Category: Novels
He used to pace rapidly up and down the deck for a minute or two, and then, suddenly striking his forehead, as if a new thought were just pangfully coming into being at the _major foci_ of his soul, he would throw himself prone upon one of the after seats of the old "Uncle Sam...
He used to pace rapidly up and down the deck for a minute or two, and then, suddenly striking his forehead, as if a new thought were just pangfully coming into being at the _maj...
2. PART II."'I cannot and will not stand this any longer. Here am I, yet a young man--in the very prime and heyday of life, and I do believe that I shall be a regular corpse in less than n...
3. PART III."The regal being was scarcely gone from the chamber ere Hesperina and the Shadow--which had once more become visible, approached the sleeping pair--drew nigh unto the woman and...
4. PART IV."Madame, awake, it will be remembered, had come to the conclusion to settle Tom's coffee--and hash, at the same time, with a dose or two of ratsbane, or some similar delicate co...
5. PART V."And now the Shadow--the terrible, monstrous Thing, that had so strangely entered the room through the window--the little window at the foot of the bed, whose upper sash was dow...
6. PART VI.Our entertainer ceased to speak, for the evening meal was nearly ready, and the golden sun was setting in the West, and he rose to his feet to enjoy the glowing scene. Never sha...
7. PART VII.Could I with ink the ocean fill, Were all the earth of parchment made; Were every blade of grass a quill, And every man a scribe by trade-- To tell the love of God above Would d...