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The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems

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James Thomson

While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 190…

The Spring Song

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Forrest Reid

A deceptive tale, The Spring Song seems at first glance to be standard Edwardian adventure. Grif - A boy on holiday with his siblings - mus…

Chapter 22

In Harry Dee; or Making it Out

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Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.

Harry Dee, a nervous, sensitive boy, given to somnambulism, arrives at St. Maure's following his experiences involving the murder of his ric…

XXVII. GALORS RIDES HUNTING

In The Forest Lovers

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Maurice Henry Hewlett

My story will take you into times and spaces alike rude and uncivil. Blood will be spilt, virgins suffer distresses; the horn will sound thr…

Book 3 Chapter 4. Law of reproduction.

In The Spirits' Book

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Allan Kardec

The Spirits' Book, published in French in 1857, is considered the most important book in the Spiritist philosophy. It contains the bases for…

Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 6: Aesthetics, or the theory of art

In A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

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Walter Terence Stace

This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of…

Chapter the Seventh: Love And Death. Parts 8 and 9

In The Dream: a novel

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H. G. Wells

The story is set in a Utopian future. On an excursion, Sarnac, relates his vivid dream to his friends and recounts how he lived the entire l…

Justifiable Burglary

In A Rough Shaking

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George MacDonald

Clare was a wanderer. Orphaned by an earthquake when too young to even remember his full name, his childhood was a succession of challenges …

Chapter 17 - Camping Out in Your Back Yard

In Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them

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Lina Beard

You will find many interesting games and craft projects for children here. If you hear something interesting, following the link in the low…

Book II, Chapters 16 to 21

In The History of Rome, volume 1

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Titus Livius

The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…