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Die HarzreiseHeinrich Heine Die Harzreise Schwarze Röcke, seidne Strümpfe,Weiße höfliche Manschetten,Sanfte Reden, Embrassieren –Ach, wenn sie nur Herzen hätten! Herzen in der Brust, und Liebe,Warme Liebe in dem Herzen –Ach, mich tötet ihr GesingeVon erlognen Liebesschmerzen. Auf die Berge will i...

The Thousandth WomanHornung E. W. Ernest William The Thousandth Woman I A SMALL WORLD Cazalet sat up so suddenly that his head hit the woodwork over the upper berth. His own voice still rang in his startled ears. He wondered how much he had said, and how far it could have carried above the throb ...

The Princess and Joe PotterOtis James The Princess and Joe Potter CHAPTER I. A RUINED MERCHANT "Hello, Joe Potter! What you doin' up in this part of the town?"The boy thus addressed halted suddenly, looked around with what was very like an expression of fear on his face, and then, recognising the...

Dickens' LondonFrancis Miltoun Dickens' London All sublunary things of death partake!What alteration does a cent'ry make!Kings and Comedians all are mortal found,Cæsar and Pinkethman are underground.What's not destroyed by time's devouring hand?Where's Troy, and where's the Maypole in the Strand?...

The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly called Colonel JackDefoe Daniel The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly called Colonel Jack INTRODUCTION Smollett bears witness to the popularity of Defoe's Colonel Jacque. In...

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...

Tuomo sedän tupaHarriet Beecher Stowe Tuomo sedän tupa Esipuhe Nuori lukijani! Varmaankin olet kuullut puhuttavan neekereistä Pohjois-Amerikan Yhdysvalloissa. Neekerit ovat, kuten tiedät, kotoisin Afrikasta, mutta kun Amerikassa tarvittiin työvoimia, tuotiin heitä sinne joukottain suurilla laivoi...

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...

Rose o' the RiverKate Douglas Wiggin Rose o' the River THE PINE AND THE ROSE It was not long after sunrise, and Stephen Waterman, fresh from his dip in the river, had scrambled up the hillside from the hut in the alder-bushes where he had made his morning toilet.An early ablution of this sort was...

Five Minutes' StoriesMrs. Molesworth Five Minutes' Stories ABDALLAH THE UNHAPPY A GREAT many years ago there dwelt in a city of the East, of which you have never heard the name, a wise and holy man. He was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens, for he was kind and benevolent, never refusing good...