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Sunday, June 30, 2013

A Voice In The Wilderness: A Novel - Chapter 22

CHAPTER XXIINow when it became noised abroad that the new teacher wanted above all things to purchase a piano, and that to that end she was getting up...

Long Stories

Grace Livingston Hill

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Kilo - Chapter 15. Difficulties

CHAPTER XV. DifficultiesEliph' had said nothing to Doc Weaver about the affair of the fire-extinguishers, he had known nothing of the graft matter, and...

Long Stories

Ellis Parker Butler

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Fruit - Elderberry Cream Pie

1 1/2 cups elderberries 1 cup whipping cream -- unwhipped 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 Tbsp. flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup sugar Pie Crust: 3 cups flour 1 1/4 cup shortening...

Learning Kitchen

Unknown

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The Three Clerks - Chapter 11. The Three Kings

CHAPTER XI. THE THREE KINGSAnd now came the all-important week. On the Saturday the three young men went down to Hampton. Charley had lately been leading...

Long Stories

Anthony Trollope

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The Banquet (il Convito) - The Third Treatise - Chapter XI

The Third Treatise - CHAPTER XIReturning now, as the order requires, to the beginning of the Song, Isay that this Lady is that Lady of the Intellect who...

Nonfictions

Dante Alighieri

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Go Wander

Go, wander, little book, Nor let thy wand'ring cease; May all who on these pages look From sin find sweet release, Through Christ, God's...

Poems

Nannie R. Glass

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Opposition

Of fret, of dark, of thorn, of chill, Complain no more; for these, O heart,Direct the random of the will As rhymes direct the rage of art.The lute's fixt...

Poems

Sidney Lanier

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The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success - The Smuggler's Trap

Hubert had accompanied his father on a visit to his uncle, who lived in a fine old country mansion, on the shore of Caermarthen Bay. In front of the house...

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Horatio Alger

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Cousin Pons - Part 14

Three days afterwards, while Schmucke slept (for in accordance with the compact he now sat up at night with the patient), La Cibot had a "tiff," as she...

Long Stories

Honore De Balzac

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Our Mutual Friend - BOOK THE SECOND - BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Chapter 3. A PIECE OF WORK

Britannia, sitting meditating one fine day (perhaps in the attitude in which she is presented on the copper coinage), discovers all of a sudden that she...

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Charles Dickens

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Mary-'gusta - Chapter 2

CHAPTER II"And now, gentlemen," said Judge Baxter, "here we are. Sit down and make yourselves comfortable. I shall have a good deal to say and I expect...

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Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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The Silver Butterfly - Chapter 6

CHAPTER VIHayden had elected to spend one evening at home, a most unusual decision for him, but one which the night fully justified, for a February gale...

Long Stories

Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

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The Book Of Jeremiah [bible, Old Testament] - Jeremiah 43:1 To Jeremiah 43:13 (Bible)

Chapter 43(Book of Jeremiah | Holy Bible | Old Testament | King James Version)(For all books in the Bible, go to Bible Main Page)Jeremiah 43:1 And it came...

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Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman - Act 2 - Scene 2.2

A ROOM IN SIR JOHN DAW'S HOUSE. ENTER DAW, CLERIMONT, DAUPHINE, AND EPICOENE. DAW. Nay, an she will, let her refuse at her own charges: 'tis nothing to...

Plays

Ben Jonson

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Stories Shorter Still

Among the latest follies in fiction is the perpetual demand for stories shorter and shorter still. The only thing to do is to meet this demand at the source...

Essays

Stephen Leacock

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To Frances

Dear love, life has dewy mornings, And the shadeless blaze of noon,Flowers, that we stop to gather, That fade from our hands so soonDear love, there...

Poems

Margaret Moran D. Mcdougall

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Alec Forbes Of Howglen - Chapter 47

CHAPTER XLVIIIn one or two of his letters, which were never very long, Alec had just mentioned Kate; and now Mrs Forbes had many inquiries to make about...

Long Stories

George Macdonald

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The Five Carlins, An Election Ballad

Tune--"Chevy Chase." There was five Carlins in the South, They fell upon a scheme, To send a lad to London town, To bring them tidings...

Poems

Robert Burns

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The Swedish Match

(The Story of a Crime)ION the morning of October 6, 1885, a well-dressed young man presented himself at the office of the police superintendent of the...

Short Stories

Anton Chekhov

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A World Of Girls: The Story Of A School - Chapter 28. In The Fairies' Field

CHAPTER XXVIII. IN THE FAIRIES' FIELDThe moon had now come up brilliantly, and the little party were in the highest possible spirits. They had got safely...

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L. T. Meade

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Lahoma - Chapter 20. Together

CHAPTER XX. TOGETHERBefore them, the trail, beaten and rutted, stretched interminably, losing itself in the darkness before it slipped over the rounded...

Long Stories

J. Breckenrid Ellis

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Thus Spake Zarathustra - Third Part - 55. The Spirit Of Gravity

THIRD PART LV. THE SPIRIT OF GRAVITY1. My mouthpiece--is of the people: too coarsely and cordially do I talk for Angora rabbits. And still stranger soundeth...

Nonfictions

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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Roughing It - Chapter 56

CHAPTER LVI. Off for San Francisco--Western and Eastern Landscapes--The Hottest place on Earth--Summer and Winter We rumbled over the plains and valleys,...

Long Stories

Mark Twain

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Hortus Inclusus - Chapter 19

CHAPTER NINETEEN Letter from Fred Markham to his Mother--Entrance of the Czar into Moscow--Saveleff presents his Petition--Grand Review of Troops-- Coronation...

Nonfictions

John Ruskin

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The Prince Of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell - Book 3. The Princess Irene - Chapter 2. The Princess Irene

BOOK III. THE PRINCESS IRENE CHAPTER II. THE PRINCESS IRENE(Footnote: This name is of three syllables, and is pronounced as if spelled E-ren-ay; the last...

Long Stories

Lew Wallace

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

Reuben Bright

Because he was a butcher and thereby Did earn an honest living (and did right), I would not have you think that Reuben Bright Was any more...

Poems

Edwin Arlington Robinson

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The Spread Eagle

In his extreme youth the adulation of all with whom he came in contact was not a cross to Fitzhugh Williams. It was the fear of expatriation that darkened...

Short Stories

Gouverneur Morris

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Cookies - Lemon Love Notes

Batter: 1-3/4 C unbleached or all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 Cup unsalted butter, softened 1 Cup confectioners' sugar, sifted 1 Large egg 1 Cup flaked...

Learning Kitchen

Unknown

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The Galley Slave

Oh, gallant was our galley from her carven steering-wheel To her figurehead of silver and her beak of hammered steel; The leg-bar chafed the ankle,...

Poems

Rudyard Kipling

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The Blind Spot - Chapter 18. Charlotte's Story

CHAPTER XVIII. CHARLOTTE'S STORYI do not know. It is hard to write after what has happened. Hobart says that it is why I am to write it. It is to be a...

Long Stories

Homer Eon Flint

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The Poet's Poet - Chapter 8. A Sober Afterthought

CHAPTER VIII. A SOBER AFTERTHOUGHTNot even a paper shortage has been potent to give the lie to the author of Ecclesiastes, but it has fanned into flame...

Essays

Elizabeth Atkins

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The Borough Treasurer - Chapter 6. The Mayor

CHAPTER VI. THE MAYORHere, then, thought Brereton, was Gentleman Jack's daughter--the girl of whom Bent had just been telling him. He looked at her narrowly...

Long Stories

Joseph Smith Fletcher

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The Pothunters - Chapter 18. In Which The Affairs Of Various Persons Are Wound Up

'Well,' he said, 'you're rather late. Any luck?' 'We've found him, sir,' said Tony. 'Really? That's a good thing. Where was he?' 'He'd fallen down a sort...

Long Stories

P G Wodehouse

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When The Sleeper Wakes - Chapter 20. In The City Ways

CHAPTER XX. IN THE CITY WAYSAnd that night, unknown and unsuspected, Graham, dressed in the costume of an inferior wind-vane official keeping holiday,...

Long Stories

H. G. Wells

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If Shakespeare Lived To-day

DRAMATIS PERSONAE SIR WEBLEY WOOTHERY-JURNIP, Members of the Olympus.MR. NEEKS, Members of the Olympus.JERGINS, an old waiter.MR. TRUNDLEBEN, Secretary...

Plays

Lord Dunsany

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The People Of The Abyss - Chapter 19. The Ghetto

CHAPTER XIX. THE GHETTOIs it well that while we range with Science, glorying in the time, City children soak and blacken soul and sense in city slime?...

Nonfictions

Jack London

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Honorine - Part 4

"For a fortnight I seemed to take no heed of my neighbor. Towards the end of May, one lovely evening, we happened both to be out on opposite sides of the...

Long Stories

Honore De Balzac

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The Silent Isle - Chapter 30

CHAPTER XXXWhat, after all, is the essence of the artistic life, the artist's ideal? I think the reason why it is so often misconceived and misunderstood...

Essays

Arthur C. Benson

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On The Art Of Reading - Lecture 5. On Reading For Examinations

LECTURE V. ON READING FOR EXAMINATIONSWEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917 I You, Gentlemen, who so far have followed with patience this course of lectures, advertised,...

Nonfictions

Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch

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Psalm 89:1 First Part (for Ever Shall My Song Record)

Psalm 89:1. First Part. L. M.The covenant made with Christ; or, the true David.For ever shall my song recordThe truth and mercy of the Lord;Mercy and truth...

Poems

Isaac Watts

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Mardi And A Voyage Thither, Volume 1 - Chapter 30. Hints For A Full Length Of Samoa

CHAPTER XXX. Hints For A Full Length Of SamoaMy original intention to touch at the Kingsmill Chain, or the countries adjacent, was greatly strengthened...

Long Stories

Herman Melville

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To Dianeme (dear, Though To Part It Be A Hell)

Dear, though to part it be a hell, Yet, Dianeme, now farewell! Thy frown last night did bid me go, But whither, only grief does know. I...

Poems

(poet) Robert Herrick

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Baboo Jabberjee, B.a. - Chapter 27. Mr Jabberjee

XXVII. Mr Jabberjee is unavoidably compelled to return to town, thereby affording his Solicitor the inestimable benefit of his personal assistance. An...

Long Stories

F. Anstey

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Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story - Chapter 33. Olson Tells A Story

CHAPTER XXXIII. OLSON TELLS A STORYWhen Rose heard from Esther next day she and Kirby took the Interurban for Golden. Esther had written that she wanted...

Long Stories

William Macleod Raine

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Crock_pot - Chicken - Thai Chicken

4 boneless chicken breasts 3/4 cup salsa 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter 2 Tbsp. lime juice 1 Tbsp. soy sauce 1 tsp. ground ginger 4 Tbsp. coarsely chopped...

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Unknown

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Beansandgrains - Bean - White Bean Salad

2 cups cooked white beans 1/2 cup chopped onion 3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley 1/4 cup chopped yellow bell pepper 1/4 cup chopped red bell...

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Unknown

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Bread - Dumplings Spaetzle By Schmitty

3 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup water 1 3/4 cup flour Mix thoroughly.Place the spaetzle maker over a pot of boiling water and let the dumplings drop directly...

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Unknown

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A Woman's Trust

If he should live a thousand years He'd find it not again That scorn of him by menCould less disturb a woman's trustIn him as a steadfast star which...

Poems

Thomas Hardy

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The Ballad Of Minepit Shaw

About the time that taverns shut And men can buy no beer,Two lads went up to the keepers' hut To steal Lord Pelham's deer.Night and the liquor was in their...

Poems

Rudyard Kipling

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