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Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...to see their first start. In fact they have been more or less my life-long companions. An almost solitary child, with periodical visits to the Elysium... ... awoke once more with new names, but sub- stantially the same, and were my companions in many a soli- tary walk, the results of which were scribbled d... ...ed to gaiety?’ said Claude. ‘You will say next that William is coming from Canada, on pur- pose.’ ‘That tall captain!’ said Lord Rotherwood. ‘He used ... ...sed to be a very awful person.’ ‘Ah! he used to keep the spoilt Marquis in order,’ said Claude. ‘To say nothing of the spoilt Claude,’ returned Lord R... ...o look at a blackbird’s nest.’ ‘I gave her leave,’ said Emily. ‘Rachel had ordered her not to climb; and she was crying because she could not see the ...

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Excerpt: The Young Step-Mother; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and...

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... Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 ... ...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...s, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author. ISBN: 1-4033-8037-6 (e-book) ISBN: ... ... ‘And how do they not trouble you?’ Thuggee: ‘Are not the people whom we kill, killed by the orders of KALI?’ THUGS - A murderous, fanatical,... ...g drive, and wondered at her sudden feeling of loss. She knew she would miss the giant Scotsman’s companionship and gallantry and the bond of friend... ...old. When does the Nawab expect us? Tell me something about him and his family, Gavin.’ ‘I have ordered our carriage for six o’clock to-morrow even... ...kling three-tiered necklace of emeralds set in delicate filigree gold, each gem as perfect as its companions. ‘To my beautiful Helen, an engagement ... ...e our French blood by marriage to François. François asked me to wait for him. He would return to Canada and make his fortune and when I was eightee...

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