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The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary

by Ambrose Bierce

ABASEMENT, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth of power.

1840 312 ed.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-lo...

1911 1594 ed.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about...

1880 1988 ed.
Little Women
Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

CHRISTMAS won't be Christmas without any pres- " grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

1848 1888 ed.
The Jungle
The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

IT WAS FOUR O'CLOCK when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive.

1707 673 ed.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontèˆ

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

1847 1170 ed.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott

In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large fo...

1800 480 ed.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

It is a little remarkable, that-though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my ...

1800 2425 ed.
A Classical Dictionary of India
A Classical Dictionary of India

by John Garrett

1986 5 ed.
Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan

2018 6 ed.