To the Right Honourable Mr. Pitt. Sir, Never poor Wight of a Dedicator had less hopes from his Dedication, than I have from this of mine; for it is written in a bye corner of the kingdom, and in a retir’d thatch’d house, where I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities
CONTENTS DEDICATION BOOK I — CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY. Chapter i — The introduction to the work, or bill of fare to the feast. Chapter ii — A short description of squire Allworthy, and
Association / Carnegie-Mellon University”. *END*THE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.04.29.93*END* This etext was prepared from a reprint of the 1639 edition by Donal O’Danachair, email Kodak_seaside@hotmail.com The Golden Asse by Lucius Apuleius “Africanus” Translated by William Adlington First published 1566 This version as reprinted from the edition of 1639. Typed, scanned and proofed by
Scanned in by Martin Adamson martin@grassmarket.freeserve.co.uk Proofing by Andreas Philipp There are many spelling variants THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER by TOBIAS SMOLLETT To Mr HENRY DAVIS, Bookseller, in London. ABERGAVENNY, Aug. 4. RESPECTED SIR, I have received your esteemed favour of the 13th ultimo, whereby it appeareth, that you have perused those same Letters,
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 7 CHAPTER XXVIII THAT night Tom and Huck were ready for their adventure. They hung about the neighborhood of the tavern until after nine, one watching the alley at a distance and the other the tavern door. Nobody entered
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 6 CHAPTER XXIII AT last the sleepy atmosphere was stirred–and vigorously: the murder trial came on in the court. It became the absorbing topic of village talk immediately. Tom could not get away from it. Every reference to the
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 5 CHAPTER XVIII THAT was Tom’s great secret–the scheme to return home with his brother pirates and attend their own funerals. They had paddled over to the Missouri shore on a log, at dusk on Saturday, landing five or
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 4 CHAPTER XIII TOM’S mind was made up now. He was gloomy and desperate. He was a forsaken, friendless boy, he said; nobody loved him; when they found out what they had driven him to, perhaps they would be
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 3 CHAPTER VIII TOM dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog. He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 2 CHAPTER IV THE sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction. Breakfast over, Aunt Polly had family worship: it began with a prayer built from the ground up of solid
Produced by David Widger. The previous edition was update by Jose Menendez. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) P R E F A C E MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were
Produced by Tapio Riikonen (tapri@kolumbus.fi) The Adventures of Roderick Random By Tobias Smollett THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which brings every incident home to life, and by representing
