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By William Henry Knight Diary Of A Pedestrian In Cashmere And Thibet (Fiscle Part-I)

Technik
Englisch
80686 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

With The Fullest Sense Of The Responsibility Incurred By The Addition Of Another Volume To The Countless Numbers Already Existing, And Daily Appearing In The World, The Following Diary Has Been Committed To The Press, Trusting That, As It Was Not Written With Intent To Publication, The Unpremeditated Nature Of The Offence May Be Its Extenuation, And That As A Faithful Picture Of Travel In Regions Where Excursion Trains Are Still Unknown, And Travellers' Guides Unpublished, The Book May Not Be Found Altogether Devoid Of Interest Or Amusement. Its Object Is Simply To Bring Before The Reader's Imagination Those Scenes And Incidents Of Travel Which Have Already Been A Source Of Enjoyment To The Writer, And To Impart, Perhaps, By Their Description, Some Portion Of The Gratification Which Has Been Derived From Their Reality. With This View, The Original Diary Has Undergone As Little Alteration Of Form Or Matter As Possible, And Is Laid Before The Reader As It Was Sketched And Written During The Leisure Moments Of A Wandering Life, Hoping That Faithfulness Of Detail May Atone In It For Faults And Failings In A Literary And Artistic Point Of View. [mehr]

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Daniel Defoe The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe (Fiscle Part 3)

Abenteuer
Englisch
102129 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

That Homely Proverb, Used on So Many Occasions In england, Viz. "That What Is Bred in the Bone Will Not Go Out Of The Flesh," Was Never More Verified than In the Story Of My Life. Any One Would Think That After Thirty-Five Years' Affliction, And A Variety Of Unhappy Circumstances, Which Few Men, If Any, Ever Went Through Before, And After Near Seven Years Of Peace And Enjoyment In the Fulness Of All Things; Grown Old, And When, If Ever, It Might Be Allowed me To Have Had Experience Of Every State Of Middle Life, And To Know Which Was Most Adapted to Make A Man Completely Happy; I Say, After All This, Any One Would Have Thought That The Native Propensity To Rambling which I Gave An Account Of In my First Setting out In the World To Have Been So Predominant In my Thoughts, Should Be Worn Out, And I Might, At Sixty One Years Of Age, Have Been A Little Inclined to Stay At Home, And Have Done Venturing life And Fortune Any More. [mehr]

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Nathaniel Hawthorne Twice Told Tales (fiscle Part-IV)

Sprache und Literatur
Englisch
149629 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
3

These stories were published in Magazines and Annuals, extending over a period of ten or twelve years, and comprising the whole of the writer's young manhood, without making (so far as he has ever been aware) the slightest impression on the Public. One or two among them--THE RILL FROM THE TOWN-PUMP in perhaps a greater degree than any other--had a pretty wide newspaper-circulation; as for the rest, he has no grounds for supposing, that, on their first appearance, they met with the good or evil fortune to be read by anybody. Throughout the time above-specified, he had no incitement to literary effort in a reasonable prospect of reputation or profit; nothing but the pleasure itself of composition--an enjoyment not at all amiss in its way, and perhaps essential to the merit of the work in hand, but which, in the long run, will hardly keep the chill out of a writer's heart, or the numbness out of his fingers. To this total lack of sympathy, at the age when his mind would naturally have been most effervescent, the Public owe it, (and it is certainly an effect not to be regretted, on either part,) that the Author can show nothing for the thought and industry of that portion of his life, save the forty sketches, or thereabouts, included in these volumes. [mehr]

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Charles Dudley Warner THAT FORTUNE

Belletristik
Englisch
86309 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

The pungent sassafras; to aggravate the woodchucks, who made their homes in mysterious passages in this gravelly hillside; to get a nosegay of columbine for the girl who spelled against him in school and was his gentle comrade morning and evening along the river road where grew the sweet-flag and the snap-dragon and the barberry bush; to make friends with the elegant gray squirrel and the lively red squirrel and the comical chipmunk, who were not much afraid of this unarmed naturalist. They may have recognized their kinship to him, for he could climb like any squirrel, and not one of them could have clung more securely to this bough where he was swinging, rejoicing in the strength of his lithe, compact little body. When he shouted in pure enjoyment of life, they chattered in reply, and eyed him with a primeval curiosity that had no fear in it. This lad in short trousers, torn shirt, and a frayed straw hat above his mobile and cheerful face, might be only another sort of animal, a lover like themsel [mehr]

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Sara Elizabeth Rice, edited by davebccanada On Emma's Bluff

Thriller
Englisch
89387 Wörter
Ab 14 Jahren
120
0

From the pen of davebccanada: It is time I acted and permitted Sara's ramblings to see the light of day. She left this manuscript in my care when I was assisting her to edit it in 2001. I met her online and she over time exposed herself and her situation to me. Her plight was such that she feared for her life... and then she disappeared. Was I hoodwinked into believing in her existence since she was an online character or did she really meet with misfortune. It's been over ten years and I have yet to find her again. Sara, if you are out there, please contact me again. Perhaps your labor of love will catch your eye somewhere and we might be brought back into contact. Meanwhile you did tell me to share your novel with friends so I will not put your work up for sale but I will share it with other authors. I hope they enjoy it with the same enthusiasm as I when I first read it. And so I present for your enjoyment: On Emma's Bluff Over 8,000 readers to date. 12.07.19 [mehr]

Stichwörter: thrills, chils, voodoo, thriller, deep south, bayou, Sara Rice

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Isabella Williams Most Delicious Christmas Recipes Cookbook

A collection of 30 most delicious Christmas recipes and a complete guide on how to cook them

Kochen
Englisch
8241 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
26
0

MOST DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS RECIPES COOKBOOK A collection of 30 most delicious Christmas recipes and a complete guide on how to cook them It’s another Christmas season again. I can’t believe how fast the year went. I hope you had a wonderful year? The year had so many challenges most especially the global pandemic that the world suffered. Many nations went into recession and so on. But in all we are thankful that the most exciting part of the year is upon us. Are you looking for a way to spice up your Christmas with special food recipes that will wow your family and guests and make them have an unforgettable Christmas experience? Search no further. Continue reading this book and you will learn how to make the best of the best Christmas diet recipes for your family pleasure and that of your invited guest. This book contains 30 amazing, most delicious Christmas recipes and a complete step by step guide on how to prepare them with ease and for full enjoyment for you, your family and invited guest. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!!! [mehr]

Stichwörter: keto christmas desserts cookbook 50 recipes, a christmas cookbook simple recipes for kids, best christmas cookie cookbook old fashion recipes, keto christmas desserts cookbook recipes, rock recipes christmas cookbook, polish christmas cookbook recipes for the holiday season, christmas at the palace a cookbook 50 festive holiday recipes

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Arthur Conan Doyle The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Krimi
Englisch
87570 Wörter
Ab 8 Jahren
296
2

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of classic detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Another series of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes as reported by his faithful biographer Dr. Watson and it becomes clearer than ever that the real draw of these stories is the fascinating character of Holmes himself. The mysteries are secondary to the enjoyment, though many of them do prove to have distinct elements of interest (otherwise why would the great detective have bothered himself about them?), but it really is in observing the fascinating character of Holmes himself that the reader is immersed in them. Indeed, this collection provides a rare treat for the reader in that we learn more about the detective and his early life and connections than has previously been the case. Of course one can’t leave off discussion of this volume without making mention of “The Final Problem” the story in which Holmes’ greatest adversary Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime, is born. After months of playing cat-and-mouse with Moriarty and his insidious league of crime Holmes finally has gathered the pieces he needs to crush the vast criminal organization and its most dangerous leader. Moriarty, of course, is not likely to take such a possibility lying down and thus we have a final chase across London and Switzerland that ends in Watson’s final realization of what has happened to his friend. [mehr]

Stichwörter: memoirs of, sherlock homes, detective fiction, mystery, mystery novel, short stories, classic english literature

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Susanna Moodie Mark Hurdlestone

Kurzgeschichte
Englisch
101636 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
1
1

Towards The Close Of The Last Century, There Lived In The Extensive Parish Of Ashton, In The County Of ----, A Hard-Hearted, Eccentric Old Man, Called Mark Hurdlestone, The Lord Of The Manor, The Wealthy Owner Of Oak Hall And Its Wide Demesne, The Richest Commoner In England, The Celebrated Miser. Mark Hurdlestone Was The Wonder Of The Place; People Were Never Tired Of Talking About Him--Of Describing His Strange Appearance, His Odd Ways And Penurious Habits. He Formed A Lasting Theme Of Conversation To The Gossips Of The Village, With Whom The Great Man At The Hall Enjoyed No Enviable Notoriety. That Mark Hurdlestone Was An Object Of Curiosity, Fear, And Hatred, To His Humble Dependents, Created No Feeling Of Surprise In Those Who Were Acquainted With Him, And Had Studied The Repulsive Features Of His Singular Character. There Was Not A Drop Of The Milk Of Human Kindness In His Composition. Regardless Of His Own Physical Wants, He Despised The Same Wants In Others. Charity Sued To Him In Vain, And The Tear Of Sorrow Made No Impression On His Stony Heart. Passion He Had Felt--Cruel, Ungovernable Passion. Tenderness Was Foreign To His Nature--The Sweet Influences Of The Social Virtues He Had Never Known. Mark Hurdlestone Hated Society, And Never Mingled In Festive Scenes. To His Neighbors He Was A Stranger; And He Had No Friends. With Power To Command, And Wealth To Purchase Enjoyment, He Had Never Travelled A Hundred Miles Beyond The Smoke Of His Own Chimneys; And Was As Much A Stranger To The World And Its Usages As A Savage, Born And Brought Up In The Wilderness. There Were Very Few Persons In His Native Place With Whom He Had Exchanged A Friendly Greeting; And Though His Person Was As Well Known As The Village Spire Or The Town Pump, No One Could Boast That He Had Shaken Hands With Him. [mehr]

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Hugh Macmillan Roman Mosaics (fiscle part-IV) Of 2

Liebe
Englisch
66403 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
0

Rome After A Season Becomes Oppressive. Your Capacity Of Enjoyment Is Exhausted. The Atmosphere Of Excitement In which You Live, Owing To The Number, Variety, And Transcendent Interest Of The Sights That Have To Be Seen, Wears Out The Nervous System, And You Have An Ardent Desire For A Little Respite And Change Of Scene. I Remember That After The First Month I Had A Deep Longing To Get Away Into The Heart Of An Old Wood, Or Into A Lonely Glen Among The Mountains, Where I Should See No Trace Of Man'S Handiwork, And Recover The Tone Of My Spirit Amid The Wildness Of Nature. For This Inevitable Reaction Of Sight-Seeing In the City, A Remedy May Be Found By Retiring For A Day Or Two To Some One Or Other Of The Numerous Beautiful Scenes In the Neighbourhood. There Is No City In the World More Favourably Situated For This Purpose Than Rome. Some Of The Most Charming Excursions May Be Made From It As A Centre, Starting In the Morning and Returning at Night. Every Tourist Who Stays But A Fortnight In the City Makes A Point Of Seeing The Idyllic Waterfalls Of Tivoli, The Extensive Ruins Of Hadrian'S Villa, The Picturesque Olive-Clad Slopes Of Frascati And Tusculum, And The Lovely Environs Of Albano On The Edge Of Its Richly-Wooded lake. But There Are Spots That Are Less Known At No Greater Distance, Which Yet Do Not Yield In beauty Or Interest To These Familiar Resorts. Chief Among These Is Veii, Whose Very Name Has In it A Far-Off Old-World Sound. When The Campagna Has Quickened Under The Breath Of The Italian Spring Into A Tender Greenness, And Is Starred with Orchids And Sweet-Scented narcissuses, I Know Nothing More Pleasant Than A Visit To This Renowned spot. [mehr]

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Michelle Johnson-Lane Unravel

A SOON-TO-PUBLISHED DEBUT NOVEL ~ SUMMER 2012

Belletristik
Englisch
6027 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
1092
2

"With Unravel, Michelle Johnson-Lane has created a novel full of twists and turns and OMG moments that will keep you riveted throughout. It was an enjoyment to read and work on. The anticipation rises page by page and I guarantee you will not see the end coming. This novel is anything but boring and is a thoroughly good read." —Crystal, FirstEditing.com Come share life experiences through the eyes and ears of a child with a black mother and a white father during the time of segregation. WHITES ONLY... COLORED ONLY Matilda McGraw came into this world in 1947 with a silver spoon in her mouth. She grew up in Seattle, Washington as a product of an interracial marriage. Matilda has never wanted for anything since she’s a co-heiress of her grandparents enormous estate. Unfortunately, money will not exempt her from experiencing the many life crises that she’s had to succumb to—father’s abandonment, step-father’s abuse, classmate’s torture, and her mother’s illness. Matilda’s life spiraled out of control long before she drives across the country to attend the University of Maine. Finally, she finds solace when she meets Tilly, who lends her shoulder and provides an outlet for Matilda to open up and share all her inner most secrets. Things come to a halt when Tilly mets her only true love, which causes Matilda to mysteriously drop out of sight—never to be seen again. However, Matilda does entrust Tilly with her personal belongings and a box of keepsakes. Before she disappears, Tilly makes the promise to take Matilda’s secrets to the grave. Take the journey through Unravel to see just how careful Tilly is in protecting Matilda’s secrets after she becomes the matriarch of the Maxwell Family. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Matriarch, Family, Gatherings, Fame, Wealth, Education, Estate, Journalist, Judge, Illegal Activity, Drugs, Death, Abuse, Marriage, Divorce, AIDS, Homosexuality, Secrets, Mental Health, Hospital [mehr][weniger]

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