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The sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
ON the 26th of July, 1864, a magnificent yacht was steaming along the North Channel at full speed, with a strong breeze blowing from the N. E. The Union Jack was flying at the mizzen-mast, and a blue standard bearing the initials E. G., embroidered in gold, and...
Shy thought and grave wide eyes and hand
Within that heaven which most his light receive
Allá te va esa novela, lector amigo; allá te van esas páginas desaliñadas o incoloras, escritas de prisa, sin que ni primores de lenguaje ni gramaticales escrúpulos hayan detenido la pluma del autor. Son la historia de un muchacho pobre; pobre muchacho tímido y crédulo,...
What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask myself whether there may...
There are a number of things that are pleasanter than being sick in a New York boarding-house when one's nearest dearest is a married sister up in far-away Michigan.
The firm of Minot & Doane sat on the doorsill of its store on Lake Miwasa smoking its after-supper pipes.
CRITIC : I never read a more improbable story in my life. AUTHOR : Notwithstanding, it may be true.
Since the time when man's mind first busied itself with subjects beyond his own self-preservation and the satisfaction of his bodily appetites, the anomalous and curious have been of exceptional and persistent fascination to him; and especially is this true of the...
I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night.I was also the happiest - up to one o'clock. Then my whole world crumbled, or, at least, suffered an eclipse. Why and how,I am about to relate....
Happy in the hope that the news was exclusive, the Despatch had thrown the name of Stephen Hallowell, his portrait, a picture of his house, and the words, At Point of Death! across three columns. The announcement was heavy, lachrymose, bristling with the melancholy...
The leaves rain down upon the forest pond
The name of the Sheikh has become known to posterity as the author of this work, which is the only one attributed to him.
Bobby Bright and Harry West, whose histories were contained in the last two volumes of the Library for Young Folks, were both smart boys. The author, very grateful for the genial welcome extended to these young gentlemen, begs leave to introduce to his juvenile friends...
[Shows a primeval forest, with great trees, thickets in background, and moss and ferns underfoot. A set in the foreground. To the left is a tent, about ten feet square, with a fly. The front and sides are rolled up, showing a rubber blanket spread, with bedding upon it;...
For a long time it had been arranged they all should go to the Harvard and Yale game in Winthrop's car. It was perfectly well understood. Even Peabody, who pictured himself and Miss Forbes in the back of the car, with her brother and Winthrop in front, condescended to...
"Talking of sudden disappearances the one you mention of Hannah in that Leavenworth case of ours, is not the only remarkable one which has come under my direct notice. Indeed, I know of another that in some respects, at least, surpasses that in points of interest, and...
It had been a close and sultry day - one of the hottest of the dog-days - even out in the open country, where the dusky green leaves had never stirred upon their stems since the sunrise, and where the birds had found themselves too languid for any songs beyond a faint...
The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a...
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