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Excerpt from Randolph Gordon: And Other StoriesI AM sorry to record it, our county is a very big fel low on the map, and it is very celebrated for corn, cattle, and chee'se, as the geography says, whose kindly allitera tion helped me to escape the dire wrath Of that odious governess of my sister's who first made study hateful to me when I was a little chap in the nursery, our county is picturesque, fruitful, and aristocratic, but it is a weath...

Excerpt from La Strega and Other StoriesWithin a stone's-throw of her a girl was lying by the edge of the stream, face downwards, among the blue bugle and ragged-robin, an empty water-barrel and a copper scoop beside her.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-ar...

Excerpt from The Massarenes: A NovelHis wife looked again with a little more attention at the large figure of a lady, superbly clothed, who sat alone under a tree, and had that desolate air of not being in t which betrays the unelect.Nobody discovered her? Nobody taken her up? She asked, still looking through her eye-glass.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbo...

Excerpt from Pascarèl: Only a StoryWith feminine obstinacy the Donzella sacrifices truth to pictorial effect, and justice to high-coloured contrast, touching Rome. The love that Rome begets is difi'erent to that which Florence inspires, but it is never less strong and is even more reverent, less familiar, and more close on awe, as tender, but more solemn. In Rome, Art and Nature strain together in perpetual con¿ict for supremacy, a struggle of...

Excerpt from Held in Bondage, or Granville De Vigne, Vol. 1 of 2: A Tale of the DayThe water rushed beneath the keel, our cars dipped with regular harmony, the river-waves rippled and split, and the alders and willows tossed and waved in the sunshine, while we - private pupils, as our tutor called us, young men, as we called ourselves - used to pull up the Kennet as though we were some of a University Eight, and lunch at our favorite hostelry ...

Excerpt from Wanda, Vol. 2 of 3He speaks very well in public, ' added Wanda, and he said many tender and grateful things of you, and sent you many messages such grateful ones that my memory is too clumsy a tray to hold such eggshell china.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books u...

Excerpt from Madame La Marquise, and Other NovelettesA man came out from under the heavy shadow of limes and chesnuts, whose darkness the moon's rays had no power to pierce, crossed the lawn just under the bal cony, and, coming up the terrace steps, stood near her a man young, fair, handsome, whose age and form the uniform of a Captain of the Guards would have suited far better than the dark robes of a. Priest, which he wore.About the Publishe...

Excerpt from Wanda, Vol. 3 of 3She was about to dissent, for of all seasons in the Tauern she loved the winter best, but when she looked at him she saw such eager anticipation on his face that she suppressed her own wishes unuttered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses sta...

Excerpt from La Strega and Other StoriesWhen she cursed anyone under a full moon it made the blood of the boldest run cold to hear her, and when she gave a lover a bean, or a berry, which she had charmed, he was sure to find favour in the sight of one who had been adamant to his prayers.So all the hillside folks believed, and she was horrible to them, but she was honoured by them, as such supernatural powers are always loathed yet revered in l...

Excerpt from The Tower of TaddeoThis tower was rich in all such decoration, and was sometimes called as well the House of the Loves (casa degli Amorini), from the winged children, by Luca della Robbia, which clustered together over its archway, and held aloft the shield of the great family for whom it had been built, a Tuscan branch of those Brancaleone who once were lords of Cesena and Imola.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundre...

Excerpt from Guilderoy: A NovelAs I have not the honor of knowing what you are think ing of, how can I say whether I agree with it or not? Replied his sister.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the ...

Excerpt from A Dog of Flanders, The Nürnberg Stove, And Other StoriesWhen old J eban Daas had reached his full eighty, his daughter had died in the Ardennes, hard by Stave lot, and had left him in legacy her two-year - old son. The old man could ill contrive to support himself, but he took up the additional burden uncomplainingly, and it soon became welcome and precious to him. Little Nello - which was but a pet diminutive for N icolas - throv...

Excerpt from Princess NapraxineAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such a...

Excerpt from Strathmore, Vol. 3 of 3: A RomanceHe started as her form suddenly rose from the depths of the woodland gloom and stood before him by the grave, but the chill smile which had so much of cruelty came on his lips as he glanced at her.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Boo...

Excerpt from Views and OpinionsButter¿ies never congregate in swarms, it is' only locusts which do that. Butter¿ies linger with lan guorous movement, always softly rhythmical and undulating even when most rapid, through the sunny air above the blossoming boughs. The locust is jammed together in a serried host, and tears breath lessly forward without knowing in the least why or where he goes, except that he must move on and must devour. There i...

Excerpt from Held in Bondage, or Granville De Vigne: A Tale of the DayOur modern Gamaliel was an immaculate and Ins1gn1fi cant little man, who, on the strength of a double first good connections, and M. B. Waistcoats, offered to train up the sons of noblemen and gentlemen In the way they should go, drill Greek and instil religious principles into them, for. The, tri¿ing consideration of 3001. Per annum. He lived in a quiet little borough in th...

Excerpt from Moths, Vol. 1 of 3: A NovelLe monde aime le vice et hait l'amour, le vice est un bon enfant, nu viveur, nu drfile, 1m gourmet, il tient bonne table, et. Vous invite souvent, l'amour, an contraire, est un pédant, un solitaire, um misanthmpe, un va-nu pieds, il me vous amuse pas, vous criez vite, 'z'a. 1a.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com...

Excerpt from Princess Napraxine, Vol. 2 of 3I daresay you have only been doing mis chief, ' said Lady Brancepeth. I should like to see the letters before I judge of the excellence of your actions.' Anyone might see the letters they are all orders, or invitations, or refusals of invitations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction...