They attributed this hasty wedding to the Prince’s dread of seeing accomplished an ancient prophecy, which was said to have pronounced that the castle and lordship of Otranto “should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it.”
Produced by Distributed Proofreaders THE AMBER WITCH by Mary Schweidler The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known. Printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow, in the Island of Usedom. Edited by W. Meinhold Doctor of Theology, and Pastor, etc. Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon.
Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz and Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com Unicode by William Kyngesburye SHE By H. Rider Haggard First Published 1886. IN EARTH AND SKIE AND SEA STRANGE THYNGS THER BE Doggerel couplet from the Sherd of Amenartas I inscribe this history to ANDREW LANG in token of personal regard and of my sincere admiration
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PREFACE. A few years ago, while visiting or, rather, rummaging about Notre-Dame, the author of this book found, in an obscure nook of one of the towers, the following word, engraved by hand upon the wall:– ἈΝÁΓΚΗ. These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what
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There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question.
This etext was produced by P. K.Pehtla The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Chapter 1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the
He bowed in a courtly way as he replied, “I am Dracula, and I bid you welcome, Mr. Harker, to my house. Come in, the night air is chill, and you must need to eat and rest.”
Be careful of my guest — his safety is most precious to me. Should aught happen to him, or if he be missed, spare nothing to find him and ensure his safety. He is English and therefore adventurous. There are often dangers from snow and wolves and night. Lose not a moment if you suspect harm to him. I answer your zeal with my fortune. — Dracula.
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sjaani and PG Distributed Proofreaders CARMILLA J. Sheridan LeFanu 1872 PROLOGUE _Upon a paper attached to the Narrative which follows, Doctor Hesselius has written a rather elaborate note, which he accompanies with a reference to his Essay on the strange subject which the MS. illuminates. This mysterious subject he treats, in
Etext prepared by David Moynihan, Dagny, dagnypg@yahoo.com and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz AYESHA: THE RETURN OF SHE By H. Rider Haggard First Published 1905. AYESHA THE RETURN OF SHE BY H. RIDER HAGGARD “Here ends this history so far as it concerns science and the outside world. What its end will be as regards Leo and
