The Ransom for LondonMason Publishing Company, 1929 - 309 стор. |
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Сторінка 267 - Now, of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining book, supposing him to have a taste for it, and supposing him to have the book to read. It calls for no bodily exertion, of which he has had enough or too much.
Сторінка 267 - It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and interesting scene, and while he enjoys himself there he may forget the evils of the present moment, fully as much as if he were ever so drunk...
Сторінка 267 - It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and interesting scene, and while he enjoys himself there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere mechanical drudgery of his every-day occupation — something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.
Сторінка 270 - Brass. Charles G. Norris. Bread. Charles G. Norris. Breaking Point, The. Mary Roberts Rinehart. Bright Shawl, The. Joseph Hergesheimer. Bring Me His Ears. Clarence E. Mulford. Broad Highway, The. Jeffery Farnol. Broken Waters. Frank L. Packard. Bronze Hand, The. Carolyn Wells. Brood of the Witch Queen. Sax Rohmer. Brown Study, The. Grace S. Richmond. Buck Peters, Ranchman. Clarence E.
Сторінка 270 - Black Ivory. Polan Banks. Black Magician, The. RTM Scott. Black Oxen. Gertrude Atherton. Black Stamp, The. Will Scott. Black Turret, The. Patrick Wynnton. Blades. George Barr McCutcheon. Blair's Attic. Joseph C. Lincoln and Freeman Lincoln. Blatchington Tangle, The. GDH and Margaret Cole. Bleston Mystery, The. Robert Milward Kennedy. Bloody Ground. Oscar J. Friend. Blue Blood. Owen Johnson. Blue Car Mystery, The. Natalie...
Сторінка 270 - ... Rich. Hughes Cornell. Borrowed Shield, The. Richard E. Enright. Boss of Eagle's Nest, The. William West Winter. Boss of the Diamond A. Robert Ames Bennet. Boss of the Tumbling H. Frank C. Robertson. Box With Broken Seals. E. Phillips Oppenheim. Branded. Robert Ames Bennet. Brass. Charles G. Norris. Brass Bowl. Louis Joseph Vance. Bravo Jim. WD Hoffman. Bread. Charles G. Norris. Bread and Jam. Nalbro Bartley.
Сторінка 181 - British financial system, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
Сторінка 14 - I give you my word of honor that as soon as I have said my say I will go, and you can then continue your homeward walk. Make a virtue of necessity and yield with good grace.
Сторінка 83 - He swallowed some of the tea which stood at his side, and rising from his chair fell to pacing up and down the room, his hands behind his back, his head bent, thinking, thinking, thinking—with a hammer-like knocking going on all the time at the back of his much-tired brain.
Сторінка 270 - Blue Car Mystery, The. Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Blue Castle, The. LM Montgomery. Blue Hand. Edgar Wallace. Blue Jay, The. Max Brand. Bob, Son of Battle. Alfred Ollivant.