author: william dean howells

... chords of guitar and mandoline from gondola or caique? Did it change into the cry of the wind, plaintive at first, angrily shrill as it freshened, rising to a tearing whistle, sinking ... deep-sea fishings he heard tell, and mighty silver ...

... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...

The War of the Worlds, Anthem, Space Viking, The Conquest of America... Jules ... savage survivals , discords in a refined and pleasant life . ' I thought of ... hindrances - to a civilized man . And in a state of physical balance and ...

... atomic vortices . His eyes focused vaguely upon the portrait . Wavy brown hair . clear , honest gray eyes . lines of character ... sheet of paper . Then , getting up stiffly , he took the portrait and moved ... highway . Edging inward , lane ...

... Christmas Carol, A Letter from Santa Claus, The Fir Tree, The The Christmas Angel ... family feud against Trenglos and his granddaughter. “What does the girl ... questions as to his being yet alive. The father, as he went, said little. He ...

230+ Stories, Poems & Carols: The Gift of the Magi, The Mistletoe Bough, A Christmas Carol, A Letter from Santa ... questions, for she hesitated to talk of very personal things to her grandparents. They would ask her such sharp questions ...

... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...

... family feud against Trenglos and his granddaughter . “ What does the girl clutch me for in that way ? ” " He's dying ... questions as to his being yet alive . The father , as he went , said little . He was known as a silent , sober man ...

... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...

... 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 ...

... Pross and Mr. Cruncher had discharged the office of purveyors ; the former carrying the money ; the latter , the basket . Every afternoon at about the time when the public lamps were lighted , they fared forth on this duty , and made ...

... dance , will come The sound of tabour and of drum . Again to spouse and realm restored , Girt by his friends , the ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life , Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...

... pets of some of them ; train them to do tricks - who knows ? get sentimental over the pet boy who grew up and had to ... grim meditation . I sat contemplating these things . I could find nothing to bring against this man's reasoning . In ...

... Mole yawn, and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house. I am frightened of ... jokes. On this particular day, whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part, she proved cruel to bores.

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... dance , will come The sound of tabour and of drum . Again to spouse and realm restored , Girt by his friends , the ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life , Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...

... atomic vortices . His eyes focused vaguely upon the portrait . Wavy brown hair . clear , honest gray eyes . lines of character ... sheet of paper . Then , getting up stiffly , he took the portrait and moved ... highway . Edging inward , lane ...

... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs., a weight evidently too great; however, as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator, Mr. Maston, will tell us at once.” “Nothing is easier,” replied ...

... dance, will come The sound of tabour and of drum. Again to spouse and realm restored, Girt by his friends, the Vánar ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life, Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...

... full armour to bestride him . As a cow stands lowing over her first calf , even so did yellow - haired Menelaus ... dauntless of all creatures , than are the proud sons of Panthous . Yet Hyperenor did not see out the days of his youth when he ...

... World. Came. to. be. Ruined. Table of Contents We were uneasy, restless, longing ... world now finds ... sheet, are some of the symptoms. . . . Do you think that you will convince the average election officer that it is a great crime to cheat ...

... CHAPTER VII Table of Contents THE STORY OF LE FEVER CONTINUED It was not ... honour any kind of intelligence concerning the poor sick lieutenant - Is he ... death - watch all night long ; —— and when he dies , the youth , his son , will ...

... came to think of it , it was generally only rather young people who were ... world came to town . It would be of no use , my informant said , to ask the ... town and spent his time walking about or lounging around.

... came to think of it , it was generally only rather young people who were ... world came to town . It would be of no use , my informant said , to ask the ... town and spent his time walking about or lounging around.

... valley through which the river flowed was formed by the rising ground only half a mile away . At the foot of the hill lay wasteland ... two hostile armies was all the more ... happy air of a schoolboy called up before a large audience for an ...

... cuckold again.” But she halted afresh. “Why d'you call him cuckold?” “Because he is a cuckold, by Jove!” She came and leaned against the wall again; she was profoundly interested. “Ah!” she said simply. “What, d'you mean to say you didn ...

... cuckold, for he is a cuckold, I must inform you. His countess is making him one with every man she meets—yes, even with that good-for-nothing of a Fauchery. And that Mignon, who goes loafing about the pavement in behalf of his harridan ...

... again , and she stretched across the fretful child which clung to her , and tried to open her window . She could not ... hair back into the knot . To do this she gave the child the pocket - book which she seemed to have been holding , and she ...

... Marco ! The lines that follow illustrate the pride and splendor of Venetian ... late poems of Aleardi are nearly all in this lyrical form , in which the ... poem of some length , in 350 [ April , Modern Italian Poets .

... forever. He looked at the sheet of music on the piano and said, "I see you have been trying that song. Do you like it?" "Yes, very much," and now for the first time she got her voice fairly above a whisper. She took the sheet down from ...

... Lapham, rising as the boat drew near the wharf of the final landing, “there's going to be an awful accident on these boats. Just look at that jam.” He meant the people thickly packed on the pier, and under strong restraint of locks and ...

... Lapham, rising as the boat drew near the wharf of the final landing, “there's going to be an awful accident on these boats. Just look at that jam.” He meant the people thickly packed on the pier, and under strong restraint of locks and ...

... glass cases on either side , and she gave scarcely a glance at any of those ... under a glass bell ; the governors ' portraits ; the stuffed elephant ... bell tinkled and the curtain rose . As the play went on , the rich jacqueminot - red ...