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Then Hygelac`s brave kinsman was mindful of his evening speech: he stood erect and grasped him tight,—his fingers burst. The monster was moving out; the chief stepped forward too. The infamous creature thought to...

Grendel`s Raid (From Beowulf)Then came Grendel, advancing from the moor, under the misty slopes; God`s anger rested on him. The deadly foe thought to entrap one of the human race in the high Hall:...

Between the age of Elizabeth and that of Anne there is little to record. With the advent of Addison and Defoe a new epoch opened. Addison has so long been praised as a stylist...

Great BritainThe history of the short story in Great Britain can be traced back to the very earliest epoch, before even the formation of the language itself. By varying one`s definition of the term...

And Mrs. Veal`s often drawing her hands over her eyes, and asking Mrs. Bargrave whether her fits had not impaired her, looks to me as if she did it on purpose to remind Mrs....

Mrs. Bargrave never varies in her story, which puzzles those who doubt of the truth, or are unwilling to believe it. A servant in the neighbor`s yard adjoining to Mrs. Bargrave`s house heard her...

Then she related the whole story to Captain Watson`s family; what gown she had on, and how striped; and that Mrs. Veal told her that it was scoured. Then Mrs. Watson cried out, “You...

And she would have her tell her brother all their conversation when she had the opportunity. “Dear Mrs. Veal,” says Mrs. Bargrave, “it is much better, me- thinks, to do it yourself.” “No,” says...

Theirs was to edification, and to build one another up in faith, so that they were not as we are, nor are we as they were. But,” said she, “we ought to do as...

“What did you think of me?” says Mrs. Veal. Says Mrs. Bargrave, “I thought you were like the rest of the world, and that prosperity had made you forget yourself and me.” Then Mrs....