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Excerpt: Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Excerpt: The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Excerpt: St. Ives, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...upations lie wholly on the surface; it is on the surface that we perceive their beauty, fitness, and significance; and to pry below is to be appalled by their emptiness and shocked by the coarseness of the strings and pulleys....

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Excerpt: Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Excerpt: Virginibus Puerisque & Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...he night before at Grisapol; I had such breakfast as the little inn afforded, and, leaving all my baggage till I had an occasion to come round for it by sea, struck right across the promontory with a cheerful heart....

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... SPLITNESS By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January ... ...tter understanding. For instance: what can you understand about an orange by looking at it through a microscope? The answer is; very little. B... ...Cultures Pg 1736 The evil of Music Pg 1737 Human Enlightenment: Carrol and Stevenson Pg 1752 Bob Dylan and Undead evil Pg 1766 How the Undead ... ...sh Religion Pg 1767 Flies on the Wall Pg 1768 Ritual Sacrifice and Mystery Novels Pg 1774 The Undead and Dreams Pg 1775 The Undead, Astral Tra... ... You can see the modern equivalent of exclusive love in Harlequin Romance novels. Where the heroine falls in love only with the most handsome, ... ... subconscious minds and bodies of children with their unseen presence. Take Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic: “Treasure Island”… as it exposes the ... ...scious minds and bodies of children with their unseen presence. Take Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic: “Treasure Island”… as it exposes the olde ev... ...tional company: John Law was the WORST: because AFTER he fled France when the Louisiana bubble burst: all the companies that came AFTER him did not ... ... on an INSTINCTUAL LEVEL. Shape-Shifters The goblin known as ‘Robin’ or ‘Robert’ was a nickname for the Devil himself. He could change his sha...

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...spects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of the world, being exceeded only by that of the Amazon. The valley of the frozen Obi approaches it in extent; that of La Plata comes next in space, and probably in habitable capacity, having about eight-ninths of its area; then comes that of the Yenisei, wit...

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