“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

my father’s active superintendence; and when, immediately before my father’s death, Mr.

“When I have mixed this honey with the paste of the artocarpus,” said he, “I shall be able to offer you a succulent cake.” “’Pon my word,” said Consei...

"This huge lump of rock, in consequence of some singular concussion, or process, one of those magnetic phenomena which have so often shaken the terres...

Hans, with a perfectly calm and indifferent air, took his usual post at the head of the adventurous little band. In order to render the descent less d...