Full Online Books: August 2013

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Aunt Jane's Nieces At Millville - Chapter 20. A Lost Cause

CHAPTER XX. A LOST CAUSEThe boy's musings confirmed him in the idea that his mother's scheme was entirely practical. He didn't hanker much to marry, being...

Long Stories

L. Frank Baum

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The Vicomte De Bragelonne - Chapter 21. In Which D'artagnan Prepares To Travel For The Firm Of Planchet & Company

Chapter XXI. In which D'Artagnan prepares to travel for the Firm of Planchet & CompanyD'Artagnan reflected to such good purpose during the night that his...

Long Stories

Alexandre Dumas

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The Box With Broken Seals (strange Case Of Mr. Jocelyn Thew) - Chapter 19

CHAPTER XIXAt a quarter to eight that evening, a young man who had made fitful appearances in the lounge of Claridge's Restaurant during the last half-hour...

Long Stories

E. Phillips Oppenheim

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The Conquest Of Canaan - Chapter 18. In The Heat Of The Day

CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE HEAT OF THE DAYIt was a morning of the warmest week of mid-July, and Canaan lay inert and helpless beneath a broiling sun. The few...

Long Stories

Booth Tarkington

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Oliver Goldsmith, A Biography - Chapter 42

CHAPTER FORTY-TWOPROJECT OF A DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES--DISAPPOINTMENT--NEGLIGENT AUTHORSHIP--APPLICATION FOR A PENSION--BEATTIE'S ESSAY ON TRUTH--PUBLIC...

Nonfictions

Washington Irving

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Obermann Once More

(COMPOSED MANY YEARS AFTER THE PRECEDING) _Savez-vous quelque bien qui console du regret d'un monde?_ OBERMANN. Glion?----Ah, twenty years, it cuts(1)...

Poems

Matthew Arnold

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The Vice-consort

THIS STORY IS TOLD BYTHE NEXT NEIGHBORAND IS CALLEDTHE VICE-CONSORT The red thrush seemed now to be part of the pleasantness of the garden. Whether...

Short Stories

Frank R Stockton

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Jan: A Dog And A Romance - Chapter 13. Sapling Days

CHAPTER XIII. SAPLING DAYSAt the age of six months, Jan, the son of Finn and Desdemona, weighed just ninety-eight and one-half pounds, and by reason of...

Long Stories

Alec John Dawson

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Friday, August 30, 2013

House - Chapter 3. We Make Our Bargain Known

CHAPTER III. WE MAKE OUR BARGAIN KNOWNThe Schmittheimer place has occasioned Alice and me many heartburnings of envy the last three years. I recall that...

Nonfictions

Eugene Field

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Casseroles - Chicken - King Ranch Chicken Casserole By Lauraalice

1 (10-3/4 oz.) can cream of chicken soup 1 (10-3/4 oz.) can cream of mushroom soup 2 cups chicken broth 1 (10-oz.) can Ro-Tel tomatoes and green chilies...

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Pastries - Cornish Pasty

Shortcrust Pastry: 225 gm. plain flour 115 gm. fat (mixture of lard and butter) pinch of salt The Filling: 225 gm. steak cut into small cubes 2 or 3 large...

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Unknown

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You Mould My Hopes You Fashion Me Within

You mould my Hopes you fashion me within: And to the leading love-throb in the heart, Through all my being, through my pulses beat; You lie in...

Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Tom Swift And His Giant Telescope - Chapter 5. In Peril

CHAPTER V. IN PERILUpon inspection, it was found that three half-inch holes had been drilled into each pontoon. It was evident that only an enemy of Tom...

Long Stories

Victor Appleton

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The Carrier

"Owd John's got past his work," said they, Last week as ever was--"don't pay To send by him. He's stoopid, too, And brings things what won't...

Poems

Fay Inchfawn

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A Prisoner In Fairyland - Chapter II

When the creation was new and all the stars shone in their firstsplendour, the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang 'Oh, thepicture of perfection!...

Long Stories

Algernon Blackwood

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Crock_pot - Soup - Deviled Chicken Soup

1 lb. skinless, boneless chicken 1 large red potato 1 1/2 cups frozen corn 1 medium onion chopped 1/2 cup celery chopped 3 Tbl. Dijon mustard 1/4 tsp....

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Unknown

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The Blind Spot - Chapter 39. Who Is The Jarados?

CHAPTER XXXIX. WHO IS THE JARADOS?It was all over. Chick opened his eyes to see the Jan throwing open the plate on the side of the compartment. Neither...

Long Stories

Homer Eon Flint

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Overland Red: A Romance Of The Moonstone Canon Trail - Chapter 13. The Return

CHAPTER XIII. THE RETURNOverland Red lay concealed in an arroyo at the foot of the range. He could overlook the desert without being seen. It was the afternoon...

Long Stories

Henry Herbert Knibbs

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The Telegraph Messenger Boy; Or The Straight Road To Success - Chapter 15. An Affray At Night

CHAPTER XV. AN AFFRAY AT NIGHTBen Mayberry was so desirous that Rutherford Richmond and his brother conspirator should be given all the time they needed...

Long Stories

Edward Sylvester Ellis

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

A Fairy Tale

For the Mark Twain Dinner, December 5, 1905 Some three-score years and ten ago A prince was born at Florida, Mo.; And though he came _incognito_, With...

Poems

Henry Van Dyke

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Fibble, D. D. - Part Three Continued

APRIL THE THIRTIETH.--Miss Hamm returned to her work betimes to-day, a slight but becoming pallor in her cheeks. Took occasion to congratulate her upon...

Long Stories

Irvin S. Cobb

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Letters - Letters Of Julia And Caroline - Letter 4. Caroline To Lady V----

LETTER IV. CAROLINE TO LADY V---- Upon her intended separation from her husband. You need not fear, my dear Lady V----, that I should triumph in the accomplishment...

Long Stories

Maria Edgeworth

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The Banquet (il Convito) - The First Treatise - Chapter IX

The First Treatise - CHAPTER IXA Latin Commentary would be wanting in all the three above-mentionedconditions, which must concur, in order that in the...

Nonfictions

Dante Alighieri

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Tom Swift In Captivity - Chapter 2. The Circus Man

CHAPTER II. THE CIRCUS MANWithout a word Tom and Ned followed Mr. Damon toward the Swift house. Truth to tell the youths did not know what to say, or they...

Long Stories

Victor Appleton

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Statesman - Introduction And Analysis - Part 2

Let us next ask, which of these untrue forms of government is the least bad, and which of them is the worst? I said at the beginning, that each of the...

Nonfictions

Plato

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Diamond Dyke: The Lone Farm On The Veldt - Chapter 21. Dyke Sets His Teeth

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. DYKE SETS HIS TEETHNo answer came from the couch where Emson lay exhausted by his last periodical paroxysm of fever. The dog whined...

Long Stories

George Manville Fenn

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Epigram On A Country Laird

(Epigram On a Country Laird, not quite so wise as Solomon.) Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardonessp, With grateful, lifted eyes, Who taught that not...

Poems

Robert Burns

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The Sickness Of Lone Chief

This is a tale that was told to me by two old men. We sat in the smoke of a mosquito-smudge, in the cool of the day, which was midnight; and ever and anon,...

Short Stories

Jack London

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Castle Craneycrow - Chapter 27. The Flight With The Priest

CHAPTER XXVII. THE FLIGHT WITH THE PRIESTEleven o'clock that night found Castle Craneycrow wrapped in the stillness of death. Its inmates were awake, but...

Long Stories

George Barr Mccutcheon

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Pollyanna Grows Up - Chapter 11. A Surprise For Mrs. Carew

CHAPTER XI. A SURPRISE FOR MRS. CAREWThe matter of repairs and improvements having been properly and efficiently attended to, Mrs. Carew told herself that...

Long Stories

Eleanor Hodgman Porter

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Darkness And Dawn - Book 1. The Vacant World - Chapter 28. The Pulverite

BOOK I. THE VACANT WORLD CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PULVERITEAn hour passed. And now, under the circle of light cast by the hooded lamp upon the table, there...

Long Stories

George Allan England

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The Sundering Flood - Chapter 20. Osberne Fares To Eastcheaping...

Chapter XX. Osberne Fares to Eastcheaping and Brings Gifts for ElfhildBut when June was, Master Nicholas would ride to Eastcheaping, and he took Osberne...

Long Stories

William Morris

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The Sisters-in-law: A Novel Of Our Time - Book 1 - Chapter 15

BOOK I CHAPTER XVI During the retreat from Mons and again in those black days of March, nineteen-eighteen, Gathbroke's tormented mind snapped from the...

Long Stories

Gertrude Atherton

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A Blot In The 'scutcheon - DRAMATIS PERSONAE

DRAMATIS PERSONAE MILDRED TRESHAM.GUENDOLEN TRESHAM.THOROLD, Earl TRESHAM.AUSTIN TRESHAM.HENRY, Earl MERTOUN.GERARD, and other retainers of Lord TRESHAM.Time,...

Plays

Robert Browning

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The Evolution Of Mystery

It is not unreasonable to believe that the paramount interest of life, all that is truly lofty and remarkable in the destiny of man, reposes almost entirely...

Essays

Maurice Maeterlinck

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The Young Alaskans On The Trail - Chapter 14. Exploring The Wilderness

CHAPTER XIV. EXPLORING THE WILDERNESSIF Rob, John, and Jesse had been eager for exciting incidents on their trip across the mountains, certainly they found...

Long Stories

Emerson Hough

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Diabetic - Chicken - Chicken Pot Pie

Serving size: 1 cup Exchanges: 2 meat, 11/2 bread/starch, 1 vegetable , 1 fat 12 ounces boiled chicken, diced or shredded 1 large can Veg-All, drained...

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Unknown

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Poultry - Chicken Stew - Jamaican Chicken Stew

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Chicken Low Fat Soups And Stews Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------...

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Unknown

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The Adventures Of Captain Bonneville - Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1State of the fur trade of the Rocky Mountains Americanenterprises General Ashley and his associates Sublette, a famous leader Yearly rendezvous...

Nonfictions

Washington Irving

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Fishandseafood - Easy Clam Chowder

1 (10 3/4 oz) can Campbell's Cream of Potato® soup 1 (10 3/4 oz) can Campbells Cream of Celery® soup 1 soup can of milk 1 soup can of canned clams with...

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Unknown

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Tempest

Gloomy lowers the tempest over the sea, And through the black wall of cloud Is unsheathed the jagged lightning, Swift outflashing,...

Poems

Heinrich Heine

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The Bars Of Iron - Part 2. The Place Of Torment - Chapter 11. The Falling Night

PART II. THE PLACE OF TORMENT CHAPTER XI. THE FALLING NIGHT"You ought to rest, you know," said Tudor. "This sort of thing is downright madness for you."...

Long Stories

Ethel May Dell

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Beansandgrains - Black-eyed Pea Salad

3 (16 oz.) can black-eyed peas, drained (or 2 packages frozen, cooked according to directions)1 green pepper, diced1 medium red onion, diced1 (4 oz.) can...

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Unknown

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