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The story begins by describing the ancestors of Sir Arthur Jermyn, a British nobleman. His great-great-great-grandfather, Sir Wade Jermyn, had been an early explorer of the Congo region, whose books on a mysterious white civilization there had been ridiculed. He had been confined to an asylum in 1765. Lovecraft describes how the Jermyn family has a peculiar physical appearance that began to appear in the children of Wade Jermyn and his mysterious and reclusive wife, who Wade claimed was Portuguese.

The story projects Twain’s lifelong struggles with his conscience. Here the conscience admits to being the “most pitiless enemy” of its host, whom it is supposed to “improve” but only tyrannizes with gusto while refusing to praise the host for anything.

Полный вариант заголовка: «The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris for the year ... 1823».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Interesting facts relating to the fall and death of Joachim Murat, king of Naples; the capitulation of Paris in 1815; and the second restoration of the Bourbons : Original letters from king Joachim to the author, with some account of the author, and of his persecution by the French government / By Francis Macirone».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Epistolary curiosities : Series 2, and last : consisting of unpublished letters, of the 18 century, illustrative of the Herbert family, and of the latter part of King William's and the earlier part of Queen Ann's reigns : with notes / from Lord Herbert, King William, duke of Newcastle [и др.] ; edited by Rebecca Warner».