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  Seeing that I am a child again in a valley to the south, how may I say what may be the will of the great King


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id: 14045
title: At a Winter''s Fire
author: Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
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  "Camille," I said, "why to-day hast thou shifted thy ground a little in sheet of water looked like a great strap of steel, reeled ceaselessly off "A little while," he said, "and I shall know. "Could you, now?" said the little man. "But _did_ you ever see a ghost?" said the little grinning man, pursuing "What!" said the little man by the door. "Ain''t you comin'' to the ghost, Jack?" said the little man hungrily. "''Dear, dear!'' said the gal, in a voice like falling water, ''you''ve drunk "And you can''t have better proof than that," said the little man. "''Summut fell on him from a winder,'' said Dark Dignum, a little later, as "It came to a climax, then?" I said, looking the man steadily in the "I look straight on my duty, sir," he said, a little abashed. and flung open the trap, and the creature''s face came at it like a wild


id: 13821
title: Tales of Wonder
author: Dunsany, Lord
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  divides into two, and I took the one to the left as the old man told errand, but listened only to the wise old men who knew the things that they had said, "The very thing": they were men of few words, in his head and said deep and dreadful things of any man that should dare the day after, paying twenty francs each time, but the old man had the "Commodities" was the old man''s terrible word, said with a gruesome Then Old Frank said what he had come to say: "We want to know what you but Shard said he would set a course and let him know in a day or two. "Come," said the old magician, "it is time." And there and then they "It is time," said the old man, "surely." men fear other things." For I thought the old spirit might rest if he


id: 16726
title: Four Weird Tales
author: Blackwood, Algernon
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  Jones felt his heart leap out towards this man, this old friend, tried voice of his guide, and as the clerk turned to reply he saw his face was and night, and he knew he must acquit himself like a man when the moment in the streets, a careless-looking sort of man, who never came face to The Manager saw the smile on his face, and gave him a long steady look Something in the man''s face, or voice, or manner--the doctor hardly knew For some days Henriot saw little of the man who came from Birmingham and woman''s heart knew long-forgotten things--the thought kept beating up black, with eyes that stared across the sand into a world of things She said it, lifting her face above him a little, so that her eyes For the first time in his life, Henriot knew it at close quarters,


id: 14098
title: Hieroglyphic Tales
author: Walpole, Horace
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  repeated by old men long before they, the said clergymen, were born. The princess modestly asked, why their master loved such long stories? good and great men from father to son; a sort of fiction that does not the church of Rome, are two distinct things, said the princess; and yet, nothing to do, said the prince to the king, but to send a solemn embassy majesty, that the second princess, in revenge of the prince''s neglect, next day, as the courtiers said, for joy; the prince of Quifferiquimini name is lost, was, that her majesty the queen-mother having conceived a author is guilty of a great anachronism in this passage; for having said so on, that the prince wanted to know who the princess was, whose name but was so great a favourite with the prince, that she still was prince said, and perceiving he must be a foreigner, he concluded he was


id: 511
title: The Purcell Papers — Volume 3
author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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  you want wid me this time a-day?'' says he. Jim; ''how is all wid the man an'' the woman beyant?'' says he. ''Divil a taste,'' says he, ''three days is jist the time to a minute for months lost; an'' who''s to look afther the farm all that time,'' says he, says he, ''this blessed night; so open the door at onst'' an'' let me in,'' says he; an'' wid that he fell to wallopin'' the door till he was fairly the door all night,'' says she, ''in the way it was no use at all, thryin'' ''By my sowl, it''s it that did,'' says Andy; ''leatherin'' the door wid ''You must not, my love,'' said Lord Glenfallen, ''imagine this place worse you were coming into the room,'' said the old woman. at all," says he; "it''s all over wid me, for I plucked him twelve times


id: 4282
title: Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley
author: Dunsany, Lord
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  "Yes," said Morano thoughtfully, and looking at Rodriguez, "and so he "Good morning, Morano," said Rodriguez blithely. "Indeed," said Morano, "a good master is better to some men''s minds "Morano," said Rodriguez, "there is a dead spider on my bed." "Master," said Morano, "no spider shall come near it, living or dead." "Nay, Morano," Rodriguez said, "no man, as they taught me well in the "But, master," Morano said, "a man imperils his body in the wars yet In answer to Morano''s pitiful look Rodriguez'' hand went to his "Morano," said Rodriguez, "we must walk far to-day." When Morano said that the days were good Rodriguez set out to find "Morano," Rodriguez said, "I remember ten ways in the books of romance "Timber, Master?" said Morano, though it did not need Rodriguez to "Morano," said Rodriguez, "we must rest here for the night." "Is he very near the castle?" said Rodriguez and Morano together.


id: 2565
author: Morris, William
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  Said the man: "Thou art a fair young man: but there is grief in thy voice "Thou art of many words when time so presses, Fox," said Hallblithe. Hallblithe filled, and gave to him, and the old man drank and said: "Thou "Thou art happy, Grandfather," said Hallblithe, "what good tidings hath Said Hallblithe: "Art thou going to meet some one who shall make thee "I must needs deem so," said the Sea-eagle, "so long as thou abidest on "I wot not why thou shouldest wonder," said Hallblithe; "I will tell thee Said the King: "Tall man, it is well that thou art come. Then the King said to Hallblithe: "Thou also art welcome; I know thee who Said Hallblithe: "O great King of a happy land, I ask of thee nought save "King," said Hallblithe, "wilt thou bring us together and stay my heart''s Said Hallblithe: "Fair fellows, ye shall wot that in this land folk go

title:
  The Story of the Glittering Plain Which Has Been Also Called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Undying


id: 456
title: The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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  and things came and went in them; my dear mother, whom I had near shall do it yet,'' I said, and passed a row of frowsy little shops watching for the day--a great white star, come suddenly into the Men looking up, near blinded, at the star, saw "Ah!" said the man with the white face; "then perhaps you can we stopped, and presently over the hill-crest those war things came "Got it?" said Horrocks, standing with the door half open. "Come along," he said suddenly, and, gripping Raut''s arm in "Over the mountains I come," said Nunez, "out of the country "He comes," said the second blind man, "out of the rocks." "Come hither," said the third blind man, following his motion "Why did you not come when I called you?" said the blind man. "There is no such word as _see_," said the blind man, "My time will come," he said.


id: 509
title: The Purcell Papers — Volume 1
author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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  Irish "Young Lochinvar,"'' said his brother; and in a few days he handed ''A face like marble, with a fearful monumental look, and for an old man, ''Sir,'' said the servant, ''a strange gentleman wants to see you below.'' Sir Robert Ardagh was for a long time apparently equally attentive to connections of the parties; and Sir Robert and Lady Ardagh left Dublin Many years passed quietly away, during which Sir Robert''s and Lady upon the little valet, telling him that he should let Sir Robert know ''Stay, my good lady,'' said he; ''if when this clock shall strike the hour At the same time he handed a note to O''Connor, who instantly broke the ''Mr. O''Connor having received a satisfactory explanation from Mr. Fitzgerald, of the language used by that gentleman, feels that there no ''This way, your honour,'' said my little conductress; at the same time,


id: 510
title: The Purcell Papers — Volume 2
author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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  out-houses, and took charge of the horses; the hall-door stood open, and finally witnessed the door open, and my uncle enter the room. ''Well,'' said my uncle, after a little time, ''we now cease to speak upon I had one day left the house with my cousin Emily, in order to take woman, I hastily pushed open the door of my room, at which I now stood, ''Come in,'' said I; and my uncle entered the room. the door, which the assassin must open in order to enter the room? know a thing or two, and as I am a living man, I swear I think the girl ''Is that a man of trust?'' said Vanderhausen, turning towards Schalken, ''I desire,'' said the mysterious gentleman, ''to place in your hands at Having stood for some moments at the door, Gerard Douw at length ''Do you know, uncle,'' said Rose, ''when I saw him standing at the door,


id: 5894
title: The Extra Day
author: Blackwood, Algernon
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  Judy, Tim, and Maria were just little children. before Uncle Felix came were the ordinary kind all children know; they Then, puffing at his pipe, Uncle Felix looked at Tim and said, "I "But how do you know the time?" asked Tim. The Tramp turned round slowly and looked at his questioner. Uncle Felix paused over his last bit of bread and jam, Tim and Judy Then Uncle Felix spoke again; his big eyes fixed Tim piercingly like a "I know what he looks like," whispered Tim. a child like Tim or Judy: all did, said, lived one and the same thing said the thing--so Uncle Felix felt, at any rate,--that was always And Judy knew at last the thing she didn''t know; Tim felt himself "Like us," said Uncle Felix. "Oh, yes," said Tim; "and they look like brown sugar, _we_ thought." Whereupon, to Judy, Tim and Uncle Felix, watching him, came


id: 10337
title: Lady into Fox
author: Garnett, David
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  difficulty to my mind is that the metamorphosis occurred when Mrs. Tebrick was a full-grown woman, and that it happened suddenly in so husband and wife went for a walk in the copse on the little hill above door saw the poor fox dressed in my lady''s little jacket lying back in Mr. Tebrick sat silently looking out of window for some time, then he Had the old woman come the day before it is likely enough that Mr. Tebrick would have sent her packing. Mr. Tebrick let his vixen out into the garden after breakfast, stayed old Nanny who kept wringing her hands and told them Mr. Tebrick''s wife Mr. Tebrick looked at his wife again and spoke to her, calling her a up, and presently Mr. Tebrick saw his vixen come towards them. Silvia went running on a little before while Mr. Tebrick followed after


id: 9817
title: Peter Ibbetson
author: Du Maurier, George
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  garden, a small French wheelbarrow, and a nice little English boy who single flash, so seven years of sweet, priceless home love--seven times man with white hair and a young face, like the lady, and beautiful red (like my father), and looking out "for his ship to come home!" Poor little Mimsey Seraskier would listen with distended eyes and quick It was good to think of it by day, to dream of it by night, _although I tune, of things that had happened a long time ago: my poetic, like my seen it over and over again just like that in the old days; _this_, at I went out and sat at my mother''s feet, and looked long in her face. "Now listen to your old friend''s story--poor little Mimsey''s confession. It is like a little old-fashioned French game we used to play at Passy, old face again; and liked it, and thought it quite good-looking.


id: 9956
title: Hauntings Fantastic Stories
author: Lee, Vernon
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  a woman like Medea is a happiness too great for a mortal man; it would among olive-trees and little osier-bushes, which look like a bright wife--Mrs. Oke--had seen some of my--pictures--paintings--portraits--at If ever a man went out of his way to tell a lie, I said to myself, Mr. Oke The lady was really wonderfully like the present Mrs. Oke, at saw, the present Mrs. Oke distinctly made herself up to look like her "You think I am like her," answered Mrs. Oke dreamily to my remark, and her "Isn''t it true that Mrs. Oke tries to look like that portrait?" I asked, Mrs. Oke sometimes has the fancy of having some of these old things The white dress in which I had seen Mrs. Oke in the yellow room, the day that she showed me Lovelock''s verses, was woman like Mrs. Oke of Okehurst, he gets to believe in the possibility of a


id: 10806
title: The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories
author: Dunsany, Lord
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  purple guard came nearer and went by with their lights, and passed of flowers, and the soul of Welleran said to Rold in his dreams: there the soul said among the dreams: ''Thou art cold in the night; Rold''s dreams took him to the sword, and the soul said to the the great curved sword of Welleran; and the soul of the warrior said prophet with his sword, whose soul went crying away and had to do no Thing longed to have a soul, and to go and worship God. And when evensong was over and the lights were out, it went back And the little Wild Thing said: ''I want to have a soul to worship And the next night they came to the little Wild Thing and ''South,'' said the little Wild Thing with the new soul. ''I love the marshes,'' said the little Wild Thing with the new soul.


id: 11521
author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
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  more wonderful than the darkness--more strange,'' he went on with great the same thing indeed at other times, in face of a great crowd, when When we went away they stood at the door of their little To see those great doors closed which stood always open gave me a le Maire,'' he said, ''you are injurious to a man who is as little M. le Curé said very little: one saw his lips move as he watched with us le Maire,'' said Jacques; ''but look you, when a man is better, ''Get away with thee to the end of the world, thou and thy ladies of St. Jean!'' I cried; which was wrong, I do not deny it, for they are good art a better father than I.'' When I had said this, my heart was a little ''Only a very little moment,'' he said, slowly.

title:
  A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen


id: 8183
title: Time and the Gods
author: Dunsany, Lord
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  eyes, the sorrows of ten thousand worlds--thy gods may weep for thee. longer having light of the golden ball, shall pray to the gods no more, "Though all the gods of old shall answer our prayers no longer, yet still to the gods of old shall all men pray here in Syrinais." god, or when in some night-time he shall stride away, leaving us nought years to come, making the world a place for gods to dwell in, and the One day the King returning from the worship of the gods of Old and from came to fight for gods that walked like humble men upon the earth in ''Gods of old prophecy and of men''s hopes, leave not the earth, and all Gods of our hopes, how shall men''s prayers crying from Old. There, O King, thou shalt enter the Sea of Souls by the shore where the


id: 8395
title: The Gods of Pegana
author: Dunsany, Lord
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  the mists to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI and said: "Now make gods for Me, for silence shall startle Pegana like thunder in a cave, and MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI And Mung was busy among Men. But when the other gods saw Kib playing his new game They came and Time is the hound of the gods; but it hath been said of old that Slid said: "Let no man pray to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI, for who shall wrought the gods, say: "MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI, thou hast rested long." End For Ever, and book and gods and worlds shall be no more. But Mung said: "Shall a man curse a god?" But Mung said: "Shall a man curse a god?" Then said the prophet: "How shall I tell the people that the gods But what shall know the Prophet of the gods, to whom none may come MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI shall think some other plan concerning gods and worlds.


id: 7477
title: The Book of Wonder
author: Dunsany, Lord
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  till he came to the lands of the Athalonian men who live by the edges A little fear came into the mind of Thangobrind the jeweller, a As they came away they saw that indulgent chair close by the edge of world would listen to his prayer, yet only a little way over the edge men know, at the edge of the world, there dwelleth the Gladsome Beast. so they came to the windy house of thatch where dwells the Old Man Who things befallen happy cities long since in the prime of the world. told of how the gods and beasts and men had long ago loved beautiful It may be thought that, as the years went on and men came by fearful man whose destiny it was as from of old to come to the City of Never, priests came in with another idol into the temple of Chu-bu, and set it


id: 7838
title: Fifty-One Tales
author: Dunsany, Lord
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  "How silly he looks," they said, and thereat they laughed a little. Great clumsy time shall stumble and dance, who liked to kill little "I think I shall go South myself next year," said a hen. as far as the high road, and saw the great world''s traffic going by, "Way for us," said the North Wind as he came down the sea on an And at last he said: "That is not how I work," and he turned the man''s They saw a little ship that was far at sea and that went by the name And when the Devil said that God made Love that earnest man "But at this time of year?" I said. times." "Don''t be too hard on them," I said, for I had just come out "They shall look at it for ever," the angel said. "By this," they said, "they shall know that you come


id: 40510
title: The Watcher, and other weird stories
author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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  "Tell me, then," said Barton, abruptly, "if a man be in reasonable fear "My dear sir," said Doctor Macklin, after a brief pause, "I fear you proceeded from the passage upon which Barton''s chamber-door opened, finally witnessed the door open, and my uncle enter the room. "Well," said my uncle, after a little time, "we now cease to speak upon "Come in," said I; and my uncle entered the room. sound was repeated at the second door of my room--that which opened upon "Is that a man of trust?" said Vanderhausen, turning towards Schalken, "I desire," said the mysterious gentleman, "to place in your hands at "Do you know, uncle," said Rose, "when I saw him standing at the door, "This way, your honour," said my little conductress; at the same time, "You must not, my love," said Lord Glenfallen, "imagine this place you were coming into the room," said the old woman.


id: 35641
title: Uncanny Tales
author: Molesworth, Mrs.
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  Mother said no more, and Dormer went on with his tea, and when bed-time when, soon after, Dormy said "Good night," and went off to bed, I "Dormy, dear," I said, a good deal concerned, "I do think it''s your "Is it like a man or a woman?" I said, beginning to feel rather creepy "Leila," she said, "mamma wants to know what you are doing with Dormy? "Good-night, Phil," I said, turning round on my pillow. "''The first thing to do,'' said Miles, ''is to look up Hunter and "Then you don''t think he can be a ghost?" she said, looking half ashamed "Your friends are as good as yourself then, Mrs. Jones," said Helen; but "If it were not that you would not like it, I would write to Mrs. Lindsay to come and nurse you," said Edith, "she is so good and kind,


id: 43107
title: The Wood-Pigeons and Mary
author: Molesworth, Mrs.
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  "I _think_" said Mary, "the best time will be when we come in from our I had a letter lately from Mary''s godmother--old Miss Verity; she lives "I love forests," said Mary, "at least I mean trees. "I think it is just a little sign of friendliness," said Miss Verity. "I think it''s lovely," said Mary, after she had taken a very good look "It is the wood-pigeons," said Miss Verity, and the little girl smiled "Yes," said Miss Verity, "that is just what I mean." Then Mary went up "I''m sure I am going to have a happy day," said Mary, jumping out of "Mary," said the little voice, "be at your window early to-morrow "Well, you have come home punctually, Miss Mary," she said. "They''re like everything else about here, I think," said Mary. "The next time you are in the forest, Mary dear," she said, "or the


