author: washington irving

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

... answer: it means one who understands things without any other body telling him what they mean. God makes a few such now and then to teach the rest of us. "Do you like riddles?" asked Mr. Raymond, turning over the leaves of his own book ...

... Morris, Anthony Trollope, Marcel Prévost, Rudyard Kipling, Beatrix Potter ... James Russell Lowell, Willa Cather, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Whitcomb ... You'll find it is serious , fast enough . WHAT are we going to DO ? As you know , my ...

... Pollyanna frowned and shook her head . " I reckon he forgot to tell me one day . You see , I did my part of the ... books - queer , odd books , they say , about some gimcrack he's found in them heathen countries . But he don't never seem ...

... mother will not thwart me, for Maurice has saved my life, and I am free to devote it all to him." "Happy man, I wish ... horse's eyes as his master was in the act of dismounting. The spirited creature was startled, sprang partway up the low, ...

... small wrongdoings have very big results,—she could not feel that Ted had been much to blame, and she was quite sure it would be "a lesson to him," without her saying any more about it. So ... music," she said to herself, "no doubt he has ...

... Pollyanna frowned and shook her head . " I reckon he forgot to tell me one day . You see , I did my part of the ... books - queer , odd books , they say , about some gimcrack he's found in them heathen countries . But he don't never seem ...

... Morris, Anthony Trollope, Marcel Prévost, Rudyard Kipling, Beatrix Potter ... James Russell Lowell, Willa Cather, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Whitcomb ... you very much, James, but we shall pull through, and there's nothing like doing a ...

... small wrongdoings have very big results,—she could not feel that Ted had been much to blame, and she was quite sure it would be "a lesson to him," without her saying any more about it. So ... music," she said to herself, "no doubt he has ...

... Carrd by Mr Thornton[64] 6 Linnen Waistcoats 1 Cloth Do—— 6 Bands[65] 4 Neck Cloths[66] 7 Caps[67]—— [63] The razor in colonial days was an essential part of a gentleman's toilet outfit. Washington were not then had in a fashion strong ...

... mother will not thwart me , for Maurice has saved my life , and I am free to devote it all to him . " " Happy man ... horse's eyes as his master was in the act of dismounting . The spirited creature was startled , sprang partway up the low , ...

... chiste y se meta en historias, la hago sacar con un vigilante... -¿Los ... di güelta a la esquina de la casa de don Bermúdez aquí presente, me pareció ... cuenta me cuenta que, efectivamente, dos se habían agarrao fierazo y se menudiaban ...

... Savathi, every child knew the name of the exalted Buddha, and every house was prepared to fill the alms-dish of Gotama's disciples, the silently begging ones. Near the town was Gotama's favourite place to stay, the grove of Jetavana ...

... light as a feather right off . All my troubles was gone . I went to looking out sharp for a light , and sort of singing to myself . By and by one showed . Jim sings out : " We's safe , Huck , we's safe ! Jump up and crack yo ' heels ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... a sensuous man than by making him first aesthetic. But, you might object: Is this mediation absolutely indispensable? Could not truth and duty, one or the other, in themselves and by themselves, find access to the sensuous man? To this ...

... mala ortografía; pero en cambio, según él, era profundo en el arte de gobernar a los pueblos, y sabía con perfección fabricar por mayor versos frenéticos y horripilantes, es decir, puntos suspensivos, exclamaciones aisladas y puntos de ...

... tears stopped; and she rose, and went to the window. All without was ... silence. She listened, but they returned no more. Soon after, she observed ... silence, as Emily dried her tears and attempted to speak. 'Be composed, my daughter ...

... 5. A Fantasy of Fear 6. A Question of Science 7. The Red Eyes Return 8. Gateway to Evil 9. Descent into Avernus 10. Rescue from Abaddon 11. Wreckage 12. Letter from Lucifer 13. Indecision 14. Bizarre Explanation 15. A Modern Mr. Hyde 16 ...

... incubus of moral allegory, anti-Popery propaganda, and a Puritan prudery ... tales exhibit weirdness, either of atmosphere or of incident, to a ... tales he would have written had he lived longer—an especially vivid plot being that ...

... Sweeney Todd come by these articles, except by the murder of their owners ... sea. In common with all boys of his age, who know nothing whatever of the ... sea!' ejaculated Tobias. 'Yes, I will go to sea!' As he spoke those words, he ...

... Sweeney Todd come by these articles, except by the murder of their owners ... sea. In common with all boys of his age, who know nothing whatever of the ... sea!' ejaculated Tobias. 'Yes, I will go to sea!' As he spoke those words, he ...

... rules now where They ruled once; They shall soon rule where man rules now ... horror, and to glimpse a hellish advance in the black dominion of the ancient and ... Arkham— What walked on the mountains that May-Night? What Roodmas horror ...

... a little, there she was again, white and shining and beautiful, and I sprang into her arms! That was perfect ... little thing; but if there was a moon she would ... pinch of delicate pink dust in the hole. I put my finger in, to feel it, and ...

... me away from my duties ; she would herself incite me to hard honest work , and we would walk hand in hand towards a noble aim . Yes , " he concluded his reflections , " that's all very fine , but the worst of it is that she does not in ...

... polite to the women and a little haughty to the men, who did not always ... brother, Raoul, would not hear of a division and waived their claim to their ... brother, not as a thing rightfully belonging to them, but as a dowry for which ...

Dark Fantasy Novels, Supernatural Mysteries, Horror Tales & Gothic Romances ... unremitting ardour. My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had ... horrors of my secret toil, as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave ...

... Moorish construction, whence water is conveyed to Seville by noble aqueducts. The springs of Alcala are almost as ... Gandul, where were the remains of another Moorish castle, with its ruined tower, a nestling place for storks, and ...

... Moorish mill of the castle , defended by a tower of yellow stone ; a fisherman's net hung against the wall to dry ... Gandul , where were the remains of another Moorish castle , with its ruined tower , a nestling place for storks , and ...

... Moorish mill of the castle , defended by a tower of yellow stone ; a fisherman's net hung against the wall to dry ... Gandul , where were the remains of another Moorish castle , with its ruined tower , a nestling place for storks , and ...

... Moorish mill of the castle , defended by a tower of yellow stone ; a fisherman's net hung against the wall to dry ... Gandul , where were the remains of another Moorish castle , with its ruined tower , a nestling - place for storks , and ...

... Moorish mill of the castle , defended by a tower of yellow stone ; a fisherman's net hung against the wall to dry ... Gandul , where were the remains of another Moorish castle , with its ruined tower , a nestling place for storks , and ...