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Excerpt from Birds of Prey, Vol. 1 of 3: A NovelThe inscription on the brass-plate informed the neighbourhood that No. 14 was occupied by Mr. Sheldon, surgeon-dentist and the dwellers in frzgeorge-street amused themselves in their leisure hours by Speculative discussions upon the character and pursuits, belongings and surround ings of this gentleman.Of course he was eminently respectable. On that question no Fitzgeorgian had ever hazarded a do...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Excerpt from The Trail of the Serpent: A NovelPoor Richard, half an hour ago wishing to be hung and put out of the way, now of radiance and hope, while the good angel has the best of it!You must not begin your new life without money, Richard I shall, therefore, give you all I have in the house. I think I cannot better show my confidence in you, and my certainty that you will not return to your old habits, than by giving you this money. Richard...

Excerpt from Eleanor's Victory, Vol. 1 of 3The craggy cliffs upon the Norman coast looked something like the terraced walls and turreted roofs of a ruined city in the hot afternoon sun shine, as the Empress steamer sped swiftly ou ward toward Dieppe. At least they looked thus in the eyes of a very young lady, who stood alone on the deck of the steam-packet, with yearning eyes fixed upon that foreign shore.About the PublisherForgotten Books pub...

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Excerpt from A Strange World, Vol. 1 of 2: A NovelJ Here over the narrow wooden mantel-shelf hung casts of pieces in pre aration. Jack Sheppard, Delicate Ground, Courier of yons, Box and Cox, a wide range of dramatic art, calls for next day's rehearsal. Here, in divers attitudes of weariness, lounged various members of the dramatic common wealth. Among them Mr. Elgood. In the frogged coat, crimson worsted pantaloons, and Hessian boots of the b...

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Excerpt from Lady Audley's Secret, Vol. 1 of 3 IT lay low down in a hollow, rich with fine Old timber and luxuriant pastures, and you came upon it through an avenue of limes, bordered on either Side by meadows, over the high hedges of which the cattle looked inquisitively at you as you passed, wondering, perhaps, What you Wanted, for there was no thoroughfare, and unless you were going to the Court you had no business there at all. About the...

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Excerpt from Strangers and Pilgrims: A NovelThere were pigeons cooing and boop-boop-hooping among the moss-grown corbels of the tower, a blackbird in a wicker cage hanging outside one of the narrow windows, a Skylark in a little green wooden box decorating another. The garden where the roses and carnations ¿ourished had somewhat of a neglected look, not weedy or forlorn, only a little unkempt and over-luxu riant, like a garden to which the hir...