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| Ann Radcliffe | The Mysteries of Udolpho — Ann Radcliffe |
The Mysteries of Udolpho “'That will scarcely be possible,' said Emily smiling, as she followed the winding of the passage, which opened into another gallery: and then Annette, perceiving that she had misse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ann Radcliffe | The Italian — Ann Radcliffe |
The Italian “Full Title: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romance.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ann Radcliffe | The Romance of the Forest — Ann Radcliffe |
The Romance of the Forest “He approached, and perceived the Gothic remains of an abbey: it stood on a kind of rude lawn, overshadowed by high and spreading trees, which seemed coeval with the building, and d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ann Radcliffe | A Sicilian Romance — Ann Radcliffe |
A Sicilian Romance “Having ceased to sing, her fingers wandered over the lute in melancholy symphony, and for some moments she remained lost in the sweet sensations which the music and the scenery had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ann Radcliffe | Sights from a Steeple — Ann Radcliffe |
Sights from a Steeple “But I bestow too much of my attention in this quarter. On looking again to the long and shady walk, I perceive that the two fair girls have encountered the young man, and, after a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ann Radcliffe | The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne — Ann Radcliffe |
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne “Anxious to inform the Baroness of his approaching deliverance, to assure her of his best services, to bid adieu to Laura, and to seize the last opportunity he might ever possess of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte Lennox | The Female Quixote — Charlotte Lennox |
The Female Quixote “From her earliest Youth she had discovered a Fondness for Reading, which extremely delighted the Marquis; he permitted her therefore the Use of his Library, in which, unfortunately…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte Lennox | The Life of Harriot Stuart. Written by Herself — Charlotte Lennox |
The Life of Harriot Stuart. Written by Herself “When he had finished reading, he cast a tender glance at me; and, looking over the last verse again, "I hope, miss, said he, you will have no reason to make this affecting complain…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Moll Flanders — Daniel Defoe |
Moll Flanders “Full title: The Fortunes &Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress — Daniel Defoe |
Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress “But I had lived three-quarters of a year in his house after that and had paid him no rent, and, which was worse, I was in no condition to pay him any. However, I observed he came o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | The Lady's Dressing Room — Daniel Defoe |
The Lady's Dressing Room “Which, though with art you salt and beat/As laws of cookery require/And toast them at the clearest fire,/If from adown the hopeful chops/The fat upon the cinder drops,/To stinking …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Giving Alms no Charity — Daniel Defoe |
Giving Alms no Charity “The consequence of this was, as in all tyrannies and persecutions it is, the people fled and scatter'd themselves in their neighbours countries, trade languish'd, manufactures went…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Dickory Cronke — Daniel Defoe |
Dickory Cronke “It was upwards of three years before it was discovered that he was born dumb, the knowledge of which at first gave his mother great uneasiness, but finding soon after that he had h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business — Daniel Defoe |
Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business “Again, if your maid shall maintain one, two, or more persons from your table, whether they are her poor relations, countryfolk, servants out of place, shoe-cleaners, charwomen, por…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | A Journal of the Plague Year — Daniel Defoe |
A Journal of the Plague Year “The people showed a great concern at this, and began to be alarmed all over the town, and the more, because in the last week in December 1664 another man died in the same house, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | From London to Land's End — Daniel Defoe |
From London to Land's End “This letter will divide the weighty task, and consequently make it sit lighter on the memory, be pleasanter to the reader, and make my progress the more regular: I shall therefore …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe |
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe “I have often heard persons of good judgment say that all the stir that people make in the world about ghosts and apparitions is owing to the strength of imagination, and the powerf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe |
Robinson Crusoe “I understood him in many things, and let him know I was very well pleased with him. In a little time I began to speak to him; and teach him to speak to me: and first, I let him kno…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Tour Through Eastern Counties of England — Daniel Defoe |
Tour Through Eastern Counties of England “This is indeed most visible, speaking of Stratford in Essex; but it is the same thing in proportion in other villages adjacent, especially on the forest side; as at Low Leyton, Ley…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | A Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal — Daniel Defoe |
A Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal “they received from Drelincourt's Book of Death, which was the best, she said, on that subject ever written. She also mentioned Dr. Sherlock, the two Dutch books which were translat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Essay Upon Projects — Daniel Defoe |
Essay Upon Projects “The building of Babel was a right project; for indeed the true definition of a project, according to modern acceptation, is, as is said before, a vast undertaking, too big to be ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | THE True-Born Englishman: A SATYR — Daniel Defoe |
THE True-Born Englishman: A SATYR “Drunk'nness, the Darling Favourite of Hell,/ Chose Germany to Rule; and Rules so well,/ No Subjects more obsequiously obey,/ None please so well, or are so pleas'd as they./ The cu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | A Hymn To The Mob — Daniel Defoe |
A Hymn To The Mob “By Dyet, Cortez, States, and Sanhedrins of Men?/They're all but thy Great Representatives,/In whom thy Greater Self survives,/ Meer RABBLE drwn in Miniature,/ Whose Bus'ness 'tis t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Colonel Jack — Daniel Defoe |
Colonel Jack “Full title: The History and Remarkable Life Of the truly Honourable Col. Jacque, commonly call'd Col. Jack, who was Born a Gentleman, put 'Prentice to a Pick-Pocket, was Six and Tw…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Memoirs of a Cavalier — Daniel Defoe |
Memoirs of a Cavalier “Full title: MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER: OR A Military Journal OF The WARS in Germany, AND The WARS in England; From the Year 1632, to the Year 1648. Written Threescore Years ago by an E…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe |
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Defoe | Captain Singleton — Defoe |
Captain Singleton “Full title: THE LIFE, ADVENTURES, AND PYRACIES, Of the Famous Captain SINGLETON: Containing an Account of his being set on Shore in the Island of Madagascar, his Settlement there, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fanny Burney | Evelina — Fanny Burney |
Evelina “Thus it has happened, that the education of the father, daughter, and grand-daughter, has devolved on me. What infinite misery have the two first caused me! Should the fate of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fanny Burney | Camilla — Fanny Burney |
Camilla “In the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla. Nature, with a bounty the most profuse, had been lavish to her of attractions; Fortune, with a moderation yet kinder, had pl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fanny Burney | Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress — Fanny Burney |
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress “Cecilia had seen little of life, but that little she had well marked, and her observation had taught her, that among fashionable people, public places seemed a never-failing source…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fanny Burney | The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties — Fanny Burney |
The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties “He took a chair, but, in passing by the young woman, her sex, her beauty, her modest air, gave him a sensation that repelled his using it, and he leant upon its back, looking expre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling — Henry Fielding |
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling “Chapter 7. Containing such grave matter, that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | A Journey From This World to the Next — Henry Fielding |
A Journey From This World to the Next “We had not been long arrived in our inn, where it seems we were to spend the remainder of the day, before our host acquainted us that it was customary for all spirits, in their pas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | Journal of A Voyage to Lisbon — Henry Fielding |
Journal of A Voyage to Lisbon “But when I say the conversation of travelers is usually so welcome, I must be understood to mean that only of such as have had good sense enough to apply their peregrinations to a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. — Henry Fielding |
THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. “Mr. Joseph Andrews, the Hero of our ensuing History, was esteemed to be the only Son of Gaffar and Gammer Andrews, and Brother to the illustrious Pamela, whose Virtue is at present…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great — Henry Fielding |
THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great “Men of great Genius as easily discover one another as Free-Masons can. It was therefore no Wonder that the Count soon conceived an Inclination to an Intimacy with our young Hero, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | Amelia — Henry Fielding |
Amelia “'If the vulgar Opinion of the Fatality in Marriage had ever any Sanction, it surely, had such in my Marriage with my Amelia. I knew her in the first Dawn of her Beauty; and, I beli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | THE MOCK DOCTOR: OR The Dumb Lady Cur'd. — Henry Fielding |
THE MOCK DOCTOR: OR The Dumb Lady Cur'd. “Lean. Well, if I have any Distemper, it is the Love of that young Lady your Patient, from which you just now come, and to whom if you can convey me, I dare swear, Doctor, I shall b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | Shamela — Henry Fielding |
Shamela “Full Title: An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews. In which, the many notorious Falshoods and Misrepresentations of a Book called Pamela, Are exposed and refuted; and all…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | Amelia — Henry Fielding |
Amelia “From the collections edited by GEORGE SAINTSBURY.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Fielding | Fielding — Austin Dobson |
Fielding “He had discovered its scope and possibilities only when it was too late to re-cast his original design; and though Joseph Andrews has all the freshness and energy of a first attemp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Mackenzie | Julia de Roubigné — Henry Mackenzie |
Julia de Roubigné “You saw, my friend, with what reluctance I left Spain, though it was to return to the country of my birth, to the inheritance of my fathers. I trembled when I thought what a scene …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Mackenzie | The Man of the World — Henry Mackenzie |
The Man of the World “Pleasure is in truth subservient to virtue. When the first is pursued without those restraints which the last would impose, every infringement we make on them lessens the enjoyment…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry Mackenzie | The Man of Feeling — Henry Mackenzie |
The Man of Feeling “One of the company asked him if the old man in Hyde Park did not wear a brownish coat, with a narrow gold edging, and his companion an old green frock, with a buff-coloured waistco…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Barker | Bosvil and Galesia — Jane Barker |
Bosvil and Galesia “Now as Pride agitated my Thoughts in regard of Bosvil, so did Revenge a little in regard of Brafort; for I pleas'd my self to think how he would be balk'd, who I thought had been v…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Barker | Exilius — Jane Barker |
Exilius “Full title: Exilius: OR, The Banish'd Roman. A NEW ROMANCE, In TWO PARTS. Written after the Manner of Telemachus, for the Instruction of some Young Ladies of Quality.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Barker | The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen — Jane Barker |
The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen “They hasted out of the Tower as fast as they could, fastned and barricaded it up close, as they found it, and so left it. The King returned home greatly troubled, and more embarras…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Barker | A Patch-Work Screen — Jane Barker |
A Patch-Work Screen “All wet and dropping, she got to this House, which was a poor Village-Ale-house; and a poor one indeed it was; It being Evening, the Woman of the House was gone out a Milking, so t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jonathan Swift | A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue — Jonathan Swift |
A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue “There is another Sett of Men who have contributed very must to the spoiling of the _English_ Tongue; I mean the Poets, from the Time of the Restoration. These Gentlemen, although t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jonathan Swift | A Tale of A Tub — Jonathan Swift |
A Tale of A Tub “These men seem, though very erroneously, to have understood the appellation of critic in a literal sense; that one principal part of his office was to praise and acquit; and that a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jonathan Swift | The Journal to Stella — Jonathan Swift |
The Journal to Stella “O Lord, here is but a trifle of my letter written yet; what shall Presto do for prattle-prattle, to entertain MD? The talk now grows fresher of the Duke of Ormond for Ireland; thou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jonathan Swift | Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Jonathan Swift |
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World “Their heads and breasts were covered with a thick hair, some frizzled, and others lank; they had beards like goats, and a long ridge of hair down their backs, and the fore parts of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Laurence Sterne | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. — Laurence Sterne |
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. “My father, as appears from many of his papers, was very subject to this passion, before he married--but from a little subacid kind of drollish impatience in his nature, whenever it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Laurence Sterne | A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy — Laurence Sterne |
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy “As I pronounced the words great claims, he gave a slight glance with his eye downwards upon the sleeve of his tunic.-I felt the full force of the appeal.-I acknowledge it, said I-a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Laurence Sterne | A Mystery with a Moral — Laurence Sterne |
A Mystery with a Moral “I remained at the gate of the hotel for some time, looking at everyone who passed by, and forming conjectures upon them, till my attention got fixed upon a single object, which con…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Laurence Sterne | A Political Romance — Laurence Sterne |
A Political Romance “Trim was one of those kind of Men who loved a Bit of Finery in his Heart, and would rather have a tatter'd Rag of a Better Body's, than the best plain whole Thing his Wife could sp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Laurence Sterne | A Sentimental Journey — Laurence Sterne |
A Sentimental Journey “Improved text, superesedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oliver Goldsmith | The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. Supposed to be written by Himself — Oliver Goldsmith |
The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. Supposed to be written by Himself “A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. The hero of this piece unites in himself the three greatest characters upon earth; he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oliver Goldsmith | She Stoops to Conquer — Oliver Goldsmith |
She Stoops to Conquer “MISS HARDCASTLE. (Alone). Lud, this news of papa's puts me all in a flutter. Young, handsome: these he put last; but I put them foremost. Sensible, good-natured; I like all that. B…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oliver Goldsmith | Oliver Goldsmith — Washington Irving |
Oliver Goldsmith “While poor Goldsmith was thus struggling with the difficulties and discouragements which in those days beset the path of an author, his friends in Ireland received accounts of his …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penelope Aubin | Charlotta Du Pont — Penelope Aubin |
Charlotta Du Pont “The Child was beautiful and ingenious, and shewed so great a Capacity, and so quick an Apprehension in all she went about, that he had reason to hope great Things from her. Nor wer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penelope Aubin | Count Albertus — Penelope Aubin |
Count Albertus “In the Evening Lord Albertus returned to his Cottage, to inform poor Jaqueline of the whole Secret, who could now be more useful than ever to them, to buy and procure whatever they…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penelope Aubin | THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THE Lady Lucy — Penelope Aubin |
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THE Lady Lucy “What I relate to you at this Time I know to be Truth, and will aver it with my last Breath; and let us not flatter our selves that our Crimes can be concealed, tho' acted with ever…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penelope Aubin | THE LIFE AND Amorous Adventures OF LUCINDA, An English Lady — Penelope Aubin |
THE LIFE AND Amorous Adventures OF LUCINDA, An English Lady “Whether it was given me as a Presage of my future Intrigues I know not, but it cost my Mother no little Trouble to have me so christned, and by it I lost the Favour of an Aunt, who…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penelope Aubin | THE LIFE OF Madam de Beaumount, A French LADY. — Penelope Aubin |
THE LIFE OF Madam de Beaumount, A French LADY. “'Come, my dear Child, said the Lady, let us take a Walk over the Hills this sweet Morning, it is all the Diversion our sad Circumstance permits us to take.' 'Why, Madam,' answered …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penelope Aubin | The Noble Slaves — Penelope Aubin |
The Noble Slaves “These Persons, who are the principal Subject of this Narrative, were both Natives of Spain; the Lady Teresa's Father was Don Sancho de Avilla, a Gentleman of Castile; who being a W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penelope Aubin | Count de Vinevil — Penelope Aubin |
Count de Vinevil “And now having ordered all things the best that was possible in so unhappy a Place and Circumstance, the Captain and Priest went to the Ladies, whom they found much dejected, and o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Bage | Hermsprong; or, Man As He Is Not — Robert Bage |
Hermsprong; or, Man As He Is Not “The latter are, indeed, rather open and engaging, than graceful. There is an ease about him, but it is an unstudied, unimitated ease. It seems his own; and becomes him so well, tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Robert Bage | Man As He Is — Robert Bage |
Man As He Is “"Oh, any man; every man, if it could be found; but know you any individual in which such judgment resides? If any one has pretensions to elegance of her own, is it not sacrificed a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Johnson | The Vanity of Human Wishes — Samuel Johnson |
The Vanity of Human Wishes “Let observation with extensive view,/Survey mankind, from China to Peru;/Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife,/And watch the busy scenes of crouded life; -- by Samuel Johnso…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Johnson | The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia — Samuel Johnson |
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia “"I fly from pleasure, said the prince, because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Johnson | Preface to Shakespeare's Plays — Samuel Johnson |
Preface to Shakespeare's Plays “What mankind have long possessed they have often examined and compared, and if they persist to va- lue the possession, it is because frequent comparisons have confirmed opinion in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Johnson | Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia — Samuel Johnson |
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Richardson | Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded — Samuel Richardson |
Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded “This is the complete first edition by Mr. Richardson. Now don't let me catch you reading Shamela first.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Richardson | Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 4 — Samuel Richardson |
Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 4 “It is the first will not I have heard from him; or given Occasion for: And I tell him, that as it is a Point of Conscience with me, I hope he will indulge me: But the dear Gentlema…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Richardson | Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 1 — Samuel Richardson |
Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 1 “And so after I had dry'd my Eyes, I went in, and begun to ruminate with myself what I had best to do. Sometimes I thought I would leave the House, and go to the next Town, and wait…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Richardson | Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 3 — Samuel Richardson |
Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 3 “My dear good Lady, What kind, what generous things, are you pleased to say of your happy Correspondent! And what Reason have I to value myself on such an Advantage as is now before…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Richardson | Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 2 — Samuel Richardson |
Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded, Vol. 2 “This alarm'd my dear Father, and he said, What! then is she dying? And trembled he could scarce stand. My Master made him sit down, and sat down by him, and said, No, God be praise…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Richardson | Sir Charles Grandison — Samuel Richardson |
Sir Charles Grandison “Well! and now there wants but a London Lover or two to enter upon the stage, and Vanity-Fair will be proclaimed, and directly open'd. Greville every-where magnifying you in order t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Richardson | Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady — Samuel Richardson |
Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady “I told him, he might be assur'd, that the severity and ill-esage I met with would be far from effecting the intended end: That altho' I could, with great sincerity, declare for a S…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Fielding | The Countess of Dellwyn — Sarah Fielding |
The Countess of Dellwyn “Lady Dellwyn was now almost in as great a State of Mortification as at the Time that Lady Fanny, by becoming her Rival in her Lord's Fortune and Title, first led her to discover, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Fielding | THE ADVENTURES OF David Simple, Volume the Last — Sarah Fielding |
THE ADVENTURES OF David Simple, Volume the Last “This unexpected Blow of the Death of Valentine was enough to have driven most Men to Despair; but David, when he viewed his Camilla surrounded with his tender Offspring, suffered n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Fielding | The Adventures of David Simple — Sarah Fielding |
The Adventures of David Simple “Full title: The Adventures of David Simple: Containing An Account of his Travels Through the Cities of London and Westminster, In the Search of A Real Friend. By a Lady. In Two Vol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Fielding | The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable — Sarah Fielding |
The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable “Never, O ye Cry, by the methods you would delight in, could Ferdinand have persuaded me to love him: but often hath he raised himself in my esteem, when I believe I have not been i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Tobias Smollett | Ferdinand Count Fathom — Tobias Smollett |
Ferdinand Count Fathom “So saying, he threw himself upon his knees, and seizing her plump hand, pressed it to his lips with all the violence of real transport. The nymph, whose passions nature had filled …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Tobias Smollett | Peregrine Pickle — Tobias Smollett |
Peregrine Pickle “It would be an endless and perhaps no very agreeable task, to enumerate all the unlucky pranks he played upon his uncle and others, before he attained the fourth year of his age; a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Tobias Smollett | Roderick Random — Tobias Smollett |
Roderick Random “The attachment of Strap, flowed from a voluntary, disinterested inclination, which had manifested itself on many occasions in my behalf, having once rendered me the same service as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Tobias Smollett | The Adventures of an Atom — Tobias Smollett |
The Adventures of an Atom “The council of Twenty-Eight being assembled in a great hurry, Fika-kaka sat about five seconds in silence, having in his countenance, nearly the same expression which you have seen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Tobias Smollett | THE ADVENTURES OF Sir Launcelot Greaves — Tobias Smollett |
THE ADVENTURES OF Sir Launcelot Greaves “Sir Launcelot being thus alarmed, started from his bed, and running to the window, beheld a cavalcade of persons well mounted, and distinguished by blue cockades. They were general…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Voltaire | Candide — Voltaire |
Candide “'How is it possible that the lovely Candide and the sage Pangloss should be at Lisbon, the one to receive a hundred lashes, and the other to be hanged by order of My Lord Inquisito…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Voltaire | SOCRATES — VOLTAIRE--Translated and adapted by Frank J. Morlock |
SOCRATES “SOCRATES: Athenian judges, take care of your owls! When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all. They have enough wit to see th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Voltaire | SAMSON, An opera by Voltaire — Voltaire |
SAMSON, An opera by Voltaire “SAMSON: What a sight of horror!/ What, these proud children of error/ Have brought these monsters they adore amongst you?/ God of battles, look in your furor,/ The unworthy rivals …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Voltaire | PANDORA, By VOLTAIRE — Voltaire |
PANDORA, By VOLTAIRE “PANDORA: (noticing Prometheus in the midst of the nymphs)/ What object attracts my eyes!/ Of all that I see in these pleasant parts/ It's you, it's you, no question, to whom I owe …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Voltaire | THE TEMPLE OF GLORY, AN OPERA — Voltaire |
THE TEMPLE OF GLORY, AN OPERA “Note: By VOLTAIRE Translated and adapted by Frank J. Morlock…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Black Dwarf — Walter Scott |
The Black Dwarf “In one of the most remote districts of the south of Scotland, where an ideal line, drawn along the tops of lofty and bleak mountains, separates that land from her sister kingdom, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Talisman — Walter Scott |
The Talisman “Thus spoke Richard, a little ashamed, perhaps, of his own condescension, though sanctioned both by humanity and gratitude. But when Neville continued to make remonstrances on the p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Antiquary — Walter Scott |
The Antiquary “The account of Sir Arthur's unhappy adventure had led Oldbuck somewhat aside from his purpose of catechising Lovel concerning the cause of his residence at Fairport. He was now, ho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Rob Roy — Walter Scott |
Rob Roy “But I had not any time for classical quotation, for there was obviously a fray about to ensue, at which, feeling myself indiginant at the inhospitable insolence with which I was tr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | A Legend of Montrose — Walter Scott |
A Legend of Montrose “Notwithstanding the proverbial epicurism of the English, --proverbial, that is to say, in Scotland at the period,--the English visitors made no figure whatever at the entertainment…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Kenilworth — Walter Scott |
Kenilworth “Philip had put the book down on the table, and Doctor South took it up. It was a volume of an edition which had belonged to the Vicar of Blackstable. It was a thin book bound in fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Keepsake Stories — Walter Scott |
The Keepsake Stories “Includes Aunt Margaret's Mirror, the Tapestried Chamber, and the Death of the Laird's Jock.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Waverly, or 'Tis 60 Years Since — Walter Scott |
Waverly, or 'Tis 60 Years Since “He was in his sixteenth year, when his habits of abstraction and love of solitude became so much marked, as to excite Sir Everard's affectionate apprehension. He tried to counterba…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Ivanhoe — Walter Scott |
Ivanhoe “The Lady Rowena,'' he said, possesses not the language in which to reply to your courtesy, or to sustain her part in your festival. I also, and the noble Athelstane of Coningsburgh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Lady of the Lake — Walter Scott |
The Lady of the Lake “At Doune, o'er many a spear and glaive/Two Barons proud their banners wave./I saw the Moray's silver star,/And marked the sable pale of Mar.'/'By Alpine's soul, high tidings those!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | My Aunt Margaret's Mirror — Walter Scott |
My Aunt Margaret's Mirror “Lady Bothwell listened to her sister without attempting to console her. Probably she might be of opinion that even the worst intelligence which could be received from Flanders migh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Bride of Lammermoor — Walter Scott |
The Bride of Lammermoor “THE Master of Ravenswood took an opportunity to leave his guests to prepare for their departure, while he himself made the brief arrangements necessary previous to his absence from…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Heart of Mid-Lothian — Walter Scott |
The Heart of Mid-Lothian “Saddletree, whose repeated interference with the counsel had procured him one or two rebuffs, and a special request that he would concern himself with his own matters, now saw with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Guy Mannering — Walter Scott |
Guy Mannering “Ay, ay," said the Laird, who had sought Mannering for some time, and now joined him, "there they go--there go the free-traders--there go Captain Dirk Hatteraick, and the Yungfrauw …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field — Walter Scott |
Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field “The breeze, which swept away the smoke,/ Round Norham Castle rolled,/ When all the loud artillery spoke,/ With lightning-flash, and thunder-stroke,/ As Marmion left the hold.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Redgauntlet — Walter Scott |
Redgauntlet “it be so--they will learn from it little but what they already know; that, as a man and an Englishman, my soul revolts at the usage which I have received; that I am determined to e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Quentin Durward — Walter Scott |
Quentin Durward “"It was troublesome at first," said Durward, "but became more easy by use; and I was weak with my wounds and loss of blood, and desirous to gratify my preserver, Father Peter, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Old Mortality — Walter Scott |
Old Mortality “"By the indulgence of his gracious majesty and the government, for I wad do nothing out of law--I hae nae objection whatever to the establishment of a moderate episcopacy, but only…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | St. Ronan's Well — Walter Scott |
St. Ronan's Well “Lady Penelope looked at Lady Binks with much such a regard as Balaam may have cast upon his ass, when he discovered the animal's capacity for holding an argument with him. She mutt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN, OR THE MAIDEN OF THE MIST — Walter Scott |
ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN, OR THE MAIDEN OF THE MIST “The greater part of the castle was much more wasted and ruinous than the portion which the citizens of Bale seemed to have destined for the accommodation of the embassy. Some parts…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Waverley, Volume I — Sir Walter Scott |
Waverley, Volume I “As Waverley moved on, here and there an old man, bent as much by toil as years, his eyes bleared with age and smoke, tottered to the door of his hut, to gaze on the dress of the st…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Waverley, Volume II — Sir Walter Scott |
Waverley, Volume II “Waverley walked forward out of the line to satisfy his curiosity, and soon observed five or six of the troopers who, covered with dust, had galloped in to announce that the enemy w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Fortunes of Nigel — Walter Scott |
The Fortunes of Nigel “"Were you lauding the taste of my embroidery, Maister Maxwell?" answered the knight, who apparently interpreted the deputy- chamberlain's meaning rather from his action than his wo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Peveril of the Peak — Walter Scott |
Peveril of the Peak “There I remained for a time, during the wars which the colony maintained with Philip, a great Indian Chief, or Sachem, as they were called, who seemed a messenger sent from Satan t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer, Vol. I — Walter Scott |
Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer, Vol. I “This text, from a 1912 version, is a bit different from that one I have...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer, Vol. II — Walter Scott |
Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer, Vol. II “'Why, to be sure, sir, it's no right to mention what is said before ane; ye heard how that dirty body Quid cast up to me the bits o' compliments he gied me, and tell'd ower again o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Chronicles of the Canongate — Walter Scott |
Chronicles of the Canongate “This indeed was the feeling with which she was regarded by the Highlanders in the neighbourhood, who looked upon Elspat MacTavish, or the Woman of the Tree, as they called her, as …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | THE ABBOT. BEING THE SEQUEL TO THE MONASTERY. — Walter Scott |
THE ABBOT. BEING THE SEQUEL TO THE MONASTERY. “"May his soul have mercy!" said Magdalen Graeme, "and may Heaven, too, have mercy upon us, who linger behind in this bloody land! His loss is indeed a perilous blow to our enterpri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | THE MONASTERY. — Walter Scott |
THE MONASTERY. “The Sub-Prior looked around, but neither bush nor brake was near which could conceal an ambushed songstress. "May Our Lady have mercy on me!" he said; "I trust my senses have not f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER — Walter Scott |
THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER “"A Feringi can then refuse gold?" said the Fakir. "I thought they took it from every hand, whether pure as that of an Houri, or leprous like Gehazi's--even as the hungry dog recket…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Betrothed — Walter Scott |
The Betrothed “With Wilkin Flammock, Henry held much conference, particularly on his subject of manufactures and commerce; on which the sound- headed, though blunt-spoken Fleming, was well qualif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | CASTLE DANGEROUS — Walter Scott |
CASTLE DANGEROUS “"Thou art obliging, friend," answered Sir Aymer, "and, I doubt not, sincere; and truly thou seemest to have a wholesome sense of the respect due to this young knight, when men talk…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS — Walter Scott |
COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS “"Knew before?" said the Prince Nicephorus. "We knew nothing of our real danger before, save that a wild herd of animals, as brutal and as furious as wild bulls, threatened to bend …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | The Antiquary — Walter Scott |
The Antiquary “This version is slightly different from the one I'd had.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Walter Scott | Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft — Walter Scott |
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft “At length, in 1562, a formal statute against sorcery, as penal in itself, was actually passed; but as the penalty was limited to the pillory for the first transgression, the legisl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Private Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner — James Hogg |
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner “"Such miserable inanity! What care I for your threatenings of a tribunal? I who must soon stand before my last earthly one? What could the word of such a culprit avail? Or, if it c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph — Frances Sheridan |
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph “Most sure it is, every place will be delightful to me where I can enjoy his company, and have my dear little babes with me; but methinks two country houses are an unnecessary charg…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Tobias Smollett |
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker “When he answered, that the landlord of the inn had known him from his infancy; mine host was immediately called, and being interrogated on the subject, declared that the young fell…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Nature and Art — Mrs. Inchbald |
Nature and Art “Yet there was a sentence in the letter, that, worse than all the tenderness left out, wounded her sensibility; and she could not read the line, GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE FAVOURS CONFER…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Constantia and Theodosius — Joseph Addison |
Constantia and Theodosius “This letter was conveyed to Constantia that very evening, who fainted at the reading of it; and the next morning she was much more alarmed by two or three messengers, that came to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Governess; or the Little Female Academy — Sarah Fielding |
The Governess; or the Little Female Academy “Here the poor girl wept so bitterly, and was so heartily grieved, that she could not utter one word more; but sat herself down, reclining her head upon her hand, in the most melanc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ennui, or Memoirs of The Earl of Glenthorn — Maria Edgeworth |
Ennui, or Memoirs of The Earl of Glenthorn “When I awoke, I thought that I was on shipboard; for the first sound I heard was that of the sea booming against the castle walls. I arose, looked out of the window of my bed-chamb…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Patronage — Maria Edgeworth |
Patronage “"He has no right to speak, and certainly no inclination to think hardly of Miss Hauton," replied Godfrey gravely, but with an emotion, which he in vain endeavored to suppress. To c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ormond, A Tale — Maria Edgeworth |
Ormond, A Tale “"Pshaw, my dear, after having known me, I won't say loved me, a calendar year, how can you be so deceived by outward appearances. Don't you know that I hate drinking; but when I ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Belinda — Maria Edgeworth |
Belinda “"If I had served myself, with half the zeal that I have served the world, I should not now be thus forsaken!--I have sacrificed reputation, happiness--every thing, to the love of f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mary, A Fiction — Mary Wollstonecraft |
Mary, A Fiction “She had a wonderful quickness in discerning distinctions and combining ideas, that at the first glance did not appear to be similar. But these various pursuits did not banish all h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Queen Zarah — Mrs. Manley |
Queen Zarah “Full title: THE Secret History, OF Queen Zarah, AND THE Zarazians; BEING A Looking-glass FOR ----- ----------- In the Kingdom of ALBIGION. Faithfully Translated from the Italian Co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | St. Leon — William Godwin |
St. Leon “In the evening of the same day, my beloved Marguerite arrived unexpectedly at Paris. In the beginning of our separation, I had been to the last degree punctual in my letters. I had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Scottish Chiefs — Jane Porter |
The Scottish Chiefs “"Do the traitors think," cried Wallace, "that by robbing Scotland of her annals, and of that stone, that they really deprive her of her palladium? Fools! fools! Scotland's history …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Amusements Serious and Comical — Thomas Brown |
Amusements Serious and Comical “In this Country every thing is obscure, their Habitations, their Looks, their Language, and their Learning. 'Tis a long time ago since they undertook to cultivate the Country of Sc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Brampton Urnes — Sir Thomas Browne |
Brampton Urnes “Now though urnes have been often discovered in former ages and many thinck it strange there should be many still found, yet assuredly there may be great numbers still concealed; fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures of Hugh Trevor — Thomas Holcroft |
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor “Again the ghost of Turl haunted me. Not with terror! No: I had prepared a charm, that could arrest or exorcise the evil spirit. Let him but fairly meet me on this ground and I woul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Anna St. Ives: A Novel — Thomas Holcroft |
Anna St. Ives: A Novel “I scarcely need tell thee he was almost in a rage, at my request to accompany Sir Arthur to France; stating, as I did, that it ought to be and must be at his expence. Otherwise he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History of Nourjahad — Frances Sheridan |
The History of Nourjahad “What have you to object to Nourjahad, said the sultan, finding that they all continued silent, looking at each other? His youth, replied the eldest of the counsellors. That objecti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Buncle — Thomas Amory |
John Buncle “It was 12 o'clock by the time we arrived at this water-fall, and therefore I sat down by the side of it to dine, before I attempted to get up to the top of the precipice, and see f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Neal, the Miller — James Otis |
Neal, the Miller “"The honours are being heaped high on the head of the would-be miller of the Pascataqua," Kidder replied, with a laugh. " Do you expect the Sons of Liberty will do away with the ne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Castle of Wolfenbach — Eliza Parsons |
The Castle of Wolfenbach “'The whole affair is certainly very strange: often has the Marquis vowed to apply either to the Count or courts of justice; but the letters we received were never written by her, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Simple Story — Mrs. Inchbald |
A Simple Story “Beautiful as she had appeared to Miss Woodley and to Dorriforth the preceding day, when she joined them the next morning at breakfast, repossessed of her lively elegance and dignif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Letters for Literary Ladies — Maria Edgeworth |
Letters for Literary Ladies “Your tastes, you say, are fixed; if they are so, you must be doubly careful to ensure their gratification. If you cannot make them subservient to external circumstances, you should…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Emily Montague — Frances Brooke |
Emily Montague “I could moralize exceedingly well this morning on the vanity of human wishes and expectations, and the folly of hoping for felicity in this vile sublunary world: but the subject is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Salem Chapel — Mrs. Oliphant |
Salem Chapel “His mother drew one of her hands out of his, laid it on his head, and fondly smoothed back his hair. "My dear good son! you were always so sensible--I wish you had never left us," …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Banished Man — Charlotte Turner Smith |
The Banished Man “"No, upon my honor," answered D'Alonville very gravely, "I never was so ungrateful, or so much of coxcomb, as to think of Madame D'Alberg otherwise than as a sister, to whom I owe …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Monaldi: A Tale. — Washington Allston |
Monaldi: A Tale. “Nothing more occurred for several days, till one morning, as Monaldi was going out, he saw a man standing at the entrance of his gateway. As he approached, the stranger suddenly dr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures of Rivella — Mrs. Manley |
The Adventures of Rivella “Full title: THE ADVENTURES OF RIVELLA; OR, THE HISTORY Of the AUTHOR of the ATALANTIS. WITH Secret Memoirs and Characters of several considerable Persons her Cotemporaries…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fleetwood: Or, The New Man Of Feeling — William Godwin |
Fleetwood: Or, The New Man Of Feeling “Fleetwood, I also am your father. And I will not be less indulgent, scarcely less anxious, than your natural parent. You know in gross, though you do not know in detail, the peculi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mordaunt — John Moore |
Mordaunt “As the seduction of men was her object, she chose the form of a beautiful woman; and, according to the ballad, she was very successful. It was no unusual stratagem of hers to tempt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Power of Love — Mrs. Manley |
The Power of Love “'Tis certain that the Dutchess had hitherto no Idea of that dreadful Passion the King pretended to warn her of, and perhaps might have passed over several Years without any reflect…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Visions of the Sleeping Bard — Ellis Wynne |
The Visions of the Sleeping Bard “Then away we went over hills and through forests, across seas and valleys, over castles and towers, rivers and rocks, and where should we alight but at one of the gates of the daug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Domestic pleasures — F. B. Vaux |
Domestic pleasures “Full title: DOMESTIC PLEASURES; OR The happy Fire-side. ILLUSTRATED BY INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fanny Hill |
Fanny Hill “Additional proofing provided by Eben Visher. The notorious work by author John Cleland. Not a book for children.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |