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Gitanjali (song offerings)
Gitanjali (song offerings)

by Rabindranath Tagore, Marie Luise Gothein

Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure.

1910 217 ed.
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica

by Sir Isaac Newton

If you deny it, suppose them to be ultimately unequal, and let D be their ultimate difference.

1687 104 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.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch

by George Eliot, Jessica Hische

MISS BROOKE had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

1800 327 ed.
Villette, a novel
Villette, a novel

by Charlotte Brontèˆ

My godmother lived in a handsome house in the clean and ancient town of Bretton.

1853 519 ed.
The Enchanted Castle
The Enchanted Castle

by Edith Nesbit

There were three of them-Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathleen. Of course, Jerry's name was Gerald, and not Jeremiah, whatever you ...

1907 478 ed.
Babbitt
Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis

THE towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs ...

1922 451 ed.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy

by Theodore Dreiser

DUSK-of a summer night.

1900 210 ed.
Poirot investigates
Poirot investigates

by Agatha Christie

I was standing at the window of Poirot's rooms looking out idly on the street below.

1924 216 ed.
The Club of Queer Trades
The Club of Queer Trades

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Rabelais, or his wild illustrator Gustave Dore, must have had something to do with the designing of the things called fl...

1900 521 ed.
Crooked House
Crooked House

by Agatha Christie

I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war.

1949 113 ed.
The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel

by Jack London

The soft summer wind stirs the redwoods, and Wild-Water ripples sweet cadences over its mossy stones.

1907 597 ed.
Elephants Can Remember
Elephants Can Remember

by Agatha Christie

MRS. Oliver looked at herself in the glass.

1969 110 ed.
The Big Four
The Big Four

by Agatha Christie

I have met people who enjoy a channel crossing; men who can sit calmly in their deck-chairs and, on arrival, wait until ...

1927 121 ed.
White Fang
White Fang

by Jack London

DARK spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway.

1905 387 ed.
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution

by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison

AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberat...

1788 349 ed.
The Sea Fairies
The Sea Fairies

by L. Frank Baum

"Nobody," said Cap'n Bill solemnly, "ever sawr a mermaid an' lived to tell the tale."

1911 528 ed.
The Clocks
The Clocks

by Agatha Christie

TO use police terms: at 2:59 P.M. on September 9th.

1963 99 ed.