Nonfiction
epub |eng | | Author:Harold Bindloss

Chapter XIX - The Cuban Spy * Gore left Banner's Post abruptly, to Evelyn's relief, and on the morning after his departure she and Cliffe stood on the steps before ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 29,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-12-16 | Author:Guy Boothby [Boothby, Guy]

CHAPTER X It was with a feeling of profound thankfulness that I turned into my bunk that morning. The clattering of feet on deck, and the slapping of the water ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 29,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sabine Baring-Gould

Chapter XXIX - On a Peacock's Feather * As Mr. Menaida spoke, Miss Dionysia Trevisa entered, stiff, hard, and when her eyes fell on Judith, they contracted with an expression ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 29,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Oliver Onions

II * This was no more than that I thought the Christian name business was being a little overdone; but the more I thought of it, the less easy did ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 29,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-12-16 | Author:Heywood Broun [Broun, Heywood]

Romance and Reticence Whenever a man remarks "I've had a mighty adventurous life, I have," we usually set him down as a former king of the Coney Island carnival or ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 29,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:A. E. W. Mason

Chapter XI - Our Plans Miscarry Upon Castle Down * The next morning, you may be sure, I crossed the hill betimes, and came down to the house under Merchant's ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 29,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Margaret Oliphant

Chapter XXVIII * Lucilla prepared her toilette the next evening, to take tea with the Lakes, with greater care than she would have spent upon a party of much greater ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 28,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Constance Fenimore Woolson

Chapter XI * At the end of this week Horace Chase returned. And the next morning he paid a visit to his mother-in-law. He still used his "ma'am" when talking ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 28,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Harold Bindloss

Chapter XVIII - In the Wilderness * Dusk was closing down on the valley, and the rain had ceased, when Alton unstrapped his load, and stood with aching shoulders amidst ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 28,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Honore de Balzac

Victurnien, in his trouble, caught like a drowning man at the branch that came to his hand; he rushed off to the inn, reached the place, and flung his arms ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 28,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Harold Bindloss

Chapter XV - On the Trail * Nevis was not, as a rule, easily turned aside when he had taken a task in hand, and his failure at the Calvert ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 28,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Anthony Hope

X - The Sound of a Trumpet * The Prince of Slavna's answer to the intimation of his father's wishes was dutiful, courteous, and discreetly diplomatic. The Prince was much ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-02-07 | Author:Flora L. Carpenter [Carpenter, Flora L.]

"In life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend; Whose honest heart is still his master's own; Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone. The rich ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-06 | Author:Edna Ferber [Ferber, Edna]

IV THE MAN WITHIN HIM THEY used to do it much more picturesquely. They rode in coats of scarlet, in the crisp, clear morning, to the winding of horns and ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 20,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-02 | Author:Martha Finley

CHAPTER XI The next morning found Mrs. Travilla calm and peaceful, even cheerful, ready for either life or death. She was up at her usual early hour, and Rosie and ...
( Category: Nonfiction January 20,2023 )