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id: 19966
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  ''They took me from the King''s chamber, and revived by the sharp air in the street I managed to grope my way to my father''s house


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id: 14126
title: The Marriage of William Ashe
author: Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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  "William, you''re not to talk like that," said Lady Tranmore, decidedly, "Lady Kitty!" said Ashe, in amazement. "Present me, please, to Lady Kitty," he said, catching Warington''s arm. "Lady Kitty," said Warington, "Mr. Ashe wishes to be presented to you. Lady Kitty drew herself up, and all trace of the look which Ashe had "No--I--I hate you!" said Lady Kitty, with a strange drop in her voice. "I saw nothing lamblike about Lady Kitty," said Ashe. Lord Parham, had himself said a caustic word to Lady Kitty, that Royalty "I hear Kitty is furious with the Parhams," said Mary, as the two ladies "Lady Kitty not arrived?" said a voice, like a macaw''s, beside her. "Better not do that again, Kitty, I think," said Ashe. "What does Lady Kitty do with herself here?" said Darrell, looking round "Kitty Ashe--and her mother," said Mary--after a moment--still writing.


id: 15278
title: The Ramrodders: A Novel
author: Day, Holman
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  the right way." Thornton was listening with interest, and the man went "This is the chairman of our State Committee, boys," he said, "come up "Harlan, my boy!" The State chairman laid his hand protestingly on the the time; I''d like to tell you how most of the good men I know got their "Going to start a reform party, young man?" chuckled the State chairman. are said about conditions in the old times, that every man in this State "Presson likes the frame-up, Harlan," said the Duke, smiling broadly. understand, Mr. Harlan Thornton, what a dear old man your grandfather I did what mighty few young men in politics would do, Mr. Thornton--I stood out last night against Presson and your grandfather The General signalled to Harlan, and the young man opened the door. the men in politics in this State are wrong except you and old General


id: 15788
title: Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts
author: Granville-Barker, Harley
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  things wouldn''t look a bit like that when you came to a standstill. _At this moment_ GEORGE FARRANT _comes through the window; a good middle._ AMY O''CONNELL _and_ HENRY TREBELL _walk past one window and TREBELL _stands in the window-way; a light in his eyes, and speaks low I don''t think autumn means to come at all this year ... Mrs. O''Connell has come to see Miss Trebell, who is out, and she says will _He goes back into his room to do so leaving_ TREBELL''S _door open. [_He comes back and into the room._] Miss Trebell hasn''t got there to each other like old friends._ TREBELL _turns away with something of _Suddenly_ TREBELL _makes for the door_, HORSHAM _gets up Trebell was and is the best man I know of for the purpose. [_Impatiently._] My dear Cantelupe, if you think Horsham can D''you think it was Horsham and his little committee persuaded O''Connell?


id: 19752
title: Quisanté
author: Hope, Anthony
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  "Is it possible for a man to like both me and Mr. Quisanté?" Lady "Well, Alexander Quisanté''s a perverse fate, if you like," said Lady "I''m having moments, like Mr. Quisanté himself!" she said with a sudden An impulse carried May''s eyes towards Miss Quisanté; the old lady was know." Quisanté looked at her, kissed her hand, and laughed. "Yes, Miss Quisanté, Gaston, I think," said May, laughing. said, ''Look here Japhet, that vote of Mr. Quisanté''s ''ll be worth fifty man--but (I said) the Government had a hundred majority there, and Mr. Quisanté knew it.'' Well, he saw that, and admitted that he''d been wrong want to be beaten, you know," said Quisanté. "His wife looks so nice, he can''t be very bad," said kind Lady Mildmay, "I don''t think Quisanté''ll go far wrong," said Jimmy. "Yes," said Tillman, "go and tell him Lady May Quisanté wants him."


id: 19966
title: The Statesmen Snowbound
author: Fitzgerald, Robert
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  Senator Thurlow to their last resting-place at the old home in Kentucky. before," said Senator Bull; "it must have been that funeral to-day. "You are a Southern man, I believe, Mr. Ridley," said Representative Van "Tell them the whole story, Sammy," said Senator Bull, as several of the I''m an old man now, and all I''ve got left is my good once said to him, "Manysnifters, you look so much like Uncle Sam that "We would like very much to hear it," said Senator Wendell gravely; Senator Wendell, thus addressed, said, with a far-away look in his eyes, meeting an old negress on the street there the other day, said to her, "''Senor,'' said he gravely, ''knowing your sentiments, I came here to-day "''Doctor,'' said I, ''before you send the man to make repairs I would like "You know what a story like that demands, I suppose," said Colonel


id: 21624
title: Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography
author: Russell, George William Erskine
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  uncle, Lord Russell, with Mr. Gladstone as Leader of the House of sermon a second time as long as there was even one boy in the School who assume that life lived easily in a beautiful place, amid a society which few who had the hardihood to say them Nay. The most famous breakfast-parties of the time were given by Mr. Gladstone, on every Thursday morning in the Session; when, while we ate contest people say and do a great many things of which in every-day life "In old days it was the habit to think and say that the House of Commons "Lord Hartington had up to that time had no communication with Mr. Gladstone on the subject, and did not know what his views as to who led the Liberal Party in the House of Lords. Gladstone said to a friend: "A very fair Cabinet to-day--only three


id: 1296
title: The Provost
author: Galt, John
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  having bent any single thing pertaining to the town and public, from the The same day that this news reached the town, I was standing at my shopdoor, between dinner and tea-time. "Mr M''Lucre," said I, and I took him cordially by the hand, "a thought had in hand; but, in the end, he said, that he thought what was proposed round me, said, "Bailie, surely it''s a great neglec of the magistrates The birth-day, in progress of time, came round, and the morning was time, he was taken into the council, and no man in the whole corporation said nothing; only I got the town-clerk''s young man, who acted as clerk I had done, by which the whole affair came to the public, and I got great thing sure, as soon as I went home I told it to Mrs Pawkie as a state


id: 5164
title: The Beetle: A Mystery
author: Marsh, Richard
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  through Paul Lessingham''s window like a thief, I still had not the The room door was open, and Mr Lessingham was standing with the handle between the sheets, his head resting on his hand, his eyes blazing like Marjorie Lindon!--for his dear love!--it shall come to pass that she ''Sure?--I never enter a place like this, where a man is matching When a man makes a speech like Lessingham''s any No really old man could have had eyes like that. That was a nice thing to happen to a man of my sort at my time of life. ''I, also, like to know where I stand.--Lessingham, I am aware, and you looked to me like a man who had very little life left in him. come upon an open window in an apparently empty house, and, thinking of don''t like the looks of you, and so I''ll let you know.


id: 7374
title: An American Politician: A Novel
author: Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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  "You always talk like that when you come home, Mr. Vancouver," said Mrs. Wyndham. "Oh--John Harrington," said Vancouver with a little laugh. "All that, of course, you know," said Miss Thorn, in answer to some remark "Here is a great question to be decided, Mr. Harrington," said Joe. "Tell me," said Joe, when Pocock was gone, "do you like Mr. Vancouver? "Well," said Miss Schenectady, "you have heard John Harrington now." Joe "What a lot of things you know, Aunt ZoÃ«!" said Joe. "Do you know, Sybil," said Joe, looking up at her taller companion, "I "My dear Ronald," said Joe, holding out her hand, "I am so glad to see "It is of no use to think it, Ronald dear," said Joe, turning very pale. man this Harrington might be, concerning whom such great things were said. "Yes, Ronald is very good-looking," said Joe.


id: 7931
title: All-Wool Morrison Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, Period of Action -- Twenty-four Hours
author: Day, Holman
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  Stewart Morrison in any clearer light than to state that old Andrew, at Stewart Morrison looked past her in the direction which the Corson car had compliments to Miss Corson, even walking right past you, Governor North, "Business in my line, you say, sir?" demanded Morrison, pursuing a matter "But I want to tell you right now, Morrison, seeing that you''re mayor of Morrison''s hand and pulled the mayor away with him toward the door, Daunt''s wink when he grabbed Morrison had tipped off Senator Corson, and The manner in which Senator Corson handed Morrison over to Silas Daunt I''m going to tell Stewart Morrison that I have business "If Mayor Morrison does come to the State House to-night, by "We''d like to see Senator Corson and Governor North." "I''m going to express myself about last night," stated Senator Corson. "Senator Corson, you claim you know Morrison better than I do.


id: 5639
title: The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox
author: Morris, Charles E. (Charles Eugene)
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  Two great political parties in the United States, both with leader James Monroe Cox, Governor of Ohio. palsy the nation''s hand, Governor Cox became the man to Doers have ever been practical men, and such is Governor Cox. But practicality need not, and does not, imply a lack of vision. In the state in which Governor Cox held leadership there was no every state in this Union had a law of this sort our nation the great world war had but begun, disclose that Governor Cox is President, establishing June 5, 1917, as the "call-to-thecolors" day of the young men of the Country, the Governor said: York in may, 1919, Governor Cox said: "If peace is to endure, it purpose of the League, the government of the United States must Nations have gone, Governor Cox has expressed the firm The purpose of the Governor''s school programme was to give Ohio


id: 41130
title: The Stolen Statesman: Being the Story of a Hushed Up Mystery
author: Le Queux, William
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  Women who met Austin Wingate for the first time usually thought him an He saw how happy Sheila was with the young man who had so recently come Smeaton stood for a long time lost in thought. This young man, James Farloe by name, had very little to tell. "He''s not a man you would be likely to forget, Mr Smeaton," he said. After Wingate''s hurried departure, Smeaton put Sheila into a taxi, and Smeaton was sure the strange man would come back for a "I know the man a little," he said, when he had gathered the contents. "No news of Mrs Saxton, I suppose?" asked Sheila, as Smeaton was on the Then the detective, turning to Sheila, said: "Now, Miss Monkton, there "No fear of being disturbed here, Smeaton, at this time of day; I know Smeaton tipped the man, who in a few moments left his room.


id: 40837
title: Whoso Findeth a Wife
author: Le Queux, William
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  once," Lord Warnham said a few moments later, handing me the envelope "The night is lovely, and the moon bright as day," he said, as we all a good-looking girl, you know," and the old man winked knowingly. "Well, sir, to tell you the truth, I did ''ear a few words," he answered. The strange, inquiring look I had detected in Ella''s face whenever she Ella should know the truth of my friend''s tragic end appeared to prove, come to town, and merely wanted to pass an idle hour away," I said. "You have not answered my question, Ella," I said sternly. bitter thought that he had uttered words of love to Ella, and had tried Ella across to Mrs Laing, I saw a grey-haired man-servant in the act of Ella looked round laughing, and said in a quiet voice, "I have been to "Answer me a single question, Ella," I said.


id: 40834
title: The Under-Secretary
author: Le Queux, William
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  All the world knew that the Right Honourable Dudley Waldegrave Chisholm, Dudley," said the old man, "you''ll forgive me for speaking Dudley''s dark brows contracted for a moment at the old man''s words. mark my words, Master Dudley, that woman is not your friend." He had once loved this woman, long ago in the golden days of youth, and "You loved me once, in those old days at Winchester," he said, slowly grave-faced woman, his mother, caused him to dislike the old place. "In woman''s true love," he said slowly, emphasising every word, "there At heart Dudley Chisholm loved the woman he was striving to comfort, Dudley met her in the great old room and bent over her hand Dudley had loved her long ago in her schoolgirl days, and she knew that "Yes, Master Dudley," the old man replied. "Yes, Claudia," said the guilty man, not daring to look her in the face,


id: 38796
title: Second String
author: Hope, Anthony
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  not such an old hand at the game as Mr. Foot--sat Andy''s hero, Harry "No," said Andy, "I''m staying a day or two with Jack Rock." day, in the spring after Andy Hayes came back from Canada, Harry looked "I shall think about it seriously," said Harry, knowing in himself that "I''m feeling happy to-night, old fellow," said Harry suddenly. "Well, ordinary people can''t look at it like that," Andy said, with no "I suppose I do look rather like a policeman," said Andy reflectively. "Andy, pronounce!" cried Harry Belfield; for his friend sat in his usual "Miss Vintry''s been pitching into me like anything," said Andy, smiling Vivien first; with her, brilliant Harry; that puzzling Miss Vintry; Mr. Belfield, who talked so whimsically and had told him not to undervalue "Yes, I like it, Jack." Andy saw that his dear old friend--dear Nancy''s "What do you think really, Harry?" Andy asked.


id: 45666
title: Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age
author: Malet, Lucas
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  pleasant place little Peter lived, as I say, once upon a time, with his charcoal-burner was a great friend of little Peter''s, though he was ''It is the first time we take our little Peter,'' she said, and there taking poor, frightened, little Peter by the hand, she said calmly:-''I shall walk, of course, like a big boy,'' said little Peter. his lean, brown face very close to little Peter''s, said to him with a ''Run away, little mouse,'' he said, ''but come again some day and see me.'' ''That''s not the way to play at robbers,'' said little Peter. little Peter, his mother, and brothers, and Eliza, were going through ''Never mind, mother,'' said Paul; ''if the snow is deep, or Peter is I like the snow,'' cried little Peter, and he ''Good-bye,'' he said, ''dear, little Peter. ''But how you have changed!'' little Peter said; for he was a good deal


