Theme: curiosity
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Volcanic Ascent
The bottom now rose sensibly, and we soon arrived at long circuitous slopes, or inclined planes, which took us higher by degrees; but we were obliged ...
Gulliver's Travels / Power and Perception
Whenever I had a mind to see the town, it was always in my travelling-closet; which Glumdalclitch held in her lap in a kind of open sedan, after the f...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Mystery Unfolds
“What on earth can be the matter with him?” I asked. “He is looking up at the numbers of the houses.” “I believe that he is coming here,” said Holmes,...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Depths of Mystery
I felt them put an iron-pointed stick into my hand, and some minutes later, after going through the usual form, we set foot on the bottom of the Atlan...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Theatrical Transformation
His broad black hat, his baggy trousers, his white tie, his sympathetic smile, and general look of peering and benevolent curiosity were such as Mr. H...
The War of the Worlds / Anatomy of the Unknown
There is reason to suppose that on Mars they may have progressed upon them with some facility. The internal anatomy, I may remark here, as dissection ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Curiosity and Confinement
On each side a window opened into this unexplored abyss. The obscurity of the saloon showed to advantage the brightness outside, and we looked out as ...
The War of the Worlds / Curiosity and Connection
“It’s a pity they make themselves so unapproachable,” he said. “It would be curious to know how they live on another planet; we might learn a thing or...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Oceanic Encounter
It swam crossways in the direction of the _Nautilus_ with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather fee...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Natures Mysteries
Hour after hour passed without our coming to the termination of these floating weeds. If my astonishment increased, my patience was well-nigh exhauste...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Unseen Threats
As we advanced, I heard a kind of pattering above my head.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Caution in Exploration
On the other side, prudence bids us profit by the first opportunity to leave the _Nautilus_.” “Well, M. Aronnax, that is wisely said.” “Only one obser...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Quest for Enlightenment
Our downward journey is quite checked." I held out my hand, and, after some little difficulty, succeeded in touching the wall. "The torch--the torch!"...
Gulliver's Travels / Curiosity and Fear
The weather being very warm, the closet-window was left open, as well as the windows and the door of my bigger box, in which I usually lived, because ...
The War of the Worlds / Meteoric Discovery
But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between H...
The War of the Worlds / Martian Threat
That night another invisible missile started on its way to the earth from Mars, just a second or so under twenty-four hours after the first one. I rem...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Instruments of Depth
But these others, no doubt, answer to the particular requirements of the _Nautilus_. This dial with the movable needle is a manometer, is it not?” “It...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Natures Paradox
"Providence appears to have designed the preservation in this vast and mysterious hothouse of antediluvian plants, to prove the sagacity of learned me...
Gulliver's Travels / Cultural Curiosities
I thought this account of the _struldbrugs_ might be some entertainment to the reader, because it seems to be a little out of the common way; at least...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Uncharted Territories
"Yes, you have no idea how many unknown mountains, glaciers, volcanoes there are which remain to be studied. Without moving from where we sit, I can s...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Exploration and Knowledge
We began to hope that we should find some of those saurians which science has succeeded in reconstructing from bits of bone or cartilage. I took up th...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Exploration Dialogue
It is my intention to try my luck with my fishing line and hook." "Certainly; make the experiment," said my uncle, pleased with my enthusiasm. "While ...
The War of the Worlds / Natures Sublime Encounter
The thought that had flashed into my mind grew real, grew credible. I felt no fear, only a wild, trembling exultation, as I ran up the hill towards th...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Volcanic Exploration
Nevertheless, it appeared quite clear to me, that we were not in the principal chimney of the volcano, but in an accessory conduit, where we felt the ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Mysteries
“No,” replied the Canadian; “for this is whole, and the other had lost its tail.” “That is no reason,” I replied. “The arms and tails of these animals...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Mapping Discovery
"But see, what is all this about Yocul, and Sneffels, and this Scartaris? I have never heard anything about them." "The very point to which I am comin...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Diversity
As to the fauna, it might be counted by thousands of crustacea of all sorts, lobsters, crabs, spider-crabs, chameleon shrimps, and a large number of s...