Book Excerpt rienced should be sad.And now Evelyn had passed the churchyard, and was on the green turf before the minister’s quaint, old-fashioned house. The old man himself was at work in his garden; but he threw down his hoe as he saw Evelyn, and came cheerfully up to greet her. It was easy to […]
Book Excerpt l faut que je répande un peu de baume sur les blessures que je viens de faire, l’espoir n’est pas encore banni de mon coeur, et cette mère respectable, que j’idolâtre, et qui vous aime, me charge positivement de vous dire qu’elle ne veut pas que vous vous désespériez…. Elle est presque sûre […]
or, The World Well Lost Book Excerpt nd Baron Osborne of Kiveton, in Yorkshire; Lord High Treasurer of England, one of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.My Lord, The gratitude of poets is so troublesome a virtue to great men, that you are often in […]
Elephants, lions, baboons, and other fauna of the African wilds abound on these pages, and we have a Zulu impi and the resulting carnage described with the author’s usual vivid power of narration. Our old friend, Allan Quatermain, figures as the hero throughout, and the most substantial part of the volume is occupied with the […]
Book Excerpt ons and discover that, though childless, she could attract the love of other people’s children if she chose. The tender moment was fleet. She looked at Amanda and Philip and saw in them only two children prone to evil, requiring stern disciplining.”Now don’t go far from the house,” said Mrs. Reist later, “for […]
Book Excerpt ura e o genio de seu bisavô Paulo Botelho Correia, o mais valente fidalgo que déra Traz-os-Montes.Manoel, cada vez mais aterrado das arremettidas de Simão, sáe de Coimbra antes de ferias, e vai a Vizeu queixar-se, e pedir que lhe dê seu pae outro destino. D. Rita quer que seu filho seja cadete […]
Book Excerpt documents humains, et il paraît que personne ne s’en était avisé jusqu’aujourd’hui, pas même mon vieil ami Fielding, que je relis tous les ans. Documentez à votre aise, mes enfants, et allez dîner chez Mme Corneuil, qui ne reçoit que les gens qui documentent. Je n’aime pas beaucoup les pédants sérieux, mais j’ai […]
It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to whom they were addressed. But a request, conveyed under circumstances which the writer herself would have regarded as all-commanding, urges that they should now be given to […]
Book Excerpt von St. Peter gern Weinberge gehabt, aber die Reben wachsen nicht, wo die Gletscher sind. Darum ging ihnen, was Gabrisa sagte, zu Herzen, sie redeten mit den Hospelern und den fünf Dörfern; mürbe von der langen Not, traten diese dem Handel bei, denn ihre Reben waren wertlos geworden. Wie Gabrisa gesagt, kam der […]
Book Excerpt The _then_ of changeless sunny days– the _now_ of shower and shine– But Love forever smiling,– as that old sweetheart of mine.[Illustration] This ever-restful sense of _home_, though shouts ring in the hall.– The easy-chair–the old bookshelves and prints along the wall; The rare _Habanas_ in their box, or gaunt churchwarden-stem That often […]