These considerations moved me to hasten my departure somewhat sooner than I intended; to which the court, impatient to have me gone, very readily cont...

“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...

Check to the King!” We took Lucy into another room, which had by now been prepared, and laid her in bed and forced a few drops of brandy down her thro...

At six o'clock in the morning, when the eager and enthusiastic Professor gave the signal to embark, the victuals, the luggage, all our instruments, ou...

Happily the temple walls were built of brick and wood, which could be penetrated with little difficulty; after one brick had been taken out, the rest ...

A number of people were standing about it, and some sappers were busy in the midst of it. Over it flaunted a Union Jack, flapping cheerfully in the mo...

"Forward--forward," I cried in a burst of genuine and hearty enthusiasm. I had already started in the direction of the somber and gloomy gallery when ...