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...

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...

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...

According to my idea, the _Nautilus_ would attack the ship at her waterline, and then it would not only be possible, but easy to fly. At three in the ...

Save me!” I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit. A meeting, which he anticipated with such joy, so stran...

One time I passed the old gate, going out of my way, on a journey to Gimmerton. It was about the period that my narrative has reached: a bright frosty...

I saw the manuscript in his hand, and I knew that when he read it he would realise how much I knew; so I said to him:-- “I wish I could comfort all wh...

I will confide this tale of misery and terror to you the day after our marriage shall take place, for, my sweet cousin, there must be perfect confiden...

It would seem that a leg of the tripod had been smashed by one of the shells. The whole of the second volley flew wide of the Martian on the ground, a...

I say seventy-five fathoms, though I had no instrument by which to judge the distance. But I knew that even in the clearest waters the solar rays coul...