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Not far off stood a house that had evidently drifted down, ages ago, with the glacier.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DIZZY DAY. | 10/29/1880 | See Source »

HOW cold it was, and how bright the moon shone on the snow, as we left the village together! He smiled and joked, and the moonlight sparkled on the silver plates of his dagger-sheath, and the crisp diamonds crackled under our feet as we walked along. Now the village...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NIGHTMARE. | 10/29/1880 | See Source »

One morning, about a month after my arrival, we - that is, Amy and I - were rowing down the bay together in the face of a fresh breeze, that, as we neared the harbor's mouth, was beating the waves harder and harder against our boat. I can't for the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUSINING. | 10/29/1880 | See Source »

III.Penalty for fouls, when judged intentional by referee (except as before provided), will be a down given to the opposite side.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

Until last summer I had failed to find my ideal; but, while travelling from Portland to Bangor, I met her. The train had just stopped at a small way station; but, as I was deeply interested in "Troublesome Daughters," I paid no attention to the passengers who got in, except...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY CASTLE IN THE AIR. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »