CHAPTER 27 "Ant. I shall remember: When C'sar says Do this, it is performed." --Julius Caesar The impatience of the savages who lingered about the prison of Uncas, as has...
CHAPTER XXI There was a great stir in the milk-house just after breakfast. The churn revolved as usual, but the butter would not come. Whenever this happened the dairy was paralyzed. Squish, squash...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 11 SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART Little Miss Peecher, from her little official dwelling-house, with its little windows like the eyes in needles, and its little...
CHAPTER 14 With one member trimming beef in a cannery, and another working in a sausage factory, the family had a first-hand knowledge of the great majority of Packingtown swindles. For it was the...
CHAPTER 13 During this time that Jurgis was looking for work occurred the death of little Kristoforas, one of the children of Teta Elzbieta. Both Kristoforas and his brother, Juozapas, were cripples,...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 9 IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL The Secretary, working in the Dismal Swamp betimes next morning, was informed that a youth waited in the hall who gave...
Hi, everyone, I am Sacapus, from the Paris Latin Club. and here is Frederic, who knows magic well. Hi, I am going to do a conjuring trick that I like very much, and that I hope you are going to like...
Your Excellency, an emissary of the United States government, Mr. James West. An honor. Mr. Minister, my deepest respects to you and your government. To what do I owe the pleasure of meeting the...
CHAPTER 26 "Bot.--Let me play the lion too." --Midsummer Night's Dream Notwithstanding the high resolution of Hawkeye he fully comprehended all the difficulties and danger he...
CHAPTER XX Topsy One morning, while Miss Ophelia was busy in some of her domestic cares, St. Clare's voice was heard, calling her at the foot of the stairs. "Come down here, Cousin,...