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The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long AgoArthur Conan Doyle The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago I THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS Pontus, the Roman viceroy, sat in the atrium of his palatial villa by the Thames, and he looked with perplexity at the scroll of papyrus which he had...

Little Women: or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and AmyAlcott Louisa May Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy I PLAYING PILGRIMS "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress."I don't think it's fai...

Round the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne Round the World in Eighty Days CHAPTER I In which Phileas Fogg and Passe-partout accept, relatively, the positions of Master and Servant.In the year of grace One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the house in which Sheridan died in 1816 – viz. No. 7...

A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present timeDaniel Defoe A General History of the Pyrates: / from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time THE PREFACE HAVING taken more than ordinary...

Высказывания Свифта о родном языке. Памфлет написан в форме проекта, предложенного на рассмотрение одному из влиятельнейших английских чиновников – лорду-казначею графу Роберту Оксфорду.

The English ConstitutionWalter Bagehot The English Constitution NO. I INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION There is a great difficulty in the way of a writer who attempts to sketch a living Constitution—a Constitution that is in actual work and power. The difficulty is that the object is in constan...

The Untroubled MindHerbert J. Hall The Untroubled Mind PREFACE A very wise physician has said that “every illness has two parts—what it is, and what the patient thinks about it.” What the patient thinks about it is often more important and more troublesome than the real disease. What the patient ...

Franse ToestandenHeinrich Heine Franse Toestanden I. Halfvasten? Er is geen tijd meer voor bespiegelingen over het verleden. Het heden is op dit moment belangrijker, en het thema, dat dit heden mij nu ter bespreking aanbiedt, is van die aard dat zelfs de vraag of ik kan verder schrijven ervan afh...

Rose in BloomLouisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom A Sequel to 'Eight Cousins' PREFACE As authors may be supposed to know better than any one else what they intended to do when writing a book, I beg leave to say that there is no moral to this story. Rose is not designed for a model girl: and the Sequel...

From the Caves and Jungles of HindostanHelena Pretrovna Blavatsky From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan In Bombay Late in the evening of the sixteenth of February, 1879, after a rough voyage which lasted thirty-two days, joyful exclamations were heard everywhere on deck. "Have you seen the ligh...