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CHAPTER XIX The character of Mr. Lavement, his wife and daughter—some anecdotes of the family—the mother and daughter rivals—I am guilty of a mistake that gives me present satisfaction, but is attende...

CHAPTER XI We descry the Waggon—get into it—arrive at an inn—our Fellow Travellers described—a Mistake is committed by Strap, which produces strange things We travelled half-a-mile without exchanging ...

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CHAPTER LXXXVI. “Le cœur se sature d’amour comme d’un sel divin qui le conserve; de là l’incorruptible adhérence de ceux qui se sont aimés dès l’aube de la vie, et la fraîcheur des vielles amours prol...

The hand on the birthing bed clenched the metal rail. Nails scraped across rust with a shriek. The white sheet slipped away, revealing a woman. She lay gray-faced and sweating, her lips cracked. Her b...

CHAPTER II. THE CAPTAIN It was impossible to live a month at Cranford and not know the daily habits of each resident; and long before my visit was ended I knew much concerning the whole Brown trio. Th...

Chapter LX. Respect to Fallen Majesty. A s our fugitives approached the house, they found the ground cut up, as if a considerable body of horsemen had preceded them. Before the door the traces were ye...

The day the Tianxuan blades arrived, I held one in my hands for a long time. It looked similar to the WZ ‑ 16 blade, but the moment I touched it, I could tell it was different lighter, with a pale gol...

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Chapter 5 During the time I was dating Alex Liu, I had always presented myself as an ordinary person. I had planned to surprise him with my true identity someday, but fate had other plans. So even tho...

CHAPTER XXXVII. CHESAPEAKE DISTRICT—GOVERNOR BASSETT’S DEATH AND CHARACTER. The conference met in Philadelphia on April 20, 1815. Bishop Asbury was so exceedingly ill that the laboring oar fell upon B...

CHAPTER I. OUR SOCIETY In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow t...

Lady Li’s every word carried the same regret: if she had spoken sooner, perhaps none of this would have happened. Murong Qing did not know how to comfort her. Everyone interpreted guilt differently. W...

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “Oh, sir! Can you be Peter?” A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter .....

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. OUR SOCIETY CHAPTER II. THE CAPTAIN CHAPTER III. A LOVE AFFAIR OF LONG AGO CHAPTER IV. A VISIT TO AN OLD BACHELOR CHAPTER V. OLD LETTERS CHAPTER VI. POOR PETER CHAPTER VII. VISITIN...

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Chapter XXXIII. Grimaud Speaks. G rimaud was left alone with the executioner, who in a few moments opened his eyes. “Help, help,” he murmured; “oh, God! have I not a single friend in the world who wil...

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It was the third month of spring in the twenty-fourth year of the Jianping reign, in the Great Qi dynasty. On the top floor of Taibai Tower, the capital's most prestigious and extravagant establishmen...

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XII. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proc...

XI. “LIKE SUMMER TEMPESTS CAME HIS TEARS” The Rat put out a neat little brown paw, gripped Toad firmly by the scruff of the neck, and gave a great hoist and a pull; and the water-logged Toad came up s...

X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD The front door of the hollow tree faced eastwards, so Toad was called at an early hour; partly by the bright sunlight streaming in on him, partly by the exceeding col...

IX. WAYFARERS ALL The Water Rat was restless, and he did not exactly know why. To all appearance the summer’s pomp was still at fullest height, and although in the tilled acres green had given way to ...

VIII. TOAD’S ADVENTURES When Toad found himself immured in a dank and noisome dungeon, and knew that all the grim darkness of a medieval fortress lay between him and the outer world of sunshine and we...

CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS For a time—at all events until my book should be completed, which would be the work of several months—I took up my abode in my aunt’s house at Dover; a...

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VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN The Willow-Wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dark selvedge of the river bank. Though it was past ten o’clock at night, the sky still c...

VI. MR. TOAD It was a bright morning in the early part of summer; the river had resumed its wonted banks and its accustomed pace, and a hot sun seemed to be pulling everything green and bushy and spik...

V. DULCE DOMUM The sheep ran huddling together against the hurdles, blowing out thin nostrils and stamping with delicate fore-feet, their heads thrown back and a light steam rising from the crowded sh...

IV. MR. BADGER THEY waited patiently for what seemed a very long time, stamping in the snow to keep their feet warm. At last they heard the sound of slow shuffling footsteps approaching the door from ...

III. THE WILD WOOD The Mole had long wanted to make the acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influen...

II. THE OPEN ROAD “Ratty,” said the Mole suddenly, one bright summer morning, “if you please, I want to ask you a favour.” The Rat was sitting on the river bank, singing a little song. He had just com...

I. THE RIVER BANK The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a p...

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