A Stranger's Gift and a Century-Old Debt Tale
A generous gift of a hundred pounds transforms a ruined man in a tale where acts of mercy ripple through years. The recipient rises to respectability abroad, then years later repays with gratitude and an enduring wine clave, as a mysterious benefactor reappears at a funeral and hints at a lifelong secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifere
Mr B
Hin
Ife
Leith Carrier
theChurch
Tle
Ile
Sarunniy Artsmooy
Anickerbocker
Night Talk on the Road from Jin Blackwood's Magazine
A November night near Edinburgh finds Mr B faced by a mysterious rider who stops him, asks for aid, and speaks of a hidden sorrow. The stranger’s tremulous manner and withheld story reveal a tale of distress and a vague plea for justice or mercy as the encounter ends unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Webster
Calhoun
Poe
Nature
Ife
Forsyth
Congress
Preston
South Carolina
Sheridan
Speaker
Jin Blackwood
Edinburgh
Cramond
Voyage Journal from Vesuvius to Rome in 1834 Letter
The Journal of Commerce notes a Rome correspondent’s March 8 1834 letter describing Mount Vesuvius scenes from February trips to the crater and lava tunnels. Entries mention the Virgil tomb at Naples, Merculaneum theater dust and echoes, and standing on ancient Rotunda floors under Rome’s Pantheon dome.
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Rome
Mount Vesuvius
Tam
Lam
Virgil
Bay of
Naples
Pantheon
Journal of Commerce
Love and the sanctity of domestic hearth in Bulwer prose
The excerpt extols love as bright pure mysterious and transformative. It links love to nature humanity and all life, from the forest to the palace, guiding hearts and softening greed, restoring calm and devotion, and leaving enduring imprints on the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey E. L. Bulwer
James
Penetralia
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. &. Preston
Dinah
Sambo
Dr. Greene
Monseur
St. Patrick
Ireland
Genklendt
Ingland
Trishman
Murphy
Detchman
Abele
Abelle
Mouton
Murterer
Jes
Ilere
Mounseer
St. Pathrick
Dalchman
New York American
Far West
Lower
Ilinois
Westals
Liberty
Cuff
Militia Offeer
Cicero
Felix Grundy
Christendom
Leigh
Virginia
Lis
Bir
Nile
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