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The Italian, or The Confessional of the Black Penitents by Radcliffe Ann
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Radcliffe, Ann

Chapter VII Call up the Spirit of the ocean, bid Him raise the storm! The waves begin to heave, To curl, to foam; the white surges run far Upon the ...
( Category: Genre Fiction January 16,2018 )
The Heart of Midlothian by Scott Sir Walter
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Scott, Sir Walter

A postscript bore, »I learned from a decent woman, a grazier's widow, that they hae a cure for the muir-ill in Cumberland, whilk is ane pint, as they ca't, of ...
( Category: Classics January 16,2018 )
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews by Fielding Henry
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Fielding, Henry

Coelum non Animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. I can go farther in an Afternoon, than you in a Twelve-Month. What, I suppose you have seen the Pillars of Hercules ...
( Category: Classics January 16,2018 )
Tales of a Wayside Inn by Longfellow Henry Wadsworth
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

»Wake from your dreams, O Edrehi! Or dreaming speak to us, and make A feint of being half awake, And tell us what your dreams may be. Out of the ...
( Category: Poetry January 16,2018 )
The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable Family by Thackeray William Makepeace
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Thackeray, William Makepeace

The Countess of Kew, meanwhile, has returned to Baden, where, though it is midnight when she arrives, and the old lady has had two long bootless journeys, you will be ...
( Category: Classics January 16,2018 )
Tamburlaine the Great by Marlowe Christopher
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Marlowe, Christopher

[Dramatis Personæ Tamburlaine, king of Persia Calyphas Amyras Celebinus , his sons Theridamas, king of Argier Techelles, king of Fez Usumcasane, king of Morocco Orcanes, king of Natolia King of ...
( Category: Dramas & Plays January 16,2018 )
The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett Tobias
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Smollett, Tobias

Chapter XXXIX My reception by that lady –– I become enamoured of Narcissa –– recount the particulars of my last misfortune –– acquire the good opinion of my mistress –– ...
( Category: Classics January 16,2018 )
The Conduct of Life by Emerson Ralph Waldo
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Emerson, Ralph Waldo

V. Behaviour Grace, Beauty, and Caprice Build this golden portal; Graceful women, chosen men, Dazzle every mortal: Their sweet and lofty countenance His enchanting food; He need not go to ...
( Category: Philosophy January 16,2018 )
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders by Defoe Daniel
epub |eng | 2010-02-03 | Author:Defoe, Daniel

Now I seem'd landed in a safe Harbour, after the Stormy Voyage of Life past was at an end; and I began to be thankful for my Deliverance: I sat ...
( Category: Classics January 16,2018 )
The Shakespeare Guide to Italy by Richard Paul Roe
epub |eng | 2018-01-14 | Author:Richard Paul Roe

Portrait of a Venetian Senator wearing his senatorial black gown. 16th century. When Brabantio opens the window shutters above, he is probably standing there in his night clothes, because Iago ...
( Category: History & Criticism January 16,2018 )
The Book of Even More Awesome by Neil Pasricha
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-04-08 | Author:Neil Pasricha

Stumbling on an elusive rerun of your favorite TV show This champion channel flip can happen in three big ways:1. The Missing Link. This is when you suddenly realize you ...
( Category: Humor January 16,2018 )
Paradise Lost by Paradise Lost
epub |eng | 2011-11-05 | Author:Paradise Lost [Lost, Paradise]

CHAPTER TEN It was a grim family gathering that convened around the dining room table at High Lonesome Ranch. Joanna began by briefly summarizing what Frank Montoya had told her ...
( Category: Poetry January 15,2018 )
Petersburg by Andrei Bely
epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-08-24 | Author:Andrei Bely [Bely, Andrei]

On my palm I throw, That amidst the light’s abyss Red as fire he’ll show.6 With a hand just as covered in veins as Semyonych’s (only properly washed), he felt ...
( Category: Satire January 14,2018 )
Sylvia by Sylvia
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-01-28 | Author:Sylvia

I endured the first month as I served my postulancy, my introduction to serve in the order of the Benedictines, then finally somehow reached the end of my novitiate year ...
( Category: Specific Groups January 14,2018 )
Short Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Amy-Jill Levine [Levine, Amy-Jill]

A Little Bird Suggested . . . The parable, however, has more than just seed and tree; it also has birds. Thus commentators, who cannot find mustard in the scriptures ...
( Category: Bible Study & Reference January 13,2018 )

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