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My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this
My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations. The Car-Free eBooks at Planet eBook  raways are ...

It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in
It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America. It was on that slender riotous isla...

The practical thing was to find rooms in the city but it was a
The practical thing was to find rooms in the city but it was a warm season and I had just left a country of wide lawns and friendly trees, so when a...

Their interest rather touched me and made them less remotely
Their interest rather touched me and made them less remotely rich—nevertheless, I was confused and a little disgusted as I drove away. It seemed to...

‘I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you
‘I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read ‘The Rise of the Coloured Empires’ by this man Goddard?’ ‘Why, no,’...

The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous
The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. ...