Dora Deane shocks Rose Hill with hidden marriage
Eugenia Deane schemes to marry Stephen Grey for wealth but Dora Deane surfaces as the bride at Rose Hill. Uncle Nat arrives with proof after Dora’s sudden elopement assumption, exposing Eugenia’s lies and threatening to unravel the family’s secrets. Dora’s triumph fractures Eugenia’s plans and destiny looms.
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Dora
Eugenia
Leah
Rose Hill
Alice
Eugenis
Stephen Grey
Mr. Hastings
Dunwood
Uncle Nat
Mrs. Deane
Dora Deane
Dedi
Eugenia Deane
Hamilton
Nat
Steve
Locust Grove
Anow
Stephen
Epigrams of George Bernard Shaw Challenge Morals and Nation
A selection of Shaw epigrams questions morals and habits, mocks English and Irish stereotypes, and lampoons self sacrifice. It skewers modern gentlemen, education, law, sport, and national character with caustic wit.
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George Bernard Shaw
England
The Guilty One Bother this Apple Business Sketch
The fragment hints at a sketch titled The Guilty One Bother this apple business with a setup about Adam and a narrator getting into trouble over apples.
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Adam
The Schemihl and a Puzzling Jewish Word Tale
A London Jewish Chronicle piece explores the term schemihl or schemiki via an anecdote. A poor man sits daily in a public garden awaiting work but misses a chance when he decides to stay home, illustrating the word’s meaning.
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Maccabaeus
Jewish Chronicle of London
Stuart M. Samuel
M. P
Schemihike
Schemihl
A Florentine Roof Garden by Helen Zimmern
A Florentine Roof Garden describes life atop Florence’s palazzi. From dark stairways, the reader discovers a hidden city of red and green rooftops, airy spaces, and sea scented breezes, contrasting below’s grime with above’s pure air and sparse smoke.
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Florence
Helen Zimmern
Florentine
Grant the Hero in His Final Surrender
Dr. G. F. Shrady in Century extols General Grant's autumn 1884 illness as a test of Christian fortitude. The piece argues his resignation to suffering crowned his career, presenting his surrender as a higher victory than any battlefield triumph.
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Grant
G. F. Shrady
Singing in a New York choir offers yearlong contracts
A soprano notes that New York church choirs prefer yearly contracts while other cities hire month to month. Trustees fear trouble if a choir underperforms, so they sign long agreements, unlike more finicky congregations elsewhere.
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New York
Sammy Explains Aerolites as Ballast of the Moon
Mrs. Tucker guides Sammy through the museum geology display on aerolites described as fragments of a broken planet. Sammy roots the idea in a child’s view, calling them ballast the man in the moon casts away to stay aloft.
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Sammy
Works Both Ways in a Society Exchange
In a witty dialogue a young lady asserts society calls bear one, while the young man concedes they sometimes bear two and departs the scene with a knowing nod. The exchange hints at social expectations and mutual perception.
The Dangers of Excessive Strength in Exercise
In Common Sense In Exercise Charlies H. Cochrane notes that extreme muscular development shortens lifespan and vitality. He cites Louis Cyr the Canadian giant who weighed 320 pounds yet died at thirty seven, oarsman Kennedy who lifted a thousand pounds and died before forty, and Dowd who wore himself out and died at forty seven.
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Louis Cyr
Kennedy
Dowd
Charlies H. Cochrane
Metropolitan Magazine
Nature Cures and the Role of Faith in Healing
The piece argues that healing is driven by nature, not drugs, with medicine best as a facilitator. It contends belief in recovery aids nature, reducing drug use and even limiting physician intervention. Surgeons merely remove obstacles and await nature’s work, while overmedicating can hinder natural healing.
The Judge and the Virago
A magistrate suspects his lictor's facial wounds stem from a quarrel with his wife. The judge plans to beat the wife to avenge the lictor, but the magistrate's wife appears and questions the sudden punishment, prompting the court to adjourn as the grape arbor seems to collapse.
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Coller’s Weekly
Ting Ch’‘Ai U
How a Bridge Came Where the Trail Crosses the Bulkley River
The article recounts R F Green’s journey to Aldermere on the Bulkley river. He crosses a perilous 300 foot canyon via a rough Babine Indian bridge built from telegraph wire and planks. He later becomes Minister of Lands and Works and orders a new bridge.
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Bulkley River
R. F. Green
British Columbia
McBride
Green
Aldermere
Hazleton
Skeena
Bulkley
Behring Sea
Russia
Europe
Heaven Inhabits Hearts of Suffering Workers
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in Harper's Bazaar reflects on imagined heaven through the voices of lifelong invalids and workers. Each speaker envisions heaven as relief from pain, safety for loved ones, joyful family moments, and the basic conditions of happiness: clean conscience, purpose, and love.
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Harper’s Bazar
They Go Together
A brief humorous dialogue where a young wife asks about her build and a husband answers she is built like a watch. She asks if she should have jewels, and the husband notes that a man who compliments a woman is an idiot. The exchange uses light domestic wit and a playful ending.
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Henry
The Quest of Beauty Through the Ages
The article traces makeup practices from Roman era to Lucrezia Borgia and eighteenth century England. It notes eyes tinted with black, facial painting, perfumes, wigs, and hair tinting as fashions. It cites Greek maids whitening faces, egg and goose grease protection, and dangers of rouge linked to English ladies.
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Italy
Lucrezia Borgia
England
Lady Coventry
Tennyson's Terror Over Royal Marriage Rumor
The 19th century anecdote recalls Alfred Tennyson fearing royal marriage news after Queen Victoria praised his volume. He tells guest that newspapers disapprove of his rhymes and confesses terror at a royal union involving the queen's family, speaking in a deep measured voice.
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Tennyson
Duke of Argyll
Marquis of
A Force Proportioned to Its Frame
A Madison quotation argues that a free government grows stronger through trials like the war of 1812. It asserts that the Union, guardian of liberty and safety for all, gains strength with each challenge it faces.
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James Madison
Hitting the Pipe Prank Ends in House Flooding
Jones returns home to a panicked family as a burst water pipe floods the house. He hammers the supply line, then discovers the gas line was likely the target after the lights go out. The exchange ends with a humorous misdirection about the mistaken pipe.
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Jones
Not In Her Class London Opinion Quip
A humorous exchange from London Opinion contrasts Mrs Spenders fear of adopting "new womanish" attire with Mr Spenders remark that men's clothes are not expensive, underscoring gender fashion banter.
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Mrs. Spenders
Mr. Spenders
London
Honest Keeps Commandments Yet Claims They Belong Elsewhere
A dialogue contrasts honesty with rule keeping. A speaker asserts strict adherence to commandments while another retorts that the speaker assumes the rules apply to others. The exchange highlights judgment and accountability.
Locating the Garden of Eden in Mesopotamia
The Genesis passage on Eden’s location has long divided scholars and Bible students. The garden is said to lie in Mesopotamia near the Euphrates and Tigris, with theories placing Eden across various parts of Asia.
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Garden of Eden
Asia
Eden
Mesopotamia
Euphrates
Tigris
Not Really Necessary Weeping Relative
Weeping relative pleads with a doctor as a patient’s life hangs in balance. The doctor warns the end may come soon while the relative recalls a long history of hardship and limited expectations.
Womanly réponse on marriage sparks dispute
The fragment shows a wry exchange in which a woman retorts that she did not come to marry. she asserts that he came to marry her, revealing tension over motives and autonomy in a constrained social scene.
Why Is Your Husband So Irritable at Home
A visitor asks why his husband is irritable at home and the wife replies that it is because he feels safe there. The exchange is conveyed in a terse, wry tone as a brief domestic vignette.
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le Louis Reuuhilie
Thick clouds part as rainbow arches over Boug
A brief report notes dramatic weather change with thick clouds clearing to reveal a rainbow. The sight draws attention from observers in the area and adds a note of vivid atmospheric color to the day.
Young Woman Advised On Eating Habits By Doctor
A physician brusquely comments on a young patient's diet, noting she has been eating poorly. He leaves four medicines as he urges prudence in eating and habits.
Curious Collection of Historic Shoes and Boots on Display
An Englishman Roach Smith possesses an extraordinary shoe collection spanning from a bishop’s shoe in 72 A.D. to items tied to Charles II’s court beauties. The collection includes shoes allegedly stolen by Rochester and Killigrew and features a compartment honoring the Societe des Petite Pieds with a smallest-foot chair.
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Roach Smith
Charles II
Duchess of Cleveland
Countess of
Muskerry
la Belle Hamilton
Countess de Grammont
Miss Jennings
Miss Stewart
Britannia
Rochester
Killigrew
Societe Des Petite Pieds
The Colonial In English Eyes
The article notes how colonial visitors find English views on colonial life odd. It contrasts the expectant mock-roughness in colonies with English politeness and refined table manners.
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the Schemihl
Grant the Hero
Virago
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the Garden of Eden
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