Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & Other StoriesJ.R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Company, 1891 - 168 strán (strany) Lord Arthur Savile'S Crime & Other Stories by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1891, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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Strana 13
... felt that cheiro- mancy was a most dangerous science , and one that ought not to be encouraged , except in a tête - a - tête . Lord Arthur Savile , however , who did not know anything about Lady Fermor's unfortunate story , and who had ...
... felt that cheiro- mancy was a most dangerous science , and one that ought not to be encouraged , except in a tête - a - tête . Lord Arthur Savile , however , who did not know anything about Lady Fermor's unfortunate story , and who had ...
Strana 15
... felt fear . His impulse was to rush from the room , but he restrained himself . It was better to know the worst , whatever it was , than to be left in this hideous uncertainty . ' I am waiting , Mr. Podgers , ' he said . ' We are all ...
... felt fear . His impulse was to rush from the room , but he restrained himself . It was better to know the worst , whatever it was , than to be left in this hideous uncertainty . ' I am waiting , Mr. Podgers , ' he said . ' We are all ...
Strana 19
... felt that some tragedy was hanging over him , and that he had been suddenly called upon to bear an intolerable burden . Actors are so fortunate . They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy , whether they will ...
... felt that some tragedy was hanging over him , and that he had been suddenly called upon to bear an intolerable burden . Actors are so fortunate . They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy , whether they will ...
Strana 24
... felt a mad desire to stop the casual passer - by , and tell him everything . Then he wandered across Oxford Street into narrow , shameful alleys . Two women with painted faces mocked at him as he went by . From a dark courtyard came a ...
... felt a mad desire to stop the casual passer - by , and tell him everything . Then he wandered across Oxford Street into narrow , shameful alleys . Two women with painted faces mocked at him as he went by . From a dark courtyard came a ...
Strana 27
... felt curiously affected , he could not tell why . There was something in the dawn's delicate loveliness that seemed to him inexpressibly pathetic , and he thought of all the days that break in beauty , and that set in storm . These ...
... felt curiously affected , he could not tell why . There was something in the dawn's delicate loveliness that seemed to him inexpressibly pathetic , and he thought of all the days that break in beauty , and that set in storm . These ...
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Strana 100 - Perdition seize the naughty fowl," he muttered, "I have seen the day when, with my stout spear, I would have run him through the gorge, and made him crow for me an 'twere in death!
Strana 106 - ... amusing himself by making satirical remarks on the large Saroni photographs of the United States minister and his wife, which had now taken the place of the Canterville family pictures. He was simply but neatly clad in a long shroud, spotted with churchyard mould, had tied up his jaw with a strip of yellow linen, and carried a small lantern and a sexton's spade. In fact, he was dressed for the character of 'Jonas the Graveless, or the Corpse-Snatcher of Chertsey Barn...
Strana 69 - Then why did Lady Alroy go there?' 'My dear Gerald,' I answered, 'Lady Alroy was simply a woman with a mania for mystery. She took these rooms for the pleasure of going there with her veil down, and imagining she was a heroine. She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.
Strana 80 - ... terrified housekeeper could interfere he had fallen upon his knees, and was rapidly scouring the floor with a small stick of what looked like a black cosmetic. In a few moments no trace of the blood-stain could be seen. ' I knew Pinkerton would do it...
Strana 121 - Hollow, where he knew they were, accompanied by his eldest son and two of the farm-servants. The little Duke of Cheshire, who was perfectly frantic with anxiety, begged hard to be allowed to go too, but Mr. Otis would not allow him, as he was afraid there might be a scuffle. On arriving at the spot, however, he found that the...
Strana 83 - Bernhardt as an actress; the difficulty of obtaining green corn, buckwheat cakes, and hominy, even in the best English houses; the importance of Boston in the development of the world-soul; the advantages of the baggage check system in railway travelling; and the sweetness of the New York accent as compared to the London drawl. No mention at all was made of the supernatural, nor was Sir Simon de Canterville alluded to in any way. At eleven o'clock the family retired, and by half-past all the lights...
Strana 127 - The whole family gazed at her in mute amazement, but she was quite grave and serious; and, turning round, she led them through the opening in the wainscoting down a narrow secret corridor, Washington following with a lighted candle, which he had caught up from the table. Finally, they came to a great oak door, studded with rusty nails. When Virginia touched it, it swung back on its heavy hinges, and they found themselves in a little low room, with a vaulted ceiling, and one tiny grated window. Imbedded...
Strana 132 - ... in any form, and can only account for it by the fact that Virginia was born in one of your London suburbs shortly after Mrs. Otis had returned from a trip to Athens.
Strana 95 - Dumb Daniel, or the Suicide's Skeleton", a role in which he had on more than one occasion produced a great effect, and which he considered quite equal to his famous part of "Martin the Maniac, or the Masked Mystery". At half past ten he heard the family going to bed. For some time he was disturbed by wild shrieks of laughter from the twins, who, with the light-hearted gaiety of schoolboys, were evidently amusing themselves before they retired to rest, but at a quarter past eleven all was still, and,...