Black tiles covered the palace roof, many fallen or broken; the mortar between the stones was dry and crumbling. She understood now why Xaro Xhoan Daxos called it the Palace of Dust. Even Drogon seemed disquieted by the sight of it. The black dragon hissed, smoke seeping out between his sharp teeth. “Blood of my blood,” Jhogo said in Dothraki, “this is an evil place, a haunt of ghosts and maegi. See how it drinks the morning sun? Let us go before it drinks us as well.” Ser Jorah Mormont
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PROLOGUE Fortress of the Light Pedron Niall's aged gaze wandered about his private audience chamber, but dark eyes hazed with thought saw nothing. Tattered wall hangings, once battle banners of the enemies of his youth, faded into dark wood paneling laid over stone walls, thick even here in the heart of the Fortress of the Light. The single chair in the room heavy, high-backed, and almost a throne - was as invisible to him as the few scattered tables that completed the furnishings. Even the
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All is not fair in love and war People say that love never fails, That all is fair in love and war, But really, how do you know, What love can or can not do? And if all is fair in love and war, then Why does someone always end up getting hurt? I know my love will never fail, Because I love you with all my heart and soul, Because I would give my life for you, And everything I am or have just to be with you. However, I can not be fair to all Because all is not fair in love and war. I wish to hurt
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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe From the Quarto of 1604 Edited by Rev. Alexander Dyce THE TRAGICALL HISTORY OF D. FAUSTUS. AS IT HATH BENE ACTED BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARLE OF NOTTINGHAM HIS SERUANTS. WRITTEN BY CH. MARL. 2 In reprinting this edition, I have here and there amended the text by means of the later 4tos,--1616, 1624, 1631.—Of 4to 1663, which contains various comparatively modern alterations and additions, I have made no use. DRAMATIS
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-CD Aeschylus The seven against Thebes of Aeschylus ?CO O -co Presented to the library of the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO by Mr. Edgar Stone J£Vf<- J£ The Nelson Playbooks Edited by JOHN HAMPDEN, M.A. THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES No. 304 THE VILLAGE DRAMA SOCIETY In association with the British Drama League The Society sends out sets of plays for selecand gives advice on questions of production. It will arrange Drama Schools, and provides Lecturers and Adjudicators. The Costume Department
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FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury This one, with gratitude, is for DON CONGDON. FAHRENHEIT 451: The temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns PART I IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN IT was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of
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oday's technology is already producing a marked shift in the way we think and behave, particularly among the young. I mustn't, however, be too censorious, because what I'm talking about is pleasure. For some, pleasure means wine, women and song; for others, more recently, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; and for millions today, endless hours at the computer console. But whatever your particular variety of pleasure (and energetic sport needs to be added to the list), it's long been accepted that
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil. 2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and
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THE KING OF TERROR A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson · Chapter I. THE PICTURE OF DEATH · Chapter II. FRAULINO JONES · Chapter III. TWO GOOD MEN · Chapter IV. SLIP OF THE FOOT · Chapter V. THE MASTER OF MEN'S DESTINIES · Chapter VI. REPEAT PERFORMANCE · Chapter VII. IMPOSTOR · Chapter VIII. THE HANDSOME MAYFAIR · Chapter IX. PO PIKI · Chapter X. THE FRIGHTENING FACES · Chapter XI. THE UNDECIDED WOMAN · Chapter XII. TWO TO HELP · Chapter XIII. TERROR FOR
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The Holy War by Bunyan About The Holy War by bunyan Title: URL: Author(s): Publisher: Rights: Date Created: Contributor(s): CCEL Subjects: LC Call no: LC Subjects: The Holy War http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/holy_war.html Bunyan, John Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House Public Domain 2002-06-25 Jon Van Hofwegen (Markup) Context; Theology; PR3329 .H1 2001 English literature 17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770) The Holy War bunyan Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . .
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