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Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III
Excerpt: "e;Of all the hard-working people on the earth, there are none so serviceable to her neighbours as the moon. She lights lovers and thieves. She keeps watch-dogs …
Convict: A Tale
Excerpt: "e;In a small high room of the oldest part of St. John's College, Cambridge, in a warm and glowing day of the early spring, and at about seven o'clock in the morning, …
Whim, and Its Consequences
Excerpt: "e;A solitary room at midnight: a single wax candle lighted on the table: the stiff dull crimson silken curtains of the bed close drawn: half a dozen phials and two or …
Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times
Excerpt: "e;It was an hour past midnight - the sentries had just been relieved upon the castle wall - and Hugh de Monthermer sat by the window, looking out into the depth of …
Delaware; or, The Ruined Family. Vol.1,2 And 3
Excerpt: "e;Not many years ago, as the writer of this work was returning on horseback to Castellamare, from a visit to the Lactarian Hills, he overtook, just under the chestnut …
Black Eagle; Ticonderoga
Excerpt: "e;Among the minor trials of faith, few, perhaps, are more difficult to contend against than that growing conviction, which, commencing very soon after the holiday …
Lord Montagu's Page: An Historical Romance
Excerpt: "e;It was a dark and stormy night,-a very dark night indeed. No dog's mouth, whether terrier, mastiff, or Newfoundland, was ever so dark as that night. The hatches had …
Castle of Ehrenstein
Excerpt: "e;It was an awfully dark and tempestuous night; the wind howled in fury through the trees, and round the towers; the large drops of rain dashed against the casements, …
Attila: A Romance. Vol.1-2
Excerpt: "e;In giving this book to the public I have but little to explain. The reader who takes it up may expect to find something respecting the Princess Honoria. He will, …
Man in Black: An Historical Novel of the Days of Queen Anne
Excerpt: "e;Let me take you into an old-fashioned country house, built by architects of the early reign of James the First. It had all the peculiarities--I might almost say the …
Agnes Sorel: A Novel
The story is really about one Jean Charost, who enters into the service of the Duke of Orleans in the early 1400's, and proves himself worthy. It has lots of sword fights and …
Agincourt: A Romance
Excerpt: "e;The night was as black as ink; not a solitary twinkling star looked out through that wide expanse of shadow, which our great Poet has called the "e;blanket of …