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Poetry by Wilfred Owen
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-05-14 | Author:Wilfred Owen

He’d seen men shoot their hands, on night patrol, Their people never knew. Yet they were vile. “Death sooner than dis­hon­our, that’s the style!” So Father said. One dawn, our ...
( Category: Movements & Periods September 16,2019 )
Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor
azw3, epub |eng | 2019-02-15 | Author:Tom Taylor

Act III Scene 1 Dairy set as be­fore in Act 2nd, Scene 2. Asa Tren­chard dis­covered on bench, R. C., whit­tling stick. Mary busy with milk pans in dairy. Asa ...
( Category: Dramas & Plays September 16,2019 )
A Bid for Fortune by Guy Boothby
azw3, epub |eng | 2019-07-23 | Author:Guy Boothby

IX Dr. Nikola Permits Us a Free Passage The old say­ing, “Don’t count your chick­ens be­fore they’re hatched,” is as good a warn­ing as any I know. Cer­tainly it proved ...
( Category: Occult September 16,2019 )
Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock
azw3, epub |eng | 2017-12-20 | Author:Thomas Love Peacock

Mr. Flosky The τουτεστι, the id est, the cioè, the c’est à dire, the that is, my dear Miss O’Car­roll, is not ap­plic­able in this case—if you will per­mit me ...
( Category: Ghosts September 16,2019 )
Kipps by H. G. Wells
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-07-25 | Author:H. G. Wells

IV The Bicycle Manufacturer So Kipps em­barked upon his en­gage­ment, steeled him­self to the high en­ter­prise of mar­ry­ing above his breed­ing. The next morn­ing found him dress­ing with a cer­tain ...
( Category: Satire September 16,2019 )
The Wonderful Visit by H. G. Wells
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-05-02 | Author:H. G. Wells

XXIX Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village “That’s all right,” said Crump when the bandaging was re­placed. “It’s a trick of memory, no doubt, but these ex­cres­cences of ...
( Category: Anthologies September 16,2019 )
The Young Visiters by Daisy Ashford
azw3, epub |eng | 2019-04-08 | Author:Daisy Ashford

VI High Life Mr Sal­teena awoke next morn­ing in his small but pleas­ant room. It was done in green and white with Mo­na­grams on the toilit set. He had a ...
( Category: Biographies & Memoirs September 16,2019 )
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 2019-03-31 | Author:Christopher Marlowe

Re-enter the Fri­ars to sing the Dirge. 1st Friar Come, brethren, let’s about our busi­ness with good de­vo­tion. They sing. Cursed be he that stole away his Holi­ness’ meat from ...
( Category: Dramas & Plays September 16,2019 )
The Diary by Samuel Pepys
azw3, epub |eng | 2019-08-21 | Author:Samuel Pepys

29th (King’s birth­day and Res­taur­a­tion day). Waked with the ringing of the bells all over the towne; so up be­fore five o’clock, and to the of­fice, where we met, and ...
( Category: Authors September 16,2019 )
Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
azw3, epub |eng | 2019-01-11 | Author:Thomas Hardy

( Category: Literary September 16,2019 )
Three Lives by Unknown
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-02-28 | Author:Unknown

“Please come to me, Jeff.” Me­lanc­tha wrote back for her an­swer. Jeff went very slowly to Me­lanc­tha, glad as he was, still to be go­ing to her. Me­lanc­tha came, very ...
( Category: Arts & Photography September 16,2019 )
Master of the World by Edward Willett
epub |eng | 2019-09-09 | Author:Edward Willett

EIGHTEEN RUNNING FULL TILT at midnight down pitch-black alleys in an unfamiliar city with sketchy ideas of trash removal is an . . . interesting . . . experience. I ...
( Category: History September 16,2019 )
The Accusation by Edward Berenson
epub |eng | | Author:Edward Berenson

Chapter 5 THE ELECTION OF 1928 That the Massena blood libel took place in 1928 was no accident. It occurred at the beginning of one of the ugliest and most ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism September 16,2019 )
Revival From Below by Ingram Brannon D
epub |eng | | Author:Ingram, Brannon D.

The masses have made it their business to form opinions of their own on religious controversies [masa’il]. Why do they find it necessary to arbitrate over differences among the men ...
( Category: History September 16,2019 )
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah: Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
epub |eng | 2000-11-19 | Author:Sir Richard Francis Burton [Burton, Sir Richard Francis]

[FN#1] Jabal Nur, or Hira, has been mentioned before. Jabal Saur rises at some distance to the South of Meccah, and contains the celebrated cave in which Mohammed and Abu ...
( Category: Biographies & Memoirs September 15,2019 )

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