Literature
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Count Konrad’s Courtship by Robert Barr
It was nearly midnight when Count Konrad von Hochstaden reached his castle on the Rhine, with a score of very…
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Gentlemen: The King! by Robert Barr
The room was large, but with a low ceiling, and at one end of the lengthy, broad apartment stood a…
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How the Captain Got His Steamer Out by Robert Barr
“On his own perticular well-wrought row,That he’s straddled for ages–Learnt its lay and its gages–His style may seem queer, but…
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Miss McMillan by Robert Barr
“Come hop, come skip, fair children all,Old Father Time is in the hall.He’ll take you on his knee, and strokeYour…
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Mrs. Tremain by Robert Barr
“And Woman, wit a flaming torchSings heedless, in a powder–Her careless smiles they warp and scorchMan’s heart, as fire the…
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My Stowaway by Robert Barr
“Ye can play yer jokes on Nature,An’ play ‘em slick,She’ll grin a grin, but, landsakes, friend,Look out fer the kick!”One…
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Not According to the Code by Robert Barr
Even a stranger to the big town walking for the first time through London, sees on the sides of the…
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“Out of Thun” by Robert Barr
I.–BESSIE’S BEHAVIOUR.On one point Miss Bessie Durand agreed with Alexander von Humboldt–in fact, she even went further than that celebrated…
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Over the Stelvio Pass by Robert Barr
There is no question about it, Tina Lenz was a flirt, as she had a perfect right to be, living…
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Purification by Robert Barr
Eugene Caspilier sat at one of the metal tables of the Cafe Egalite, allowing the water from the carafe to…
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