<p>TRAVELERS who go into Scotland take a great interest in visiting, among other places, a certain room in the ruins of an old palace, where Queen Mary was born. Queen Mary was very beautiful, but she was very unfortunate and unhappy. Every body takes a strong interest in her story, and this interest attaches, in some degree, to the room where her sad and sorrowful life was begun. <br> <br>The palace is near a little village called Linlithgow. The village has but one long street, which consists of ancient stone houses. North of it is a little lake, or rather pond: they call it, in Scotland, a loch. The palace is between the village and the loch; it is upon a beautiful swell of land which projects out into the water. There is a very small island in the middle of the loch and the shores are bordered with fertile fields. The palace, when entire, was square, with an open space or court in the center. There was a beautiful stone fountain in the center of this court, and an arched gateway through which horsemen and carriages could ride in. The doors of entrance into the palace were on the inside of the court. <br> <br>The palace is now in ruins. A troop of soldiers came to it one day in time of war, after Mary and her mother had left it, and spent the night there: they spread straw over the floors to sleep upon. In the morning, when they went away, they wantonly set the straw on fire, and left it burning, and thus the palace was destroyed. Some of the lower floors were of stone; but all the upper floors and the roof were burned, and all the wood-work of the rooms, and the doors and window-frames. Since then the palace has never been repaired, but remains a melancholy pile of ruins. <br> <br>The room where Mary was born had a stone floor. The rubbish which has fallen from above has covered it with a sort of soil, and grass and weeds grow up all over it. It is a very melancholy sight to see.</p>
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RUDIN (1856) by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883) tells the story of a character typical to Turgenev -- a "superfluous" man, weak of will, brimming with indecisive frustration -- and yet tormented by ideals. Rudin is made impotent by the dissonance of honoring the older generations while at the same time embracing the new bold epoch of pre-revolutionary Russia. The theme of melancholic powerless men coupled with vital idealistic women is prevalent in Turgenev's work, and it would be hard to find a clearer study of the type than RUDIN.
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The Vintage Solid Brass Millennium Time Capsule by Stuart Houghton is a collectable fountain pen made in the United Kingdom. The pen features a gold plated nib and comes with a certificate from Stuart Houghton. With a timeless and unique design, this pen is a must-have for any pen enthusiast or collector looking for a special piece to add to their collection. Made of solid brass and wooden pen, this vintage time capsule is a rare and valuable find for those who appreciate quality craftsmanship and historical significance.
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<p><strong>Scene</strong>: The Mississippi Valley Time: Forty to fifty years ago: <br> <br>IN this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the backwoods Southwestern dialect; the ordinary "Pike County" dialect; and four modified varie-ties of this last. The shadings have not been done in a haphazard fashion, or by guesswork; but painstakingly, and with the trustworthy guidance and support of personal familiarity with these several forms of speech. <br>I make this explanation for the reason that without it many readers would suppose that all these characters were trying to talk alike and not succeeding. <br> <br><strong> THE AUTHOR. </strong><br> <br> <br><strong>Now the way that the book winds up is this</strong>: <br> <br>Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round—more than a body could tell what to do with. <br> <br>The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back. <br> <br>The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up. Well, then, the old thing commenced again. The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time. When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,—that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself. In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better. <br> <br>After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.</p>
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2000 TIME CAPSULE SET OF 9 COINS IN ORIGINAL ROYAL MINT BOX
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"A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go." --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone) From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. In CAUSE TO RUN (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 2), a new serial killer is stalking Boston, killing his victims in bizarre ways, taunting the police with mysterious puzzles that reference the stars. As the stakes are upped and the pressure is on, the Boston Police Department is forced to call in its most brilliant—and most controversial—homicide detective: Avery Black. Avery, still reeling from her last case, finds herself up against a rival precinct and a brilliant, cunning killer who is always one step ahead of her. She is forced to enter his dark, twisted mind as he lays clues for his next killing, and forced to look into places in her own mind she would rather not go. She finds herself compelled to seek the counsel of Howard Randall, the twisted serial killer she'd put behind bars years ago, all while her new burgeoning life with Rose and Ramirez is falling apart. And just as things cannot get any worse, she finds out something else: she herself may be the target. In a game of psychological cat and mouse, a frantic race against time leads Avery through a series of shocking and unexpected twists—culminating in climax that even Avery could not imagine. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, CAUSE TO RUN is book #2 of a riveting new series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #3 in the Avery Black series will be available soon.
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<p>"TOM!" <br>No answer. <br>"TOM!" <br>No answer. <br> <br>"What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!" <br>No answer. <br> <br>The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear: <br> <br>"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—" <br> <br>She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat. <br> <br>"I never did see the beat of that boy!" <br>She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds that constituted the garden. No Tom. So she lifted up her voice at an angle calculated for dis-tance and shouted: <br> <br>"Y-o-u-u TOM!"</p>
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<p>Star Strauss has always been a fighter. From the time she was born prematurely to her life on the road as a circus performer, she has never let her small stature keep her from achieving her dreams. She is one of the best aerial performers in the world. Well, Earth anyway. It turns out there is more than one inhabited world, and Star soon finds herself on a planet where every creature seems to tower over her.<br>Jazin Ja Kel Coradon is the third son of the ruling House of Kassis. He is a fierce warrior who specializes in communication, security, and weapons systems. This knowledge has increased the effectiveness of the Kassisan defenses against a new group of rebels who threaten their very existence. <br>His life changes when he meets a tiny creature who is unlike anything he has ever seen. She is petite, seemingly delicate, and beautiful. The problem is she is also the strongest, most stubborn female he has ever met. If he could just get her to stay in the nice, safe bubble he has created for her, his life would be so much simpler!<br>Star isn’t the only one in danger however, and when Jazin is kidnapped, Star’s unconventional skills will come in handy. The stubborn Kassisan is about to find out that he has a partner who can stand tall with him against their enemies.<br>Internationally acclaimed S.E. Smith presents a new action-packed story full of romance and adventure. Brimming with her signature humor, vivid scenes, and beloved characters, this book is sure to be another fan favorite!<br>Main Content: 194 (6x9) pages, 68,696 words</p>
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<p>Stories: <br>HOW TOOTS WENT TO BED. <br>TOOTS AT THE KINDERGARTEN. <br>THE HAPPY HOUR. <br>ELFIE. <br>PAUL BROWN. <br>PAUL'S VIEWS AT EIGHT YEARS OF AGE. <br>MAX THE MEDDLER. <br>OUR MAY. <br>A BUBBLE PARTY. <br>SEWING A SEAM. <br>A FOUR-FOOTED FRIEND. <br>NAUGHTY SANDY <br>FLOSSIE'S HANDS. <br>JAMIE DOON. <br>FIVES. <br>OLIVER TWIST AT HOME. <br>MRS. WHITE'S FAMILY. <br>BUD AND BUNNIE. <br>DAISY DEAN. <br>THE COMMISSARY. <br>HARRY'S GUEST. <br>A TIRED VISITOR. <br>MR. SMITH'S FAMILY. <br>WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH BABY? <br>DADDY TOUGH. <br>BUTTON BLUE. <br>THE STORY OF THE CUCKOO. <br>MAJOR AND BENJAMINA. <br>THE COMMODORE'S GUESTS. <br>HARVEST FESTIVAL. <br> <br>TOOTS is our baby. He is a queer one too; up early, and always in dread of bed-time. One morning, not long ago, we heard him singing, and on looking for him, found the little rogue in the very middle of our best bed in the guest chamber, where he was playing hand-organ with a long hairpin put through the pretty pillow covers which had just come home from the laundry. There he sat singing a droll medley of "Uncle Ned," "Blessed Desus," and "Down in the Coal Mine." He had been watching two soldiers with a hand-organ, and Toots likes to do everything he sees done. While we were putting the guest-room in order, Toots marched out as a blind man, with his eyes shut and a cane in his hand. This brought him to grief, for he was picked up at the foot of the stairs with two large bumps on his pretty white brow. <br> <br>Toots was quiet then for a little while, a very little while, for as soon as we decided that his bones were all sound and a doctor need not be called, he "played sick," and asked for "shicken brof" and toast.</p>
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<p>ONCE time ago, there lived an old man and old woman. The old man said, "Old woman, make me a little bun." "What can I make it from? I have no flour."</p> <br> <p>"Eh, eh, old woman! Scrape the cupboard, sweep the flour bin, and you will find enough flour. "The old woman picked up a duster, scraped the cupboard, swept the flour bin and gathered about two handfuls of flour.</p> <br> <p>She mixed the dough with sour cream, fried it in butter, and put the bun on the window sill to cool. The bun lay and lay there. Suddenly it rolled off the window sill to the bench, from the bench to the floor, from the floor to the door.</p> <br> <p>Then it rolled over the threshold to the entrance hall, from the entrance hall to the porch, from the porch to the courtyard, from the courtyard trough the gate and on and on.</p>
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