I could hear a number of noises almost like those in an engine shed; and the place rocked with that beating thud. Through the aperture in the wall I c...

“Well, that’s enough,” said the Honourable William Batulcar. He was engaged to act in the celebrated Japanese troupe. It was not a very dignified posi...

I had hoped that our sentiments coincided in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two youngest daughters uncommonly foo...

I will read it to you, and in return you must turn over these papers and let me have whatever bears upon the matter. SHERLOCK HOLMES,—Lord Backwater t...

Calcutta was reached at seven in the morning, and the packet left for Hong Kong at noon; so that Phileas Fogg had five hours before him. According to ...

Big, dark blue eyes are set widely apart, and are quick and tender or stern with the man’s moods. “It is Mina Murray that I came to see that was frien...

You’ll be able to tell his uncle fine tales of his _kindness_, when you get home again, I assure you.” “You’re right there!” I said; “explain your son...

how sincerely you did love me, and endeavour to elevate my mind until it was on a level with your own. A selfish pursuit had cramped and narrowed me, ...

Several had departure signals, and were preparing to put to sea at morning tide; for in this immense and admirable port there is not one day in a hund...

Are you not thinking of getting back to the surface of our beautiful earth?" This was said more as a feeler than with any hope of success. "Go back, n...