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Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (1836—1870)A native of Seville, Becquer ran away from home while still a boy, and went to Madrid, where for many years...

Petrick prosecuted his inquiries elsewhere; and the upshot of his labors was, briefly, that a comparison of dates and places showed irrefutably that his...

The crisis came at last. One night, after having enjoyed the boy`s company for hours, he could no longer bear that his beloved Rupert...

It was in the peculiar disposition of the Petrick family that the satis-faction which ultimately settled in Timothy`s breast found nourishment. The Petricks had...

As the child grew up, Timothy`s attachment to him grew deeper, till Rupert became almost the sole object for which he lived. There had...

Timothy had scarcely noticed the unfortunate child that his wife had borne, after arranging for a meager fulfilment of his promise to her to...

Timothy Petrick, though a quick-feeling man, was not of a sort to show nerves outwardly; and he bore himself as heroically as he possibly...

At the time I am speaking of he was a man over eighty, and his son was dead; but he had two grandsons, the...

Thomas Hardy (1840—1928)Thomas Hardy was born In Dorsetshire in 1840. At an early age he went to Dorchester to study architecture, and later to...

Somadeva (Flourished about 1070 A.D.)Somadeva (Soma with the Brahminical suffix deva) was a poet of Kashmir. His celebrated collection, the Ocean of Streams of...