The Miser's Treasure Unravels in London Slums
A London miser hides vast diamonds in a rickety room shared with poor tenants. A burglar and a water-ditch fugitive murder plot lead to multiple deaths, a farmer’s gun, and the crown taking the treasure, ending in sorrow and loss. The tale traces greed’s deadly chain from a single room to imperial coffers.
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London
Enim
Mior
Muder
Halhal
Bim
Hira
England
Thames
Jimmy
Baal
Bia
Tay $Homan
Andy
Bostias
America
Pobrtore
Tie
Tusenda
Be Cheerful to Win Friends and Avoid Isolation
A compact moral urging optimism in social life. It argues that cheerful faces attract goodwill, ease troubles, and inspire others, even amid hardship. A sad demeanor is harmful. one should strive to appear hopeful and encourage others, viewing cheerfulness as a duty in a hard world.
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Ife
Sotoyon
London Times
Jerusalem
Temple Wall
Solomon
Ravina
Palace of Zion
Temple
Moriah
Sheba
Josephus
Ophel
York
Rallying against adversity and the value of virtue
The narrator urges steady resistance to calumny and slander in cafes and life. He declares honesty, patience, and action in the right kind of people will prevail, praising conservative virtue, laughter, and a daughter's virtue as bulwarks against malice.
Lucerne Cathedral organ's magical power captivates listeners
In Lucerne a thronged weekday service reveals a four year old Haas organ whose power and purity astonish, with angels and storm effects portrayed by the instrument. The organist, a grave elderly man, explains the craft while Rev Dr Bellows notes the scene.
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Lucerne
Zurich
Iver
Haas
Hit O
Dr. Bellows
Fashion Tyranny and Moral Debate in a 19th Century Text
A fervent critique argues fashion rules life and harms health, morality, and virtue, labeling it a tyrant that forces impractical dress and social forms. It contrasts with a parable about wealth, power, and tradition, and ends with a call to preach to people rather than for them in religious publishing.
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Hope Street
Bristol
R. I. C. A. Greene
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Pearse
THE
EH. Merriss
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Carjlender, McAuelaon
Troup
Dan
State and
Thames Streets
William
Von's
Buy
Aten
C. Spooner
Hope
Hlorenes
New England
General Moy
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Lyceum
Sra & Erry
P. W. Jansel
Charles Sherry, Jr
Hugh N. Camp
Guagles Sherry
Sherry
R. I
J.B. Munro
J. B. Munro
Trae
Fiore
A. N Gifford
Orleans
Porto Rico
O &O
J. B. Munry
Jib Wvonrer
Jiuwes
Willen
Pfaler
Bradford Streap
Uswally
P.J Branford
State Street
Vermont
Cole
Pauli
Thames Street
WWE
Spooner & Son
Ratavia Cranherring
Gtfford & Son
Bradford Street
Bradford's
B. Kimball
Bride RN
Aieford & Son
Jonn B. Monro
Tata
Warren
Thig
Tf George
Smith
Narpenter's
John Wing Munro
Ann
John Wing Aun SO
Tthem
Dr. Wayland
Gonp Tarzan
Scientific American
Beachio
Lucyena
Wtaobi Judah
Ouac
Moses
Rebbi Judah the
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Religious Magazine
Pheal
Goldsmith
Chatterton
Old Johnson
Otway
Venice
Dryden
Vanera le
Cooron
Brethern
Traser
Jock
Lai
Cincinnati
Eptus
Isca
Pet Able Company
Kesp
Bea
Josephine
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