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Not to admire is all the art I know, To make man happy and to keep him so. "Well," he said, after giving me time thoroughly to appreciate the marvels of this underground sea, "do you feel strong enoug...

"Arne Saknussemm!" cried my uncle, "now, unbeliever, do you begin to have faith?" It was totally impossible for me to answer a single word. I went back to my pile of lava, in a state of silent awe. Th...

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Ad hujus Problematis solutionem requiritur computatio multiplex, quæ facilius exemplis quàm præceptis addiscitur. Inito igitur calculo invenio, per Prop. IV. Lib. I. quod vis centrifuga partium Terræ ...

CHAPTER XV “L et us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin. “Let us be perfectly calm.” “Calm!” Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands. “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?” “Why...

CHAPTER XXXIV. NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND, AND GENESEE CONFERENCES. At the close of the General Conference Mr. Asbury and I left for Albany. On the way we made Governor Van Cortland a visit at Croton. I wr...

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE FATHOM JUSTIFIES THE PROVERB, “WHAT’S BRED IN THE BONE WILL NEVER COME OUT OF THE FLESH.” Some circumstances of this conversation made a deep impression upon the mind of our advent...

Chapter X. The Speech For The Defense. An Argument That Cuts Both Ways All was hushed as the first words of the famous orator rang out. The eyes of the audience were fastened upon him. He began very s...

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In a little time I observed the noise and flutter of wings to increase very fast, and my box was tossed up and down like a sign in a windy day. I heard several bangs or buffets, as I thought, given to...

I told his majesty that I was come, according to my promise, and with the license of the emperor, my master, to have the honor of seeing so mighty a monarch, and to offer him any service in my power c...

Chapter XII. Porthos was Discontented with his Condition. A s they returned toward the castle, D’Artagnan thought of the miseries of poor human nature, always dissatisfied with what it has, ever desir...

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That night, Qiu Yang lay in bed thinking over Uncle Zheng's words. She turned them over again and again. After several passes, she realized something: deep down, she was not surprised. It felt strange...

CHAPTER LII. “His heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay.” —WORDSWORTH. On that June evening when Mr. Farebrother knew that he was to have the Lowick living, there was joy in the old fashioned pa...

CHAPTER LXI. “Inconsistencies,” answered Imlac, “cannot both be right, but imputed to man they may both be true.”— Rasselas . The same night, when Mr. Bulstrode returned from a journey to Brassing on ...

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XIII For at least half a minute I fumbled at the door in the dark, feeling for the handle; then I slowly opened it and walked into the drawing-room. Zinaida Fyodorovna was lying on the couch, and rais...

"'Onyegin, I won't conceal it; I madly love Tatiana....'" By the time they reached the house, Yegor Semyonitch had got up. Kovrin did not feel sleepy; he talked to the old man and went to the garden w...

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The Unforgettable Mark in My Husband's Heart I'm dead, by suicide, I suppose. What I never expected, though, was that my husband, who had always treated me with cold indifference and never shown me a ...

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"Chairwoman, it's the president of P Company on the line." Su Yue had no time to continue seeking justice for her daughter. Her partnership with P Company was far more important. Seeing that Su Yue wa...

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Chapter 15 After I hung up, Noah looked at me with a knowing expression. "Xiaoxue, I think you should meet Luna’s son. You might be surprised." "What do you know?" I asked. Noah never spoke without re...

Cloudy days were like a crumbling, besieged city, and within that city, a torrential rain had begun to fall. The endless waves were about to swallow my heart. In this profound and beautiful illusion, ...

-20- There was one of those long silences. Pregnant, I believe, is what they’re generally called. Aunt looked at butler. Butler looked at aunt. I looked at both of them. An eerie stillness seemed to e...

-11- The makings were neatly laid out on a side-table, and to pour into a glass an inch or so of the raw spirit and shoosh some soda-water on top of it was with me the work of a moment. This done, I r...

Chapter 3 The class in the afternoon was still Chinese. The teacher handed out the 默写本 (dictation notebooks) she had collected and graded in the morning. Since the notebooks were submitted in groups b...

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