I left Quincey lying down after having a glass of wine, and told the cook to get ready a good breakfast. Then a thought struck me, and I went back to ...

Can it give heat to a dead body?” “Not that I know of.” “Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable an...

What would become of us?" "Don't be alarmed at the heat, my boy." "How so?" "Neither you nor anybody else know anything about the real state of the ea...

I thought it well to humour him: so he is back in his room with the window open. He has the sugar of his tea spread out on the window-sill, and is rea...

Nearly the whole population of the town was on foot to see us land. The fact was, that scarcely any one of them but expected some goods by the periodi...

Returning to the Indian, whose small, sharp eyes, glistening with avarice, betrayed that with him it was only a question of how great a price he could...

At first I thought that she had not recognised me, but as I bent over her she suddenly shrieked out in a voice which I shall never forget, ‘Oh, my God...

The astonishment here was much greater than at the sight of my scimitar. Hundreds fell down as if they had been struck dead; and even the emperor, alt...

He soon perceived that I disliked the subject; but not guessing the real cause, he attributed my feelings to modesty, and changed the subject from my ...

Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it. He’s not got blood enough to go in for felony with impunity. What a...