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Iron Gaze
Despite the Bookwarm's peculiar appearance—a caterpillar-shaped stone with a tiny, book-like structure attached to its back—Esdeath knew it held immense value. For someone like her... -
Chapter 4
Two days after, the sale was ended. It had produced 3.50,000 francs. The creditors divided among them two thirds, and the family, a sister and a grand-nephew, received the remainde... -
III A PARALLEL (SHEPPARD AND CARTOUCHE)
IF the seventeenth century was the golden age of the hightobyman, it was at the advent of the eighteenth that the burglar and street-robber plied their trade with the most distingu... -
SHE
We are doing the English cathedral towns, aunt Celia and I. Aunt Celia has an intense desire to improve my mind. Papa told her, when we were leaving Cedarhurst, that he wouldn’t ... -
XVI
And I ceased to doubt, and became fully convinced that not all was true in the religion I had joined. Formerly I should have said that it was all false, but I could not say so n... -
THE OLD STREET LAMP
DID you ever hear the story of the old street lamp? It is not remarkably interesting, but for once in a way you may as well listen to it. It was a most respectable old lamp, which ... -
350 BC ON LONGEVITY AND SHORTNESS OF LIFE
1 THE reasons for some animals being long-lived and others short-lived, and, in a word, causes of the length and brevity of life call for investigation. The necessary beginning ... -
You're not allowed to Guide (m)
Kellen finished cooking, and with the help of the other four they carried everything to the coffee table so everyone could sit down, drink, and enjoy each other's company. He knew ... -
Warm up
Kane shrugged. "It's really fun. I often get scolded because I ignore other forms of training in favour of doing this. Anyways, let's warm up.""Start with cardio?""Sure." Kane nodd... -
Chapter 8 - The Blood Pool Mirror
The tables, chairs and potted plants that had been laid out in the hall had all been cleared away and replaced by ten heavy stone platforms, each of which had four chains and a nec...