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Après avoir joint la compagnie que je trouvais rassemblée dans la bibliothèque de Cléanthe, Déméa fit quelques compliments à Cléanthe du soin qu’il prenait de mon éducation et de la constance inébranlable avec laquelle il persévérait...

Après avoir joint la compagnie que je trouvais rassemblée dans la bibliothèque de Cléanthe, Déméa fit quelques  compliments à Cléanthe du soin qu’il prenait de mon éducation et de la constance inébranlable avec laquelle il  persévérait dans ses amitiés. – Le père de Pamphile,...

Extrait :  Après avoir joint la compagnie que je trouvais rassemblée dans la bibliothèque de Cléanthe, Déméa fit quelques  compliments à Cléanthe du soin qu’il prenait de mon éducation et de la constance inébranlable...

The greatest diplomatic game ever played on the world’s chessboard was that consummate succession of intrigues which for nearly half a century was carried on by Queen Elizabeth and her ministers with the object of playing off one great Continental power against another for the benefit of England and...

"I lighted upon great files and heaps of papers and writings of all sorts.... In searching and turning over whereof, whilst I laboured till I sweat again, covered all over with dust, to gather fit matter together ... that noble Lord died, and my industry began to flag and wax cold in the business."   Thus...

THE present volume, as its title imports, relates a complicated series of conflicts of which the origin or the pretext has for the most part to be sought in the great religious schism of Christianity. But the cause of the restoration of Catholic unity in the West was, in the minds of both the supporters...

The history of modern Europe takes its start from an event which must have appeared insignificant to a generation that had witnessed the violent end of the English dominion in France, had been dinned by the clash of the Wars of the Roses, and watched with breathless fear the savage hosts of Islam striking...

The Vampire Maid

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Chinese and Tibeten folk and fairytales and other stories—providing insight into a rich literary culture. Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet is a captivating collection of stories from different parts of China...

It is the summer of 1894. The Garry Street murder is the talk of London, and no one is more baffled than Gerald Conway, in whose library the dead man's body was discovered, stabbed. The only clue to the man's identity seems to be the gold bangle containing a small carbuncle, worn on the dead man's...

Collected here are twenty-two vampire stories by authors such as William Polidori, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard, Bram Stoker, and Warren Lapine. With more than 350 pages of vampires this anthology is a must have for any vampire enthusiast. The anthology ranges from classic stories such as...

7 Vampire Short story Vampire The Vampire Maid THE VAMPYRE; A Tale. Each Man Kills Aylmer Vance and the Vampire Authenticated Vampire Story The Vampire of Croglin Grange THE TRUE STORY OF A VAMPIRE

The Morley family--a husband, his wife and her three children from a former marriage, one young ward, and a governess. Add Giles Ware, a young man who was engaged by a family agreement to the young ward, the fact that he's in love with the governess and you have the start of a mystery. Not long after,...

The English village of Warcastor is a hotbed of gossip and scandal. While Iris May’s shameless flirtations are the object of universal scorn, the mystery of her mother’s past life is everywhere discussed. When Iris disappears, the villagers assume that she has eloped with the local Squire. But...