Die / Equipage Vorrede des Herausgebers Die in diesem Bande vereinigten Erzählungen bilden die For...

The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far WestChapter One. The Father of WatersChapter Two. Six Months in the Crescent CityChapter Three. The “Belle of the West.”Chapter Four. The Rival BoatsChapter Five. A Desirable Fellow-PassengerChapter Six. Antoine the StewardChapter Seven. The StartingChapter Eig...

CleopatraJacob Abbott Cleopatra PREFACE Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conqu...

Marjorie DawThomas Bailey Aldrich Marjorie Daw I DR. DILLON TO EDWARD DELANEY, ESQ., AT THE PINES. NEAR RYE, N.HAugust 8, 1872.My Dear Sir: I am happy to assure you that your anxiety is without reason. Flemming will be confined to the sofa for three or four weeks, and will have to be careful at f...

The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New YorkAlfred Henry Lewis The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York THE WORD OF PREFACEIt should be said in the beginning that these memoirs will not be written by my own hand. I have no skill of pen and ink, and any relation of length would be beyond my genius...

Landmarks in French LiteratureLytton Strachey Landmarks in French Literature TOJ.M.SCHAPTER I ORIGINS—THE MIDDLE AGES When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved. This language, in spite...

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The Merriweather Girls in Quest of TreasureLizette M. Edholm The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure CHAPTER I ON THEIR WAY The four Merriweather Girls were assembled at the railroad station where the long string of Pullman coaches stood ready. The girls were starting on a vacation trip to th...

Two Years Ago, Volume IICharles Kingsley Two Years Ago, Volume II CHAPTER XV. THE CRUISE OF THE WATERWITCH The middle of August is come at last; and with it the solemn day on which Frederick Viscount Scoutbush may be expected to revisit the home of his ancestors. Elsley has gradually made up his ...