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Around the World in Eighty Days / Railroad Connections
Omaha is connected with Chicago by the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, which runs directly east, and passes fifty stations. Fogg and his party reach...
Pride and Prejudice / Misunderstanding and Accountability
I knew enough of your disposition to be certain, that had you been absolutely, irrevocably decided against me, you would have acknowledged it to Lady ...
Pride and Prejudice / Urgency of Communication
“No; but it must be done soon.” Most earnestly did she then entreat him to lose no more time before he wrote. my dear father,” she cried, “come back a...
Pride and Prejudice / Social Tensions
and yet how many things have happened!” “A great many indeed,” said her companion, with a sigh. “We have dined nine times at Rosings, besides drinking...
The War of the Worlds / Conflict and Machinery
I turned to a scowling face, and silent, eloquent lips. He wanted the slit, which permitted only one of us to peep through; and so I had to forego wat...
Dracula / Vampire Limitations
In fine, let us consider the limitations of the vampire in general, and of this one in particular. “All we have to go upon are traditions and supersti...