Raffle for a Wife (Classic Reprint)
Raffle for a Wife (Classic Reprint)

Author: Thomas Low Nichols

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-18

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781333268091

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Excerpt from Raffle for a Wife Mr. Jona an Hallett was a very good specimen of an American merchant. Shrewd, enterprising, careful, and always attentive to his business, he had year by year made money, and was very well able at this time, to retire from business. But for what purpose Business had become a habit, a necessity. What had been first his duty, and then his interest, was now a pleasure. He had tried it. Went for three weeks to a fashionable watering place, to enjoy himself, and got bored to death. Never, since he was first married had he seen so happy 9. Mo ment, as when he got back to his counting-house again, and commenced looking over his ledger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Mrs. Limber's Raffle, Or a Church Fair and Its Victims (Classic Reprint)
Mrs. Limber's Raffle, Or a Church Fair and Its Victims (Classic Reprint)

Author: William Allen Butler

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-19

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780331432800

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Excerpt from Mrs. Limber's Raffle, or a Church Fair and Its Victims Raffiing, which is included in the prohibi tion, still survives and flourishes, for the reason that the public conscience, while awakened to the evils of gambling on a large scale and in its grosser forms, winks at the same evil in its lesser proportions, partly as a peccadillo and partly from its serviceableness as an ally of benevolence-a bad means sanctified by a good end. The sym pathies of charitable women, especially, repel the idea of wrong or immorality as inhering in any thing which stimulates the impulse oi benevo lence by the added zest of chance; and accord ingly they set aside the mandate of the law and the moral principle on which it rests, with a charming indifierence to both, characteristic of their sex, which shrinks instinctively from im purity and evil, but smilingly chaperones a seem ingly innocent vice which not only leans to vir tue's side, but is obtrusively active in her service. Truth, thus wounded in the house of her friends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Fifty Pounds for a Wife (Classic Reprint)
Fifty Pounds for a Wife (Classic Reprint)

Author: A. L. Glyn

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9781330944455

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Excerpt from Fifty Pounds for a Wife Birdie, Birdie! where is the little brat? Here, child, are you deaf? The boss wants you on the boards." The speaker, a much be-touzled be-rouged young woman, dressed in shabby finery, stood on the lowest steps of a caravan, sending her sharp eyes and sharper voice into its dim recesses. A splendid sunset glow was lighting the sky, flaming in the muddy pools of the fairfield, glancing like fire from the windows of the neighbouring town, and lingering in a pathway of golden glory over the quiet waters of the distant sea. It was already twilight in the caravan, and dazzled by the outside radiance, the young woman failed to discover the occupation of the little figure kneeling on the floor beside an open chest. At the sound of her voice the child started, closed the chest, and wiping her eyes, rose hastily to her feet. As she heard the message, however, she paused, hesitated for a moment, and stooping, again lifted the lid of the chest, stroking with a caressing touch of her tiny fingers a thin worn shawl and woman's bonnet which lay at the top, and diving into a corner, brought out a little book which she pressed to her lips and thrust into the bosom of her frock. Then, again closing the chest, she moved to the entrance of the caravan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Gift-Wife (Classic Reprint)
The Gift-Wife (Classic Reprint)

Author: Rupert Hughes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-18

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9781334681431

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Excerpt from The Gift-Wife Strange, how unlike Americans are at home, and how like abroad. These two differed in every detail of feature, costume, and behavior, yet the first glance either gave other told both that they were fellow-countrymen. And their presence on the nord-express bound for Ostend implied that their common destination was Home. They seemed to be taking back experiences as different as their souls and bodies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Mrs. Raffles
Mrs. Raffles

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9781331197966

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Excerpt from Mrs. Raffles: Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman Mrs. Raffles: Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman was written by John Kendrick Bangs in 1905. This is a 216 page book, containing 27545 words and 14 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The History of Java;
The History of Java;

Author: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 9781377281643

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The Finding of Lot's Wife (Classic Reprint)
The Finding of Lot's Wife (Classic Reprint)

Author: Alfred Clark

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-02

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781330564011

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Excerpt from The Finding of Lot's Wife A Party of travelers was slowly and wearily making its way along a steep and stony wadi, or valley, among wild, arid mountains in Southeastern Palestine. It was a desolate scene. Precipitous red cliffs, streaked with dull yellow and brown strata, shut in the valley on two sides, and beyond them rose bare, barren hills, glowing in the afternoon sunlight. Great boulders, bleached by centuries of exposure to the weather, lay at the foot of the cliffs, while the whole wadi was strewn with masses of gray stone like the refuse of a foundry. The ground was channeled and fissured as if by the action of water; but there was no other indication that rain ever fell there. The only vegetation to be seen was one or two prickly pears growing in the crevices of the cliffs, and a few stunted, half-dead juniper bushes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Mr. Justice Raffles (Classic Reprint)
Mr. Justice Raffles (Classic Reprint)

Author: E. W. Hornung

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781331415237

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Excerpt from Mr. Justice Raffles And years to me! Cried Raffles. But surely you remember that. Lost tribesman at the next table, with the nose like the village pump, and the wife with the emerald necklace? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.