CHAPTER 8 "They linger yet, Avengers of their native land."--Gray The warning call of the scout was not uttered without occasion. During the occurrence of the deadly encounter just...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XXII. "A party for the Blenkers--the Blenkers?" Mr. Welland laid down his knife and fork and looked anxiously and incredulously across...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XXVII. Wall Street, the next day, had more reassuring reports of Beaufort's situation. They were not definite, but they were hopeful. It was...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 5 BOFFIN'S BOWER Over against a London house, a corner house not far from Cavendish Square, a man with a wooden leg had sat for some years, with...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 16 AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION The estimable Twemlow, dressing himself in his lodgings over the stable-yard in Duke Street, Saint James's, and hearing...
CHAPTER 18 Jurgis did not get out of the Bridewell quite as soon as he had expected. To his sentence there were added "court costs" of a dollar and a half--he was supposed to pay for...
CHAPTER 9 One of the first consequences of the discovery of the union was that Jurgis became desirous of learning English. He wanted to know what was going on at the meetings, and to be able to take...
CHAPTER 1 THE HAPPY PRINCE High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and...
CHAPTER: HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP NOW this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump. In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just...
PREFACE The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs...