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The Mummy`s Foot part 5
I went home, delighted with my acquisition.With the idea of putting it to profitable use as soon as possible, I placed the foot of the divine Princess Hermonthis upon a heap of papers scribbled...
The Mummy`s Foot part 4
“Ha, ha!—you want the foot of the Princess Hermonthis,”—ex¬claimed the merchant, with a strange giggle, fixing his owlish eyes upon me—“ha, ha, ha!—for a paper-weight!—an original idea!—artistic idea! Old Pharaoh would certainly have been...
The Mummy`s Foot part 3
“No; I have quite enough weapons and instruments of carnage;—I want a small figure, something which will suit me as a paper-weight; for I cannot endure those trumpery bronzes which the stationers sell, and...
The Mummy`s Foot part 2
Upon the denticulated shelves of several sideboards glittered im¬mense Japanese dishes with red and blue designs relieved by gilded hatching; side by side with enameled works by Bernard Palissy, rep¬resenting serpents, frogs, and lizards...
The Mummy`s Foot part 1
Theophile Gautier (1811—1872)Thophile Gautier was born at Tarbes in the south of France in 1811. He came to Paris as an infant. In 1830 he published his first volume of poems. He was, with...
Roberto`s Tale part 3
All this thus sorting, the old woman`s daughter was trickly attired, ready to furnish this pageant, for her old mother provided all things necessary. Well, supper past, dancing ended, all the guests would home,...
Roberto`s Tale part 2
She promised she would, and so they parted. Then goes he to the bridegroom and with protestations of entire affection, protests the great sorrow he takes at that which he must utter, whereon depended...
Roberto`s Tale part 1
Robert Greene (1560?—1592)Greene was born at Norwich about 1560. He went both to Cambridge and Oxford, and then seems to have lived a wild and irregular life in London. He wrote plays, pamphlets, novels...
That Brute Simmons part 6
“Well,” said Ford, suddenly, “time`s short, an` this ain`t business. I won`t be `ard on you, matey. I ought prop`ly to stand on my rights, but seein` as you`re a well-meanin` young man, so...
That Brute Simmons part 5
On the landing Ford clutched at his arm, and asked, in a hoarse whisper: “Ow long `fore she`s back?”“ `Bout a hour, I expect,” Simmons replied, having first of all re-peated the question in...
