LONG ODDS
by H. Rider Haggard
This is the second PG version of Long Odds, also see
Etext #1918.
The story which is narrated in the following pages
came to me from the lips of my old friend Allan Quate...
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Henry Rider Haggard, K.B.E., wrote tales of romantic adventure which may be termed "mysteries" only in a nonconventional sense of the term. The reader encounters no Poirots, no Lord Peter Wimseys, no ...
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard was not a great artist in anyone's estimation, least of all his own. Still less was he a great writer of short fiction; one seeks in vain for his name in critical surveys of th...
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H. Rider Haggard brought more of the world into Victorian homes than almost any other author, yet Haggard was technically not a travel writer. Instead, he fused his extensive travels with fiction and ...
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A man of diverse talents and a writer eager to try his skills at many different kinds of writing projects, both nonfiction and fiction, H. Rider Haggard is best remembered by general readers of fantas...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After seven years of shying
away from hands-on Middle East diplomacy, George W. Bush seems
to have been bitten by the bug that led so many past U.S.
presidents into the ques...
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The ban on Internet gambling enacted last fall would be overturned under legislation proposed Thursday by a senior House Democrat, but the bill faces long odds in Congress.Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass...
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A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again.
Valerie Wilson, who works at a Long Island deli, said she won another $1 million o...
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The United States will use a World Trade Organization procedure to clarify its ban on online gambling, a U.S. trade representative said Friday.In March, a WTO panel opened the door to possible comm...
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Dusseldorf, Germany (dpa) - A swag of 11 aces from Florian Mayer
couldn't hold off the inevitable as the Czech Republic grabbed an
unbeatable 2-0 lead over Germany to reach ...
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New York (dpa) - Live-for-the-moment Russian Marat Safin won't be
drawing upon any fond memories of his long-ago 2000 title at the US
Open as he tries against long odds to d...
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Paris (dpa) - Argentine David Nalbandian earned a marathon win in
a battle of grinders on Friday at the Paris Masters, playing for
pride after missing out of a possible spot...
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Keeping losses small is an absolute must in investing. In his 1935 book, "The Battle for Investment Survival," legendary stock investor Gerald Loeb called curtailing losses "the most important sing...
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Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday."These odds are extremely unusu...
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Hobart, Tasmania (dpa) - Jelena Dokic began the long road back in
tennis on Monday as the long-odds qualifier reached the second round
of the Moorilla International over Ger...
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Long Odds
H(enry) Rider Haggard
ANALYSIS-Long odds for Bush in switch to Mideast peacemaker
