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Rebuttal

Betsy Curtis

Father Phillip was lying flat in the narrow white bed, his arms lying listlessly on either side of the slight hump of his body under the sheet. The big bulge halfway down was his knees over a pillow, ..

The Sin of Monsieur Antoine, Volume 1 (of 2)

George Sand

The diametrically opposite idea, that of common ownership by association, should be the least dangerous of all in the eyes of the conservatives, since it is unfortunately the least understood and the ..

A Vision of the Future, Based on the Application of Ethical Principles

Jane Hume Clapperton

The toil of man’s daily life alas! is indeed as the straining and jolting of a lumbering wagon,—it grovels, it wallows, it drags wearily, and the soul of the wagoner soars not. But there are few think..

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 5, May 1842

George R. Graham

But, in spite of these things, it was a gay and magnificent revel. The tastes of the duke were peculiar. He had a fine eye for colors and effects. He disregarded the decora of mere fashion. His plans ..

How to Pick a Mate: The Guide to a Happy Marriage

Clifford R. Adams

Girls in some age brackets will be hit harder than others, and we sympathize with the girls past twenty-five who feel they were passing the peak of the eligibility curve for marriage while many of the..

Kadjaman

H. De Vere Stacpoole

I asked Becconi to ask Tuan to listen and report, and Tuan said Ting wasn’t talking Dyak, but the monkey language. Seemed to think it a joke, but he was in dead earnest all the same. There is a monkey..

Smuggling and Smugglers in Sussex

Anonymous

Galley and Chater began to be very uneasy, and wanted to be going; upon which Jackson, Carter, and the rest of them persuaded them to stay and drink more rum, and make it up, for they were sorry for w..

The Invention of Typography

Frederick W. Hamilton

The writer believes that the history of any particular event is a part of the general history of the time in which it occurred. He has, therefore, endeavored throughout the historical portion of this ..