A Poor Wise Man - Chapter 27

A Poor Wise Man - Chapter 27

CHAPTER XXVIILily had an unexpected visitor that afternoon, in the person of Pink Denslow. She had assumed some of Elinor's cares for the day, for Elinor...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Theoretikos

Theoretikos

This mighty empire hath but feet of clay:Of all its ancient chivalry and mightOur little island is forsaken quite:Some enemy hath stolen its crown of bay,And...

Poems

Oscar Wilde

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The Fighting Chance - Chapter 12. The Asking Price

The Fighting Chance - Chapter 12. The Asking Price

CHAPTER XII. THE ASKING PRICESiward, at his desk, over which the May sunshine streamed, his crutches laid against his chair, sat poring over the piles...

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Robert W. Chambers

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Margret Howth, A Story Of To-day - Chapter 11

Margret Howth, A Story Of To-day - Chapter 11

CHAPTER XII am going to end my story now. There are phases more vivid in the commonplace lives of these men and women, I do not doubt: love, as poignant...

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Rebecca Harding Davis

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The Story Of The Outlaw, A Study Of The Western Desperado - Chapter 21

The Story Of The Outlaw, A Study Of The Western Desperado - Chapter 21

Chapter XXIBad Men of the Indian Nations--A Hotbed of Desperadoes--Reasons for Bad Men in the Indian Nations--The Dalton Boys--The Most Desperate Street...

Nonfictions

Emerson Hough

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The Book Of Proverbs [bible, Old Testament] - Proverbs 10:1 To Proverbs 10:32 (Bible)

The Book Of Proverbs [bible, Old Testament] - Proverbs 10:1 To Proverbs 10:32 (Bible)

Chapter 10(Book of Proverbs | Holy Bible | Old Testament | King James Version)(For all books in the Bible, go to Bible Main Page)Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs...

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Sonnet Xxxii (when I Have Sense Of What To Sense Appears)

Sonnet Xxxii (when I Have Sense Of What To Sense Appears)

When I have sense of what to sense appears,Sense is sense ere ’tis mine or mine in me is.When I hear, Hearing, ere I do hear, hears.When I see, before...

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Fernando Pessoa

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The Helping Hand

The Helping Hand

Mother, my head is bloody, my breast is red with scars. Well, foolish son, I told you so, why went you to the wars? Mother, my soul is crucified, my...

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Edgar Lee Masters

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The Valley Of The Moon - BOOK II - Chapter VIII

The Valley Of The Moon - BOOK II - Chapter VIII

Saxon went about her housework greatly troubled. She no longerdevoted herself to the making of pretties. The materials costmoney, and she did not dare....

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Jack London

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Hendricks The Hunter: The Border Farm, A Tale Of Zululand - Chapter 11. A Succession Of Disasters

Hendricks The Hunter: The Border Farm, A Tale Of Zululand - Chapter 11. A Succession Of Disasters

CHAPTER ELEVEN. A SUCCESSION OF DISASTERS In spite of the wild uproar made by the savage brutes encircling the camp, some of the guards began to doze after...

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William H. G. Kingston

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Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny - Chapter XXI. THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTY

Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny - Chapter XXI. THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTY

CHAPTER XXI. THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTYThere was a good deal of interest felt, as has been said, in the lonely condition of Dudley Venner in that...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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George Buchanan, Scholar

George Buchanan, Scholar

The scholar, in the sixteenth century, was a far more important personage than now. The supply of learned men was very small, the demand for them very...

Essays

Charles Kingsley

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Steve Young - Chapter 25. The Walrus' Foe

Steve Young - Chapter 25. The Walrus' Foe

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. THE WALRUS' FOETo stalk or crawl up to an animal within shooting distance upon a level prairie there is no sign of bush or tree,...

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George Manville Fenn

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To Number 27x

To Number 27x

Beloved Peeler! friend and guide And guard of many a midnight reeler,None worthier, though the world is wide, Beloved Peeler.Thou from before the...

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Robert F. Murray

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The Bondboy - Chapter 17. The Blow Of A Friend

The Bondboy - Chapter 17. The Blow Of A Friend

CHAPTER XVII. THE BLOW OF A FRIENDProgress was swifter the next day. The prosecuting attorney, apparently believing that he had made his case, dismissed...

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George W. Ogden

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