Wood-Magic
by Henry van Dyke There are three vines that belong to the ancient forest. Elsewhere they will not grow, though the soil prepared for them
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by Henry van Dyke There are three vines that belong to the ancient forest. Elsewhere they will not grow, though the soil prepared for them
by Leo Tolstoy translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude Johann Moritz Rugendas, Indians Visiting a Brazilian Farm, 1824 Johann Moritz Rugendas, Indians Visiting a Brazilian
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by Edith Wharton Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone. To this
by Jack London He was a whiskey-guzzling Scotchman, and he downed his whiskey neat, beginning with his first tot punctually at six in the morning,
by Rudyard Kipling I am dying for you, and you are dying for another. Punjabi Proverb. When the Gravesend tender left the P. & 0.
by Jack London “I’m not wanting to dictate to you, lad,” Charley said; “but I’m very much against your making a last raid. You’ve gone
by Joseph Conrad THIS could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak–the sea entering into the life of
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by Guy de Maupassant “That lady in black over there?” “The very one. She’s wearing mourning for her daughter, whom she killed.” “You don’t mean
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by Lucy Maud Montgomery “I wisht ye’d git married, Roger,” said Catherine Ames. “I’m gitting too old to work—seventy last April—and who’s going to look
by H.G. Wells He sits not a dozen yards away. If I glance over my shoulder I can see him. And if I catch his
by Edith Wharton I A Newport drawing-room. Tapestries, flowers, bric-a-brac. Through the windows, a geranium-edged lawn, the cliffs and the sea. Isabel Warland sits reading.
by P. G. Wodehouse In the crowd that strolled on the Promenade des Etrangers, enjoying the morning sunshine, there were some who had come to
by Harriet Beecher Stowe I. THE ALTAR OF LIBERTY, OR 1776. The wellsweep of the old house on the hill was relieved, dark and clear,
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