2021, ISBN: 649ca84583c49ab6caa617bfe6814e69

Independently published, 2021-08-27. Paperback. Used:Good., Independently published, 2021-08-27, 0, MP3 Audio CD. The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2) I. The following curious history… More...

Independently published, 2021-08-27. Paperback. Used:Good., Independently published, 2021-08-27, 0, MP3 Audio CD. The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2) I. The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway acquaintance. He was a gentleman more than seventy years of age, and his thoroughly good and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted the unmistakable stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his lips. He said: You know in what reverence the royal white elephant of Siam is held by the people of that country. You know it is sacred to kings, only kings may possess it, and that it is, indeed, in a measure even superior to kings, since it receives not merely honor but worship. Very well; five years ago, when the troubles concerning the frontier line arose between Great Britain and Siam, it was presently manifest that Siam had been in the wrong. Therefore every reparation was quickly made, and the British representative stated that he was satisfied and the past should be forgotten. This greatly relieved the King of Siam, and partly as a token of gratitude, but partly also, perhaps, to wipe out any little remaining vestige of unpleasantness which England might feel toward him, he wished to send the Queen a present--the sole sure way of propitiating an enemy, according to Oriental ideas. This present ought not only to be a royal one, but transcendently royal. Wherefore, what offering could be so meet as that of a white elephant? My position in the Indian civil service was such that I was deemed peculiarly worthy of the honor of conveying the present to her Majesty. A ship was fitted out for me and my servants and the officers and attendants of the elephant, and in due time I arrived in New York harbor and placed my royal charge in admirable quarters in Jersey City. It was necessary to remain awhile in order to recruit the animal's health before resuming, 0, MP3 Audio CD. With Two Spoons For Two Spoons How trifling shall these gifts appear Among the splendid many That loving friends now send to cheer Harvey and Ellen Jenney. And yet these baubles symbolize A certain fond relation That well beseems, as I surmise, This festive celebration. Sweet friends of mine, be spoons once more, And with your tender cooing Renew the keen delights of yore-- The rapturous bliss of wooing. What though that silver in your hair Tells of the years aflying? 'T is yours to mock at Time and Care With love that is undying. In memory of this Day, dear friends, Accept the modest token From one who with the bauble sends A love that can't be spoken., 0, MP3 Audio CD. With Two Spoons For Two Spoons How trifling shall these gifts appear Among the splendid many That loving friends now send to cheer Harvey and Ellen Jenney. And yet these baubles symbolize A certain fond relation That well beseems, as I surmise, This festive celebration. Sweet friends of mine, be spoons once more, And with your tender cooing Renew the keen delights of yore-- The rapturous bliss of wooing. What though that silver in your hair Tells of the years aflying? 'T is yours to mock at Time and Care With love that is undying. In memory of this Day, dear friends, Accept the modest token From one who with the bauble sends A love that can't be spoken., 0, MP3 Audio CD. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel I SIR PERCY EXPLAINS It was not, Heaven help us all! a very uncommon occurrence these days: a woman almost unsexed by misery, starvation, and the abnormal excitement engendered by daily spectacles of revenge and of cruelty. They were to be met with every day, round every street corner, these harridans, more terrible far than were the men. This one was still comparatively young, thirty at most; would have been good-looking too, for the features were really delicate, the nose chiselled, the brow straight, the chin round and small. But the mouth! Heavens, what a mouth! Hard and cruel and thin-lipped; and those eyes! sunken and rimmed with purple; eyes that told tales of sorrow and, yes! of degradation. The crowd stood round her, sullen and apathetic; poor, miserable wretches like herself, staring at her antics with lack-lustre eyes and an ever-recurrent contemptuous shrug of the shoulders. The woman was dancing, contorting her body in the small circle of light formed by a flickering lanthorn which was hung across the street from house to house, striking the muddy pavement with her shoeless feet, all to the sound of a be-ribboned tambourine which she struck now and again with her small, grimy hand. From time to time she paused, held out the tambourine at arm's length, and went the round of the spectators, asking for alms. But at her approach the crowd at once seemed to disintegrate, to melt into the humid evening air; it was but rarely that a greasy token fell into the outstretched tambourine. Then as the woman started again to dance the crowd gradually reassembled, and stood, hands in pockets, lips still sullen and contemptuous, but eyes watchful of the spectacle. There were such few spectacles these days, other than the monotonous processions of tumbrils with their load of aristocrats for the guillotine!, 0, MP3 Audio CD. The Argonautica BOOK I (ll. 1-4) Beginning with thee, O Phoebus, I will recount the famous deeds of men of old, who, at the behest of King Pelias, down through the mouth of Pontus and between the Cyanean rocks, sped well-benched Argo in quest of the golden fleece. (ll. 5-17) Such was the oracle that Pelias heard, that a hateful doom awaited him to be slain at the prompting of the man whom he should see coming forth from the people with but one sandal. And no long time after, in accordance with that true report, Jason crossed the stream of wintry Anaurus on foot, and saved one sandal from the mire, but the other he left in the depths held back by the flood. And straightway he came to Pelias to share the banquet which the king was offering to his father Poseidon and the rest of the gods, though he paid no honour to Pelasgian Hera. Quickly the king saw him and pondered, and devised for him the toil of a troublous voyage, in order that on the sea or among strangers he might lose his home-return. (ll. 18-22) The ship, as former bards relate, Argus wrought by the guidance of Athena. But now I will tell the lineage and the names of the heroes, and of the long sea-paths and the deeds they wrought in their wanderings; may the Muses be the inspirers of my song! (ll. 23-34) First then let us name Orpheus whom once Calliope bare, it is said, wedded to Thracian Oeagrus, near the Pimpleian height. Men say that he by the music of his songs charmed the stubborn rocks upon the mountains and the course of rivers. And the wild oak-trees to this day, tokens of that magic strain, that grow at Zone on the Thracian shore, stand in ordered ranks close together, the same which under the charm of his lyre he led down from Pieria. Such then was Orpheus whom Aeson's son welcomed to share h, 0<

1829, ISBN: 649ca84583c49ab6caa617bfe6814e69

MP3 Audio CD. The Declaration includes: The Shunamite; Scene in Gethsemane; Contemplation; Sketch of a Schoolfellow; Idleness; On the Death of Edward Payson D.D.; The Tri-Portrait; Januar… More...

MP3 Audio CD. The Declaration includes: The Shunamite; Scene in Gethsemane; Contemplation; Sketch of a Schoolfellow; Idleness; On the Death of Edward Payson D.D.; The Tri-Portrait; January 1st, 1828; January 1st, 1829; Psyche, before the Tribunal of Venus; On seeing a beautiful Boy at play; The Child's first impression of a Star; Dedication Hymn; The Baptism; The Table of Emerald; The Annoyer; Starlight; Lassitude; Roaring Brook; The Declaration; Isabel; Mere Accident; The Earl's Minstrel; The Serenade; Hero; April; To ----; Twenty-Two; On the Picture of a Child Playing. By FISHER; To A Sleeping Boy; Sonnet; Sonnet; Sonnet; Sonnet; Sonnet; Andre's Request; Discrimination; The Solitary; Lines on the Death of Miss Fanny V. Apthorp; A Portrait; May; On Seeing Through A Window A Belle Completing Her Toilet For A Ball; and To a Belle. Nathaniel began writing often to several publications. He was employed as an editor for the prized novel The Token, where he became the only editor in the novel?s 15-year history aside from its innovator, Samuel Griswold Goodrich. In the same year, Nathaniel formed the American Monthly Magazine, which commenced issuance for more than 2 years. He censured its closure on the "tight purses of Boston culture" and migrated to Europe to give service as an overseas editor and broadcaster of the New York Mirror. At the time when he was in Florence, Italy, he encountered Horatio Greenough, who crafted a seizure of the author. He wrote chains of letters for the Mirror, around part of which were afterward compiled as Pencillings by the Way, published subsequently in London. The compassionate imageries of backgrounds and lifestyles in Europe sold massively even with the previous expensive value of $7 each book. The novel was entirely successful and improved his literary profession as much as necessary that a US edition was immediately published., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Gawayne and the Green Knight, by Charlton Miner Lewis, is a retelling in modern language of the 14th century romance with the same title, making this epic poem an excellent source for those who want to become familiar with one of the greatest stories about the Knights of the Round Table.The story presented in versed form starts during a Christmas celebration at the court of King Arthur, with the appearance of a mysterious knight dressed in green who is carrying an axe and proposes a challenge: if anyone manages to strike him with his axe once, he will return the blow in one year and one day and he also offers his superb axe as prize.At first, no one wants to take up the challenge, but then Sir Gawayne, King Arthur?s nephew and also the youngest of all knights, accepts it. The Green Knight kneels in front of Gawayne, who beheads him with the axe, but the Green Knight does not die, he picks up his severed head, puts it back on his neck and rides away, reminding Gawayne that they shall meet in a year?s time in the Green Chapel. Gawain leaves for the Chapel when the time comes, becoming involved in many adventures while on the go. At one point, he is given a magic girdle that should keep him from all harm and that will indeed save his life in the final battle with the Green Knight, even though Gawayne was supposed to give away the girdle before the battle.He survives the battle, but he is ashamed that he used the magic girdle. The Knights of the Round Table absolve him, but they decide to start wearing a green ribbon from then on to remind them of Gawayne?s challenge and as a token that will not let them forget to always keep their word., 0, MP3 Audio CD. The Argonautica BOOK I (ll. 1-4) Beginning with thee, O Phoebus, I will recount the famous deeds of men of old, who, at the behest of King Pelias, down through the mouth of Pontus and between the Cyanean rocks, sped well-benched Argo in quest of the golden fleece. (ll. 5-17) Such was the oracle that Pelias heard, that a hateful doom awaited him to be slain at the prompting of the man whom he should see coming forth from the people with but one sandal. And no long time after, in accordance with that true report, Jason crossed the stream of wintry Anaurus on foot, and saved one sandal from the mire, but the other he left in the depths held back by the flood. And straightway he came to Pelias to share the banquet which the king was offering to his father Poseidon and the rest of the gods, though he paid no honour to Pelasgian Hera. Quickly the king saw him and pondered, and devised for him the toil of a troublous voyage, in order that on the sea or among strangers he might lose his home-return. (ll. 18-22) The ship, as former bards relate, Argus wrought by the guidance of Athena. But now I will tell the lineage and the names of the heroes, and of the long sea-paths and the deeds they wrought in their wanderings; may the Muses be the inspirers of my song! (ll. 23-34) First then let us name Orpheus whom once Calliope bare, it is said, wedded to Thracian Oeagrus, near the Pimpleian height. Men say that he by the music of his songs charmed the stubborn rocks upon the mountains and the course of rivers. And the wild oak-trees to this day, tokens of that magic strain, that grow at Zone on the Thracian shore, stand in ordered ranks close together, the same which under the charm of his lyre he led down from Pieria. Such then was Orpheus whom Aeson's son welcomed to share h, 0<

1915, ISBN: 649ca84583c49ab6caa617bfe6814e69

MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Apollonius, Rhodius; Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper), 1853-1915 [Translator]"Rediscover This Timeless Classic - The Ultimate MP3 Audiobook CD Experience!"Journey back… More...

MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Apollonius, Rhodius; Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper), 1853-1915 [Translator]"Rediscover This Timeless Classic - The Ultimate MP3 Audiobook CD Experience!"Journey back in time and immerse yourself in a world of timeless stories with our classic MP3 Audiobook series. Evoke the magic of yesteryears and let the narratives from eras gone by captivate your senses. Why Dive into Our Classic Title MP3 Audiobook CDS?Historical Significance: Journey back in time with this masterwork, which has shaped literature, inspired countless adaptations, and touched the hearts of generations.Authentic Reproduction: Faithfully reproduced to capture the essence of the original publication.High Quality Narration: Relish the richness of an advanced AI voice that brings alive the written tales and captures the essence of the classic era.Consistent Quality:AI narration ensures a consistent tone and pace throughout the book. There's no risk of the narrator becoming fatigued or any variations happening in the audio quality.Optimal Sound Quality: Experience crystal-clear audio, ensuring every word, every pause, and every sentence is conveyed in its purest form.Universal Playability: Our CD is compatible with any device that supports MP3 playback - from vintage CD players to modern car stereos and computersDurable: Engineered for durability, our CDs are made to resist common wear and tear, offering you uninterrupted listening.Made in the USA: Every CD is meticulously produced within a specialized duplication facility in the USA. A Gift of Nostalgia: Rekindle the joy of classic tales. This MP3 Audiobook CD is an exquisite gift for literature enthusiasts, history buffs, or anyone with a penchant for iconic stories. Exclusive Release: This edition celebrates the beauty of classic literature. Dive deep into the masterpieces that have shaped generations and been the cornerstone of world literature.Reacquaint yourself with the tales that have withstood the test of time. Embrace the classics anew. Embark on a audible journey through literature's golden age! Note: This AI generated audiobook gets delivered to your door on a professionally printed CD.The contents of this book is deemed to be in the public domain in the United States. Any use or redistribution of this item outside the United States is done at the user's own risk and liability.Listed Subjects:Classical literature; Argonauts (Greek mythology); Jason -- (Mythological character); Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character), 0<

ISBN: 649ca84583c49ab6caa617bfe6814e69

MP3 Audio CD. The Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. The Tale of the Argonauts had been told often befo… More...

MP3 Audio CD. The Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. The Tale of the Argonauts had been told often before in verse and prose, and many authors' names are given in the Scholia to Apollonius, but their works have perished. The best known earlier account that we have is that in Pindar's fourth Pythian ode, from which Apollonius has taken many details. The subject was one for an epic poem, for its unity might have been found in the working out of the expiation due for the crime of Athamas; but this motive is barely mentioned by our author. As we have it, the motive of the voyage is the command of Pelias to bring back the golden fleece, and this command is based on Pelias' desire to destroy Jason, while the divine aid given to Jason results from the intention of Hera to punish Pelias for his neglect of the honour due to her. The learning of Apollonius is not deep but it is curious; his general sentiments are not according to the Alexandrian standard, for they are simple and obvious. In the mass of material from which he had to choose the difficulty was to know what to omit, and much skill is shown in fusing into a tolerably harmonious whole conflicting mythological and historical details. He interweaves with his narrative local legends and the founding of cities, accounts of strange customs, descriptions of works of art, such as that of Ganymede and Eros playing with knucklebones, but prosaically calls himself back to the point from these pleasing digressions by such an expression as "but this would take me too far from my song." His business is the straightforward tale and nothing else. The astonishing geography of the fourth book reminds us of the interest of the age in that subject, stimulated no doubt by the researches of Eratosthenes and others., 0<