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Excerpt from John of Daunt"Oh, 'tis a parlous boyBold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable." - Richard III.Daisy, now down on all-fours while she rubbed linoleum cream into the hall floor, now sitting on her heels for respite and to replenish the moisture on her cloth, caught a glimpse of pink high above her head. It was very familiar pink, but the glimpse being taken in through her eye-corners only, hardly reached her brain. She tried with an ...

Excerpt from Fair InesAT eighteen months of age, one perfectly calm summer evening, the time somewhere between six and seven, Ines began to scream quite distressfully.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, preser...

Excerpt from The Little Duchess: And Other StoriesSO great a wrench, indeed, that he prof ferred his love, too, humbly, but fervently, and received a very wondering look from the grey eyes, a badly-concealed smile, a Thank you for the handkerchief, and a No, thank you for the love.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 im...

Excerpt from In the Mist of the MountainsIt is October and the mountains are waking from their short winter sleep. It is October, the month of the moving mists.Come and let us take a walk, not down Fleet Street with Dr. Johnson, but up a mountain side with Nature, - nay, with God Himself. There is nothing to see, absolutely nothing at all. You know that there are trees on either hand of you, and that the undergrowth is bursting into the stars ...

Excerpt from Three Little MaidsTwelve 0' the clock What's done cannot be undone to bed, to bed, to bed.There was the listening hush of midnight in the house. NO light burned in any Of the rooms, but through the windows, where the blinds were up, a woe-begone struggling moon shone palely.The big bedroom at the front of the house was empty, and the moonbeams lay quiet on the smooth white counterpane Of the canopied bed. Even in so faint a light ...

Excerpt from The Story of a BabyShe reminded him of all athletic sports he had taken part in, and of all the prizes he had won she asked him What was the use of being six-foot-two and an impossible number of inches round the chest if he could not carry a baby.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 wor...

Excerpt from The Family at MisruleHere was discord at Misrule. Nell, in some mysterious way, had let down a muslin frock of last season till it reached her ankles.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...

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Excerpt from Seven Little Australians Seven little australians achieved an instan taneous success when first published, and edition after edition was called for. It was pronounced by press and public alike to be comparable to that world-famous book Little Women, and Miss Turner became known everywhere as Miss Alcott's true successor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

About the Book Our Biographies and Autobiographies about Politicians and other Notable People relate the stories of those who were active in party politics, or government, or had otherwise distinguished themselves in society, science, business or economics. There is a long list of eclectic titles in this category, including: Ezra Cornell, Thomas Chittenden, Alexander Hamilton, Sir Jagadis C. Bose, Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, The Countess of Alb...

The Little Duchess and Other Stories is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks new...

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Before you fairly start this story I should like to give you just a word of warning. If you imagine you are going to read of model children, with perhaps, a naughtily inclined one to point a moral, you had better lay down the book immediately and betake yourself to 'Sandford and Mer...

Excerpt: ...and tore him! There was a great, jagged wound up one arm, his left stocking was ripped away and a deep red scratch showed across his leg, his hands were bleeding and quivering with pain. But he had reached the sill, and that was everything. He pushed up the narrow window, and with much difficulty forced his little fat body through. Then he dropped down on to a shelf, and lowered himself gingerly on to the floor. There was no time t...

bTitle:/b Miss Bobbie, etc.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial ad...

Excerpt from Three Little Maids Twelve 0' the clock What's done cannot be undone to bed, to bed, to bed. There was the listening hush of midnight in the house. NO light burned in any of the rooms, but through the windows, where the blinds were up, a woe-begone struggling moon shone palely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a repro...

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Seven Little Australians" is an Australian favourite which has been in print continuously for over a century, has sold over a million copies, and has been translated into several other languages. This delightful story, having been adapted for the stage,

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Die Kinder der Familie Woolcot genießen eine erfüllte Kindheit in ihrem weitläufigen Zuhause am Fluss, trotz der häufigen Ermahnungen ihres strengen Vaters, Captain Woolcot. Doch dann strapaziert eine von Judy Woolcots Eskapaden die Geduld des Captains zu sehr und er greift zu drastischen Mitteln. Die Konsequenzen von Judys Bestrafung konnte aber niemand vorhersehen. Können beide damit umgehen? Und wird sich die Familie von dem Unglück erholen...