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...ese's love survive the ancient vendetta of one unforgiving and powerful demon djinni? Find out that anything is possible when a devout mystical being from the old world joins forces with an urban-reared spitfire from the new? (http://www.graciecmckeever.com)...

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...ntury "Allah has forsaken you, Kane." He heard the husky declaration as if from a great distance, glared at the sensual orifice from which his death s... ...Keever 4 She uttered the words with such smooth elegance, his name rolling from her lips with traitorous familiarity, that it was easy for him to beli... ...odded. "The most important." She cleared her throat as she pulled her eyes from his fist encircling the pendant and began her pronouncement. Kane grit... ... eternity. * * * * Sahir shook her head; tsk tsking as she popped home the cork and settled the ewer between her legs, reveling in the way cool multif... ...he mouth as the neck tilted towards her. She hadn't noticed it before, the cork pushed so snug down the throat. Pulsing. Desert Dreams by Gracie C. M... ... "I would not. I only read—" "My thoughts." "Not at all. I merely read ... people." Something told her he wasn't being completely honest with her, but... ...t devices called telephones and radios that emitted the faceless voices of people he would never meet or see, and ... Just a whole wonderful array of ... ... saints, madmen and geniuses. Nothing had changed, just horrible and great people doing better and worse things on a bigger, more global scale than he... ...ed more that the ride from her brother and sister's-in-law place in Orange County was a little shorter. Justice was scheduled out, doing some overdue,...

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...elieve the existence of a Devil is a like debt to reason; one is a demonstration from the reality of visible causes, and the other a deduction from t... ... like reality of their effects. One demonstration of the existence of God is from the universal well-guided consent of all nations to worship and... ... and adore a supreme power; one demonstration of the existence of the Devil, is from the avowed ill-guided consent of some nations, who, knowing no ... ...ms, that the Creator of heaven and earth had adopted this nation for his chosen people, and therefore demanded their exclusive homage, and that they... ... which she called Prick-ear, Jack and Frog. Several witnesses, poor and ignorant people, were brought to testify to the mischief which had been done ... ...rgyman named Lowes, who had been vicar of Brandeston, near Framlingham, in that county fifty years, a well known opponent of the new church governme... ...ntribute anything to the very useful object of your work, it is no matter – let people think what they will. Be that as it may, I vouch for the trut... ...f a lady, with a fresh breast of milk, shall milk a portion of it into a bag of corks, very soon thereafter her milk will all dry away. Any person w...

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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private world...

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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author... ...r to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci... .....articulate, believable ... charms with an expert knowledge of place and people.” MICHAEL FRAENKEL, novelist and poet: “His is the authenticity o... ...and poetry. Our most recent publication is the remarkable quintet, Voices from the Past, by bestselling author Paul Alexander Bartlett, whose novel,... ...hanges to its content, provided that both the author and the original URL from which this work was obtained are mentioned, that the contents of this ... ...s a quintet of novels that describe the inner lives of five extraordinary people. Progressing through time from the most distant to the most recent ... ...nson, Raleigh, Spenser have had their days in jail; I have had mine—those county sties where pigs and dust ate my manuscripts and foetid odors ate m... ...ounds (shall I make it more?); in addition, I grant her my estate in Warr County—I like that place... To Joan—I leave my clothes. Why? To Elizabe... ... Executive Mansion May 22, 1863 I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were born in Virginia, of undistinguished fam...

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... fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization....

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...r 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psycho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements Chapter 6: Civilization Pgs 300-704 A: The Beginnings of Civilization Pgs 705-1474 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1475-1868 Chapter 7:...

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... Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements ... ...nce Pg 265 Memory and Wisdom Chapter Five: Modern Humans: The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements. Pg 267 Modern Humans before C... ...e of Indulgences Pg 1015 The Protestant Psychological Reformation of Slavery from Unwilling to Willing Work Slaves Pg 1017 Sharing Pg 1020 Shari... ...0 The Reason for the Human Sense of Pure Wonder Pg 1814 David Icke’s Lizard People explained Pg 1815 Secret Hidden Dynamics of The Realm of the U... ... was subtle: a slight miscalculation, but devastating in its ramifications. People didn’t realize that the slight curve of sunlight detected was o... ...t books. Fad theories and models are being constantly introduced to distract people from the fact that the basis of Scientific knowledge has been s... ...to one's family? Work? Neighbors? Neighborhood? Politically? Municipal? County? State? National? How many charities can one support? Which... ...rous split-identities. Try to resolve just how your street-neighborhood-city- county-province-state-national-political identity fits with your family... ...ons. Then you are supposed to love your country, your city, your state, your county, etc…. Without ever being loved back by any of these abstract ...

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...adour meet again, AND fate hands her the chance to make her every wish come true. Daniel entices her into a marriage of convenience. Can she save him from the treacherous political legacy of his late wife? Set in 1871, the story sweeps from the tragedy of the Chicago Fire to the streets of New York and finally to the wild, dangerous coast of Ireland. Is Daniel merely using...

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...ing of Faraday’s other arm and stumbled. Only his relentless grip kept her from falling. “It wasn’t his fault, Mr. Faraday.” Her voice came out ... ...n’t happen again, I promise.” Faraday cleared his throat and edged away from her. “He’ll never have the opportunity. Not when I have him arres... ...er with your father. Now, run along with you. We’re delaying Mr. Connolly from his preparations.” “Yes, sir.” Juggling the mass of slithery scar... ...name of Anthony Comstock is not one that is easily sullied. My war against people of your ilk is well-known. You are merely a minor skirmish.” Co... ... when she saw herself bedecked in the complete costume including bonnet and corkscrew-curled, blond wig. Considering the mischief she planned, it di... ... “We could go to court, if we had the time. We could pay off all the right people, if we had the money. But there is a faster, cheaper way, Danny,... ...shman, despite my lace-curtain pretensions, “ Daniel said. “But you of all people should expect that, shouldn’t you, Paddy? Not long since you cro... ...ful writer. Very humorous. I have The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County in my room. I’ll lend it to you.” “Thank you. I’m sure I’ll ... ...rs, and Morgan imagined it the echo of the monster’s dying breath. Across County Cork and into Kerry, Bridey chanted a constant refrain, “Sure’n ye...

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...concentration. Lacey’s father was a salesman whose territory took him away from home most days of the week. On weekends he went shopping for food and ... ...ornful name-calling. She rejoiced every June when summer offered a respite from the bullying. Lacey spent entire days sprawled on her bed engrossed in... ...driveway cement. She cried out, tears springing to her eyes, blood pouring from her skinned arm. Roger bent down to help but she shook him off. “I’m a... ...ats. They sat in the car and watched kids climbing on the monkey bars, and people lined up to buy ice cream. “Hey,” Lacey said. “I just thought of som... ...oo. I was scared of advertising it for sale because I did not want strange people coming to the house. Now I will not have to worry. Will you take me ... ...gentaler’s abortion clinic; maybe I could go there. But it’s not legal and people are getting threatened. Anyway, do I want to kill it? …Yes I do, if ... ...e fire. In all, it was a small but pleasant, comfortable home. Popping the cork, Scott poured two glasses and gave one to Jana who had finished puttin... ...rdered returned by the court in November, 2009. On May 14 th the Maricopa County, Arizona prosecutor indicted three more volunteers. An outpouring of...

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.....articulate, believable ... charms with an expert knowledge of place and people.” MICHAEL FRAENKEL, novelist and poet: “His is the authenticity o... ...and poetry. Our most recent publication is the remarkable quintet, Voices from the Past, by bestselling author Paul Alexander Bartlett, whose novel,... ...hanges to its content, provided that both the author and the original URL from which this work was obtained are mentioned, that the contents of this ... ... BOOKS BY PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal ` Christ’s Journal ` Leonardo da Vinci’s J... ...than create a vague illusion of the past. He conveys the character of real people, their interior life and outer world. A mature artist, he writes wi... ... a quintet of novels that de- scribe the inner lives of five extraordinary people. Progressing through time from the most distant to the most recent ... ...ed for home, three of us leaving at the same time, our boats so many grey corks on a line. As I stared back at the stricken town, I heard the gulls... ... than forty one-man shows in leading galleries, including the Los Angeles County Museum, the Atlanta Art Museum, the Bancroft Library, the Richmond ...

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...ese screen. Folding a panel, he looked out the window and let the pent-up air seep from his lungs. His was the lone car in the parking lot. Arnold... ...irmed the two signatures. Everything appeared satisfactory, and he pulled a wallet from his back pocket. “Thank you, gentlemen.” He fanned out t... ...ent to his desk, opened a drawer and brought out a slim gold case. Selecting a card from it, he jotted on the back, and handed it to the man. “Shou... ...he evil eye, Mr. Brewster?” “There are those who are born able to put spells on people, even strong people like you are, Miss Laura Kate.” S... ...y eyes met his, having caught him eyeing the missing thumb. “No smoking in here, county rules,” Mather said. “But I can tell you this about your ... ..., “Bad news. It’s finally happened.” “Shut your fat mouth, boy,” Mather said. “County business for county ears only.” The deputy’s round face t... ...des, wasn’t being eccentric de rigueur in the South? Her impoverished side of what people called ’the blue-blooded O’Connells‘ was right up there w... ...fore we’ll tell the whole goddamned world we’re in love. I can’t wait because won’t people in this shitty town be surprised at who I snagged after a... ...ected one way or another.” He moistened the cigar between his lips. “Okay with the county if I smoke outside my own office?” “So long as you don...

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...s and umbrella: upon the whole, one who felt himself to occupy morally that vast middle space of Laodicean neutrality which lay between the Communion people of the parish and the drunken section, --that is, he went to church, but yawned privately by the time the congregation reached the Nicene creed, and thought of what there would be for dinner when he meant to be listeni...

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... vast middle space of Laodicean neutrality which lay between the Communion people of the parish and the drunken section, — that is, he went to church,... ... Oak remedied by thumps and shakes, and he es caped any evil consequences from the other two defects by constant comparisons with and observations of... ...ount of the exertion, and drawing up the watch by its chain, like a bucket from a well. But some thoughtful persons, who had seen him walking across o... ... a way of curtailing their dimensions by their manner of showing them. And from a quiet modesty that would have become a vestal which seemed continual... ...farmer.’ ‘And the greatest of them is — well, what it is always.’ ‘Beating people down? ay, ’tis so.’ ‘O no.’ ‘What, then?’ Gabriel, perhaps a little ... ...the shepherd in his enforced nightly attendance. It was only latterly that people had begun to call Gabriel ‘Farmer’ Oak. During the twelvemonth prece... ...n, he did it so thoroughly that he would have chased them across the whole county with the greatest pleasure if not called off or reminded when to ste... ...ay in February, on which was held the yearly statute or hiring fair in the county town of Casterbridge. At one end of the street stood from two to thr... ...ruly they were as hardy, merry, thriving, wicked a set as any in the whole county. Oak resolved to sleep at Weatherbury that night on his way to Shott...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...y James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publi... ...document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Penns... ...ania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring Not... ...; for, to young wives who come merely to say, “I have seen it,” to country people, to inexperienced youths, and to foreigners, the opera house must on... ...easure; the fashion of rats so completely went out, that in these days few people knew anything of this detail of fashionable life before the Restora-... ...esterday, this letter of release is dated to-day. You see how powerful the people are who take an interest in Lucien.” At the sight of this document E... ...bills by six months, Carlos had had them drawn on Esther by a man whom the county court had “misunderstood,” and whose adventures, in spite of the exc... ...rentin drew Derville aside and said: “In vino veritas! Truth lives under a cork. For my part, I regard an inn as the real registry office of the count... ...e famous sixth chamber of the law (whose functions are those of an English county court). The same road is trodden by the prisoners committed for tria...

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...d a floor, and the home that has no floor upon which games may be played falls so far short of happiness. It must be a floor covered with linoleum or cork carpet, so that toy soldiers and such-like will stand up upon it, and of a color and surface that will take and show chalk marks; the common green colored cork carpet without a pattern is the best of all. It must be no h...

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...s so far short of happiness. It must be a floor cov- ered with linoleum or cork carpet, so that toy soldiers and such-like will stand up upon it, and ... ...and surface that will take and show chalk marks; the common green- colored cork carpet without a pattern is the best of all. It must be no highway to ... ...ideas in them for after life. The men of tomor- row will gain new strength from nursery floors. I am going to tell of some of these games and what is ... ...butary sub-species of humanity) in buying presents for their own and other people’s children. Now, the toys we play with time after time, and in a tho... ...ur experience will help a reader here and there to the former and save him from the latter. For instance, our planks and boards, and what one can do w... ...bricks.) This, again, wasn’t a toy-shop acquisition. It came to us by gift from two generous friends, unhappily growing up and very tall at that; and ... ...wn and say, “This is a house,” even then there are not enough. We see rich people, rich people out of motor cars, rich people beyond the dreams of ava... ...uences in after life in the weakly-conceived villas and silly suburbs that people have built all round big cities. Such poor under- nourished nurserie... ...e with “Get Them” is not to be ignored. F . R. W . is more like the London County Coun- cil in this respect, and prefers bare walls. “Returning from t...

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... evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point, the present rebellion brought our republic to a severe test, and the Presidential election, occurring in regular course during the reb...

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... question whether any govern- ment not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergen- cie... ...Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged…. Now that the election is ov... ...to Lincoln as the vicious and unpatriotic themselves. His life teaches our people that they must act with wisdom, because other- wise adherence to rig... ...eive 5 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One of a man farther removed from baseness, farther removed from corruption, from mere self-seeking; but... ...f great origi- nal genius or of an heroic type of character.” The American people should feel profoundly grateful that the greatest American statesman... ...out much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridi- cule.” On Easter Day, 1865, the world knew how little this ridic... ...and some of his pieces were even deemed good enough for publication in the county weekly. Thus he won a neighborhood reputation as a clever young man,... ...m a friend to buy a new suit of clothes—”store clothes” fit for a Sangamon County statesman; and thus adorned he set out for the state capital, Vandal... ...ment upon grave affairs of state with a story about “a man out in Sangamon County,”—a story, to be sure, strikingly clinching his point, but sadly lac...

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...e met the call of that particular transient occasion in which they arose; and others, it may be thought on review, might as well have been suppressed from the very first....

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...Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ...................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION ..............

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... S K E T C H E S AUTOBIOGRAPHIC S K E T C H E S Selections, Grave and Gay, from Writings Published and Unpublished BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE E... ...nia State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORK... ...ey AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY Selections, Grave and Gay, from Writings Published and Unpublished EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRACT FR ... ...shed in a journal dedicated to purposes of politi- cal change such as many people thought revolutionary. I thought so myself, and did not go along wit... ...ular—but many of my readers will know it for a truth— that vast numbers of people, though liberated from all rea- sonable motives to self-restraint, c... ... power to lay aside reserve; and many, again, cannot be so with particular people. I have witnessed more than once the case, that a young female danc... ...and mentioned that in Devonshire, or at least on the western coast of that county, near Ilfracombe, upon any excessive take of herrings, beyond what t... ...t? Why, it’s like Charing Cross—always the least secret place in the whole county.” So one might fancy; since the summit of a mountain, like Plinlimmo... ...she and her pupil were go- ing on a visit to an old Catholic family in the county of Durham, (the family of Mr. Swinburne, who was known advantageousl...

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...ck Hotel.? Mr. Crump, the landlord, had, in the outset of life, performed the duties of Boots in some inn even more frequented than his own, and, far from being ashamed of his origin, as many persons are in the days of their prosperity, had thus solemnly recorded it over the hospitable gate of his hotel....

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...he duties of Boots in some inn even more frequented than his own, and, far from being ashamed of his origin, as many per- sons are in the days of thei... ...ttle bar, profusely orna- mented with pictures of the dancers of all ages, from Hillisberg, Rose, Parisot, who plied the light fantastic toe in 1805, ... ...urs, much accustomed, one for the gentlemen of the shoulder-knot, who came from the houses of their employers hard by; an- other for some “gents who u... ...gh the influence of great men; he was an agent for half-a-dozen theatrical people, male 13 Thackeray and female, and had the interests of the latter ... ... person were of that showy sort which is most popular in this world, where people are wont to admire most that which gives them the least trouble to s... ...irm is, I flatter my- self, a little more up in the market than some other people’s names.” “Do you mean to insult the name of Archibald Eglantine, si... ...s described in the Court Guide as of “Simmer’s Hotel,” and of Roundtowers, county Cork. It is said that the round towers really exist. But he has not ... ...nd’s very cheap), and of the wonders of her paternal mansion, Molloyville, county of Mayo. She was of the Molloys of that county; and though I never h... ...s about these odious creatures? Their mother was a Burke, of Burke’s Town, county Cavan, and brought Surgeon Haggarty two thousand pounds. She was a P...

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...e middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement o...

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...e Bragelonne. V olume I. CHAPTER 1 The Letter. TOWARDS THE MIDDLE of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o’clock in the morning, when the sun,... ...assengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to ex- press, in the purest Fr... ...the tongue to ex- press, in the purest French then spoken in France: “There is Monsieur returning from hunting.” And that was all. Whilst, however, th... ...wered Haarlem tapestry; in the center of this table was a long-necked stone bottle, in which were irises and lilies of the valley; at each end of this... ...mte de Bragelonne.” “Ah, very well! Introduce him, Saint-Remy — introduce him.” And when he had let fall these words, with his accus- tomed gravity, M... ...e prince, every maneuver of her august husband. Raoul, impassible, and a little disengaged by the atten- tion of his hosts, looked from his place thro... ...nt inveteracy, I cut off my hair, I dis- guised myself as a woodman. One day spent amidst the branches of an oak gave to that tree the name of the roy... ... uneasy, it is nothing unpleasant,” said D’Artagnan . “So much the better — so much the better!” And Planchet breathed freely again, whilst D’Artagnan...

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...Excerpt: I do not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is so divided between p...

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...PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION I DO NOT FIND IT EASY to get sufficiently far away from this Book, in the first sensations of hav- ing finished it, to refer ... ... pleasure in the achievement of a long design, regret in the separation from many companions that I am in danger of wearying the reader whom I l... ...to the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever. Yet, I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I wer... ... in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Whether sea-going people were short of money about that time, or were short of faith and pref... ... t cry! said Miss Betsey. You were not equally matched, child if any two people can be equally matched and so I asked the question. You were an orph... ...civilities nothing has passed! You talk of admiration. What am I to do? If people are so silly as to indulge the sentiment, is it my fault? What am I ... ...hat he was a lawyer, and steward of the estates of a rich gentleman of the county; what wind blows you here? Not an ill wind, I hope? No, replied ... ...rse of any one day. This, and the reference of all his little bills at the county inn where he slept, to my aunt, before they were paid, induced me to... ... shy, I m told, said William. So I understand, said I. Is Suffolk your county, sir? asked William. Yes, I said, with some importance. Suffolk ...

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...Excerpt: Phase the First; The Maiden -- I -- On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inclined him somewhat to the left of a straight l...

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...evening in the latter part of May a middle aged man was walking home ward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blake mor... ...made some little time ago, whilst I was hunting up pedi grees for the new county history. I am Parson Tringham, the antiquary, of Stagfoot Lane. Don’... ...ancient and knightly family of the d’Urbervilles, who derive their descent from Sir Pagan d’Urberville, that renowned knight who came from Normandy wi... ...ke a baronetcy, as it practically was in old times, when men were knighted from father to son, you would be Sir John now.’ ‘Ye don’t say so!’ ‘In shor... ...o we d’Urbervilles live?’ ‘You don’t live anywhere. You are extinct — as a county family.’ Phase the First — The Maiden 3 ‘That’s bad.’ ‘Yes — what t... ...ance, as I said, for your family con sisted of numerous branches. In this county there was a seat of yours at Kingsbere, and another at Sherton, and ... ...that your father rode home in the vlee; not because he’d been drinking, as people supposed.’ ‘I’m glad of that. Will it do us any good, mother?’ ‘O ye... ...tions as were involved in being of the shiftless house of Durbeyfield. Some people would like to know whence the poet whose philosophy is in these days... ... sight of the house. ‘Tess Durbeyfield, down at Marlott.’ ‘And you say your people have lost their horse?’ ‘I — killed him!’ she answered, her eyes fill...

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...ned room, one ankle crossed above the other, tongue pressed into palate, wondering whether the next brain-surge of prickly fires would drive his soul from all anchorages. At last they gave judgment. With care he might in two years return to the arena, but for the present he must go across the water and do no work whatever. He accepted the terms. It was capitulation; but th...

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...doth wrest thee, Ere folly hath much oppressed thee, Far from acquaintance kest thee Where country may digest thee . . . ... ...ndering whether the next brain-surge of prickly fires would drive his soul from all anchorages. At last they gave judgment. With care he might in two ... ...palate. An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this. I—I suppose we’re the two loneliest people on Go... ...ng you away from everything like this. I—I suppose we’re the two loneliest people on God’s earth to-night.” Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn... ...e of the place.” “I give it up,” said George one night in their own room. “People don’t seem to matter in this country compared to the places they liv... ...h my uncle.” “How small the world is!” Sophie cried. “Why, all my mother’s people come from Veering Hollow. There must be some there still—the Lashmar... ...hing gurgle, “d’you suppose I don’t know how it feels to come to a strange county—country I should say—away from one’s own people? When I first left t... ... security! “Are you going to lift for The Shamrock?” asks Captain Hodgson. Cork Light (green, fixed) enlarges as we rush to it. Captain Purnall nods. ... ... me up by wire, and I fell into the arms of a friend of mine, Colonel A.L. Corkran, so that the years departed from us, and we praised Allah, who had ...

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... IV. THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE V. SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION VI.MR. ROBERT BOLTON: THE ?GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS? VII. FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD AGED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS...

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...BERT BOLTON: THE ‘GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS’ VII. FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD AGED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS PUBLIC LIFE OF MR.... ...ably pleasant town situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agree able scent of pitch, tar, coal... ...s of Mudfog are unanimous in asserting that there exists not a finer race of people on the face of the earth; here we have an indisputable and vera c... ...e morn ing they shall be permitted to open, how soon it shall be lawful for people to eat their dinner on church days, and other great political ques... ...sometimes, long after silence has fallen on the town, and the distant lights from the shops and houses have ceased to twinkle, like far off stars, to ... ...abit of indulg ing abroad in distant and mysterious allusions to ‘masses of people,’ and ‘the property of the country,’ and ‘productive power,’ and ‘... ...from his right hand top boot, a damp copy of that afternoon’s number of the county paper; and there, in large type, running the whole length of the v... ...seats in all. From this calculation it would appear, — not taking wooden or cork legs into the account, but allowing two legs to every person, — tha...