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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edi

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .To pump and stable, tree and swing,

Good-bye, good-bye, to everything!

And fare you well for evermore,

O ladder at the hayloft door,

O hayloft where the cobwebs cling,

Good-bye, good-bye, to everything!

Crack goes the whip, and off we go;

The trees and houses smaller grow;

Last, round the woody turn we swing:

Good-bye, good-bye, to everything!

  XLI NORTH-WEST PASSAGE I. GOOD NIGHT

When the bright lamp is carried in,

The sunless hours again begin;

O’er all without, in field and lane,

The haunted night returns again.

Now we behold the embers flee

About the firelit hearth; and see

Our faces painted as we pass,

Like pictures, on the window-glass.

Must we to bed indeed? Well then,

Let us arise and go like men,

And face with an undaunted treadRead More

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A classic adventure story set in 18th century Jacobite Rebellion Scotland

After the death of his father, David Balfour is sent to meet his Uncle Ebenezer for advice and guidance and perhaps some token assistance to set him on the road to adult life. But David’s discovery that his father was the elder

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That's deep.

So fo

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"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first."

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David Balfour’s father has died,

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