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  • The shadrach; and other stories

    Frank Richard Stockton

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Feb. 8, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1893 Excerpt: ... GRANDISON'S QUANDARY. RANDISON PRATT was a coloured man of about thirty, who, with his wife and two or three children, lived in a neat log cabin in one of the Southern States of America. He was a man of a very independent turn of mind, and he much desired to own the house in which he lived and the small garden patch around it. This valuable piece of property belonged to Mr. Morris, and as it was an outlying corner of his large farm he had no objection to sell it to Grandison, provided the latter could pay for it; but of this he had great doubts. The man was industrious enough, but he often seemed to have a great deal of difficulty about paying the very small rental charged for his place, and Mr. Morris, consequently, had well-grounded doubts about his ability to purchase it. "But, sah," said Grandison one day, when these objections had been placed before him, " I's been turning dis thing ober in my min' ober and ober. I know jes' how much I kin make an' how much I's got to spend an' how I kin save ter buy the house, and if I agree to pay you so much money on such a day an' so much on such anudder day I'se gwine ter do it. You kin jes' put that down, sah, for sartin shuh." "Well, Grandison," said Mr. Morris, "I'll give you a trial. If at the end of six months you can pay me the first instalment, I'll have the necessary papers made out, and you can go on and buy the place; but if you are not up to time on the first payment, I want to hear no more about the purchase." "All right, Mahs'r Morris," said Grandison. "If I gibs you my word ter pay de money on de fus' day ob October, 1's gwine to do it. Dat's sartin shuh." Months passed on, and, although Grandison worked as steadily as usual, he found towards the end of September that, in the ordinary course of thing...
  • The Man Who Was Good

    Leonard Merrick

    Paperback (General Books LLC, March 28, 2010)
    The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: London : Chatto
  • Recollections of a chaperon

    Arabella Jane Sullivan

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Feb. 8, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1833 Excerpt: ... the firm would be able to pay a good dividend in the pound; so that, although a bankruptcy, it would not be a disgraceful one. He had called to inquire about Cresford, and the answer was that he had been ill, but was now better, though not well enough to receive visiters. Henry could not ascertain what prospects there were for his future provision; but promised to let her know when he could learn any thing farther. Pity swallowed up all other feelings, and she anxiously awaited the result. Henry again wrote to her. He had called a second time, and was refused admittance. The servant shook his head, and said "He feared his master was very ill. The doctors said they could do nothing for him unless his mind was kept quiet, and as for keeping his mind quiet, that was impossible. He was night and day poring over papers, and the lawyers were with him two or three times a day; if they did not come, he kept sending for them, so there was no use in telling them not to trouble him till he got a little better." The servant added, he thought "it would be a good thing if he would go to Brompton, and be with his children for a while; but it made him worse to talk of that. He said he could not bear to think of his poor ruined children, much less to see them." Ellen's heart bled for him. She sometimes considered within herself whether duty did not call her to him in his present miserable state. But perhaps her presence might only irritate him; and even if he did wish for it, could she bring herself to attend his summons? She scarcely thought she could do so. She begged Henry to discover whether he ever mentioned her name. It would be a relief to know he did not think of her. Henry, the next time he called, sounded the servant, who was an old acquaintance of his, as he had ...
  • The Woman-Haters; A Yarn of Eastboro Twin-Lights

    Joseph Crosby Lincoln

    Paperback (General Books, Dec. 22, 2009)
    General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1911 Original Publisher: D. Appleton and company Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Literary Literary Collections / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
  • The Morning Glory club

    George Alexander Kyle

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Feb. 8, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1907 Excerpt: ... Cbapter ffIP Gooo Cbeer--©ooo TICltll Success, despite the tempestuous history of the first six months of their existence, was staring the Morning Glories in the face. The club had come to stay, and a prosperous and useful future was assured. Prosperity meant that the treasury, among other things, had become more than a name, and the members of the club became possessed with a desire to spend the money that had been so laboriously earned, that was as burning as had been the desire to get it. "The gentlemen Morning Glories have just got to be entertained," Mrs. Stout had declared at a meeting held the week following Barbara's wedding. "It ain't so much that we want to give them a good time, we want to show the men-folks that we can do somethin' without makin' a mess of it, though I must own that some good has come out of the trouble we've made already." There was no opposition, in fact, the ladies were delighted with the idea. Accordingly, plans for a reception and dinner were quickly made and promptly executed. On the day appointed for the function, two weeks later, Mrs. Stout and Mrs. Blake stood in the gorgeously decorated Veterans' Hall, admiring the work of the committee, with the keenest satisfaction. "Ain't it just elegant?" said Mrs. Stout. "Beautiful," was Mrs. Blake's reply. "Won't the men-folks be surprised?" "They ought to be." "I expect that my Peter won't say a word the whole evenin' long--he ain't used to such things. He tried to beg off, but I put my foot down and said: 'No, sir; we've made plans to entertain you men-folks, and you've just got to be entertained whether you like it or not!'" "And what did he say to that?" asked Mrs. Blake, laughingly. "' Give another show,' says he, 'if you want to please the men.' Did you ever hear or kn...
  • The Crime of Henry Vane; A Study With a Moral

    Frederic Jesup Stimson

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Jan. 31, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884. Excerpt: ... XXIII. THEEE was a mountain party that afternoon, organized by Mr. Dibble. Vane supposed that Miss Thomas would be of the number, and himself stayed away, not caring to meet her. But when he came back, after a long walk, she was sitting on the piazza with Mrs. Haviland. Vane passed by, raising his hat. She looked at him almost wistfully, not blushing this time, but very pale. When he came down from his room, before tea, he went up and spoke to her. "You have not gone to the picnic, Miss Thomas!" She looked up for a moment at him earnestly; then, dropping her eyes, spoke gravely and rather coldly. "I do not go on mountain parties, Mr. Vane." "At Cinerea Lake?" "At Cinerea Lake or elsewhere." "Keally, I had flattered myself that I had been enjoying your own diversions." Miss Thomas made no answer whatever to this. Then, after some minutes--" Why did you not answer my letter?" "I did not know it required an answer." "I value your friendship very highly. It made me very unhappy." "Apparently you were successful in concealing your unhappiness from your friend Miss Gibbs. I did not know it was my friendship you cared for." "I am in the habit of concealing most things from Miss Gibbs. Have I ever given you reason to suppose I cared for anything else than your friendship?" "You have lost little of your old skill," said Vane, grimly. "I cannot conceive, clever as you still are, that you should have been, for a year, so slow of comprehension. Tou would rather I should think you a flirt than maladroit." "You think me so?" Miss Thomas spoke as if she were going to cry. Vane looked at her. "I beg your pardon/' said he, simply, and walked away. Miss Thomas went on with her sewing, bending her head over the work. Truly, thought Vane, it was not a very manly thing in him...
  • The Girl and the Pennant

    Rida Johnson Young

    Paperback (General Books LLC, March 28, 2010)
    The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: New York, S. French; [etc., etc.]; Publication date: 1917; Subjects: Baseball players/ Fiction; Baseball teams/ Fiction; Baseball fans/ Fiction; Baseball players; New York Yankees (Baseball team); Baseball stories; Devil; Baseball fans; Baseball teams; Temptation; Washington Senators (Baseball team: 1886-1960); Fiction / Sports; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / General; Fiction / Sports; Sports
  • New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months

    George Soane

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Feb. 6, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847. Excerpt: ... seen, clad for the most part in purple, and bearing small torches, who accompanied with acclamations some rich man on horseback to the shrines and temples. Servants followed and scattered gold amongst the people, so that a constant scramble was kept up to the great amusement of all parties. Having performed the usual sacrifices to the Gods, they then went round to the magistrates, and bestowed New Year's gifts upon their servants. Put this was all done openly, the money passing through the hands of those in office to their subordinates, and the former kissing the person to whom he presented the intended gift. Others imitated this example; gold flowed about freely on all sides; and the revelry in consequence soon reached its height, for at a time like this there were few hoarders amongst any class. So ended the first day. On the second day the festival assumed another character. There was now no more exchanging of gifts, people for the most part remaining at home, while masters and servants played promiscuously at dice and cockal,t all ranks being levelled for the season;X and, what per In the Greek it is " dvlpa i-mroTpoQov," one who breeds horses, a curious phrase, as seeming to indicate that the breeding of horses was the occupation of men of rank and fortune. Keiske, who explains it by einen reichen und vornehmen Mann, says that Libanius alludes to the consul. t Cockal is a game in which four pastern bones of certain animals properly marked were thrown like dice; and hence among the Romans it had the name of Talus, which signifies the pastern-bone of a beast. How it ever came to be called cockal or huctel-bone by us is more than I can account for, these words alluding to a very different part of the animal anatomy. X This was imitated even by the cler...
  • Voces Populi

    F. Anstey

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Feb. 7, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1890 Excerpt: ... at a SCENE--Interior of Church. Wedding Guests arriving, and exchanging airy recognitions as they settle down in their places. Bridesmaids in various states of self-consciousness, collected at door. Loud and sustained buzz of feminine whispering. Policeman (on guard at another door, to people with a mania for seeing complete strangers married. Very sorry, ladies, but if you're not provided with tickets, I can't let you in. The PEOPLE (with a mania, &c.. But this is a public place, isn't it? POLICEMAN (not feeling competent to argue the point). Those are my orders. THE People, &c., depart disconsolate. VERGER (to GUESTS with pink tickets). Any of those seats there. "PINK." GUESTS (attempting to pass a crimson rope which bars the central passage). We want to be near the altar--we can't see here! VERGER (in a superior manner. The higher seats are set apart for parties with white tickets. "Pink" Guests (to one another indignantly,. And after we'd sent that girl a salad-bowl, too! They employ themselves in picking out " White" Guests who ought properly to have been "Pink" remark that it is the most shamefully-managed wedding they ever saw, and recur bitterly at intervals to the salad-bon'l. Mrs. RIH'LEKROOK (who always comes early "to see the people". Oh, there'll be a tremendous crush, of course--they know everybody. Look, the De Lacy Vespes have just come in--what a pity it is that eldest girl has such a red nose--she'd be quite goodlooking without it!... There's Narcissus Runderceed, you see him everywhere. (Bows and smiles at him effusively.) Horrid creature! And how fat he's getting! Do you know who that is? That's Miss Mabel Maycup of the " Proscenium," you know,--looks ever so much older by daylight, doesn't she? I suppose she's not one of the brides fri...
  • In King's Houses; A Romance of the Days of Queen Anne

    Julia C. R. Dorr

    Paperback (General Books LLC, March 26, 2010)
    The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Boston : L. C. Page and Company; Publication date: 1898; Subjects: Great Britain; Fiction / Romance / General; Fiction / Romance / Contemporary;
  • Tales of the passions Volume 1; in which is attempted an illustration of their effects on the human mind each tale comprised in one volume, and forming the subject of a single passion

    George Moore

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Feb. 8, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1808 Excerpt: ... He was answered in the affirmative, and that it: M-ould be a most acceptable acquisition. Having promised to call in the morning and arrange the business himself, he departed, accompanied by the blessings of his host and family. Farmer Wilson's cottage echoed with the praises of Captain Mandeville; his courage, his generosity, his elegant manners, and handsome person, were alternately the themes of their admiration. Lucy listened to the encomiums which were passed upon him with a rapture she made no attempts to conceal: the assistance he had afforded her demanded her warmest gratitude, nor never had she fulfilled a duty with more satisfaction than in the acknowledgement of it. / The soft and soothing sounds of his voice, during their moonlight walk to the cottage, still vibrated in her ear; and the more she considered his arguments of consolation, the more comfort she derived from them., Lucy Wilson was of a gentle and pliant disposition, much inclined to melancholy and reflection, but possessed of an understanding of superior strength and refinement. Her father, in the early part of life, lived in considerable affluence, from which he was reduced by a series of unexpected misfortunes. Her mother was a woman whose talents and education rendered her a most valuable instructress to her beloved daughter; the satisfaction she derived in forming her infant mind, served, in a great measure, to support her under the various scenes of adversity she was, doomed to encounter. « Tremblingly alive to.all the finer feelings of the soul, Lucy Wilson was subject to those warm attachments which" often prove sources of exquisite happiness, as well as the most poignant misery. She had revered and adored her mother; the agonies she experienced, when the hand-of death rob...
  • Schoolboy Days in Italy

    Paschal Grousset

    Paperback (General Books LLC, Feb. 7, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1893 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. AN EVENING AT THE PREFECT'S.--CAPTAIN GEORGE. THE "Voce Romana" seemed to take warning, for after the publication of Mr. Randal's letter, the serpent ceased to hiss; but this little passage at arms, and above all, the facts that had caused it, formed the chief topic of conversation for several days. They were discussing the affair one evening over their ices, at the house of the prefect, the Hon. Signor Vitellio Consalvi; and as Dr. Julius Bollmann, recently presented by the German ambassador, was among the invited guests assembled in the drawing-room, there is every reason to suppose that the subject had not come up entirely by chance. "There was considerable truth in that article in the 'Voce Romana,'" remarked M. Bollmann, with the thoroughly impartial air of a philosopher who has not the slightest personal interest in the matter,--" there was considerable truth in that article. It was written, too, with great moderation, and the sentiments and style would indicate that the writer was the possessor of no little talent. It is characterized, too, by a spirit of patriotism which is convincing proof of the writer's sincerity. His reasoning is perfectly logical; and if it is really true that a foreign professor occupies a chair in one of your most prominent institutions of learning, the matter should certainly be investigated." "It is true," exclaimed young Amilcare Consalvi, who would have been much better occupied at that hour in bed, or in studying his lessons for the next day. "The foreigner's name is M. Randal. He is a Frenchman, and a professor in the lyceum I attend." "A Frenchman!" said Dr. Bollmann, bringing his gold spectacles to bear upon the young man. "A Frenchman! You have a French professor!" he continued in a tone of sorrowful ast...