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My friends, have you read Elia? If so, follow me, walking in the shadow of his mild presence, while I recount to you my vision of the Lost Ages. I am neither single nor unblessed with offspring, yet, like Charles Lamb, I have had my 'dream-children.' Years have flown over me s...
My friends, have you read Elia? If so, follow me, walking in the shadow of his mild presence, while I recount to you my vision of the Lost Ages. I am neither single nor unblesse...
2. Chapter 2In the meantime Gaspar Mendez was slowly recovering the injuries he had received, and was of course expected to give a more explanatory account of what had happened to him after...
4. Chapter 4From this date--early in the sixteenth century--little is known of the name and lineage of the Palæologi. The crescent waved over the royal city of Constantine; and, as an old B...
5. Chapter 5In this country, at this time, cats have superseded parlour favourites decidedly less agreeable in their appearance, and infinitely more mischievous in their habits. Writing in...
3. Chapter 3Another commercial effect of the railway system has been to equalise the value of land, and promote the cultivation of those districts of a country which lie considerably remove...
6. Chapter 6There is a variety of amber, of the opacity of white wax, with a very slight yellowish tinge. It is found intermixed with yellow amber, in thin bands of some breadth. When the m...