Booktag: English

Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary – Second Hundred Pages

At·tracÏtiv¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or degree of attractive power.
AtÏtract¶or (?), n. One who, or that which, attracts.
Sir T. Browne.
At¶traÏhent (?), a. Attracting; drawing; attractive.
At¶traÏhent, n. 1. That which attracts, as a magnet.

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

The great principle of inheritance to be discussed in this chapter has been recognised by agriculturists and authors of various nations, as shown by the scientific term ATAVISM, derived from atavus, an ancestor; by the English terms of REVERSION, or THROWING-BACK; by the French PAS-EN-ARRIERE; and by the German RUCKSCHLAG, or RUCKSCHRITT.

Zuleika Dobson by Max BeerbohmOr, an Oxford love story

This Etext prepared by Judy Boss, of Omaha, NE ZULEIKA DOBSON OR AN OXFORD LOVE STORY by Max Beerbohm NOTE to the 1922 edition I was in Italy when this book was first published. A year later (1912) I visited London, and I found that most of my friends and acquaintances spoke to me of

Yeast by Charles KingsleyA novel

Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk YEAST: A PROBLEM PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION This book was written nearly twelve years ago; and so many things have changed since then, that it is hardly fair to send it into the world afresh, without some notice of the improvement–if such there be–which has taken place meanwhile

When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard

Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot DEDICATION Ditchingham, 1918. MY DEAR CURZON, More than thirty years ago you tried to protect me, then a stranger to you, from one of the falsest and most malignant accusations ever made against a writer. So complete was your exposure of the methods

Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy

This etext was produced from the 1919 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk WESSEX POEMS AND OTHER VERSES by Thomas Hardy Contents Preface The Temporary The All Amabel Hap “In Vision I Roamed” At a Bridal Postponement A Confession to a Friend in Trouble Neutral Tones She Her Initials Her Dilemma Revulsion

Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary – First Hundred Pages

A (named ? in the English, and most commonly  in other languages). The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old

Under Two Flags by Ouida

Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz Under Two Flags by Ouida TO COLONEL POULETT CAMERON whose family has given so many brilliant soldiers to the armies of France and England and made the battle-fields of Europe ring with “The War-Cry of Lochiel” this story of a soldier’s life is dedicated in sincere

Twelfth Night by William ShakespeareOr What You Will

TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL by William Shakespeare PERSONS REPRESENTED ORSINO, Duke of Illyria. SEBASTIAN, a young Gentleman, brother to Viola. ANTONIO, a Sea Captain, friend to Sebastian. A SEA CAPTAIN, friend to Viola VALENTINE, Gentleman attending on the Duke CURIO, Gentleman attending on the Duke SIR TOBY BELCH, Uncle of Olivia. SIR ANDREW