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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...
by Arthur Conan Doyle
IN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go throu...
by William Shakespeare
Antonio. In sooth I know not why I am so sad.
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his d...
by Julie Garwood
The fate of the entire MacPherson clan rested in the hands of Laird Ramsey Sinclair.
by C. S. Lewis
The last drops of the thundershower had hardly ceased falling when the Pedestrian stuffed his map into his pocket, settl...
by Joshua Slocum
In the fair land of Nova Scotia, a maritime province, there is a ridge called North Mountain, overlooking the Bay of Fun...
by C. S. Lewis
"MATRIMONY was ordained, thirdly," said Jane Studdock to herself, "for the mutual society, help, and comfort that the on...
by C. S. Lewis
AS I LEFT the railway station at Worchester and set out on the three-mile walk to Ransom's cottage, I reflected that no ...
by Ransom Riggs
Never have I doubted by soundness of mind as often as I did on that first night, when the bird-woman and her wards came ...