said the old gentleman, resigning himself to circumstances. 'But you shall feel it in one way: I re...
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been happier if he had had more money and less uncle. One hundred and twenty pounds a year was all ...
questions?' 'Certainly not,' replied Julia; 'and if you can make me understand why Morris has sent...
outcast--and as soon as he produced it he had lost the tontine! There was no hesitation on the part...
the money for the passage, till she had bound herself by an oath - on her knees, I think she said -...
substance not unlike tallow, and is made up in rolls for all the world like tallow candles. Fanny,...
devotion of a curate. He took an interest in education, was an active member of the local school-bo...
worse of him for that, nor did I find my days much longer for the deprivation. The leading spirit ...
scattered fringe of bluffs was unsubmerged; and through all the gaps the fog was pouring over, like...
IN our rule at Silverado, there was a melancholy interregnum. The queen and the crown prince with o...
such expenses, must be a profitable business in San Francisco. I give these two versions as I got ...
30th, 1879, part print, part manuscript, and the latter much obliterated by the rains. It was by th...
mineral. Azaleas made a big snow-bed just above the well. The shoulder of the hill waved white with...
night brought to us a certain spirit of rejoicing. It was good to taste the air; good to mark the d...
second, that we must have been observed at Franchard itself by some occult observer, and dogged thr...