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Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books, Vol. 5 The story opens on a grey October afternoon in the Isle of Wight, in the 'sixties. Alma Lee, the coachman's handsome young daughter, is toiling up a steep hill overlooking Chalkburne, tired and laden with parcels from the town. As she leans on a gate, Judkins, a fellow-servant of her father's, drives up in a smart dog-cart, and offers her a lift home. She refuses scornfully, to the young groom's...

Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books, Vol. 7 The ambiguous light of a December morning, peeping through the windows of the Holyhead mail, dispelled the soft visions of the four insides, who had slept, or seemed to sleep, through the first seventy miles of the road. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important...

Excerpt from Defeat or Victory? The Strength of Britain BookThis book, of the first edition of which one hundred thousand copies were sold in 20 days, has now been adopted by the Strength of Britain Movement, and is re-issued - as Defeat or Victory? For indeed, its publication as Defeat? Has brought Victory nearer.A few notes may here be permitted in reference to my original introduction which is hereafter reprinted. Its proof of the indeed se...

Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books, Vol. 1 An enterprise such as The World's Greatest Books is to be judged from two different standpoints. It may be judged with respect to its specific achievement - the material of which it consists, or it may be judged with regard to its general utility in the scheme of literature to which it belongs. In an age which is sometimes ironically called "remarkable" for its commercialism, nothing has been m...

Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books The Misanthrope Persons in the Play Alceste, Célimèné's lover Philinte, Alceste's friend Ononte, Celimene's lover Celimene, Alceste's lover Eliante, Celimene's cousin Arsinoe, Celimene's friend Acaste and Clitandre, Marquises The Scene is laid in Paris. Act I [Enter Alceste and Philinte. Philinte: What is it? What is the matter? Alceste: Leave me, I pray you. Philinte :But, once more, tell me wha...

Excerpt from The Everyday Library for Young People Compared with the moloch's coat we may say that the coat of the hedgehog is almost smooth. The moloch simply bristles with spines and sharp-pointed knobs from the tip of its tail to the point of its snout. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical ...

Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books, Vol. 8 The young man receiving no hint to the contrary entered the stream, and to one less alert in the exercise of swimming death had been certain, for the brook was both deep and strong. As it was, he was carried but a little way from the ordinary landing-place. But the bonnie Scot turned wrathfully on the younger Of the strangers for not warning him of the stream, and only the reproof of the elder ...

Excerpt from Harmsworth History of the World, Vol. 4 It is impossible in private affairs to trace such distant causes of mere accidental events, of no apparent importance at the time, but in these great public results we see how continuous is the cause and its effects, and how impossible it is to get away from the results of acts which do not even depend on great or conscious decisions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds...

Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books, Vol. 14: Philosophy (Continued), EconomicsThe glory of the Oriental conception is the one indi vidual as the substantial being to which all belongs, so that no other individual has a separate existence, or mirrors himself in his subjective freedom. All the riches of imagination and nature are appropriated to that domi nant existence in which subjective freedom is essentially merged, the latter looks for...

Excerpt from The Everyday Library for Young PeopleHard as he worked at his duties, he did not lose his interest in all other things. Gradually, in spite of all his work, the deep vein of poetry in his nature asserted itself. There had been no poetry and not much imagination in his family, but while in the first ¿ush of manhood he began to write verses, and soon established an enviable reputation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hun...

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Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books, Vol. 2: FictionOne damp, misty March morning, I dismounted from the top of a coach in the yard of a London inn. Deliver ing my scanty baggage to a porter, I followed him to a lodging prepared for me by an acquaintance. It con sisted Of a small room in which I was to sit, and a smaller one still in which I was to sleep.Having breakfasted comfortably by a good fire, I sallied forth and easily found my way...

Excerpt from The World's Greatest Books, Vol. 20: Miscellaneous Literature, Index For here is no newspaper, as we understand the term. The Spectator from the first indulged his humours at the expense of the quidnuncs. Says he. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses sta...

Excerpt from The Everyday Library for Young People: Plays, Pictures and Poems, 7 New Plays for Amateurs, 112 Pictures by Celebrated Artists, 185 Poems With Biographical Notes Plays GE Introduction A Little Patriot St. Valentine's House snow-white and rose-red Baucis and Philemon The Palace of the King The Fountain of Wisdom Scenes from Alice in Wonderland A Mad Tea Party Advice from a Caterpillar A Visit to the Mock Turtle Tweedledum and Twee...

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Cornwall - England's Farthest South - By Arthur Mee - PICTURES OF CORNWALL - Where the pictures are not on or facing the page given they are inside the set of pictures begiming on that page Altarnun . . The Church . Medieval Bench nds Norman Font Antony . . . Brass of Marjorie Arundell . Barras Head. . View from Tintagel Castle . Bedruthan Steps. The Granite Walls . Bodmia . . . The Church . Norman Font Bodmin Moor . Brown Willy . Boseastle . ...

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