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Around the World in Eighty Days / Time and Heritage
“Twelve!” he exclaimed; “why, it’s only eight minutes before ten.” “Your watch is slow.” “My watch? A family watch, monsieur, which has come down from...
Gulliver's Travels / Moral Dilemma
The king was struck with horror at the description I had given of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made. “He was amazed, how so impotent...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Law and Loss
He was looking at the ship, which was five or six miles to leeward. He was going round it like a wild beast, and, drawing it eastward, he allowed them...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Natures Bounty
When I had filled my wallet, I proceeded to search for nests. After about two hours of hard work, I, one day, sat down by a stream to eat my humble bu...
The War of the Worlds / Solidarity in Flight
Then, realising that he was deserted, he dodged round and made off down the lane after the chaise, with the sturdy man close behind him, and the fugit...
Gulliver's Travels / Tension and Landscape
The land was divided by long rows of trees, not regularly planted, but naturally growing; there was great plenty of grass, and several fields of oats....